Someone always gets sick when we travel… March 9, 2012
Posted by mareserinitatis in personal.Tags: health, ill, illness, sick, travel
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One of the funniest vacations I remember is a ski trip to Duluth where the older boy got sick. I spent close to two hours cleaning his regurgitated breakfast off the bathroom floor of the fancy condo we rented. I remember other trips where one of the other kids got sick, and one of us was trying to google the nearest pharmacy or 24 hour grocery in whatever strange town we were in. (Of course, these things never happen in the middle of the day.)
Since I was the only one traveling this time, I guess that means it had to be me.
Apparently the desert air isn’t very friendly as I have the mother of all sinus infections. On top of that, it appears I caught some viral thing on the trip here because my whole body is achy. It feels like I have the flu. I thought the two were the same thing, but apparently I had to be twice as sick. Probably to make up for the lack of other people who could also be sick. Or to make up for the fact that I managed to get sick after taking care of all the important reasons why I came.
The nice doctor gave me some antibiotics and told me to get some rest. The way my ears are plugged, I can tell my flight home tomorrow is going to be a bit less fun than I hoped. But thank goodness for modern medicine and airplanes. Hopefully I will be home and well very soon.
Working through the pain December 5, 2011
Posted by mareserinitatis in work.Tags: ill, illness, sick, work habits
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Late last week, I got a flu shot. I’m one of those unlucky ones that always seems to get the flu from having the shot, but I do it anyway because I have a family member who is on an immunosuppressant. Unfortunately, this meant that most of my weekend was shot as I was fighting a mild case of chills and body aches.
I am, unfortunately, one of those people who also has great difficulty working when I feel ill. I know some people can do it (like certain members of my family). I know people who say they like working when sick because it takes their mind off feeling bad. However, I find that working when I’m sick actually makes it worse. If I want to feel better, doing something somewhat mindless actually works better. In my case, playing simple video games or crocheting seem to be things that are helpful. If absolutely must work, grading seems to be the easiest thing to handle.
What about you? What do you find helps in these situations? Are you able to work through it or do you have to take a break from things that require concentration?
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