Post-Ekka blues
As I bang this out on my iPad keyboard, I’ve got the post Eka blues. I’m feeling a little sorry for myself. I feel like a human bag of snot. It’s not quite manflu but I have pharyngitis, rhinorrhoea, headache, and a barking cough. I’m not febrile, however, I do feel lethargic and fatigued from lack of sleep.
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It’s not uncommon, after the Ekka to develop an infectious disease. With so many people in close proximity, the risk of exposure to a communicable disease is high. The statistics for influenza, which is a good sentinel for such behaviour, is evident. In southeast Queensland, after the Ekka, comes a wave of influenza plus many of the other non-notifiable communicable upper respiratory viral infections. I just hope my daughters don’t get ill also.
It’s not as if we aren’t careful. My daughters use alcohol-based hand antiseptics appropriately. When it’s needed and not excessively.
At least I don’t have the real post Ekka blues, that is, post-influenza depression. This is a fair dinkum condition albeit uncommon. In fact, after a lot of serious infections, depression can be an ongoing factor which affects long term recovery.
I’ve always been interested in post-infectious phenomena. Notably, the vascular and coagulation defects which can occur.
A non-event
For the last few weeks, I’ve been preparing for an important work-related meeting. It was being held on Thursday just after midday. Just before 11.30 am I received a call from the secretariat and I was told the meeting needed to be postponed to a yet to be determined date.
The good thing is I’d done the preparation and I had all the information filed. If this meeting eventuates, I’ll be prepared without the need to put in a huge amount of effort to get all the information together.
Cupcakes and stuff
A friend at work organised the annual RSPCA cupcake fundraising drive again this year and everyone outdid themselves with cupcakes. I certainly indulged in cupcakes. Four cupcakes!
Cupcakes may well be a decent treatment for post Ekka blues.
What I ate this week
I normally load a gallery for this but Gutenberg and WordPress are conspiring against me at the moment. Gutenberg doesn’t seem to do galleries very well and my WordPress host, Hostgator, seems to have problems with loading images at the moment. I seeing lots of errors and it’s getting excruciating to upload images. It’s taking an age. I know it’s not Internet speed or bandwidth. I’ve tested that and this is a host problem. The thing is I don’t want to change hosts. I don’t have the patience to do that. I think to change hosts I’d need to take time off and dedicate time to it. It’s just not worth it. The good thing is customer support with Hostgator is pretty good, it’s responsive, and every time I make contact the problem is fixed but it recurs for reasons I can’t understand.
Sunday dinner
Sweet potato wrapped in streaky bacon, chicken thigh, and corn cob.
Monday lunch
This Bega super crunchy peanut paste is super crunchy.
Monday dinner
Baked salmon with a fennel salad.
Tuesday lunch
Leftover chicken thigh for lunch
Tuesday dinner
Creamy minced (ground) beef
Wednesday lunch
Hot chips and leftover chicken thigh for lunch.
Wednesday dinner
Curry crab for dinner
Thursday lunch
Instead of an important meeting, I ate nachos.
Thursday dinner
Inspired by Sarah to eat pineapple and spam
Friday coffee
Friday lunch
Stuffed spud for lunch
Friday dinner
A fish finger burger in the making
Fish finger burger
Saturday breakfast
I woke up feeling crook so I had a cinnamon Danish scroll for breakfast
Saturday lunch
Fish fingers and spam sticks
Saturday dinner
Slow cooker pulled lamb with mashed sesame sweet potato. I blogged about it last night.
Yes, I use these for cooking
Sunday breakfast
Runny yolk on a hash brown is so good.
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Final thoughts
I hope this head cold doesn’t linger. I hope I’m not left with a barking cough for too long. I hope you had the opportunity to donate to the RSPCA this week. Have a good one. Catch you next week.
Hi Gary ,
Was thinking of you during Ekka and was wondering if you had made the trip down to see your girls … sorry to hear that you’ve been feeling under the weather … please pop in to us for dinner the next time you are in Brissie .. would love to catch up
Hey Vichi
Good to hear from you
It was a wonderful weekend in Brisbane
I hope all is going well with you
I do hope you feel better soon–I wonder how far illness can travel? My sister and her family are sick, too. Mum and I are staying away!
Your meals look scrumptious and I love all the cuppy cakes. I enjoy making and decorating those. Little Bear doesn’t care for too much fru fru on top, he says it detracts from the overall eating of the cake.
Query. What do you use forceps for in cooking?
Thanks Kris, I still feel like a bag of snot.
I agree, if the cake is really nice, there’s no need to the icing on top.
I use the forceps with a curved needle to sew up the cavities of poultry when I fill them with stuffing.
Post-influenza depression? I wonder what that is, maybe I am missing something 🤔
That burger and corn chips look good. Friday seems to be your treat days 🍔😁
Get well soon. Being sick but not sick enough to just lie around is just annoying. Usually I’d rather sick hit me in one whole horrid day.
Post-influenza depression is a thing. It’s not well described but it is written about in the medical and lay press. That’s not to say post-head cold depression is a thing. I think I have the blues mainly because I’m unwell and I wish I was still in Brisbane with my daughters and enjoying the weather.
Yep, I think after a week, I need a treat 😂
I’m feeling worse at the moment. I feel really congested at the moment with a headache and a cough.
That is interesting to know, Thanks, Gaz.
Definitely treat yourself at least once a week. Maybe burgers or KFC next week 😂 But get better soon. It sounds bad 😐 Might have caught what you got myself too 😐😐
I have a $20 KFC voucher waiting to be used 😃
Thanks, Mabel. I hope you don’t get too crook.
$20 KFC voucher :O It is a pretty decent amount. You could buy enough KFC to put away and make KFC meals every day 😃 Going down fast. May our colds be over and done with 😃😃
It came with a $25 voucher which I’ve already used after an error with the KFC app. I made a double payment and I was refunded with an extra $10.
I think I may get KFC Nugs. That will help with my cold.
I agree, may our health improve and we both be healthful.
That is a sweet deal. Go get your KFC when you decide. To be honest I prefer McNugs, and there’s a 24 for $9.95 special for that going on now 😃
Hopefully your cold goes away by the end of the week.
I like the idea of getting Nugs from Maccas for Friday night. That’s a good deal, especially if I can get some Big Mac sauce.
You should. They will give you Big Mac sauce in copious amounts. You could even try asking for a free tub 😃
I might get some Big Mac sauce and some mustard.
Throw in some fries as well for a treat. Enough sauce to go round 😃😃😃
Good idea. It’ll make it a meal.