Eric Scheske

Well, I don't officially blog on Saturdays, and I see no reason to make an exception today. The illness is more-or-less past, though I had to sleep upright again last night (coughing problems) and woke up with a pounding headache and don't feel quite

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I'm feeling better, I think, maybe not. I give up. Hands-down the worst illness I've ever had, in terms of length and severity. I've had the flu, but have always fully recovered in 48 hours. This thing is now entering Day 5, and

Wow, this is nasty. I won't say much, for fear of turning this site into an exhibitionist-type pity party, but I've been diagnosed with "atypical bronchitis." I don't know what it means, so I ran some searches in Google and Yahoo.

Wow, I don't know what I have, but I feel absolutely horrible. I have a tearing sensation across my chest when I cough. Hurts somethin' fierce. Anyone have any idea what causes that? Today's post is abbreviated, in light of my reduced condition. __________ Lent rattles

Not much this morning. Super Bowl last night, plus some sort of odd illness brewing: body aches, mild nausea, tearing feeling in my chest. Cold? Flu? Bronchitis? Strep Throat? Hypochandria? Beats me, but I slept in and have neither time nor motivation to blog. __________ Congratulations to the NY Giants. It&