Take two aspirin ...

I am still sick. I can't work. I want my life back. In fact, I want a lot of things back:

• My concentration
• The ability to work more than 4 consecutive hours
• To be able to swallow without feeling like I have a mouth-ful of tacs
• To experience a non-headache
• A body that doesn't throb with every ache and pain known to man
• To not be dizzy all day
• To be able to speak more than three-word sentences without having a coughing fit

On the plus side, I don't have strep throat. Unfortunately, my tympanic membranes are bulging, which is putting pressure on everything in my head-and-face area and making me seriously cranky.