Dreaming of Delphino

Dreaming of Delphino

I have just woken up from a deep slumber that lasted for about 7 hours. In that time, I had to again untangle myself from my duvet, fall out of bed, drink on jug full of iced water as I was getting severely dehydrated again. Having eaten pasta for dinner as made from The Big Book of Pasta, I feel a little more human again albeit exhausted. In the meantime, Blackdog has some sound advice for all of us - here is what he says :-

Rock and a hard place with this. Stop the caffiene for dehydration and you lose the effect of broncho-dilation for the breathing. Don't overdo the chocolate but send out for 85 or 90 per cent cocoa fat Lindt bitter sweet chocolate. Very soothing and low in carbohydrate, which is not good for any infection. Most thrive on starches and sugars so despite the intuition that orange juice is good; it isn't. It is far too high in fructose which is metabolised very rapidly in humans. Remember orange juice for Hypoglycaemia?

Far better Vitamin C in high dose tablets plus D3 in the long term to boost levels for winter when there is little sunshine to make it from cholesterol. As D3 has a half life of 8 weeks it won't help now but will in the future. Henry will tell you how much. Hydration is good especially iced water. Opiates with Acetominophen good for symptom relief but bad for long term use as you know as codiene will stop peristalsis fairly rapidly even in low doses.

I would hope you have a cohort of tame handsome followers to attend your needs, even at risk of infection, if I were 30 yrs younger it would be worth it. If not then 'Physician heal thyself'.

Seriously though take care of yourself, we all need you but you are a dynamo and your load will be affecting the HPA-axis and doing your immune system harm. You inspire us all but slow down while you're ill.

My voice has not returned. I am still squealing away like a pot bellied pig. Having a shower and basic things like brushing my teeth are now exhausting me completely. No doubt the combination of pain relief is causing this spaced out effect. I never do long term codeine by the way. Only use it in emergencies like this. I am positive one of the effects is to heighten the impact of the above picture.

The most difficult thing I am now having to cope with is recurrent dreams of Mike Delphino with no shirt on. This is causing me increases in heart rate that I may not be able to cope with. It does remind me of August 2009 when I was at our corner shop happily shopping for milk and eggs when a Delphino lookalike walked into the shop without a shirt on. I dropped the milk and eggs. I think this is called poor self control. I am repeatedly told to get my priorities right in life - apparently I have to take things like the GMC seriously. In reality though, I think my priorities as a whistleblower are absolutely spot on. First priority - good looking men, Second priority - chocolate, Third priority - Onken yoghurt etc etc.

Yes, it is true, I am now reading Hello and Now as my brain isn't focusing on more detailed material. I am still trying to figure out the point of Jordan.

I know I have to sleep for another 12 or more hours to fully recover. I hope my voice returns to normal functioning soon because I am fed up with being compared to Pinky and Perky. Not sure about my oestrogen molecules, I may spontaneously combust if Mike Delphino appears in my dreams again. I have been threatened with removal of Series 5 of Desperate Housewives if these dreams place my life at risk. Then again, there is always Richard Marks to rescue me :) :). Now, that is an interesting concept! The conclusion here is that those women who have swine flu should accessorize much like I do. Absolutely nothing wrong with recurring dreams on the subject of anatomy revision. One side effect is that it may not be doing much for my temperature.

While dreaming of Mike Delphino