Wiped Out Today.

 
Tomaz Setowski.
Polish Artist born in 1961

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Feeling extremely tired right now, which is because of this horrible flu and bronchitis and the medicines I have to take, such as antibiotics and codeine.

I am hoping that despite being so tired and aching all over that I am making progress now and will be getting better soon.

I know from mobile friends that this year’s flu is a heavy one to recover from, most seem to have been ill for a month or more.

One friend of ours here took two months to recover from this, so I will have to be very patient and take it very easy while I am so ill.

It feels really awful, it is pretty nasty, and the worse flu in years, the worse was in 2001 and also in 2006.

What I hate most about this time is how it affects my eyes, I am very wiped out right now so my eyes get tired and do not function well at all.

Think I will keep this brief today as I am really too ill and tired, seeing all the lovely mails and comments from friends was a wonderful boost.for Richie and me.

Wonderful to have such good friends, I really appreciate the support, friendship and love that I get from my lovely blog friends.

Thanks for all your visits to my blog and the wonderful comments you have been leaving, I love all the blog friends that I have made, you make my life better.

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Recovering Slowly At Home.

 
Dreaming with Open Eyes
The Vera, Silvia and Arturo Schwarz Collection of Dada and Surrealist Art from the Israel Museum.

It has been a very long and tiring week, being ill with a respiratory disease, made it very difficult for me to cough and clear my chest.

Tuesday was very worrying after I coughed for hours without shifting anything and it felt like my chest was being ripped to shreds.

Spat out a little bit of blood, which really worried us, Richie phoned the doctor who came right away.

The doctor had already visited us the day before and diagnosed us as having bronchitis and organised antibiotics from the chemists.

When she got here Tuesday afternoon, I had a temperature, the doctor thought that my bronchitis had become pneumonia and decided to send me to hospital,

But funnily enough by the time I got to the hospital and they took my temperature I no longer had fever.

I think that the prolonged coughing and being so congested caused the rise in the temperature, which peaked with the blood.

It looked more than it really was, a tiny bit of blood goes along way and it was very dramatic and scary.

Luckily it only happened the once, which was more than enough for me and for Richie, the OLVG hospital is a good, with excellent staff who checked me out thoroughly.

When they were satisfied that I was not in need of hospital care they let me go home, I felt like kissing the doctor who sent me home.

I am feeling extremely tired and weak now and look forward to this horrid infection getting better.

Worrrying day!

Herrad had a bad night. She coughed up blood this afternoon so I called the doctor, the bronchitis had developed into pneumonia and she was sent to hospital.  After tests X rays and a million questions she was allowed home. A sinister shadow on the X ray will require more investigation so we will back next week. At the moment she is on good form and catching up with her favourite soap.
Thanks for the kind wishes and messages of support- they mean a lot to us.