Mother of sorrows

That rather sums up the past weekend for me. I came down with some configuration of illness involving tonsillitis, sore throat, headache and other aches and pains. an intermittent low-grade fever, and a fair bit of sneezing. I think this was the first really full-blown illness I’ve had in over a year. I spent much of the weekend sleeping and trying to sleep and had a tissue box within arm’s length through the nights.The infection moved down my respiratory tract last night and some laryngitis, difficult breathing and coughing joined the mix. Fortunately the cough seemed to be less of a problem today once I got up and around.

In fact, I was feeling a bit better in some ways this morning until I walked outside to check the mail and the strong winds seemed to blow massive amounts of pollen into my face. At least that’s what it seemed like as I went into a sneezing attack soon afterwards that didn’t totally settle for hours. I’d been sneezing all weekend but that was a series of infrequent but powerful and painful sneezes. For a while it was one sneeze after another.

I think the rain washed away most of the pollen and I managed much better when I had to go out this evening to take our family friend G to his aqua aerobics class. I was still feeling unwell but not as bad as earlier. So tonight I’m still coughing a bit and sneezing a bit and my eyes still feel pretty bad. But my head has cleared a little so that I might be able breathe properly tonight. It seems I might on my way back to normal health at this point.