The last three days have been hellish; I caught the flu and had all of the usual symptoms: stuffy nose, fever, headaches, fatigue, and so on.
I have not been able to take the necessary time to rest because of real-life commitments that are unavoidable, which is very saddening and stressful.
The symptoms persisted, and when the cough began, I knew it would be a severe flu. So, after three days of ibuprofen and PROUGANIL, the fever has subsided, but the cough and stuffy nose are still present, albeit not as severe as they were on Friday. It is been raining a lot.
It feels like one of those monsoon rain forest rains that is chronic and never-ending, and the rain was heavier on Saturday. I have not had any real food since Friday, and it is all because of the flu and the rain. Normally, I would wade in the water to go shopping, but this was simply impossible for me.
I had family responsibilities to attend to, which has been difficult, and in the meantime, I have been suffering from chest pains that refuse to go away. For me, that is my body's way of signalling that it needs to rest. My other work commitments have also suffered greatly as a result of my lack of sleep.
Recovery time crawls endlessly
The fever has made it difficult for me to sleep in three days, and even when I try to take breaks during the day, I am unable to sleep except to watch TV and waste my "recovery time."
I am no longer used to binge watching TV; I used to enjoy it, but there is just so much to worry about these days, and there is no time for TV shows anymore, but because I am not fit enough for my other commitments, it means I am stuck at home to rest.
You know how life has to move on when you cannot move with it?
You have to wait and watch
Life waits for no one, that's the sad part of it it. Life existed before we arrived, and it will remain after we leave, with everyone having a bus stop where they must log off permanently and return to their creator, and life continues.
This is how it feels when life temporarily moves on with us. Someone recovering from chemotherapy, someone who tore their ACL, or someone who suffered multiple bone fractures.
These people are unable to attend parties or work, nor can they enjoy leisurely evening walks without experiencing pain or tremors. People like this must prioritize their recovery over money or anything else.
It is ironic how people overestimate their contribution to life until something happens that forces them to sit on the sidelines, at which point they realize they are expendable.
##expendable You & I
Life makes people automatically expendable; it ensures that everyone can be replaced without causing a delicate shift in the balance of life, and while this appears to be another Monday, it should be enough to make you reflect.
However, it is not entirely bad to be missing from action; if this is only temporary, it is necessary to have a mental reset, even if you will be on the sidelines for an extended period of time. For me, abandoning everything else was not a choice, but rather a result of circumstance.
TV
In the process, I have been forced to watch TV and count the minutes as they slowly pass. When you are busy, time moves quickly, but it slows down when you are sick and trying to recover. Time is constant, but we change, resulting in a significant difference in how we perceive it (time).
Fortunately for me, I did not have the fever rash and cold sores that come with all of these other symptoms, which is most likely because my fever has not risen to that level and it has been over three days, which means one thing: a shorter recovery time for me.
I can not wait to get back to creating content for the KAITO algorithm(on X). For the time being, I would like to take two to three days off and hope to be fully recovered after that.
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