Rispon Avenue

Never! Well, for the first week of being struck with H1N1 I wasn’t much use in front of a computer, or doing much of anything, really, but after the mid-point of week two I was feeling well enough to swathe myself in blankets and sit in front of my computer for short periods of time, and luckily this coincided with the release of an awesome RPG.

Before I go into any of the gaming stuff, in fact, that will get it’s own post next up, as I think it ought to get more than a one paragraph mention! So this entry into my neglected blog shall be a re-cap of what has been going on…

Let’s see, let’s see. Well the weather has obviously been turning cooler and cooler outside, though to be honest I’ve not gone outside for weeks. October is sort of a mucousy haze which is hard to recall with any clarity. H1N1 hit me, I started to get over it, and as you can see from the quietness spreading over my blog once again, I was pushing to get well too soon, and ended up back in bed for four days straight. I’m usually a very healthy person, I rarely get sick and when I do I get over it very quickly, so it was really very shocking to be hit so hard by this swine flu thing.

I’ve done little actual work for the past I don’t know how long, but I’d been working so much up to that point that I’m not really behind all that much, and my bosses are all very understanding of my illness and really don’t want me to push it and end up not working till the new year or something drastic.

I’ve not been paying attention to much of anything outside of my house. It’s fun! I’m like a hermit! All the things I usually keep tabs on, upcoming games, mortgage news and outlooks, finance markets and all that. I peered down my street today when I ventured outside to pick up my post – first time I’ve been outside in a very long time – and I noticed that not one of the houses on my street are selling, but three homes have sale of house signs up! Wow, the market might be looking up? I don’t know.

Anyway, I’m going to go onto a fresh new post so I can talk about an awesome new game I’ve been playing.

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It’s another fabulous side affect of being really ill with H1N1, old injuries coming back…

Earlier this year I was involved in a small car accident – I’m sure I’ve written about this multiple times – and I had mild whiplash symptoms and back pain, okay, they weren’t that mild, but anyway, that neck stiffness and the back pain has really bothered me during the worst of the flu, and I was surprised at that. I suppose I’ll have to go back to physical therapy for a while, to make sure everything really is back in order, but my insurance will cover that, so it’s okay, except that I don’t really have the time, but I suppose I’ll just have to find it.

I’ve also found that my good ol’ ‘gaming wrist’ as I like to call it is back with a vengeance. This is the unavoidable consequence of hours spent on the computer for work, and then also for gaming. I’m back to wearing my wrist guards, which help, and I think I’m going to have to go out and get a wrist rest at some point… or ask my SO to because she has kept me in the house and resting for the last two weeks and with the weather getting the way it is I can’t see her letting me out for a while yet.

Generally I’m feeling incredibly old, and before this flu hit me I was feeling pretty good, actually. I had that nice feeling of health, you know, but now I just feel old and dried up and a little brittle. It’s not a good feeling, and I’m looking forward to feeling much more myself in the coming weeks. I’ve spoken to others who’ve had the virus, and it varies greatly as to how long it takes you to get back on your feet. I just hope that this isn’t a precursor of flu viruses in the future!

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Take that you horrid strain of the flu! You puffed up virus! I win, you lose!

So, after nearly two weeks of nothing happening on my blog, it should start to come back to life over the coming weeks, and then things should be as they were. It’s been a horrid two weeks, the only saving grace has been the constant love and attention from my SO; she nursed me through the whole thing. It’s been grand to have her take care of me, and I really appreciate her for it.

I’ve never before felt so lethargic in my life, I was sleeping away most of the day, and when I was awake, it wasn’t a very nice experience. This virus really knocked the wind out of my sails, I still feel very weak and I know it’s going to be a few more weeks before I feel like my old self.

My work has been very understanding, which has been nice. I think everyone is just so concerned when they hear you’ve got this thing that’s been blaring on the news for the last three months, and I have to say, it does pull you up short when you realise you’ve got it… I knew it was out there, but really thought I was healthy enough that I wouldn’t get sick. I suppose you can’t tell with these things sometimes.

As I said, I’m on the mend now, and I’m hoping to keep my blog much more up to date with everything that I usually write on. I’ve missed my daily rant, you know. Well, it’s not always a rant, sometimes it’s a ramble, it’s what it is, and I don’t feel the need in my current state to delve too deeply into what exactly my blog is ‘about’, because in the harsh light of sickness, it seems altogether random, perhaps it’s like Seinfeld in it’s ‘about nothing’ but ‘about everything’ kind of approach… anyway, more later!

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