Undoubtedly, some of you have noticed my absence for a week. I was terribly ill with the flu. To be perfectly honest, I was the sickest I can ever recall being in my entire life. I'm immunocompromised by a genetic blood disorder, and despite getting a flu vaccine in the fall, this seemed to be a strain I've never encountered before and I thought for a minute it might take me out. Husband brought it home from somewhere last week, he was sick for a day or two with sniffles and a dry cough and I was busy looking after him. So, by the time he was feeling fine (3 days), I was starting to feel it.
It's hard for me to be sick because I'll need to take care of myself. As my doctor pointed out to me, "Caregiving doesn't seem to be your husband's love language." The funny thing is that my doctor hasn't even met my husband, but he hit that nail on the head with the hammer of truth with that statement. If I needed a glass of water or something to eat, I had to get it myself. Walking through a big house with lots of stairs while sick and feverish really had me thinking we may need to downsize as we're getting older.
While being sick myself was hard, I'm also caregiving for my elder brother, so that along with work has kept me away until today. Until I'm feeling 100% I'll probably post less often than I usually do. But, I'm glad to be back... And as we used to never say in my old profession,
"It's good to be seen and not viewed."
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