Thanks everyone for your well wishes yesterday. I did call in sick for Tuesday because I still had a fever even as it got close to time to leave for work. And I was still coughing and sneezing and blowing my nose. Over the course of 2 days (Monday and Tuesday), I went through 2 whole boxes of Kleenex (120 tissues to a box). I’m coughing a lot less now, but still sneezing and blowing my nose. And now I have watery eyes and a red, sore nose. It’s so seldom that I get sick, but whatever bug I picked up sure hit me hard. I did a Covid test and it came back negative. But while I feel somewhat better now, I’m still not well. If I’m not better in the morning than I am right now (I’m going to bed in about 5 minutes), I will call off work again in the morning. I can’t work with watery eyes and a runny nose. I have the day off on Thursday, then I should be good to go on Friday. My fever has broken, at least for now, but I’ll see if it goes back up in the morning. I’ve been feeling a bit “barfy” so it’s hard to eat. I hope I can eat more starting today.
Thanks everyone for your well wishes yesterday. I did call in sick for Tuesday because I still had a fever even as it got close to time to leave for work. And I was still coughing and sneezing and blowing my nose. Over the course of 2 days (Monday and Tuesday), I went through 2 whole boxes of Kleenex (120 tissues to a box). I’m coughing a lot less now, but still sneezing and blowing my nose. And now I have watery eyes and a red, sore nose. It’s so seldom that I get sick, but whatever bug I picked up sure hit me hard. I did a Covid test and it came back negative. But while I feel somewhat better now, I’m still not well. If I’m not better in the morning than I am right now (I’m going to bed in about 5 minutes), I will call off work again in the morning. I can’t work with watery eyes and a runny nose. I have the day off on Thursday, then I should be good to go on Friday. My fever has broken, at least for now, but I’ll see if it goes back up in the morning. I’ve been feeling a bit “barfy” so it’s hard to eat. I hope I can eat more starting today.