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Not feeling so Hotter'N Hell
August 27, 2007Sorry for the lack-o-blogs the last few days. I haven't been feeling very well.
And I'm pretty tough, but some kinda bug nearly put me out of commission, even though I didn't get to take any time off of work.
Sick Jason is not a Happy Jason
So it all kinda started Thursday afternoon. All of a sudden, this wave of a headache came over me. Not like one of my normal stress-related headaches either.
This one was a doozy.
After about an hour of that...the old bones starting hurting. Now, I know that 28 isn't "old", but my shoulder, neck, knees, chest, calves and feet started feeling like I had just completed the 100-mile route of the Hotter'N Hell.
Then came the fever.....now, I don't remember the last time that I actually had a fever....but before bedtime, it was at 101.5.
By morning, it was 101.7 and I still had to come to work on Friday, there just wasn't anything I could do about it. Jeff wouldn't be able to cover all of the Hotter'N Hell 100 stuff by himself.
I was like a freaking zombie for the entire day. I couldn't focus on the computer screen, I was probably rocking back and forth in my chair.
And I didn't recognize the height of my fever.... but I was shaking from being cold. I kept asking if I was the only person who was cold, and people were looking at me crazy.
I drove home without the air conditioner on because I had goosebumps all over.
I would guess that the fever reached it's height of about 102 degrees. Then the sore throat and cough came into play.
It was about this point that I had to go shoot the Men's and Women's Criterium Friday night. I could barely form a complete sentence. I was lucky to get whatever shots I could. At one point during the women's race...I just sat on the curb for about 10 laps, just watching them go by and trying to not fall over.
Friday night spelled relief.... I think the fever broke sometime after 3 a.m. I woke up about 7:30 for HHH100 duty with a temp of 98.2. I joked with my girlfriend that I was going to go from a fever to hypothermia.
The cough and sore throat was still there...but it slowly worked it's way away over the rest of the weekend.
I'm sitting at the computer now, feeling about 300% better than I did on Friday.
All of this...without ever going to the doctor. Although I probably should have. My educated guess would be I had some kind of 3-day flu bug. I know I hadn't felt like that in a looooong time.
It's good to feel good.
Posted by Jason Palmer at 03:39 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)
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You should of taken tylenol or motrin for your fever. It is definitely not normal to have that high of a temp. I am glad that you are feeling better. You do know that when you have a fever you could be contagious.
:( fevers are good for ya. they take care of whatever is messing with your body. but so does sleeping when you are sick. bummer that you couldn't rest up while your body did its work.
