I went to sleep late at night (past 3AM) dog tired, and woke up a couple hours later sick as a dog. I have tried to throw up by putting a finger in my throat, but as usual it does not work. I wonder how people do it.  It is the only advice I have seen to throw up, and it seems to work for others.

My stomach feels painfully swollen, but it does not really look that bad from outside. I also briefly considered that it might be bowel obstruction, but that turned out not to be the case.  This has not removed the stomach symptoms though.

My temperature when I just got up was 36.5 C, which is in the low end but normal for me at the lowest point in my day rhythm, just before daybreak.  Over the hour that has passed,  it has gone up to 37.6, which is high for this time of day but still not fever.  The shivering (and shaking at first) has probably caused this heat.

After an hour and a half I am again dog tired, but still dog sick.  I managed to nap some minutes in my boss chair, half aware but watching random images passing by that I don’t remember afterwards.  Temperature up to 37.8, which is higher than I normally have at any point of the day, but still below official fever limit. Stomach hurts less than when I woke up, but is still uncomfortable.

After two hours, another round of shivering, queasiness, mild gut pain and running stool. Well, at least it was definitely not bowel obstruction. I could blame the gut problems on a diet of too much chocolate, dried dates, and some sugar-free chewing lozenges, all of which speed up digestion. (American readers should perhaps try this, since constipation seems to be the national pastime over there.) I supposed to stomach pain could come from acid reflux, which sometimes happens if I accidentally sleep on my right side instead of my left and my stomach is not completely empty (which it wasn’t tonight). A slight headache could come from lack of sleep. That still doesn’t explain the elevated temperature.

And yes, I updated the blog as the story progresses.  But now it is morning and things are a bit better.

UPDATE:

It is now afternoon and I am feeling a lot better.  Late in the morning was scary with a bad cough and a raw throat.  But I thought the lack of sleep could have something to do with it.  So I meditated for 40 minutes with LifeFlow 3Hz  delta brainwave entrainment.  Naturally this left me very sleepy – delta waves are usually only found during deep sleep – so I napped for a while after that in my chair.   After this I felt much better.  I am still not fully recovered, neither the stomach nor the throat, but I am more optimistic now.   Won’t be any grilled cheese sandwiches tonight though!  More’s the pity, as I am starting to make them pretty good.  But my warm meals today are chicken soup.