What is the most ill you have ever been?

[parawolf]

How ill have you been in recent history (past 5 years)?

For example about 5 - 6 years ago I had glandular fever and it knocked me off my feet for 2 weeks (couldn't eat or drink, even water). Ended up in hospital on a drip and a course of penicillin and steriods to help boost my energies.

Just this weekend i've experienced something similar, by monday afternoon I was experiencing freezing shakes (I was wearing thermals, track pants, tshirt and a jumper) in the same hour i'd be wearing nothing but boxers and i'd be sweating non-stop. Unable to keep water down unable to eat.

Ended up in St Vincents emergancy Tuesday at about 1:30am with a saline drip and two other injections, one to remove the nausea and another of penicillin to attempt to remove the fever. Once that was done, I was able to drink some water and had some panadiene forte and that killed the fever. From there i'm on a course of pencillin again and only just now able to eat a 'meal' of plain pasta rather than fluid meal replacements. It's unlikely that I will be back at work until Monday next week.


So how sick have you been?