Running on fumes

One of the side effects of having ongoing medical problems is the impact on one’s motivation to do anything. Since the end of last year I seem to have lurched from one minor illness to another, and it has been very wearing.

Luckily, I've been able to go to regular games at Dice on the Hill and to take part in the weekly Virtual Wargames Club Zoom meeting, and this had helped me to stagger on. However, I have now come down with a really unpleasant virus that seems to have been sweeping across the UK since the start of the year. The symptoms are a fever, continual tiredness, a runny nose, a sore throat/croaky voice, and a persistent and unpleasant hacking cough that often goes on for several minutes at a time. The latter can be so bad that it wakes the sufferer up multiple times during the night and contributes to the feeling of continual physical tiredness, mental lethargy, and an inability to concentrate.

Over the past few days matters seem to have come to a head, and I feel as if my fuel tank is almost empty and that I am running on fumes. I hope that this marks the point at which the virus has done its worst and that from now on things will gradually improve. However, until they do, I will be keeping my head down and concentrating on getting better as quickly as possible. I will continue to blog as and when I feel up to it, but don't expect anything earth-shattering to appear here for some time!