I don’t think I’ve really had a proper flu since elementary school. You know the kind that hits you hard. Fever chills, cold sweats, and all the other gross stuff we won’t get into. And let me tell you, its not fun, it makes me feel like I’m in second grade only without my mom to take care of me.
Although there is one positive to all this fluness, this morning at the doctor, they gave me a flu test…yeah… I didn’t know this existed either, It involves a translator telling you to sit very still and breathe through your mouth and a dainty Japanese doctor man sticking a swab way up your nose and into your sinuses. For a moment I felt like I was in Ancient Egypt about to be mummified. It sounds gross, but it kinda felt good in that gross way, you know when you have a sinus infection or are really stuffy, and all you want to do is just get in there and shake things up, thats what it felt like. And then they sent me out to the waiting room About 5 minutes later I was called back in, and he shows me this little thing that looks like a pregnancy test, and it has one pink line growing darker and darker, and then the translators telling me that i have flu, the doctor points to the line and explains that its Influenza A, that it could be swine flu but there is no way to really differentiate at this point. All I could do was look at the test and say “Sugoi!” (cool) and you know what, I think I saw a smug sort of a smirk from ol’Doc, because he knows, like I know, that this flu test is awesome.
So they gave me a ton of medication, which I’ve started and which is helping.
The bummer is I’m out of work for 5 days, and since I love work this is no bueno.
The plus side is that I get to do some hardcore TV watching, I’m catching up on Heroes to start, who knows whats next.
Okay, still a little delirious from the 12 hours of napping I’ve done today.
Jones, Out.
