I'm feeling a bit miserable today, but a little better than yesterday. My guess is that I caught this bug or cold flu from my kids since they had it about 1 week ago. All of my 3 kids had this cold and cough and finally when they are coming out of it, I have it. Initially this cough and cold started Friday night when we were driving down to Los Angeles or Anaheim, and by Sunday, my cough grew much worse, with a very bothersome hacking constant cough. In a way, I'm glad it didn't manifest itself until Sunday since all of Saturday, we are at Disneyland and I'm glad I was able to enjoy the whole day with them. We had an incredible time.
But by Monday morning, this flu like bug grew worse and I had to head out of work and drive myself home to rest. (My carpool buddy has been sick lately too this week.) By mid afternoon, I started to get a fever and chills. Under the advice of my doctor, I took some cold/cough medicine and a Tylenol. Today though, I'm feeling still sick but much better and no more fever. I did however called into Dr's office to advise them of this and to see if I should continue taking all these over the counter cold medicine along with my daily twice per day Crizotinib. They advise to to continue it and then just keep them posted and if necessary, they would prescribe an antibiotic. But, so far so good. I'm going to let my body fight it without the use of antibiotics.
As far as getting the flu shot, yes, I did get it about a month ago. And guess what, even with the preventive measure of the added protection of the flu shot, I still end up getting it. Oh well.
The Last Lecture
In my free time, I've been trying to squeeze in some time to read this amazing book by Randy Pausch, called "The Last Lecture". You can check out his book here at http://www.thelastlecture.com/. It's really truly a testament to his wisdom, strength and inspiration as he lectured and shared his thoughts and advice to his students about life and living life to the fullest, even when life throws at you, a devastating, terminal illness. I think this was the book that all along, I've been researching and wanting to read so that I can learn how to write something similar for my own kids. But in a way, if he's already written this so well, this book is a must read for everyone as well as for my own kids someday. I won't need to reinvent the wheels. I can't wait to finish reading it.
Other than being sick, I've trying to drink plenty of liquids, green tea and get plenty of rest. The kids are doing well. They had a fabulous time at Disneyland over the weekend on Saturday. Their Halloween costumes are all ordered and set to go. Hopefully my carpool buddy gets better too so that I can resume our carpool arrangement. Lots of Love.
But by Monday morning, this flu like bug grew worse and I had to head out of work and drive myself home to rest. (My carpool buddy has been sick lately too this week.) By mid afternoon, I started to get a fever and chills. Under the advice of my doctor, I took some cold/cough medicine and a Tylenol. Today though, I'm feeling still sick but much better and no more fever. I did however called into Dr's office to advise them of this and to see if I should continue taking all these over the counter cold medicine along with my daily twice per day Crizotinib. They advise to to continue it and then just keep them posted and if necessary, they would prescribe an antibiotic. But, so far so good. I'm going to let my body fight it without the use of antibiotics.
As far as getting the flu shot, yes, I did get it about a month ago. And guess what, even with the preventive measure of the added protection of the flu shot, I still end up getting it. Oh well.
The Last Lecture
In my free time, I've been trying to squeeze in some time to read this amazing book by Randy Pausch, called "The Last Lecture". You can check out his book here at http://www.thelastlecture.com/. It's really truly a testament to his wisdom, strength and inspiration as he lectured and shared his thoughts and advice to his students about life and living life to the fullest, even when life throws at you, a devastating, terminal illness. I think this was the book that all along, I've been researching and wanting to read so that I can learn how to write something similar for my own kids. But in a way, if he's already written this so well, this book is a must read for everyone as well as for my own kids someday. I won't need to reinvent the wheels. I can't wait to finish reading it.
Other than being sick, I've trying to drink plenty of liquids, green tea and get plenty of rest. The kids are doing well. They had a fabulous time at Disneyland over the weekend on Saturday. Their Halloween costumes are all ordered and set to go. Hopefully my carpool buddy gets better too so that I can resume our carpool arrangement. Lots of Love.
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