Biologically Altered

The post I entered in the Times flu virus blog. Ain't it grand that the internet can hook us up, letting us know how long it will last and that we are not the only ones stricken. This nasty virus has been winding it's way through the US all winter.

We both came down with it about 5 days ago right after a bout of the respiratory flu. Our next door neighbor just told me he had it about a week before we were chosen. What fun! We can't blame him as we hear everyone is getting it, not that blaming would help but one does pull at straws at times like these. Chills, headaches, body aches, severe cramping, sometimes nausea and vomiting, relentless diarrhea, so bad there is no hope to make it to the bathroom in time, then you think you're better and it starts up in some way, shape or form again, usually with thunderous growling and rolling so loud you feel like you just might explode! So far today, I am drinking Newman's Own lemonade and getting away with it. I have high hopes! Now that I know this will last about two weeks we will be very careful! Yesterday my son ate a big beefy sandwich with his buddies at work, as he thought he was all better, and then on the way home from being out for the night he had to pull over and heaved like he never has before in his life, popping blood vessels around his eyes. He will be very careful for the week or so as well. Personally, I think we are all being biologically altered from the inside out to enable continued living in this harsh new world we have created for ourselves and these symptoms are just our bodies way of reacting to these necessary modifications. Not really but, Hey, it could be true.