One Flu In

 

Starting again with a dumb meme.

Have had the flu all week. I was vaccinated for it back in October like everyone else. So thank you systemic mastocytosis for this little joy! A reality is you can be vaccinated, and again, more than once and get the thing you're trying to avoid. Shingles, influenza, pertussis, you name it! But because your body is so damn weird when you get all the usual symptoms, everything exiting your body rapidly out your ass, coughing, runny nose, high fever and joint pain one of your symptoms takes a trip to Stupidville just to torture you. My special flu superpower is joint pain in my breast bone where my ribs are loosely attached. Only thing that seems to help is small heating pad directly on the breast bone on high. If you need me I'm off quivering in pain under the heating pad trying not to shat myself. Laters.

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