Spur of the Moment Self-Portrait

My health is finally feeling as though I am over the hump with this nasty, lingering cold. Today is the first day where I feel as though I am "recovering" from the cold symptoms. Although, my overall health is still quite miserable and I'm still struggling with typical Systemic Mastocytosis symptoms which are probably as a result of the lingering cold. The cold itself, however, seems to be waning... finally.

Since I was feeling a bit better this morning, I quickly decided to pull out a camera, a lens, a tripod, a light, and a remote shutter release to see if I could get a photo of myself.

I think I had to shoot about two dozen photos just to get two decent shots. Absolutely accurate focus is impossible to do with a remote shutter release. Ohhh... I just remembered something I could have done... I could have used my Kindle Fire tablet to choose a focus point... uggg... I should have thought of that this morning. I have an app on my tablet which allows me to control my camera including choosing an accurate focus point. Oh well... next time. 

When I feel like 'myself' again, you'll know because I will have shaved the gray beard off my face again. I see my doctor again the day after tomorrow so we'll see what comes of that...

In the meantime, here is a fairly decent self-portrait of myself... after being quite sick for almost three weeks... with the chapped lips of someone who has been quite sick and dehydrated...