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March 16, 2003 - 5:35 PM
Rampage Health
Rampage Health
I was going to say, "At least I'm not sweating anymore." But that's not true. It was true a couple of hours ago but it is not true now. I am still sweating. But I wonder why I am still sweating as my temperature is now below normal.
This all started with cleaning my bedroom. I'm telling you, that will never happen again if this is the result. Because of all the dust in the room, by the end of the weekend I was wheezing pretty bad. The rest of the week, from Monday to Wednesday, I was still wheezing but not nearly as terribly as I had been. In fact, I was still able to go to the gym.
On Thursday morning, however, I woke up with a hacking cough. It was one of those coughs that come from deep within your lungs, the kind that make your head vibrate and your ribs ache. At first I didn't think much of it and I guess I figured it wasn't going to hold on. In every other way I felt pretty good. Unfortunately as the day wore on, I started to feel worse and worse.
On my way home from work Thursday night, I stopped a bought myself some cough syrup and OJ. I had some of both when I got home and went straight to bed. Within the next couple of hours I was having severe chills. At the same time I was sweating profusely. In order to maintain any sort of comfort level, I removed all my clothes but kept a sheet over me. Within minutes the bed sheets were soaked through with sweat. It was disgusting. Despite my hope that the antihistamines in the cough syrup would knock me out, I was unable to get any restful sleep
In the morning I phoned work to inform them I would not be in due to illness. Ironically, I had planned on faking sick to get a day off from work on Friday. It suddenly looked like I would have a legitimate reason! I also knew that if I was going to be able to participate in the
Diaryland Orgy
and
Murderous Rampage
in any way, I was going to have to go to the doctor and get some medication. My body temperature was up to 102°F. By Friday afternoon I had 3 medications, one of them a cough syrup containing narcotics and another a pack of antibiotics for bacterial infections. I had been diagnosed with bronchitis. Lovely.
I was able to attend the activities for the
Diaryland Orgy
and
Murderous Rampage
although I really was just a barely able to maintain an appearance of cognition. For most of the day I was feeling nauseous, headachy, dizzy. In fact I was grateful in the middle of the day when a number of Rampagers wanted to take a break and go back to the hotel for a while. It gave me a chance to rest between activities.
Despite the bronchitis, I enjoyed meeting everyone and mostly enjoyed the day. Everything is a bit hazy, however. I’d like to make up to them all for my lack of energy and the fact that they did not meet the real me. The sick me and the normal me are different people and I would have liked them all to meet the normal me. I'm hoping that I will have a chance to meet them all again under healthier circumstances.
It occurs to me, though, that perhaps I am not meant to participate in these things. The last time I attempted to organize a
Diaryland Orgy
and
Murderous Rampage
my father-in-law died and I was prevented from attending. This time I was almost prevented from attending. Even so, my attendance was tainted. As much as I don't believe in superstitious crap, perhaps some force is trying to tell me not to organize these things. And maybe I won't try to do this again. Maybe I'll try to keep meeting new people low-key and more intimate. I do enjoy meeting new people and would like to continue to do so but perhaps I need to alter my approach. I can do that.
By the way, I'm still sick.
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