Not dead!

[blamebrampton]

Do have Sydney Death Plague, though, thanks to Mr B.

Friday: Come home tired from ukulele, sleep in spare bed due to Mr B being ill, wake up with hacking cough.

Saturday and Sunday: Throw Mr B into spare bed, spend entire weekend in bed with aches and chills and fever plus hacking cough. Survive on bottled fruit and water.

Monday: Call doctor. Doctor says, 'You sound very rattly, is that pneumonia?' Me: 'I thought it was flu! I don't know? Can I come and see you and you tell me?' Doctor: 'Come tomorrow, try not to die before then.' Me: 'I feel worse now.'

Yesterday: Visit Doctor. 'What have you broken now?' Me: 'Nothing! I have flu, remember? I called you yesterday, you were alarming.'
'How's your thumb?'
'It's fine, see? But how are my lungs?'
'Oh, they're temporarily horrid, but they're naturally super, so you'll be fine in a few weeks or a month. It's not flu by the way, there's a horrible mutant cold thing going around.'
'But the chills? The shakes? The fever and the incredible joint aches?'
'Yep. It's like flu, but it's not.'
'So what is it?'
'It's a week in bed. Go home and back to bed. Get up next week. Here's a medical certificate.'

Today: I am out of bed! I am dressed! I am still standing! I will go to work!
Get to work.
Realise I have made a terrible mistake.
Spend two hours doing 15 minutes' worth of work to get out new flatplans for the next issues.
Follow wishes of all coworkers and go home before I pass out.
Pass out.

All with only the internet I can piggyback though my iPhone as Mr B decided now would be a great time to change ISPs, which has been about a week of nothing so far. When I kill him, I expect everyone to testify in my defence.

If you hear anyone with a hacking cough, run. It's vile. And I don't even know what it is. However, having spoken to several other people who have had it, if we can find Patient Zero, they're likely to be in deep, deep trouble.

Comments

[ecosopher.livejournal.com]

Yikes, that does sound awful. Get better soon!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Shoot any Easterners you see bringing it over! (There should be tests at the Rabbit Proof Fence. If it still exists. Is there a Dingo Fence or is that just a thing Australians say? I never know.)

[uminohikari.livejournal.com]

Feel better!

(But -- bottled fruit? *g*)

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

It was soft and cold and in pear juice, about as much as I could handle! I thought about vegies, but too much chewing!

[kitty_fic]

Awww! I hope you feel better soon! *hugs*

And yes, I think we would totes testify for you. HOW DARE HE???

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[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thank you ,dear, you are the kindest of Kitties!

[connorblond.livejournal.com]

Cold in summer is vile.

Wait - you're in Down Under? Well, have fun in bed then. :P

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Yep, theoretically winter. Of course, it was 20 deg C today ...

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel much better soon, dear. Please keep that one on your side of the planet?

Then when you're well I think it must be time for planning your next UK visit. Right?

*hopeful, with tissues*

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Mere. Alas, I feel it will inevitably spread. Just flee if you hear the cough!

I should probably hold on the planning until there is more money in the kitty …

[illereyn.livejournal.com]

Oh dear.

Get well soon!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[zeitgeistic.livejournal.com]

I can't decide if it would be great if doctors really talked like that or if it would be horrifying.

I hope you feel 100% soon!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I have only very lightly paraphrased him! He is good, but very Character Actor Doctor, and delights in mocking me. I don't even break that many bones these days!

Thank you!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

I'll testify that Mr. B had it coming and you were nowhere near when it happened.

The cleaning "lady" probably infected me with trachoma, she said as she came by to tell me she won't work today and demanded I photocopy stuff for her. She might come tomorrow to do "a bit of wiping" which is worse than nothing. I'd happily set her onto Mr. B?

Take care and try to take it easy.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Oh, no more diseases for him! He's the worst patient in the world. Get well yourself, dear, and thank you for the alibi!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

*lol* that's also a reason to wish someone the best of health (but not why I wish it for you).

[enchanted-jae.livejournal.com]

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I am laughing far too much for someone this rattly in the chest! XXX

[enchanted-jae.livejournal.com]

Oops, sorry.

*sheepish grin*

[azurelunatic]

Huh! Perhaps we have the same thing! At least two other people on my floor have it too.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

It's come here from somewhere! If you find the originator, we are happy to pay towards a thorough smacking! I suspect a lab experiment gone horribly wrong!

[azurelunatic]

One of my co-workers suggested that I take NyQuil and sleep through it. I pointed out that if I can't breathe, I'd like to wake up.

[17catherines.livejournal.com]

I remember the hacking cough! Didn't particularly notice the fever, mostly I just wanted to sleep 20 hours a day...

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Blessed, blessed sleep! I have a plan for the next week that comes down to organising everything for maximum sleepage!

[jadzialove.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain! Take away the hacking cough and add a sinus infection and you have me two weeks ago. It was bizarre, came out of nowhere so I couldn't even point the finger at someone and lay blame, and at one point I thought I would die when the fever, the chills and the aches crescendoed together. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. I am glad to know you're feeling better--just take it easy until you feel 100 per cent.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Oh hon, that sounds VILE! Thanks, I am stupidly off to Melbourne tomorrow on a pre-planned thing, so it's crash or crash through at this point.

[catsintheattic.livejournal.com]

Get well soon!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I cracked more time out of bed than in today! Progress!

[catsintheattic.livejournal.com]

YAY for making progress! :-)

[sherryillk.livejournal.com]

Really, the only thing for it is rest and time. Flu/colds are the worst, especially when they seem so similar to the other that you can't tell which one it is... I always feel sorry for people who have a horrible cough -- there's nothing more unbearable. I would rather be dizzy, feverish, headachey and a whole host of other things than be afflicted with a cough...

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Sadly, have the full set :-(

I am idiotically off to Melbourne in the morning. Early night! Good advice!

[kayoko.livejournal.com]

Feel better soon!

I'm not sure why, but the chirpy tone of this made me smile. Thank you.

[astardanced77.livejournal.com]

Oh no! I was just re-reading Fathers who could do with a spot of sinning yesterday and thinking of you. Hope you and J are better soon - though happy to be a character witness at your trial if it comes to that. :-)

S and I have to take a trip to IKEA soon, after he returns from gallivanting around Pennsylvania. We should catch up while we are in Sydney!

[mrsquizzical.livejournal.com]

icky! my kids have the flu at the moment. i'm hoping it IS actually just the flu... :|

[meredyth-13.livejournal.com]

Hi, Lovey,

You haven't posted in a while so I thought I'd drop you a line and say hello, and see how you're doing?

Also, to let you know that Mr C and I did an ABC online survey on Australian politics / the issues around the upcoming election today. It was interesting and started some fun conversations (mostly about how vague / inappropriately worded most of the questions were).

But I thought you might like to know that in the question that asked - 'where do you get your political information from?' - I chose 'Other' and then typed in 'Brammers' into the text field. You are my official source of quality information and understanding of all things political in Australia. :D

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