Great Christmas But Now This

We had a really awesome Christmas. We spent it in Texas with a good friend. On Christmas Eve we went to San Antonio and did a whole bunch of cool stuff, like the zoo, the Alamo, Riverwalk and the Buckhorn Museum and Texas Rangers Museum.

But it was my downfall...

Apparently somewhere in SA I encountered someone who was sick. Now I have what I'm guessing is the flu. I am so, so, SO sick! I managed to make it up to the yard in Little Rock today on my way to Byhalia, MS. This load has to be dropped by 2359 tomorrow night but at this point, I don't know if I can do it.

We went to Walmart today and got some cold medicine (alcohol free of course). But I can hardly breathe and I have a terrible headache plus the whole range of flu symptoms. To make things worse, hubby is getting sick too and he NEVER gets sick.

I have this sneaking suspicion that I'm going to be feeling even worse in the morning. If so, the plan is to wait until my regular dispatcher comes in (only one dispatcher in the office today) and have her take me off this load and recuperate here at the yard for at least a day.

Soup for dinner tonight. It's all we can really manage...

Oh yeah! My super awesome friend got me a very nice CB for Christmas! When it finally comes in, we'll make a stop down there so he can put it in my truck. Very excited!

Aspirin and Orange juice.

Guys and gals, my secret to keep from getting sick is as follows, you know your body better than anyone else. You must learn to listen to what it is telling you. I have learned to tell when I am going to be sick 1-3 days ahead of time. I can feel it, but it is hard to explain. The key is to kick it in the ass before it gets started. Fever is the enemy. As soon as I feel something coming on I start to take aspirin for the next 3-5 days.

This keeps the fever from getting out of hand and allows the body to to fight the virus at full strength. Because of this, about once every ten years am I sick enough to miss work.

How do you stop an invasion? You start fighting before all the troops are ashore.

I was fooled this time. In the Buckhorn museum, there are a bunch of mounted and stuffed animals. Lots of fur and stuff, ya know? So when this first started I thought I was my allergies acting up.

Nope.

My dispatcher took me off that load as soon as I told her what was going on. She put me as available for a load tomorrow at 0900. She also told me to check in with her later so she knows I'm ok.

So today is orange juice, cold meds, and sleep. I'm trying to stay as far away from people as possible so I don't spread this.

Just went past that Cal ark yard. Nice trucks out there. In hot springs now ready to leave hot springs lol

Well feeling better after a day of rest so we should be ready to go in the morning.

But if I can ask, will everyone please keep my dad in your thoughts and prayers? 3 years ago he was in the ICU for 7 weeks due to heart problems which caused a lot of kidney damage. Now he is back in the hospital having to be put on dialysis. Hopefully he will be able to go home Friday.

Glad you're feeling better. Hope all goes well with your dad.

Wow you have been up and down the past few days. I've missed you and was going to post asking where you were.

Glad you are feeling better and about your CB. ;)

Of course dad will be in my prayers. He's the dad of a trucker so he must be tough ;)

Your dispatcher sounds like a caring and responsible one. Good for you.

Take care my friend.

Well now my bunk heat isn't working... which is great considering we are recovering from being sick.

So I guess we will stay in the Rock for awhile longer.

Any more speed bumps?

C. M. so sorry to hear about your dad as well as your own health lately but I too am glad that you seem to be on the mend. I just prayed for you and your dad and will try and keep you both in my prayers in the future.

For you and all out there I would recommend a very special type of delivery system of vitamin C for when you are not well. It is called liposomic vitamin C. The only place I know where you can buy it is on line through "Liv-On Labs". It is not cheap so I buy it by the case which helps. I have shared it with a number of friends over the last couple years and nearly everyone is impressed with it. By being liposomic (fat encapsulated) it actually survives the digestive process and actually gets into the blood stream and into the cells where you need it. Typical vitamin C you buy in a bottle at the drug store or Walmart don't have nearly the same benefit as the majority (80% +/-) of the vitamin C gets flushed out of your system. It is however a good way to clean out your insides if you take a good amount but you wouldn't want to do that while on the road if you know what I mean.

If you are trying to use orange juice for your vitamin C, you can increase the benefit by drinking that with the most pulp you can get and never the kind without pulp. The pulp aids in the same digestion process so a little more gets through. There are a number of fruits and vegetables that are good sources of vitamin C, strawberries being one. Do not cook your food and expect to get the same benefit. Eat it raw whenever possible.

One big thing to stay away from with any and every illness imaginable is sugar, with one exception and that is diabetes and of course only to regulate your levels.

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Wishing and praying for you and your dad!

Try turning it off for an hour or so then turning it back on. Also check to see if the air is hot. The wind in WY was so bad that although my heat was on full blast, it couldn't keep up with the drafts and inside was 46 degrees...outside had wind chill of -4. That's insane. I stuffed sweats and blankets down the sides of my bunk to keep out the draft and it helped a bit.

I thought it wasn't working but it just couldn't compensate for the wind.