I am so ready for a break.... :(

[Wolseley]

The Michigan Crud made a thorough sweep of my son's school late last month; most of the kids were out with it for two weeks or better. Naturally, he caught it, and naturally, he brought it home and gave it to his mother and me. I spent about a week in bed, and had the energy level of a squashed gnat.

We were all finally over it, save for a little bit of a dry cough and some residual post-nasal drip. Now for Round Two: the kid calls me from school Friday at noon, says he has a massive migraine headache. I went and picked him up, and about 9:00 that night, he comes up and his teeth are chattering so hard he can't even talk straight. Mom checks him out, he's running a fever. We give him an analgesic and extra blankets, and he goes back to bed.

Today we kept him home from school. He and I both have constant wracking coughs, my nose is running, and my wife has done nothing but sneeze.

In addition to this fun, I'm dealing with a military anniversary date (mid-January to late February) pertaining to an extremely stressful operation that I was on....my nerves have been wound up tighter than a eight-day clock, and at least twice a week for the last month I have woken myself up, shrieking from nightmares, a couple times loud enough to wake everybody in the entire house. (sigh) I don't think the nightmare suppression drug the VA has me on is doing it's job, even though I'm taking the maximum dose. I have to see the shrink at VA on Thursday this week; I'll discuss it then.

Momma's been on my case for being short-tempered and grumpy, and all of the usual little balderdash that one has to deal with on a day-to-day basis just drives me up a wall; at times all I want to do is run off to a warm beach and sit there with my feet in the sand and watch the surf all day long.

 

[DaisyDay]

That sounds really rough. I hope you get some relief soon.

 

[Phronema]

I hope things take a turn for the better soon, brother. Also, thank you for your sacrifice.

 

[Michie]

Prayers for the quick recovery of you and your whole family. As well as your peace. Lord have mercy!

 

[MikeK]

My prayers!

Sounds like you need a vacation! When I get down I explain it to my boss and he's always been happy to send me on a not-too-stressful mission somewhere warm.I highly recommend doing so, it's good for the physical and mental health.

 

[servant of Merciful Love]

Praying for renewed health for you and your family ~ God bless you

 

[Wolseley]

Well, I think I know what I'm fasting from this Lent: good health!

I'm currently dealing with Round Two of this awful crud; I've had a wracking cough similar to whooping cough for three days now; today my nose has run constantly, and I nearly don't have enough energy to keep my head lifted up. I had to get up and go in for a psych eval at VA this morning (which went well---the shrink said I am still totally and completely insane), and after that was done, I asked to be seen by the corpsman.

The corpsman said my lungs were clear, but I had a lot of upper respiratory mucus. He called in my primary, who looked me over and immediately prescribed a five-day course of antibiotics. So apparently, I have a bacteriological infection in my sinuses, which is causing the post-nasal drip, which is causing the cough, which is laying me low.

Make a sacrifice for Lent? Not **this** year, Breeze....I already have all I can deal with right now.

 

[Michie]

Well, I think I know what I'm fasting from this Lent: good health!

I'm currently dealing with Round Two of this awful crud; I've had a wracking cough similar to whooping cough for three days now; today my nose has run constantly, and I nearly don't have enough energy to keep my head lifted up. I had to get up and go in for a psych eval at VA this morning (which went well---the shrink said I am still totally and completely insane), and after that was done, I asked to be seen by the corpsman.

The corpsman said my lungs were clear, but I had a lot of upper respiratory mucus. He called in my primary, who looked me over and immediately prescribed a five-day course of antibiotics. So apparently, I have a bacteriological infection in my sinuses, which is causing the post-nasal drip, which is causing the cough, which is laying me low.

Make a sacrifice for Lent? Not **this** year, Breeze....I already have all I can deal with right now.

Praying you recover soon! Sounds miserable.

 

[pdudgeon]

I'm glad that you got the meds you need to kick this stuff in the butt.
you might also ask them for an inhaler and some meds that will help to loosen the crud in your lungs, and a cough syrup as well.
That's what I finally had to resort to, but it did the trick.

 

[Chrystal-J]

Basically going through the same thing as you. Sorry to hear you're suffering. It's been a long 2 weeks of illness here. Praying you recover quickly!

 

[servant of Merciful Love]

Well, I think I know what I'm fasting from this Lent: good health!

I'm currently dealing with Round Two of this awful crud; I've had a wracking cough similar to whooping cough for three days now; today my nose has run constantly, and I nearly don't have enough energy to keep my head lifted up. I had to get up and go in for a psych eval at VA this morning (which went well---the shrink said I am still totally and completely insane), and after that was done, I asked to be seen by the corpsman.

The corpsman said my lungs were clear, but I had a lot of upper respiratory mucus. He called in my primary, who looked me over and immediately prescribed a five-day course of antibiotics. So apparently, I have a bacteriological infection in my sinuses, which is causing the post-nasal drip, which is causing the cough, which is laying me low.

Make a sacrifice for Lent? Not **this** year, Breeze....I already have all I can deal with right now.

Lord have mercy ~ continued prayers