Is there such a thing as too much rest?

Is there such a thing as too much rest? Let's analyse this a little further:

18Nov Thu: By lunch, I felt a very bad flu descending upon me. Throat was irritable, headache, bodyache, sneezes, sinus-ish... despite my best efforts, I could not get someone to help with this training program on Friday. So I knew, there's no way I can take medical leave for Friday morning at least. Night was terrible, as for some reason, I resisted eating any medication, thinking I wannt "sleep away the bug"... after the 3rd/4th time waking up in the middle of the night/morning due to my throat being extremely painful/body ache being so bad... I had two Panadol Extra (silly me, should have had it). I got about 2 hours of un-interrupted rest.

19Nov Fri: Went to work really early... finished my segment by 10am.. in a rather nasal, hoarse and terrible sounding voice (hope I didn't spread my bug to the poor participants)... by then, feeling feverish again. Gave up on the 1030am meeting I was hoping to attend and went to see the doc. Got one-day MC. Went home and konked out. Slept the whole afternoon, barely swallowed my porridge dinner. It's very tough to swallow when the throat is in pain. Watched a bit of tele, felt exhausted and went back to bed.

20Nov Sat: Woke up, lazed around, still didn't want to go near my computer, seems like the bad posture I have in front of the com always makes my bodyaches worse, so despite the huge amount of time I have at home, I am still not going anywhere near it. Broke the monotony of being at home by walking out to buy fish sliced beehoon soup for dinner. Tadah! Exhausted me. hahaha. Slept most of the time again. And watched more tele (Asian Games are very good haha)

21Nov Sun: After a disgustingly huge amount of sleep, I am still exhausted. Slept, Tele, abit of computer... Managed to swallow some rice for dinner... would have preferred porridge by overruled by family (they are sick of porridge)...

22Nov Mon: Woke up still not feeling optimal... went for 2 morning meetings.. first of which started at 845... by lunch, I felt bad again. Went back to the doc.. got a different dose of medication, all stronger of course and two-days of MC. Came home and slept the whole afternoon again. In between, making a life-changing decision (not sure if it was good to decide while under so much medication, but still, I think my mind was already made up, it was just deciding that I will ponder no more on it).

23Nov Tue: Finally the throat pain subsides a little, swallowing still difficult, but not as tough, and I am good enough to be sitting in front of my PC for the better half of the morning, before taking another nap in bed. I even told my mom, I think can have rice tonight.

So, it's back to work tmr, no more MC... hahaha.. time to snap back to reality instead of hiding at home to rest... seems like an awful lot of rest... do you think it's possible to make up rest? Maybe I have been driving too hard these past few months, so the body's saying - GIVE IT UP! TAKE A REST!?

Whatever it is, I am so glad that after the false start on Sunday night (when I felt better), I seem to really be on the road to recover this time round. :) And my conclusion, there is no such thing as too much rest, especially since my body seems to really appreciate it. hiakz...

xx Nov Post Edit: This was a pointless blog.. cuz, I am still sick! Soon, it will be official, I have been sick for a week. ONE WEEK of being quite sick. I am back at work and running around, but it is draining a lot out of me, and I just feel on the verge of falling... if only the phlegm would clear, my ears would pop, my sinus would clear, and my cough would stop. If only my cough would stop... I hate nights. No rest for me...

xx Dec Post Post Edit: It was a sickness that was 3 weeks long... and am finally in the process of recovery... well, at least I am in time to allow for Xmas Gluttony.. :D

12 Dec Post Post Post Edit: from the date I was down with the flu... 18 Nov... till today, I am officially on my third round of antibiotics... 7 days of MC in total... and many sleepless night.. I am praying darn hard that I will recover very soon..