For the last seven days I've been laid up with the worst cold/flu/bug I can remember having. The Boy brought it home, the mister was next to succumb and then it was my turn.
It started with a pounding head (which has continued every day since and which the Nurofen has consistently failed to reach), a load of iron bars stuck in my throat (or so it felt) and the sound of the sea constantly in my shell-like.
The iron bars have since departed (more or less), leaving me with a late night/early morning cough. Then yesterday I woke up with one eye swollen and stuck fast and the bloodshot other hinting that it might follow. (It did. This morning.)
I've wallowed in hot, deep baths for hours on end, because that's the only place I feel comfortable and who knows, I might actually manage to sweat the bugger out. I've rested (in truth, hardly moved from the horizontal), self medicated and tried to keep taking in fluids (which isn't easy when your throat is full of iron bars but I must have taken in more than enough as evidenced by the overflow from my eyes and nose).
I did venture out on Saturday to celebrate the Girlie's birthday with dinner here (of course I couldn't taste a thing and felt full pretty quickly) and threw some cakes together for her to take back to Manchester on Sunday. (Maybe I should have worn gloves and a mask during the making of them.)
Unbeknown to everyone, the Boy quietly cracked on with making some Jammy Dodgers, just in case I wasn't up to baking.
I think he did a pretty good job and the Girlie got an extra present.
Under par sounds a slight understatement to me! Hope you are very much par soon :D
Posted by: Annie | January 24, 2012 at 05:03 PM
Sounds dreadful - what on earth are you doing out of bed and looking after other people? Get better soon!
Posted by: rachel | January 24, 2012 at 05:43 PM
Those jammy dodgers look fabulous (as do the cakes). Hope you get better soon. Malcolm has been miserable all day with the cold, which he has now given to me!
Posted by: Anne Donald | January 24, 2012 at 07:25 PM
I haven't been ill for ages and I keep worrying that it'll end up being something like this that gets me. You must feel awful, I hope it starts to get better soon.
The dodgers look brilliant, and how thoughtful of him to have given it a bash.
Posted by: Rattling On | January 25, 2012 at 07:31 AM
Gosh that sounds horrid...:0(
Hope you're feeling a lot better now!
The Jammie dodgers look yummy :0)
Posted by: Val | January 25, 2012 at 07:33 PM
Flu and cold season seems to have been particularly bad this year, over here at any rate, but we seem to be having a very mild winter which isn't killing the germs off. Hope you manage to shake yours soon. Those Jammy Dodgers look perfect, are you sure they're not out of a packet!!!
Posted by: Brenda B | January 26, 2012 at 01:03 PM
Gawd love us! That really is influenza, isn't it? Ghastly in the extreme.
Glad you are on the up now, and having such a lovely lad baking for his sister must have helped not a little.
xxx
Posted by: colleen | January 27, 2012 at 02:49 PM
Hope you're feeling better. Those cakes have me drooling!
Posted by: lazylol | January 28, 2012 at 08:11 PM
That bug sounds truly ghastly . If I had it , I'd be lying incommunicado in a darkened room with a banket over my head .
You must be congratulated , not just for your fortitude , but also for having raised a young man who can bake . Those Jammy Dodgers look delicious !
Posted by: SmitoniusAndSonata | January 29, 2012 at 06:16 PM
No , on second thoughts , I'd probably choose a blanket .
Posted by: SmitoniusAndSonata | January 29, 2012 at 06:18 PM
I really sympathize! Real flu is absolutely awful. I remember getting it a few years ago and seriously wondering in the middle of the night if I was going to make it through into the early hours of the morning. I did of course but a little tender loving care from some one really helps I find.
And then the feeling when you do get much, much better is just so awesome!
Take care of yourself.
Posted by: Stephanie | January 30, 2012 at 06:52 PM