A Road Less Travelled

Okay, I have no clue how to spell the real word for it, but the brand name is Oscillo. It’s a flu remedy, and I’m now totally sold on it.

The back story: I tend to catch every bug that comes along, and often pretty badly. Apparently I have a wimpy immune system. There’s a really nasty flu going around–I’ve heard it’s practically shut down entire cities, so it’s not just a local thing either–highlights of which include high fever, exhaustion, and aches and pains.

Yesterday I started to feel just a bit like I was coming down with something. I waffled over actually taking the Oscillo, because it’s pretty expensive per dose, so I didn’t want to take it unless I was really getting sick. On the flip side, it’s not really effective unless you catch the symptoms really early… Since we got it on sale it was a little under two dollars per dose and finally I put the pertinent question to myself, “Would I pay two dollars to avoid getting the flu right now?” The answer was along the lines of, “Well, duh” and I took the Oscillo and a three hour (or so) nap.

This morning I felt okay, except maybe a little tired. Well, that and I started to feel overheated. In our kitchen (without the oven being on). In February. We never did find the thermometer, but I’m pretty sure that still constitutes an official high fever.

However, I continued to feel very perky for someone with a (debatabley high) fever and theoretical exhaustion. I was low energy all day, but I don’t usually have energy reserves to fall back on when I’m sick. Today I had to remind myself that I had a ghastly flu as I was emptying the trash, and decided to go sit down instead of pushing through. Now, maybe someone who actually got the whole nasty version of the flu will post and tell me this can’t possibly be what I had, but for the time being I’m pretty sure it’s just all due that that amazing osciloniuminiumymxyptlk…um, yeah… that oscillo stuff.