Sorry for the lack of content for the last few days but I have been pretty ill. I am feeling very sharing today so I might mention going to the lavatory a few times. It all started last weekend… Wibbly! Wibbly! Wibbly! Wibbly!

Last Sunday I had a bit of a stomach bug that along with the hot weather, it later turned out, had left me more than a little dehydrated. Monday morning at about 4am I woke up with what I assumed was a migraine (I get them so not too much of a stretch) so I called in sick to work. During the day my stomach bug returned and I started to get kidney pain. Tuesday morning I got up and felt not so bad so I dossed up on imodium and gave into the pressure to return to work and went in, despite thinking I probably shouldn’t. Turns out I thought right and I made myself pretty damned ill. Tuesday probably finished off whatever water reserves my body was carrying.

Wednesday I felt like death. Like the worst hangover you have ever had (For those we know me: Remember the day after the Xmas party that one year? I felt 10x worse than that). When I went for a pee it was like passing treacle (that sounds fun, it wasn’t) and for some stupid reason I went into work even though I could barely stand up straight. I lasted all of 30 minutes before I went home. Driving while this ill is a really bad idea. Wednesday was just horrible. I lay in bed trying to keep cool and drinking water but I would keep flaking out and waking up feeling even worse. My heart would race and I felt like I had been kicked in the kidneys. I didn’t urinate all day despite drinking a lot of water. Food was a big no no, just the thought of eating made my nauseous. Thursday was much of the same but I went to see the Doctor and started to feel a bit better in the afternoon. Doc said I was quite dehydrated and need to take it easy and drink even more water than I was. I’ve been pretty much chain drinking water since. I’m like Brody Bruce with his little paper cup but with a 1/2 pint glass. He did a cursury examination just to make sure and I got him to refill my prescription for my Gout pills while I was there. Getting dehydrated is a good way to increase the amount of uric acid in your blood and trigger a Gout attack if you are predisposed. To quote Darth Vader “Do not want”!

Today and I am pretty much over the worst of it. I’m eating again and bathroom breaks are more frequent. 2-3 Times a day now. I still have a recurring headache and nausea and I feel a bit wasted but all in all not too bad. I’m still making sure to keep the water intake up as it is still pretty hot out. The moral of this story? When you’re ill stay the hell home and get better, don’t go to work as you will only make yourself even worse.

The silver lining is that I have now watched all four seasons of “How I met your Mother”. That and I got to write a blog post talking about my toilet habits. Awesome!