Influenza

Remember several months ago when the Flu was in style and the thing to have? Everybody had to get it. If you weren’t touched by the old Flu you were a nobody, apparently. Facebook lit up with status updates about who had the Swine Flu and how a particular person felt about their ordeal. Yeah, well, I finally got it. They don’t know if it’s the Swine Flu or just regular Flu because they said it doesn’t matter because they treat it the same. It also costs $300 to determine what kind so I opted for just knowing I have Influenza.




Seriously body, why couldn’t you have contracted this little virus when it was cool? Instead, I had to be the marvel and the worry maker at the doctor’s office because I was Influenza case #2 for the month. Now, everyone at the doctor’s office is in a panic about the next pandemic I am apparently starting. Seriously, it’s like I’m the one who was still wearing a fanny pack in 2000 when it was the super cool fad of 1991. The Flu is totally out of style in almost March, 2010. Now, because I got it a lot later I can’t go into work because I work with mostly moms and none of them want to get sick.



I got to be honest though. The only reason I went into the doctor’s office is because of my AT trek. Otherwise, I would have just assumed I had a cold and moved on. However, two years ago almost to the day I had the same symptoms when I was playing arena football. Instead of taking care of the problem I just thought I’d “tough” it out. Well, I knew I was in trouble when I couldn’t make it through calling a play in the huddle without gasping for breath and hacking up my lungs. Apparently, I had a slight case of both Bronchitis and Pneumonia (let it be known I didn’t miss one practice or game). So, I wanted to make sure I was on top of this before I got on the trail and couldn’t make it after three days. Doc said I would be fine by April 1st.



On a side note, I weighed in, at the doctor’s, at 218 lbs. It’s better than my 230 lbs I was when I started the 300 Mile Challenge on my website in December. I don’t know though. I feel differently because I have spent the last several years weight training for football so now I don’t do that and I feel weird. Oh well, I’ll prolly be a stick figure when I get back from the Trail.