The Chills

I came home last night and went straight to the sofa to lie down. Not in recent memory have I felt so exhausted, my muscles and bones aching, and I had a headache, a sore throat, and chills to boot -- the funny thing is that all of these symptoms seemed to appear and consume me almost instantaneously. My first thought was fear that it was the flu, and I thought to myself that I could not be getting sick again with the China trip a week away. Towards midnight, still battling the chills and aches, I started getting very warm, then very hot and feverish, and then it was all gone by morning save a little muscle soreness. I left work early after feeling the onslaught of the aches and pains, and chills again, and I drove home in agony, looking forward to a warm bath and a soft bed that awaits.

The sad thing is that I had just gotten over a cold about a month earlier, and I've been averaging about a cold a month. Each successive bout of illness became less severe, but nevertheless I need to break out of this cycle of illness. Ok, it is back to bed for me.