Inner and Outer Demons

I'm back among the living after a really nasty bout of flu.  I don't remember most of last week because I was too busy lying on the couch & wishing someone would kill me.  I feel about 79% normal, and that's good enough for now.

I came up with the term "flu lag" to describe the unreal sensation one has after getting over the bug and then rejoining the normal world.  How much time has passed?  What day is it?  It's March now??  Really?  I went back to work and felt like I'd been gone for months.  Lots of folks there had also been struck by the virus...sneezing, couching and nose-blowing was like our own Muzak in the department.  My hope is that it has peaked and next year's vaccine will be more comprehensive.

I realized yesterday that this was the first time I've been really sick since Mom died.  Another milestone passed.  I always counted on her for home remedies and advice when I was sick -- long after I'd left home.  There were times in college when I'd call in the middle of the night because just her voice made me feel better.  In 2005 (when I suffered from torticolis), just listening to her talk made me feel measurably better.  I miss her so much sometimes.

Anyway...

I hope whoever reads this is either recovered from the flu bug or never got it...and never will!

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• #25 Comment from csandhollow 
  3/10/08 8:36 PM | Permalink

  flu ;ag is a ggod way to discribe it. Glad you are doing better
• #24 Comment from wwfbison 
  3/10/08 7:34 AM | Permalink

  "Flu lag" is a perfect name for that strange, welcome back to reality time.  Glad you are on your way to feeling better.
  Lisa
• #23 Comment from jmoqueen 
  3/9/08 1:40 PM | Permalink

  Awww poor Pear :(  I'm sorry to read that you have been feeling so horrible.  Bless you regarding your mum xx
  
  Jenny
  
  http://journals.aol.co.uk/Jmoqueen/MyLife
• #22 Comment from jswarford1964 
  3/9/08 9:48 AM | Permalink

  I'm glad you're better! 79% normal would be good for me, on a good day.
  I still miss my mom, too, though it's going on 7 years, now. At least I don't say to myself at least once a day "I need to call Mama about . . ." anymore. It's down to about once or twice a week.
  I know what you mean.
  This really has been an awful winter.
• #21 Comment from ericanbiloxi 
  3/9/08 9:07 AM | Permalink

  Glad you are feeling somewhat better.
  I have missed the bullet so far.
  
  Hugs
  erica