Tag: being sick

  • On Being Sick

    On Being Sick

    Weakened and recovering from hip replacement surgery, I have become (temporary) host for some kind of virus. Tell-tale symptoms slowly unfolded, so slowly that I missed them as I focused on getting my repaired leg reintegrated and detoxed from the necessary drugs involved. Scratchy throat. Feeling feverish. Low appetite. Dry cough.  At first, I thought…