Very tired of being ill....

So I'm going to stop talking about it right after this:

• DIZZY!
• WEAK!
• TIRED!
• PHLEGM.... All that FRAKKING phlegm!
• Come on already, this is getting beyond annoying.

I think I need a sickness exorcist.

DONE...  NO MORE ON THIS TOPIC...  Cut on the dotted line to remove the above mentioned
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It's SPOOKY MONTH!!!!!!!  The only month that matters!

Horror movies, haunted tours, ghost trains, haunted houses!

Zombies, monsters, werewolves, vampires (not the squishy Twilight versions; I'm talking 30 Days of Night), demons, other mean snarly things that go bump in the night.

I can't say that I'm super prepared, but I will be.  This is the most creative time of the year.

To help put you in the mood, check out the Scariest Picture on the Internet:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1iR0uiALTE


- - sniff, cough - -

I swear I'm transforming into a zombie

My theory that all viruses are actually undead organisms must be true.

My glands (you know those ones that sit kinda where your neck meets the bottom of your jaw) and the space beneath my ear lobes are NUMB!

The cold is still progressing (maybe regressing by now).  Still have headaches, sneezes, buckets-o-phlegm, etc.

And now nose bleeds!

According to the Zombie Survival Guide, these are some of the symptoms.  Loosely translated anyway.

Have you ever watched Ugly Americans?  Maybe zombie life wouldn't be so bad.  I'd end up looking like Randall Skeffington though.

Why?

Why me?

AHHHH-CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Why me?  Why do I - AHHHH-CHOOOOOOOOOO - suffer this badly through-CHOOOOOOOOOOOOO


colds?

These sneezes are

AHHHHHH-CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

atomic.


AHHHHHHHHHHHH- FRAKKING- CHOOOOOOOOOOO!

Please make the hurting stop.

Zombie apocalypse.....

.... on a much smaller scale.

Q:  Is a virus alive? 
A:  No.  It cannot move on its own.  It cannot reproduce on its own.  It does not need to eat, nor does it need to expel waste.  It does, however, contain enough genetic material to reproduce itself when attached to a healthy living cell.

So we're talking about a thing that is not alive and feeds on living material.  Are all viruses UNDEAD?!?!?!

We know that solanum (the virus that hijacks your brain and turns you into a flesh eating zombie) is a virus.  It needs to travel through open wounds or bites (typical exchange of fluids).

Solanum maybe harder to spread because of what is involved, but maybe it has spawned a whole bunch of mini-me's and is happily harvesting itself on all of us peoples. 


Think about it.  I'm infected and I'm walking slower and groaning............


Sci-Fi/Horror meets reality.

The common cold

While suffering through this horrendous cold, I did a little research.  From what I'm reading, the fact that I'm reacting so badly means that I have a strong immune system.  All those people with minor stuffiness are actually less healthy than I am?

Here are some facts about the common cold that I found interesting:

1. You are contagious the day before the illness breaks out until one to three days after you feel better.
2.  Only 75% of the people exposed to the cold virus produce symptoms.  They actually have the cold, but don't react as harshly; they are also carrying the infection.  Bloody carriers.
3. People with stronger immune systems are most likely to develop cold symptoms.  This is because the symptoms of a cold are directly due to the strong immune response to the virus, not the virus itself.
4.  Nose blowing, sneezing, and coughing benefit the virus by helping spread it to other people.  Blowing your nose can create a buildup of excess pressure in sinus cavities.
5. Discontinuation of  regular activity does not have to occur, but you'll notice you're weaker because your body is fighting that GORAM cold.
6. Medication will help lessen the symptoms, which are actually contributing to the spreading of the cold.

So, I guess, I should medicate the hell out of myself and stop blowing my nose. I'm not sure the family will appreciate me sniffing all day long.

Also, "Feed a cold, starve a fever" is a load of crap.

References (in no particular order):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymptomatic_carrier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cold
http://www.commoncold.org/special1.htm
http://www.commoncold.org/prevent.htm

PHLEGM

Phlegm.


Phlegm.


Phlegm.

HOW MUCH PHLEGM CAN A PERSON REALISTICALLY PRODUCE IN A DAY?

There has got to be some way of harnessing this renewable resource somehow.


Phlegm.


Phlegm.


Phlegm.

You don't know what you had until you lost it

What does it feel like to be well?

I can't remember.  This happens all of the time.  When I'm well, I don't notice it.  In a sense I feel nothing, neutral, empty(?).

It's not until I'm sick do I miss feeling well.  The problem is, by the time I'm sick, I've forgotten what well feels like.  Mainly because it feels like nothing.

Sick feels like many things:

• headache
• coated tongue
• runny nose
• stuffy ears
• sore muscles
• dizzy
• stinging nose
• plugged ears
• and on and on and on

It's kind of like forgetting what not having to pee feels like.

When I'm sick I simply cannot imagine myself not feeling sick because feeling well has a null impression.  So, it feels like you are either sick or not sick.  How do you stay in the not sick zone?  It's impossible because there can be no "not sick" without "sick" to contrast it.

There has got to be a way to fool the system though.  Maybe it is as easy as the HGTTG instructions on how to fly:  Trip on something and immediately get distracted so you forget to fall.