Flu and Health Update

We are two solid weeks into having the flu and I still feel like crap.  I'm still coughing and trying to clear out my lungs.  I have a pounding headache especially whenever I cough.  As expected, my breathing is worse than usual too.  My throat is still a bit scratchy and, generally, I feel exhausted and lousy.  

Sheila is still coughing too but she seems to be faring a bit better than I am.  My struggles are probably due to my primary illness affecting my mast cells.  Mast cells are the key players in colds and the flu too so my over-active mast cells make things a bit worse.  

The flu is affecting my mast cells so my usual health issues are worse than usual.  There is no need to get into details on this other than to say my usual symptoms are worse than usual.  

I captured a photo of my thumb this week too so that I could write a quick update on my thumb injury.  Here is how it is looking now...

Even though I accidentally cut off about a half inch of my left thumb back in July, it has mostly grown back and has filled in nicely.  It is actually looking pretty good.  Unfortunately, it is looking better than it feels.  

My thumb is still hyper-sensitive.  Touching anything, even lightly, still hurts.  It kind of has a tingly feeling when I lightly touch it or touch anything with it.  I'm still accidently slamming it into things too but not nearly as often as right after the injury.  All that being said, my thumb is in much better condition today than anytime since the accidental amputation.  

I'm still working on my fine-motor skills with my thumb with daily physical therapy and I'm still playing the piano whenever I feel up to it which is also helping significantly.  The more I use the thumb, the better off I am.  The flu has cut into time at the piano though.  Playing the piano is actually pretty good therapy though so I squeeze that in whenever I'm feeling up to it.  That should happen more often as I recover from this flu.  

This flu-A is pretty debilitating and brutal though.