So, I had this cold that sat me on my arse for a couple of weeks. Nothing Coviddy, just a plain old vanilla flavoured rhinovirus that really did a number on me. Probably because of last year’s lung surgery. (I imagine Ms Rona, if and when we finally meet, will be quite sporty.)
Anyway, after a fortnight of getting munted by this thing I thought bugger this, Imma have a day on the couch, lots of cups of tea, and see if that helps.
It did, a little. But I made the mistake of doom-scrolling Ukraine all day. More than ten hours on my iPad Pro. The big one.
The next morning I could barely raise my arm. I’d apparently done some slow, ugly strain to my tendon. Three weeks later it was still bugging the shit out of me.
I finally got some relief when a chiro grabbed a hold of a nerve bundle in my arm pit and gave it a tweak. Removed about 90% of the pain.
I once fell asleep reading in bed with my iPad and clocked myself in the forehead with it. Apart from being an awful way to be woken up, I ended up with a huge bruise between my eyebrows. One of my colleagues noticed and was momentarily alarmed when he saw it and I had to explain what happened so he wouldn't worry I was getting beaten up at home (despite living alone). He LOLd very hard at my explanation, and that bloody bruise took ages to fade away.
I learned very quickly to ensure my iPad leaned away from my face in bed so that if I fell asleep it would fall toward my feet and not onto my nose. I still occasionally bop myself on the nose though.
You don't want Covid mate. I am mid stream right now and its been a week. I am sitting here typing and wiping sweat off, disgusting I know but true. The next moron that tells me its just a mild cold, I will use the harshest language possible on. In saying that, you've had a rough year and I've a school mate in hospital with heart issues so I am actually doing fine. Hope you lose the cold and stay away from the nasty 'vid.
Sorry to hear this, mate. Everyone I know who's had Covid said it was one of the worst illnesses they'd ever had. I'm triple maxed, masked up everywhere, and really not looking forward to it.
As a pandemic-responding species the past couple of years we've done a great job of preventing all the minor respiratory viruses that are normally pumping up our immunity on a frequent basis. Now when they hit, they hit hard.
Getting old, old man. I recently discovered a new twinge in my knee when negotiating long flights of steps in a downward direction on a bushwalk on the weekend. Gotta love being able to add new groans and pains to the list
I have some cold thing at the moment that is kicking my arse. Yesterday was all sweats and shivering and aching, but today I seem to have turned the corner.
Multiple RATs and a PCR all negative, but this thing sucked!
more than ten hours…could barely raise my arm…doom scrolling…sure
I once fell asleep reading in bed with my iPad and clocked myself in the forehead with it. Apart from being an awful way to be woken up, I ended up with a huge bruise between my eyebrows. One of my colleagues noticed and was momentarily alarmed when he saw it and I had to explain what happened so he wouldn't worry I was getting beaten up at home (despite living alone). He LOLd very hard at my explanation, and that bloody bruise took ages to fade away.
This was a very common injury in the days of the early, heavier iPads. I've done this one too.
I learned very quickly to ensure my iPad leaned away from my face in bed so that if I fell asleep it would fall toward my feet and not onto my nose. I still occasionally bop myself on the nose though.
You don't want Covid mate. I am mid stream right now and its been a week. I am sitting here typing and wiping sweat off, disgusting I know but true. The next moron that tells me its just a mild cold, I will use the harshest language possible on. In saying that, you've had a rough year and I've a school mate in hospital with heart issues so I am actually doing fine. Hope you lose the cold and stay away from the nasty 'vid.
Sorry to hear this, mate. Everyone I know who's had Covid said it was one of the worst illnesses they'd ever had. I'm triple maxed, masked up everywhere, and really not looking forward to it.
You’ve had a rough go of it lately. Hope Jason is ready to pick up the torch if things continue to go south. 🤔
As a pandemic-responding species the past couple of years we've done a great job of preventing all the minor respiratory viruses that are normally pumping up our immunity on a frequent basis. Now when they hit, they hit hard.
Getting old, old man. I recently discovered a new twinge in my knee when negotiating long flights of steps in a downward direction on a bushwalk on the weekend. Gotta love being able to add new groans and pains to the list
I managed to seamlessly segue from the rhino to the rona thanks to my son and the outbreak at his school. Be careful, it's rampant in the 'hood.
Yeah, I know. I'm keeping a very low profile.
I have some cold thing at the moment that is kicking my arse. Yesterday was all sweats and shivering and aching, but today I seem to have turned the corner.
Multiple RATs and a PCR all negative, but this thing sucked!
Yeah there’s a shocker going around at the moment. My daughter had it. Not sure how I can avoid it