The flu that finally went away

For a long time since mid last year, I was down with a massive flu that stayed with me for too long. It was a period of much work and personal life up and downs, so I thought it must be the stressors that cause this sickness. After all, it was the period where I struggled to keep my spirit up for a job that seemed to be exploiting me to the max, friends' personal issues loading onto me and finally it was also when I took up the courage to move to another uncharted area of being pseudo social welfare officer. The flu just sticked onto me like a parasite and each time, I went to see a doctor, I merely took one day worth of the medication and pretend that things are fine. It was never cured. The crunch came when I was rendered useless in January when I kept having running nose at work and exhausted boxes of tissues at a rate of one a day. I felt so bad having to contribute so much to deforestation. And by the time, this dripping phenomean was so bad that all aspect of social life is affected. I stopped clubbing on Saturdays, stay home to watch horror shows on cable over the weekends and at one point, a few of my clients who came for social assistance, was actually worried for my health. The nose was either dripping, or completely blocked or bleeding. I actually realised I was gasping for air in late nights cos it was so filled with fluid. Of course, the end result was, I was underperforming at my day job. hmmm...

After endless persuasion by Ba, my date, I decided to take a 3 hours off from work and consult a doctor again, and finally found the reason. I was having a nose infection after a long period of rubbing, draining and sneezing. All I need was a nasal spray which I have to apply twice a day. After one week of that, the nose is fully functioning and I have reduced the dosage to once a day as instructed. I am also using this pure oxygen spray which I purchased during a road show at the office and inhaled a small amount of pure oxygen every morning before I start work. Now, I dunno if it is the nasal spray or the oxygen inhaler that is effective. Nonetheless, things are much better now and I am no longer lethargic at work or the weekends.

I wondered why it took me so long to seek treatment for it. I guess, like most of the clients (at work or on the OC hotline), we have got so sick of some ailments that we actually lived with it. The problem has reached a point that it crippled part of our lives and we are too happy to let it continue. As silly as some of you may think, that's a comfort zone for us. At the very least, back then, subconsciously I din want to seek proper treatment so that I wont have to prepare for anything worse than a common flu.

With that flu gone for good for now, I have stopped yawning non stop and picking up the momentum in life again. :) Confronting your issue can help a lot more than you imagine.