I hab a code
The first Macworld Expo I can remember in a while that I haven't gotten sick from. Usually I end up getting sick about half way through the show and spend the rest of the time miserable and feeling like utter shit.
Sometimes it's a head cold. Sometimes it's a stomach bug. Once in a while it's something more serious, like the flu.
Nope, none of that happened this year. I was inoculated. I got a flu shot. I got a pneumonia shot. I even got a tetanus shot -- figured I'd be safe from any rusty nails sticking up through the Moscone Center carpeting.
Got back, felt tired but good. Arrived to find half the family sick with cold and coughs.
Thursday rolls around, and I wake up to sniffling and sneezing. My nose was running, but running clear. I figured it was just my old allergies acting up -- dust mites, mold, maybe even a touch of the cat.
By Thursday night it was clear that it wasn't allergies. My nose was running continuously, irritated and sore. My body was aching.
Now it's Saturday and I feel like I have a wet gym sock stuck in my sinus cavity, and that little gnomes have been taking turns beating my shoulders and neck with sticks.
I hate being sick.
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You have my deepest sympathies. I thought I'd skate through the show without getting sick, since we didn't have a booth this year and that's what usually really takes it out of me. Still, to cover my bets, I kept up a steady intake of Zicam and Perfect Health and water all week long, and I really thought I'd make it.
Alas, Monday after I got back I started feeling a little scratchy, and it all went downhill from there. I've been hitting the Sudafed and Mucinex all week, and yet this morning with my sinuses feeling like they were full of glue.
I think it's a combination of the week-long exposure combined with that long plane ride home (for those of us coming out from the east coast) that really whacks the immune system. Seems like there should be a better way, though...
Posted by: Rich Siegel | January 21, 2006 11:26 PM
Rich:
I guess we could do like the Japanese media and just wander around all week wearing surgical masks.
Then we could put the Imperial Theme from Star Wars in a loop on our iPods and set up little loudspeakers in our jackets...
Posted by: flargh | January 22, 2006 02:46 AM
Hello.
The air transport companies stopped changing the filters as often years ago... and people have been getting sick from recycled, not adequately filtered air ever since. I'd like to see a class action suit on that!
We remain grateful to know you.
Posted by: sIgnificant other | January 23, 2006 12:15 AM