Yesterday, I had three wisdom teeth out. Ouch.
As you can probably tell, I’m looking rather happy (!).
No longer as wise?
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Tag Archives: Health
Ill – an update
Am glad to be able to tell you that I didn’t have swine flu after; my temperature returned to normal yesterday morning.
What I had, I’ve no idea, but I’m well enough to return to work tomorrow.
Ill
So, I’ve finally succumbed to something I haven’t been for around 4 years: ill.
I have suspected swine flu, as I have a high temperature (was 38.8C but was 38.1C last reading as Panadol kicked in), aches and pains and a bit of a cough.
Tomorrow will be the first day I’ve had sick leave since July 2006 when I suffered a bout of food poisoning at Rachel’s graduation meal.
It will be weird.
I will have to do some work nevertheless as I have an Tribunal claim due tomorrow! (See previous post about the Work Invasion).
Hope I’m better soon.
Stress
I’m currently experiencing what I think is one of the most stressful weeks ever, courtesy of the fact that I have 113 enquiries and cases to deal with at the moment.
40-50 is what is usually considered “manageable”. I normally have around 60 at any one time.
In comparison, the management side of things is a doddle!
As I am actually feeling the stress (literally) for the first time ever, I’m uncertain how to handle it. So I looked up “stress” on the NHS Choices website to find out more. It seems that there are two sets of symptoms: mental and physical. I don’t think I have any physical symptoms (apart from the usual headaches), so the mental ones are:
anger
depression
anxiety
changes in behaviour
food cravings
lack of appetite
frequent crying
difficulty sleeping
feeling tired
difficulty concentrating
I would say that anger, anxiety and tiredness are my main symptoms. I have cravings for chocolate, but that’s nothing new!
Now. The key is to manage the stress levels. Any tips welcome.
When Rob met an EEG
Had an EEG today, and thought you would all find this picture rather amusing.