Time for a Ross River Update.

THIS IS HOW I FEEL ABOUT ROSS.

So here I am 4 weeks later and I'm still in bed with Ross. I know  before I said he was an arse but now he is officially a fucking arse.  To be completely honest I refer to him as a c*&t and no one likes that word so I must be serious. I have never had anything like this before in my life and I have had glandular fever, chronic fatigue, a pulmonary embolism, given birth to 3 children (one with no drugs) and run 27km on a fractured leg. Old Ross has completely thrown me.

So 4 weeks on let me describe what having Ross is like- it is like you have been on a drunken bender every single night and wake up in the morning with the worst hangover in the world with no memory of how you hurt your arm/leg/ neck/ wrist/shoulder. You have a headache, nausea and wonder what bee's nest you stood on because your hands and feet won't stop itching.

I am currently on 6 panadeine forte a day as well as a 1000mg anti inflammatory. I can get out of bed and do something but then have to crawl back into bed because I am stuffed. I have been advised by my doctor that I have to get out of the house and do something everyday because your mental health can be at risk because of the pain and fatigue. Lucky for me I have an amazing bunch of people around me who are taking me out and plonking me in a chair so I feel like I am not missing out on anything.

From where I am lying (literally) I am wondering when this is ever going to get any better. I have got the most amazing Doctor who I have seen more in the last 4 weeks than I have seen in the last 4 years. She has signed me off work for another 2 weeks and has warned me that the chances of me going back to work full time this year as slim to none. Being the totally together person I am I got back in my car after said visit and cried all the way home. Which for me is another side effect of Ross. He makes me cry- like all the freakin time. My poor friends have actually learnt to ignore the crying and just keep talking.

I am missing being around people so much and I can't believe I am saying this but I am missing work, my work buddies and even the teenagers.

But for every negative there is positives- so here they are...

1. I have caught up on Netflix
2. I have caught up on Stan
3. I have bonded with my dogs 
4. I have bonded with my cats
5. I have not had to spend any money on petrol
6. I know what everyone is doing because I have spent so much time on the facebook
7. I know what everyone in the neighbourhood is doing because if I am not in bed I am on my verandah.
8. My hair is in good condition because it is not being straightened every day.
9. I am saving money on makeup because I am not using any.
10.  Um.. nope there is no 10.

So the moral of the story is........ don't sit outside your villa in Bali in the middle of the night because you are worried you will not wake up in time to get to the airport in the morning without a mosquito patch on. 

Ok I have just re read this and realise how miserable I sound. I'm not miserable all the time - I'm just really bad at being sick. And If I'm going to feel hungover I want to big night before to go with it.