two ppl just told me there's a nasty flu going round

bah i had a terrific blog up-date AND the revised version of noise to put up, it is clearly psychosomatic

today — viz pride day — is also the fifth anniv of when things started to to pear-shaped w.[xXx], tho i think i am dwelling on that becuz i am below par not vice versa

Starts with a slight sore throat. Start running fever. Continues with dizzyness and gastro-intestinal distress. My housemate claimed that he felt like he had a really, really bad hangover for five days when he hadn't had a drop. (Then again, being a writer, I don't really trust his "didn't have a drop!" allegations...)

Take good care of yourself! This flu turned so bad that it caused one of our 3 NHS clinic stops in a two-week tour.

The stress of it all. I have to give a report on 31st july and then have a two hour viva by mid-august. I think i am going to be sick too.

(I'm healthy so far though)

Speaking of illness maps, one of my worst temp jobs ever was back in early 90s, I worked for the New York State Department of Health's rabies commission. My job was to data input reports of Rabies cases and wild animal attacks, tracking the progress of rabies across the state. We had a big map on the wall with red pins stuck in everwhere there was another case.

if the red pins were gradually advancing in a sinister wave from the rabid west, or better still if they formed arcane kabbalistic patterns, that job wd be fun surely?

i am up cuz my mum rang to say the village fete was fabby and someone guessed the how-many-sweets-in-the-jar to within one sweet and isn't tim henman wet?

back to bed

yes listening to AMM will make you fell bettah oh yes.

Am racking feverish brain for acronym, but am being stupid, what is AMM?

Have finally finished two interviews for the day, so I get to go to bed. I can't drink any tea cause I dumped it all in the nearest body of water on the 4th of July, but I can lie around and read Damien Hirst fan fiction, mmmmmmm.

http://www.kindamuzik.net/features/article.shtml?id=434

So wow, two degrees of separation between my flu and Pete Kember. Aaaaaaahhhhhhh...

Try some of that "Sambucol" type stuff. (It comes under various trade names, but it has the same basic ingredient. Black berry extract, I think.) I have had good luck taking this at the first sign of the flu.

A craving for spinach is not necessarily a bad thing in my book, though, sure, it could indicate some sort of deficiency. (Could be folate rather than iron.)

I'm pretty tired myself. Spinach sounds good but I'm too lazy to cook anything.

if i was *really* ill dan i wd suddenly be lucid, perhaps

(Sorry to everyone who has been anywhere near me in the past three weeks esp Emma who caught my pox IN A TENT).

get well soon sarah and emma!

I think I shall spend the evening lying on bed listening to Slowdive. Good night.

(loo type answers for anyone desperate enough, but they may sway into TMI for most people)

SPINACH?!? We ate some spinach on thursday and have been suffering from... uh... diarrhea the past couple of days. (Sorry, I know, I shouldn't talk about such things...) I completely freaked out because I'm pregnant and feared the worst for my baby. But apparently it's okay. I wouldn't really worry if I wasn't. It's *cleansing*. ;-)

As long as you don't have a fever, feel very nauseous, have muscle pain or *spots* on your skin, it's alright. Just be sure to drink plenty of water and maybe eat some bananas, Mark. That *constipates*. It's just your bowels trying to get rid of the bad things.

It's very strange, some of my friends and my husband have it as well. MAYBE IT IS THE BAD ITALIAN FOOD! Y'know that scandal that just was discovered here: they changed the expire date, some of the food was six yrs past hte expire date!
:-)

Now I've jinxed myself, I suppose.

A couple years ago everyone in my tennis class mysteriously got what most called food poisoning. It was just that crappy 24-hr bug that sometimes you hear about in the news happening on cruise ships.

Are you CRAZY? :-) Then again I have loads of books and also a telly to keep my company. Also, my doggie. I let her on the bed if I'm alone. My bed is an island.