I’m Sick — Rantings of an ill BlogHer — cross posted at BlogHer
As the person who wrote that very memorable and quite informative post on how to not get sick when flying, I guess it’s a bit ironic that I am now going on my sixth day of being sick after flying. Let me just start off by saying, I had a great time at the BlogHer conference, I met so many wonderful women, it was a powerful and empowering three days that I will never forget. But, by the time I was on my way to the airport on Sunday afternoon, I knew I was sick; my head, my throat, and my ears were killing me. When my plane began to land in Orlando, I thought my eardrums were going to explode. I spent the next twenty-four hours at my mother’s house where she and my daughter took care of me, feeding me soup and giving me Motrin whenever I woke-up. I’m not feeling any better today, so I had to cave and call my doctor…It turns out I have Bronchitis. Little known fact…Nurses don’t really make the best patients (or so I hear).
So, in my fevered delirium I’ll attempt to write this post. Please excuse what I am sure will be a post chock-full of grammar and literary faux pas. I am certain in a few days when I am feeling better and look back on what I have written here, I’ll be wondering…”What was I thinking?” Until then…
Where oh where to start? Do you feed a fever and starve a cold, or starve a fever and feed a cold? Does it really matter? What about chicken soup? To call the doctor, or not to call the doctor, that is my question. How do you know if antibiotics will help? What about herbal tea? These are some of the questions I will try to answer, with an emphasis on “try”.
