Virus?

Tuesday night was a typical karaoke night except I felt really really bad, but recouped after a few karaoke songs. It's not the first time that singing has drowned out my symptoms. But then Wednesday night I went to Pastimes for karaoke and had to leave after the second song feeling as though I was about to DIE!
The symptoms are strange. No fever, nor sniffles and no sore throat, but body aches to beat the band. I thought quite literally I was losing my mind as I was having horrible terrorizing nightmares. When I medicate to sleep in certain ways, I tend to have nightmares, so I purposely haven't done that. Last night I thought, since I'm having them anyway, why not enhance the sleep?
I'm not at all over it yet, but this evening I HAD to go out to get some half price wings and to see another human being. I haven't even had the strength to talk on the phone. You can hear it in my voice.
Just when I thought maybe this was a nervous breakdown, I was talking with a pal who had the same symptoms for about a week...exactly the same symptoms. What a relief it is to know that I still am operating well on the few brain cells I have left.
So if you begin to ache all over and have nightmares and negative thoughts, chances are it's this dad blamed virus. As Mom used to say, "This too, shall pass!"