Cough, blow, sniffle, ache, repeat
Although yesterday was the best day of the last three health wise it was still far from any semblance of normal. If I did anything that included me being on my feet for more than a few minutes I felt like I needed a prolonged recovery period. The coughing and hacking has replaced the chills and sweats as the primary symptoms on display. My body still had pain in pretty much every area, making it uncomfortable to do much anything at all. On the plus side I did spend most of the day awake and in the seated position.
Last night Cindy and I watched our latest Netflix rental, Selfless. The premise of the movie was intriguing, science develops a way to shuffle minds between bodies. Ben Kingsley plays a very thinly veiled Donald Trump in the film, they even shot scenes inside Donald’s gold plated everything Manhattan apartment. Ben is old and rich but dying of cancer. He gets his mind moved over to Ryan Reynolds body and the adventure begins. The movie was much more of an action flick than I expected. I also thought it was odd that when Ben’s mind got shoved into Ryan’s body that none of Ben’s personality, speaking patterns or mannerisms seemed to follow. The movie was entertaining and different enough to squeak out a B+ rating in my book, despite some of it’s oddities.
So last night I was praying I would finally get that solid night of sleep I needed so desperately. Once again the sleep didn’t start until the wee hours of this morning. Repeatedly I would be right on the edge of drifting off and a coughing fit would ensue which I tried to combat with drinks of water or additional shots of cough syrup. This was in addition to the Nyquil night time tablets I took. When the coughing finally subsided I did finally get a solid block of sleep until I crawled out of bed a little after 9am.
As of now I feel pretty similar to as I did yesterday. I am still waiting for the Nyquil haze to clear. Regardless tomorrow I plan to be back at work, I can’t take one more day of lethargy.