Cabin Fever!
Okay I have now been out of commission, firstly due to girl do0m for a week, and then from this sinus infection, all told… FOR THREE WEEKS.
I’m tired of looking at the walls.
Last night, my man took me to dinner. The restaurant is a half a mile from our house, but I’d walked no further than half a BLOCK before I was out of breath and coughing. Ugh. We did make it to the restaurant - I just had to walk slow.
Today is another beautiful day - it’s gonna be HOT though. It’s already 70°F (21°C) and it’s only quarter to ten in the morning. So naturally I wanna get outside and bicycle or walk to the local nursery and look at plants and flowers for awhile.
However, my body has other plans for me.
After telling my man that I was feeling better this morning, I started coughing uncontrollably again, and spit up yellow gunk with blood. Go me! I SWEAR that by day two of the antibiotics, my spittle was clear again. I SWEAR that I took all of my antibiotics as prescribed at the same time every night (the last dose was last night). So it’s not like I was being dumb with the medicine. I am convinced that I had another pocket of infected sinus cavity that broke loose yesterday, plunging me back into peril.
And there’s my doctor, in my head, waving his finger at me, telling me IT’S A VIRUS, ANTIBIOTICS WON’T HELP.
*sigh*
So I looked up exercise and viruses, to see if perhaps moving my ass would be a Good Thing™ or a Bad Thing™, because I have serious cabin fever now.
“If you have a persistent or hacking cough or if you’re coughing up mucus, your breathing and lung capacity may be diminished. This indicates you may have an infection in your airways, and exercise should be avoided.
“Illness increases body metabolism, which is reflected in the pulse rate. Gauge your readiness by taking your pulse first thing in the morning. Compare it with your normal resting heart rate. If it’s 10 beats per minute above normal, avoid exercising for the day. An elevated pulse rate is a sign that your body is still fighting a bacterial or viral infection.
“…if your symptoms occur below the neck, as in coughing, fever, muscle aches or nausea, it is best to wait until the symptoms are completely gone before engaging in workout activity.” - old article on bnet
Looks like I’ll be driving to the nursery, then. And wearing lots of sunblock FTW.