No fatigue.........but getting close to insomnia.

I have a problem that is keeping me awake so you all get to hear about it! Yay!

So as you may know over a month ago I came down with Glandular Fever. At the time it really sucked. I had the throat infection, the swollen glands, the headaches and the fatigue but the thing that worried me the most was the horror stories. I know quite a few people who have had the old kissing disease and on top of stories I'd read on the internet I thought I would feel horrible for months and, more devastatingly, lose my part in Les Miserable. There were tales of fatigue lasting for weeks, months, years and horror stories of complications and debilitating bouts of recurring throat infections................but none of these things happened to me.

You should know that I am a very healthy person. Granted, I don't live on celery and run 10 miles every morning, but as far as avoiding sickness goes I am an absolute master. I live in a house with two very young siblings who contract everything under the sun and nine times out of ten I manage to not catch it from them. I make sure I get enough sleep and, contrary to popular belief, I have probably drunk less since turning 18 than I used to.........I can't afford it anymore. Until I came down with the Glandular Fever I hadn't been to a doctor in three years and hadn't had so much as a cold in 4 months.

You're probably thinking "what the hell are you complaining about man?" Well that's it. I don't have a problem with being healthy, I have a problem with people presuming I am sick without any knowledge of my medical condition. Basically my director for Les Miserable refuses to let me return to rehearsals until I am 100% fit to do so.

I have been 100% fit for nearly two weeks now.

In fact two weeks ago my doctor declared me fit to return to rehearsals barring any major recurrence of symptoms. I, personally, took it upon myself to take an extra week off to avoid any further risk of contaminating my fellow cast members but since then have been refused permission to return to the production. Now I have about six weeks to learn the blocking for an entire two Act show and make sure I can sing all of my solos and my director won't let me back into rehearsals. I can work hard, but at this point, for the sake of the production, I think it needs to be a case of either return or retire.

So my dilema is this: do I confront my director with the knowledge that I am healthy, have always quickly recovered from illness and am more eager to get back to this musical than humanly possible but in doing so risk offending her and possibly losing my part OR do I keep my mouth shut in the hope that she will eventually come to the conclusion that not everybody suffers for months from Glandular Fever?

Ironically thinking about Glandular Fever has been keeping we awake the last couple of days and there has been no sign of fatigue.

I am consulting my doctor again in the morning to get her opinion in writing. Maybe it will help and maybe it won't.

Till next time...