Kiwibird
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- Jul 12, 2012
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So thus breaks my 6 year winning streak of not coming down with a flu/cold And so early in the season too! Guess it's best to get it out of the way though. Thank you to my hubby from dragging it home from work and passing it on to me! The last time I was sick was the year all that swine flu panic was going around and I certainly did get a particularly nasty flu that year (would never go to a doctor over such thing, but it might well have been what everyone was panicking over).
Based on the fact I was running a nice 102+ fever, I'm thinking I had a mild flu the past 2 days and not just a cold. It kind of bums me out since I was hoping my mostly raw, whole foods diet would keep sickness away permanently. On the brighter side, it didn't completely knock me down like the last time and the fever being pretty up there but not being overwhelmingly tired with it let me know my immune system was at least doing it's job well! And it never breeched 103, which is my cutoff where I'll actually take a fever reducer (which just inhibits my body from fighting it but I also don't want brain damage from too high a fever) so I'm pleased it was high enough to fight the bug but not high enough to hurt me Though it did prevent me from running any errands since I was running a fever and therefore didn't want to infect others.
Being so much in tune with my body at this point, I was having overwhelming cravings for buckets for orange juice and...mashed potatoes lololol (OJ has vitamin C, but I have no idea why the potatoes!). My hubby brought home both last night after work, so I juiced up 10lbs of oranges and made my mashed potatoes. Within 2 hours, the sore throat went away and settled right down into my lungs to clear on out. My fever broke a few hours after that, so I'm guessing my body knew just what it needed to heal Kind of crappy though because it's the middle of the night right now, I got up to use the bathroom and the coughing/drainage started in really bad. I'm out in the living room lurking on the internet while I cough up gunk. Poor Kiwi is being kept awake I'm sure, but unlike my hubby, he can sleep all day today if he needs. I certainly hope by the end of the day/tommorrow it's all cleared out and done with.
Based on the fact I was running a nice 102+ fever, I'm thinking I had a mild flu the past 2 days and not just a cold. It kind of bums me out since I was hoping my mostly raw, whole foods diet would keep sickness away permanently. On the brighter side, it didn't completely knock me down like the last time and the fever being pretty up there but not being overwhelmingly tired with it let me know my immune system was at least doing it's job well! And it never breeched 103, which is my cutoff where I'll actually take a fever reducer (which just inhibits my body from fighting it but I also don't want brain damage from too high a fever) so I'm pleased it was high enough to fight the bug but not high enough to hurt me Though it did prevent me from running any errands since I was running a fever and therefore didn't want to infect others.
Being so much in tune with my body at this point, I was having overwhelming cravings for buckets for orange juice and...mashed potatoes lololol (OJ has vitamin C, but I have no idea why the potatoes!). My hubby brought home both last night after work, so I juiced up 10lbs of oranges and made my mashed potatoes. Within 2 hours, the sore throat went away and settled right down into my lungs to clear on out. My fever broke a few hours after that, so I'm guessing my body knew just what it needed to heal Kind of crappy though because it's the middle of the night right now, I got up to use the bathroom and the coughing/drainage started in really bad. I'm out in the living room lurking on the internet while I cough up gunk. Poor Kiwi is being kept awake I'm sure, but unlike my hubby, he can sleep all day today if he needs. I certainly hope by the end of the day/tommorrow it's all cleared out and done with.