The DREADED LURGI

I have this theory - either I'm in the process of building up one heck of an immunity, which will keep me wonderfully free of colds and flues and so on for the next several years... or... I've seriously annoyed someone 'up there'...

It has to be one or the other, I figure.

Personally, I hope it's the former, but... one never can tell... *grin*

Yes, I have it AGAIN - the Dreaded Lurgi or, to be more precise, the FLU, to be a little clearer with my word choice.

I'm not sure where the expression Dreaded Lurgi came from originally. A couple of popular radio personalities here in Australia used to use it to describe the Flu, or anything of a similar nature, on a morning breakfast show I tuned into regularly many years ago now... :o)

Back in May I had the Flu pretty bad, thanks to a girl who sat next to me at the office. It spread from her to three other members of the department, before striking me down. It took me three or four weeks to fully get rid of that. Then a couple of weeks back I was hit with a Kidney infection, which left me ill for about five days, and took just over a week to clear up, mostly... and then... and then... aaarrrggghhhh... :o) a guy I've been working closely with in the office picked up the flu, and passed it back to me mid last week, and my poor immune system, which had been badly weakened already, couldn't cope. Within a day, I was sick again, only this time... Bronchitis, or to be more accurate, an upper and lower respiratory tract infection.

Oh... joy to the world! :o)

I didn't go to work today - I spent most of the day wishing my ribs and head didn't hurt so much when I coughed. That and feeling really, really, really guilty about taking a day off, especially when we are so very busy and understaffed. *sigh* :o(

Anyway, I've decided to play the "Pollyanna Glad Game".

Things to be 'glad' about (thankful for):-

It's just the flu, after all - it will go away.

It's not West Nile Virus - so I will survive.

It's not Mad Cows Disease - so I'm not going to go any more insane than I already am.

It's not Cancer - I will actually live.

In fact - it's not any life threatening disease.

It's not even Pneumonia.

It's JUST the FLU!!!

Get over it!!! :o)

Of course, having said all this, I have wondered from time to time why no one actually ever clobbered Pollyanna whenever she played the 'glad game'. *grin* :o)

But, that's enough moaning from me... :o)

And... if I might steal a phrase from Michael Medved...

Upward and Onward!!! :o)

More soon...

Christine... :o)
Sydney, Australia

July 26, 2004