I hab a code

[dreamflower]

All last week the DH was fighting with a nasty cold, and ended up missing a day-and-a-half of work. (The half was when they sent him home with a temp of 102).

I knew I'd get it sooner or later, and now it's hit with a vengence. My sinuses feel like they are stuffed with cotton, I have the energy of a wet noodle, my left ear is stopped up and I have ringing in both ears, and I am starting to cough and hack. And I'm on my second soggie hankie.

But the worst is a couple of little things. I have a cold sore on my upper lip that feels like it's been slashed with a razor, and a sore cuticle on my right middle finger that feels like someone's stuck a needle in it. It *feels* like a huge hangnail, but there is no evidence of one. Just throbbing pain.

Why are these little things always so painful out of all proportion to their seriousness?

Fixing to have some apple juice and some more Tylenol and maybe fall asleep for a while. Ugh.

Comments

[mumstheword54.livejournal.com]

*hugs and chicken soup*

Sometimes antibiotic ointment plus a band-aid will help with the cuticle.

Take care of yourself, dear!

*more hugs and restful dreams*

[shirebound]

Poor baby, and poor DH! What a miserable time. I hope you can get a good nap and that tomorrow you feel a bit better.

[the-mad-hobbit.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry you are having so much trouble! Why not take a day off from the world? Curl up with a movie (LOTR is best) or a book (same thing) and just pretend that's all there is to the world?

Hugs,
Rach

[baranduin.livejournal.com]

Hope you're able to get some good, nourishing rest and possibly some chicken soup!

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

Oh, honey, I sympathize, believe me. Little things, but they all add up to a big misery when you put them together in one poor, overtaxed body. Take good care of yourself. I hope you start feeling better soon. *wraps you in warm blankets*

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

So sorry you're sick. (I hope it's a different virus than the one my daughter and hubby caught--she was sick for a week and a half and hubby's been sick for going on 14 days now. I've been busy disinfecting everything he touches the moment after he touches it...)

Have a sore finger and a cold sore is adding insult to injury!

[ellynn-ithilwen.livejournal.com]

Get well soon, dear! *hugs*

[febobe.livejournal.com]

Because sometimes the little things are what really get us worst of all somehow, and I don't know why that is, just that it is!

*hugs and pats and love*

Wish I could share homemade clear-your-sinuses soup with you! We made some tonight even though no sinus probs here so far (hopefully it'll stay that way!). Would share with you if I were close enough! Do you think soup travels well as a file attachment? :D

Hugs and love,
Febobe :)

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

SEnding lots of get well wishes your way.Most of my friends in the UK have had miserable colds too. Hope you get well soon.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Our pain sensors aren't well made and scaled to the danger level of the pain--more evolution fail. (-:

I got that stuffed ear, too, but not the other stuff. Feel better quickly! *gentle hugs*