You know the scene on Airplane where they're listing the symptoms of those who got sick after eating the fish? "Uncontrollable drooling" and Peter Graves starts foaming at the mouth. I've been doing that the past two days. Not drooling...well, not more than usual. I've been loving life the last 3 days with chest congestion, a cough and some body aches. No biggee! Every year or so, I'll get me some cold/flu and life will suck for a week. Pretty standard for just about anyone. Yesterday, Snagette calls me to inform me that 2 people have died around the southeast after experiencing flu-like symptoms. So naturally, I'm going to croak if I don't seek immediate medical attention.
Whatev....I've got to work and post on the X. Leave me alone.
So, this morning I get the paper (Yes, I still read the paper) and the headline is 2 dead from flu-like symptoms and yes, it's in the southeast. Southeast Alabama Medical Center here in Dothan. He reads...
Patients experience fever...
Snags feels his face....yes, I am a little warm..
Trouble breathing...
Snags tugs at his collar to loosen it up and tries, in vein, to take a deep breath
Sudden chills...
What is that thermostat set on? I'm freezing.
I'm not normally one to go all hypochondriac and imagine symptoms. If I hurt bad enough, I'll go see a doc. If I get the flu, I'll slam the Nyquil and Dayquil and deal with it. But, I'm not a fan of the death thing either. I do plan on heading to a Doc-in-the-box at lunch to at least get checked out. It's one thing to read that people are kicking the bucket in Virginia. I turn the page. It's another to have them doing it a mile down the road.
I don't feel so good.