Sunday, June 12, 2011

My Once-a-Week Flu

Everyone has heard of the 24-hour flu, the stomach flu, and various "famous flus" like the swine flu or the avian flu. These nasty bugs can make our stomachs queezy, give us fevers and/or chills and send us running to the washroom.

I know that when I have the flu I always think I am going to die, or that the flu will never end. When the flu is finally over, I am always relieved, but also very weak, dehydrated, and hungry.

 


I mention this because I seem to have become infected with a flu that affects only me and that occurs--as if on schedule--once a week.

Each Sunday I feel sick to my stomach all morning. I hyperventilate, find it difficult to hold conversations with my kids, and then end up having to leave our church's sacrament meeting at least 2-3 times.

After Sunday School, though, I find I am in post-flu mode: the nausea is gone, the fever and chills have left, but I am run down and really hungry.

Interestingly enough, I caught this flu the week I started on my new calling of teaching our adult Sunday School class.

Today was week four, and I am starting to wonder how long this bug will last. . .

 

1 comments:

Anita said...

Oh NO Lisa!! I had the exact same flu when I first taught relief society at BYU. It only lasted a few weeks though, so maybe you will get over it soon:) I can't believe you still get so sick when you are a TEACHER!! I guess that is added pressure AND the class is a bit of a tough crowd:) I know you must do a fantastic job!! Hang in there, I suspect the flu will pass soon!