I'm Sick

If you're friends with me on facebook or follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed my occasional mention of being sick.

I'm on Day 8 of a nasty cold.

Days 1-4 weren't too bad.  I had a sore throat and a headache.  So long as I took ibuprofen every four hours, I was fine.

On Day 5 I woke up and went between having a stuffy nose and not being able to breathe to spending my time with a box of Kleenex.  This is still going on.  

As I went to bed on Day 6 (Monday), I began to cough.  In fact, I coughed so much that I barely slept.  I felt like such garbage on Day 7 that I called in to work (which I very rarely do).

I was really hoping to have kicked this virus by now.  It's been a week, it is more than welcome to die now.

Of course, things don't work that way.

You see, today a new symptom has emerged.

I'VE LOST MY VOICE.

Let me specify... I've lost the ability to make vowel sounds due to inflammation of the vocal chords.  I can make the sounds for the letters F, S, and T at a normal tone because those letters only require air and the lips (the letter F) or the tongue (the letters S and T).  The rest of the letters?  Not so much.

Anyone who knows me well knows that I am, by nature, a chatty person, so losing my voice is pretty rough.  

Looks like it's going to be a pretty quiet day for me...