Day 6 of NaNo + the illness report

New day, same sick. The cough is worse and makes the throat worse, too. I still can't swallow anything without pain, though stuff like hot oatmeal feels all right while I'm swallowing it. Unfortunately, the idea of eating much in the way of food is kind of revolting.

My voice is almost completely gone, and I have a very narrow vocal range where I can speak - the worst kinda-teenager-hitting-puberty range. And talking makes the coughing worse.

The fever seemed like less of a problem today, but it was definitely still present. Still in the low 99s (with the caveat still that I think the thermometer runs a bit low.)

I went in to work, but left after a half day. Online support person #2 is out again all weekend, so I had to ask online support person #3 to take calls for the second half of the day (it's her day off), and had to punt on the "customer care" stuff as well. I'm sorry to have to do that, but *shrug*, I felt like shit.

(I probably could have toughed it out, but I'm glad I didn't try. I'll see if I can stick out the whole day tomorrow since after that is my 'weekend' anyway, but we'll see.)

When Alex came to pick me up he told me I was frighteningly pale. I told him it's just my gothic pallor, but... eesh, I do look pretty bad, lol.

I took a brief nap, though the coughing interrupted it a lot. It also gets worse when I lay down, which isn't great.

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NaNo day 6 - 1795 words. Less of a struggle, but part of the story I already was pretty sure of.