Everybody lies

Norovirus. Picture courtesy of Wikipedia

Now it’s finally official: I am sick.

Well, ok, that’s not really news to anybody here.  :)  But this time it’s got nothing to do with my head. It looks like I caught a norovirus infection. At least according to my doctor, who prescribed one week sick leave right away (I just love that woman).

Of course I had heard of that virus before, but I since I am usually not all too prone to infections I never had it until now. So I had to do some reading up on the symptoms on Wikipedia (whatever did I do before there was Wikipedia?). And, lo and behold, I had them all. Every. Single. Fucking. One.

Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, general lethargy, weakness, muscle aches, headache, low-grade fever.

Thankfully the really severe stuff went away after one day and one really really wretched night, but the overall feeling-like-crap is still there. So I’m very glad I can stay at home for the whole coming week and am officially supposed to lounge in bed all day, doing nothing more strenous than sleeping or reading. Although I have to say the thought of being on sick leave is actually more fun when you’re not really sick and feeling like shit. Only then it would be called skipping school, I suppose.

Ironically, now I will be missing most of my virology course in Leipzig. Which in a way is a pity, since I actually enjoyed doing some lab work for a change instead of just listening to boring lectures all day. But then again, I also won’t be seeing my colleagues for a whole week, and that is actually a good thing.