Sick Leave | .: asylum for the sane :.

Seriously, why is there an innuendo on the packaging of my prescribed lozenges from the doctor? *giggles*

So yes, today is the first day of Ramadhan and here’s what I did (or didn’t do technically):

1. Woke up for sahur despite the worsening sore throat. The sore throat started last night and it was worse when I woke up and my head felt extremely heavy with a blocked + slightly runny nose – go figure.

2. Went to the doctor’s and got 2 days MC – just like I predicted. Was given seriously disgusting pills. 2 of them have puke-worthy aftertaste (especially the deceptive small and red flu pill!!) To make things worse, my antibiotics is in the form of capsules. I can already foresee plenty of medicine time drama that can only happen to me.

If only pills are candies, then i wouldn’t have any trouble at all. In fact, I might suffer from an overdose.

Look: happy pills!

3. Broke my fast, took the meds and completely concussed for most of the afternoon. The sleep went on and on and it was pretty good. Must be due to the fact that the paracetamol given to me is also a muscle relaxant + my disgusting flu pill “causes drowsiness in some people”. Believe me, I am always that “some people”.

4. Watched an episode of Grey’s Anatomy before taking the meds again.

5. So here I am, half awake typing out this post. Should be concussing again in no time. You have no idea how much difficulty I went through just typing out this post. I must have turned slightly dyslexic and very unfocused, seeing how I had difficulty typing and spelling words correctly. But of course you don’t see the mistakes because the perfectionist in me shines through the drowsiness.

My words don’t make sense? Too bad. I warned you in twitter that I’m blogging while drowsy.

For this entire week, I haven’t done two things: going to work and fasting.

I’ve been pretty sick with stomach flu as the days go by. I had to extend my MC twice this week – once on Wednesday and the other just this morning.

It is ironic that on these two days, I actually got up for sahur and had planned to fast. But alas, the respective days have something planned out for me.

I had already started to feel better yesterday (presumably because my MC officially ended yesterday) and was all out to go to work. But right after I showered, I started feeling giddy and nauseous again. So I’d figure that it is best I extend my MC and just have a good rest at home.

Which I did.

But another surprise was waiting round the corner for me. By late afternoon, I had developed a fever (now still under monitoring) and my throat has started to hurt. A big uh-oh.

FP said I got it from him, though I find it hard to believe because we hardly made contact these past few days. But still.. hmm.

The questions that are running through my mind right now are:

What if I don’t get well by Monday? And then what? Another week filled with MCs? That can’t be right.

Other concerns include:

How to go Geylang and find a nice baju for Hari Raya? It is already the last weekend before the festivities begin! And I won’t have time in the coming week to go clothes shopping due to my huge pile of work waiting for me in the office and having to make cookies and ketupats at home.

I actually can’t wait to make ketupats.

So I’ve just taken the fever medicine given to me just in case (though it is basically paracetamol) and will see the doctor again (third time this week!) tomorrow to get antibiotics – as instructed by FP himself.

Maybe then my doctor will give me a proper fever medicine, instead of some paracetamol rubbish.

I’m just so sick of being sick, though being away from work for a week has been quite a refreshing change.

My absence has caused quite a hectic time in the office, so that is always good to know because it means I’m wanted and needed. Right. No, I’m not being sarcastic or stuck-up – it’s true.

So let’s hope for a speedy recovery because I want to buy baju, make cookies and ketupats and sort out the mess at work.

I’ve already decided that perhaps it is time to wear blue this year.

I don’t know why, don’t ask. I’m delirious.

But it’s always good to get warm wishes in twitter / facebook / emails like these: