No MC

5th January (Monday) - ACHOO!!! Sniff. sniff... Hack, cough, haaaack.... HACK!!!
Urgh, just my luck to strike the jackpot. The reason I haven't been updating the past three days was because of my sore throat. My nose had been running for the past few days but that hasn't stopped me form going to work, even though I feel like dropping dead like a fly. But today was worse. From a minor running nose to a little cough til the point where I couldn't cough out my phlegm and my voice became so hoarse til I cannot talk. Urgh, I didn't expect it to become so severe til the CI asked me to go NOW to the MO at the clinic. I was all set of going to the government side since I didn't brought anything except for 10 dollars, which isn't going to help me get far.But they asked me to get the GL form and the Sister was kind enough to sign for me on the spot so that I can quickly fax it to HR in an emergency.
I waited for 30 minutes foe the transportation to arrive. Darn it, I wanted to walk, it could've been much faster. but no one wanted me to walk. So I waited. Urgh, I was about to call my ward and tell them I'm walking when the van finally pulled up and I asked the driver whether he's going to the clinic and he went, "Huh? You were suppose to go there? But no one called me."
WHAT???? He only came by pure luck. Had it been normal circumstances, I might have to wait an hour. !!!! Nevertheless, with me dropping half dropping dead form the cough I'm having, he asked me to get on board and with the girl he brought, he rushed me over. During the brief journey, he asked what happened to me. I merely told him about my condition and he went, "That's sad, Your ward is having these as well, right?" Well, of course. From the past two days, there were staffs running around with runny nose and cough. As mentioned earlier, I seemed to have struck the jackpot. I reached the MO, and after checking my throat, she said it was just a virus infection, thanks to everybody who are having it. She merely called it an URTI (Upper Respiratory Tract Infection) virus. Well, okay. Thank goodness it was nothing serious. And yeah, I don't have a fever (I've been checking my temperature at home, no fever at all.). She merely advised me to take Scott Emulsions, Vitamin C, fruit juices, and fluids, always fluids. Warm water is the best. Since my throat isn't swollen, much, there's no need for antibiotics but some flu medication and the menthol salt that I previously used to get the phlegm out.
She then asked me whether I want MC or want to go back to work, I already spent 3 hours working and I refused to burn it all away. It's not as though I can't work, I can, I just cannot talk much. But following doctors, helping patients and whatnot, why not? So she merely gave me a time slip and advised me, "If your immune system is really that bad, I would suggest you wear a mask no whenever you are working." It's a good thing I'm not working tomorrow, so she didn't have to use any MCs. I didn't want the seniors complaining how I took an "illegal MC" like last time. It's bad enough I got an 'attitude problem', I don't need my reputation to go crashing down.
I got back, handed my time slip over to the Sister, and she advised me to take care of my health. Once the clock struck 2, I informed the TL that I have to leave and she let me off. So, now I'm resting in bed, taking all those awful medications, and on and off, drinking plain water. Mom tried to coax some food into me but I don't even have the appetite to eat. Everything I take, there's no taste at all. Sorry Mom. I think I shall go and make snowballs now (Scrunched up tissues). Man, I hate being sick.