The past few days have been hell

And there goes my 31-day writing streak goal.

Hello ladies and gentlemen of readcash, how have you been? I mentioned in my last article that I was having a bit of headache that was resistant to painkillers, so I slept early that night in the hopes that I will feel better in the morning but it got worse.

As someone who likes to look at all angles of something, I suspected it might get worse the next day and I could have gotten drugs as back up but I was banking on the 50% chance that I might get better with just a good night rest, I was wrong. I woke up the next day (Friday) with a more serious headache and general body weakness and I knew I was in for a very wild rollercoaster ride.

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I was too weak to even call for help but luckily for me, my younger sister came into my room to pick up something and I told her to call my mom but she said my parents already left for work (damn!). I was extra lucky I woke up before my sisters left for work, I wonder how I would've coped if I was home alone as usual. My sister called my dad on phone and I was told to go get drugs from the nurse close to my house when she opens her workplace later.

I was hoping as the morning progressed, I would be strong enough to take a walk downstairs and visit the nurse but things seem to be getting worse and I knew I had to call for help. There is a reason why my mom was the first person I asked for when I woke up, she knew the best thing to do whenever any member of the family is sick. I called her immediately and told her what was going on and she said she was coming home.

She arrived a few minutes later with drugs which I took immediately and she tried to offer me the breakfast they left for me earlier but I told her I will throw up 😆 coz the food she's offering is one of the things I hate the most when I am sick: bread, the other one is egg (whether boiled or fried, I hate them all). I finally settled for rice but I could only take a small quantity and I had to use a malt drink to enable me swallow it coz my mouth was very dry.

Mom left after a while and in a few hours, I was feeling better; the medicine is working. I was still lying in bed but at least I could open my eyes properly without feeling like someone was hitting them with a sledgehammer and I tried using my phone but I could only use it for a few minutes before drifting off to sleep.

I woke up some hours later and it seems I have gone back to square one (or maybe even square zero). My mom came back later in the evening and was alarmed by my body temperature (I think she mentioned something around 40°C or thereabout). But the funny thing is I was feeling very cold and had to wrap myself with lots of clothes and a blanket but mom made me remove all of it so I could cool down, it was not a very fun experience.

I took the drugs again that night and had a bit of dinner before sleeping off immediately. Woke up the next day (Saturday) and I was feeling slightly better. Manage to eat breakfast that morning, took the same drugs and after a few hours, I was feeling better (it's beginning to look like a pattern 😆). By Saturday evening, I was feeling a lot better and can even move more freely. I kept myself busy with movies coz that's the only thing I could do that won't mentally drain me.

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Sunday morning was a lot better and I could tell I have gotten about 60% of my health back to normal. I was still having a bit of weakness and a slight headache but my body temperature has reduced. Continued watching movies on my phone and played a few games just to get used to my phone again. I actually noticed the colors were looking more intense than before 😆 (might just be a side-effect of the sickness?).

Moving forward

I seriously hate getting sick (I know nobody likes it but mine is extra) and I didn't like the way I was helpless this past couple of days. I have been doing a lot of activities that I know quite well are too much for me to handle all at once but I still went ahead to do them daily and barely had enough rest, so I wasn't surprised when I broke down.

Looks like I am going to reduce the time I allocate to my daily activities, starting with coding (that one is the biggest villain here 😆). I usually allocate up to 6 hours daily to coding but now I am reducing it to 3 hours, the remaining 3 hours will be added to my resting and relaxation time. Other activities will be reduced as well, I will hate for something like this to happen again.

All in all, I am glad to be back to blogging, that was the one thing I always had in mind as I dived in and out of different sleeping sessions, at one point I even tried writing an article but I blacked out after writing only the topic 😆. I am not yet fully back to full health but I am slowly getting there. On that note, I will fully resume activities here tomorrow (as well as hive), so please bear with me for now.

Thanks for reading 💖💖💖

Sunday July 10, 2022