Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
-- Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5
Mine was also Food Poisoning. Husband traveling and in 1972 home alone with new baby girl and 15 month old son. Crawling around to take care of them and myself until my mom could arrive.
Back in the 80s I had the flu. I'd had the flu many times, but this one was the worst ever. I had no energy for about a week. I hope that never happens again.
Ruptured appendix when I was 10. The pain before it broke then the 50/50 chance of making it in the hospital. That was 72 years ago and treatment wasn't as effective as it is now.
When I caught the flu in 2013 and felt so awful for ten days, then back in 2010 I got food poisoning from the Christmas Lunch spread at work and on New Years Eve I took myself to the hospital and spent a few hours hooked up to a drip because I'd got so dehydrated being unable to keep even water down by then. I'd thought it was just a bug and hoped it would pass.
In Jan 2020, I had what I'm 98% sure was a very mild version of our current pandemic ailment. Spent a week so congested that I had to sleep in our minimally heated basement, upright, on a very thin combo couch/bed, and had to take actual breathing treatments for the very first time in my life.
Oh and, when I finally went to the e.r., they couldn't figure out what was wrong with me.
A bout with food poisoning worse than covid.
ReplyDeleteMine was also Food Poisoning. Husband traveling and in 1972 home alone with new baby girl and 15 month old son. Crawling around to take care of them and myself until my mom could arrive.
ReplyDeleteBack in the 80s I had the flu. I'd had the flu many times, but this one was the worst ever. I had no energy for about a week. I hope that never happens again.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day and week. ♥
Ruptured appendix when I was 10. The pain before it broke then the 50/50 chance of making it in the hospital. That was 72 years ago and treatment wasn't as effective as it is now.
ReplyDeleteI am currently sick to death of our politicians. Other illnesses I have survived.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Elephant's Child.
ReplyDeletePneumonia, and it's a story in itself.
ReplyDeleteWhen I caught the flu in 2013 and felt so awful for ten days, then back in 2010 I got food poisoning from the Christmas Lunch spread at work and on New Years Eve I took myself to the hospital and spent a few hours hooked up to a drip because I'd got so dehydrated being unable to keep even water down by then. I'd thought it was just a bug and hoped it would pass.
ReplyDeleteRheumatic Fever in my youth.
ReplyDeleteIn Jan 2020, I had what I'm 98% sure was a very mild version of our current pandemic ailment. Spent a week so congested that I had to sleep in our minimally heated basement, upright, on a very thin combo couch/bed, and had to take actual breathing treatments for the very first time in my life.
ReplyDeleteOh and, when I finally went to the e.r., they couldn't figure out what was wrong with me.
Definitely food poisoning. I couldn't leave the bathroom for 24 hours. Months afterward, I still had to watch what I ate.
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