The Flu

One thing that seems to be a constant this winter is the flu...Everyone seems to have had it at least once this January, just after the thaw. This is a particularly nasty one, one I have named the "Praying to die Flu" That's just what I have been doing the past four days, coughing, peeing, swearing and praying to die. Another thing us woman of certain age have to deal with....the peeing.

The proper name for it is stress incontinence, or "peeing when you cough"...Sounds harmless, doesn't it? After all, who coughs as a matter of course? Nobody! But, who coughs when they have the praying to die flu? I DO!!!!

I have more laundry, more pain, more showers and baths, which cause more colds and fevers, and it's bloody embarrasing when you have to run to the toilet every time you feel a cough coming on. Even worse when you DON'T feel a cough coming on...

No 18-year-old ever has to deal with this, unless she recently pushed a10 pound baby out of her vagina, but MOST WOACA (women of a certain age) probably do... Seems unfair, we push the baby out of our crotch, we cause our boobs to sag, and then we get to sprinkle everywhere we go.

Just another reason why I hate the praying to die flu.

I have to leave you now, I feel a really bad coughing fit coming on, and then I have to pray to die again.