Being sick sucks...

Okay, I'm feeling a bit better, although my shoulder still hurts. At this point, though I'm willing to deal with the pain rather than take more codeine. If I'm feeling brave I may go back to the Robaxacet, but I haven't felt that sick in well over two years, and it was awful. I am much better at handling pain than I am at handling dizziness/nausea, especially when it's self-inflicted.

Of course, my sleep cycle is now fubar. I've been up since 03:00, and am emphatically Not Tired.

I'm watching The Tudors, and I don't know if it's because I've been watching it while I'm sick, but I'm just not enjoying it that much.

Meow meow meer! I am sick and sore and whiny. Meh.

Still sick.

Dear body,

I stopped taking the codeine 24 hours ago. Why the hell are you still kicking up a fuss? WHY? I am seriously unimpressed with you. Not only does my shoulder still hurt, but I still feel sick. This is what's known as a lose-lose scenario, and I am unthrilled.

Moreover, you made me call in sick to work today, again. I am horribly disappointed in you.

No love,

Me

[insert whining here]

Okay, so rather than whining about how sick I feel, I instead give you this video, filched from otterdance:

It made me laugh very very hard.

Better living through chemistry

I took a calculated risk, and guessed that some of the problem might be due to caffeine withdrawal. Since I am a two-cups-a-day gal, and didn't have any coffee yesterday, I wondered if that might not be the cause at least of the latent headache I've been fighting off. So I made myself coffee, even though I was uncertain of my ability to keep it down. So far so good, and it appears that my theory was right, since I am already feeling a bit better, and the coffee thus far is staying where it should. I suspect the Advil hasn't hurt, either, since my shoulder is better too.

If all goes well today, then I should be in shape to go back to work tomorrow. Have I mentioned that I HATE calling in sick to work? 'Cause I do. Luckily this week there are enough people to carry the shift without me, but GAH! It rankles.

I really don't want to call in sick again, but I am not an idiot. I'm off on Thursday and Friday anyway, so it would serve little purpose to go to work tomorrow, make myself sicker, and then spend my two days off being out of commission. So, I will play it by ear.

My conclusion is that I hate codeine with much hatred.