down with the sickness

I’ve been sick since Friday night. This is the first time I’ve been really sick since 1995, and holy shit is my body making up for lost time.
Yesterday, I had a fever of 103 (yes, try to not sing “hot blooded” now) for most of the day, and an oh-so-joyous dry hacking cough. The fever, the aches and the chills are nothing compared to the cough. I feel like someone’s been punching me in the stomach and hitting me across the ribs with a baseball bat. Last night, I was coughing so violently, I woke myself up and wasn’t able to fall back asleep for almost an hour.
This could not have come at a more inconvenient time. I still need to pick up some gifts for my wife, I have packages to ship at the post office, and we have to get our house in order for a family dinner on the 25th.
I also don’t believe in medicating the hell out of myself, so I take all sorts of homeopathic stuff, and let my body heal itself . . . but the coughing is do painful I broke down and took some cough syrup this morning, and some advil to bring my fever down. Right now my fever is down to 99, but I still feel a little woozy, almost like I’ve found the bottom of a few pints of Guinness.
I’m going to go back to bed, but I wanted to let WWdN readers know that tomorrow night, Drew from Fark and I will be on Tech TV’s Unscrewed. We did some really funny stuff, and I know that you’ll enjoy it. Check local listings for times and stuff.

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  3. I know how you feel Wil. I am just getting over this crap myself.
    Take care of youself and get lots of rest.
    underdog
    *sending major mojo vibes to Wil*

  5. You poor thing! I’ve been coughing for a month while my doctor monkeys with my asthma medication, and I so feel your pain.
    Major get-well mojo to you! And we’ll try to watch the program.

  6. I tried the homeopathic/bed rest thing for about 48 hours when I got sick earlier this year. Turned out I had strep and if I’d have gotten myself on Augmentin earlier I would have saved myself from a lot of what became the most miserable week I can remember.
    If it’s just a cold, that’s one thing, but I’d hesitate to screw around with a 103 temperature.

  8. Man, being sick during the holidays or at any other time is lame.
    Major get-better mojo headed your way that you get better soon enough to get what ya need done for the holiday.

  9. Speaking of your fever make sure you keep it down! Adults can’t handle higher temperatures like kids. If it continues to come back after the meds, please whole heartedly see a doctor! And yes I am a Paramedic and so I do know what it can do to you I have see high fevers gone bad.

  11. If your fever goes back up that high again, go to the damn doctor! You want to be really, really, really, careful when your temp. gets up that high. Anything 103 and above should be looked at by the doc. Sometimes, our bodies just can’t heal themselves and need a little extra help.
    /mom voice
    I hope you feel better. 😉

  12. I am sorry you got so sick. I hope it wasn’t the flu I got the flu shot so I won’t get it. Feel beter soon. Thanks for the information about unscrewed I don’t watch I might watch on Tuesday night just to see what you guys did. Hope you fee better soon.

  13. Wil darling, maybe you should get some Vicks vapor rub and stay under the covers for a while. Have your wife give you a full rub down. That should allow you to break the fever. And, don’t forget H20! You’ll be good as new in time for the Xmas preparations!
    Take care!

  16. jeez wil, toughen up. what if the borg were about to attack? show some backbone…dont let no single celled organisms get you down.

  18. You know, as I read that post, the words of this kid echoed in my ears….
    “It might be a tumor”
    Of course it’s not, but I thought that might get a chuckle.
    “It’s not a tumah!”
    hahaha!

  19. Hey Wil,
    I had that whole fever/cough about a month and a half ago, the cough got so bad that I could barely talk and it was near impossible to sleep. I ended up being put on antibiotics and cough syrup with Codeine. I usually don’t take alot of medicine either, but the cough syrup was the only thing that lessened the cough.
    I agree with the other posters, get yourself to a doctor. Especially since you’ve got a packed schedule for the holidays.
    Take care of yourself, I hope you feel better soon!

  21. Dude:
    Go to the doctor. Like NOW. The flu this year is serious and is settling in the lungs. It’s also got some weird complications with it, like pneumonia (yes, even young people get it) and in children, encephalitis. A fever of 103 is dangerous and that cough may be the start of this settling. You don’t want to mess with that sort of painful cough and the thing about lung-related viral infections is that they creep up you. You may not feel really sick until you’re so sick you have to be hospitalized.
    So, for your wife’s sake, for your kid’s sake, get to a doctor. It’s what they’re there for. And yes, I don’t know you, just read the blog and enjoy your art, but trust me on this one. I’m someone’s mother.

  22. This might be that Fujian strain that people are talking about. Take care of yourself and get plenty of rest. I saw the clip on TechTV’s website. (Thank you Fark for the link) Very cool stuff. Get better Wil and take a lot of vitamins. Mkay? Mkay.

  23. What Nayir said. As someone who has had pneumonia at least four times in his life, let me tell you, a high fever & sleep-depriving cough is not a good thing. Which is not to say you have pneumonia. But a visit to the doctor would not be a bad thing.
    Get well, soon, regardless.

  25. Yeah,Brendan, and there’s also a reason why there are so many more diseases around today than a few hundred years ago, and it’s also called modern medicine. Homeopathic treatment is perfectly fine up to a certain point, but some diseases indeed do need heavier treatment.You should at least let a doctor check on you to see what you got…

  27. Wil, Day-quil and Ny-quil are great….yes, they’re drugs, but they will help…or at least make you feel well enough to get your errands done.
    just my $.11.

  28. I am not a believer in medicine myself, but when I have to break down and take something I take Day Quill. Its a wonderous thing…that and orange juice (lots and lots of it). Hope you feel better soon.

  29. Hope you feel better man, I’ve been trying to shake a cold for the past few days. I hope your flu leaves soon!
    Try some chicken noodle soup (if you can stomach it) I swear that stuff can help cure anything!

  30. I had something similar a few years ago. Like you, I couldn’t sleep because of the damn cough. I finally went to the doctor and he prescribed some Tylenol with codeine. I slept like a baby after that.

  31. Feel better soon Wil – I’m with you on the “few drugs” thing, but for this one a hella lotta Robitussin went down the hatch at our house along with the standard chamomile/lemon/mint with honey tea.

  33. I hope you feel better soon, being sick on the holidays is a huge bummer. FYI, many OTC medications do little more than keep you awake. At least as far as the sudafed/cough syrup genre is concerned. Analgesics relieve pain usually but acetominophen is bad for the liver. I’ve had better luck kicking a cold with sex, so try that line on the wife when you’re a little more functional. 🙂

  35. Sweetie, please listen to Nayir. You cannot be casual about a high fever. No one wants you to have cooked spicy brains. Sounds like you need real meds to knock you out and allow your body to rest.
    Ginger tea with honey might help a bit, too.
    Feel better soon, Wil.

  37. Wil… please see a doc. My grandma had this year’s flu (which is probably what you have), and she ended up with pneumonia and decreased function in her heart (hospitalized for a week). If she hadn’t gone to the doc… well, this would have been a very sad holiday season. The doc can at least tell you if you have something more than the flu.

  38. In my poor, poor, no-health-insurance days, I depended on Nyquil to get me through dry hacking coughs. Then one night I ran out and in desperation I pulled out some old coconut rum. Everytime I woke up coughing, I just took a swig of that shit and the cough would settle. I think the alcohol helped the pain and the sugar soothed my dry throat. Try it. it works.
    Anyway now that I have health insurance again I’m as healthy as a horse. Kinda ironic, huh Ren?

  44. For your cough check at the local health food store for Nin Jom Pei Pa Koa Chinese cough syrup – it is the best.
    Hope you feel better soon.

  45. We use a non-medical ‘family’ recipe for colds, flus and chesty coughs; herbal tea (camomile or nettle are our favourites but just pick one) with a shot of brandy and a spoonful of honey. It helps Ogrek a great deal.
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    ^_~

  46. Go to a doctor.
    You’ve got the same set of symptoms as two of my friends did before they wound up in the hospital. It’s nasty stuff this year. Wicked nasty.

  47. Wil, please do take care of yourself! Lots of fluids and rest will help you recover faster. Rest = no TV, no DVDs, no computer games, no rearranging the furniture (you get the picture).
    Sleep tip: Elevate your upper body. It will help keep your lungs clear and things from creeping up and tickling your throat. I do this when my coughing keeps me awake and it helps!
    Also, if your fever does not go away in a day, you really should get checked by a doctor. Fevers usually indicate an infection.

  49. Sorry to read about your illness. I recently recovered from a month-long bout of bronchitis, so I definitely relate. (I’m a non-smoker, by the way.)
    I encourage you to see a doctor.
    I wish you and your family a very happy and peaceful holiday season.

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