It's no fun being sick

[Megan'sTouch 23875]

So here I am stuck at home with a cold. I've been playing Angry Birds and surfing on CERB. I'd love to read, but my concentration is shot to shit.

 

What do you like to do when you're sick to pass the time?

[Andee 220524]

Same thing I do when I'm cranky - put on the TV and snuggle up in a blanket and watch some shows I don't normally have time to watch like Oprah or Ellen or the View.

[Studio 110 by Sophia 150333]

Hmmmm, I find a little personal attention can help me to feel better. When you are sick, not much feels good except my little trusty vibrating bullet! hahaha

[Reuben Sandwich 13841]

If I have to stay home sick and it is not a stomach bug, then I just hang around the toaster eating honey and peanut butter toast all morning. Then it's play time with my friend Willie and a nap in the afternoon.

 

Puhlease get better real soon, Megan.

[Apex2006 1071]

So here I am stuck at home with a cold. I've been playing Angry Birds and surfing on CERB. I'd love to read' date=' but my concentration is shot to shit.

 

What do you like to do when you're sick to pass the time?[/quote']

 

 

Just because you are sick, does not give you the right to use birds to kill pigs.

 

I am offended and I will report you to animal rights!

 

Have some nice warm soup! I always hace Liptons chicken noodle soup when I have a cold and in my head it makes me feel better.

[mikkismitty 197]

I have to agree with Apex....but homemade chicken soup always does the trick for me. Can I drop some off for you?

[crankshaft25 125]

I agree with the people who suggested chicken noodle soup. Does wonders when I'm sick. Also for me I tend to sleep a LOT and that helps me get better quick.

 

When I'm resting I just randomly surf the net for stupid or random things to distract me :)

[chilifreak 105]

It's all about lots of fluids, fresh juices, green tea with ginger and lemon. I usually can't read neither, so i pass the time by watching old movies, especially Film Noir or cartoons.

[Miss Scarlett 25073]

If I was closer I'd bring you Timmies steeped tea! hehe

 

Chicken noodle soup is good too! The honey and peanut butter is awsome advice for colds, and some OJ!

 

So here I am stuck at home with a cold. I've been playing Angry Birds and surfing on CERB. I'd love to read' date=' but my concentration is shot to shit.

 

What do you like to do when you're sick to pass the time?[/quote']

[Sensual Erin 33935]

Awww, feel better Megan. This may sound gross but chewing on a Garlic clove, eating red bell peppers, they have double the vitamin C than citrus fruits, and raw chili peppers if you're feeling really brave. These remedies will knock a cold on it's butt. Rest rest rest and enjoy the time to cuddle up and relax.

[roamingguy 300292]

I was advised never to take time off sick unless I was well enough to enjoy it. So on a sick day, go fishing

Seriously, if I'm really sick, I'm either sleeping, watching tv, not to mention lots of orange juice and homemade chicken noodle soup (and yes, I can cook up a good soup)

RG

[Capital Hunter 18263]

Sorry to hear that you are sick. If I am really sick with high fever I sleep a lot but if my flu is mild I just may watch TV or surf the internet. Hope you get well soon Megan.

[Reddog01 30280]

I am lucky, I don't get sick very often. I find a fast pace and busy work schedule does not allow for it, it may be a mental thing.... Having said that, if I get ill it is always when I slow down during summer holidays or at Christmas. A day or two in bed with lots of sleep and fluids does the trick.

[Megan'sTouch 23875]

I am lucky, I don't get sick very often. I find a fast pace and busy work schedule does not allow for it, it may be a mental thing....

Lucky you! I find the exact opposite. It's when I'm super busy and not eating/sleeping properly that I get sick. It's so frustrating getting sick when you have a to-do list that's a mile long :(

[J Galt 337]

I don't get sick very often, and consider it a personal failure when I do, but in addition to Sensual Erin's excellent advice, I want to add that hot and sour soup can cure anything.

[Jabba 18389]

Warm comfort food and a nice snooze on the couch in front of the fireplace is good.

 

You can justify the short term guilt with my permission. Sucks to feel like shit. Get better soon.

 

xo

J.

[Meg O'Ryan 266444]

Pweeze get betwer!

[VedaSloan 119179]

Whenever I'm sick that usually also equals a stuffed up nose. So I eat a lot of spicy food. It clears out the nasal passages right quick. That's my biggest pet peeve--when you're too stuffed up to taste awesome food.

 

Then I sit around playing Civilization 5 until I've conquered the shit out of whichever civilization is giving me crap this go around.

 

I also only recently discovered what the hell "Angry Birds" is. TOO HILARIOUS. Can this game be downloaded for Android phones? That's what I want to know.

[Gentleman11 10508]

Curling up with a good book, pour a small glass of wine, turn on the fire place, get the cat to curl alongside works for me...

 

Musings from a guy feeling sorry for himself....

[Maverick 2873]

There's a psychological theory that falling into the "sick role" (e.g. staying in bed all the time, changing diet, habits, etc.) actually encourages your body to keep being sick, whereas not changing your daily routine as much as possible can help your immune system push through.

 

Considering the health risk to your clients though I understand the need to dramatically change your schedule, just letting other people know about the theory, which seems to work for me (although I'm kind of evil and don't mind getting all my classmates sick).

[stevecurious 42059]

I was off of work for a few weeks due to illness this past winter and all I can say is CSI re-runs (CSI Las Vegas not Miami...I really hate David Caruso) kept me sane...well relatively sane. Up until that point I had no idea how bad daytime TV actually is.

[Surf_Nazis_Must_Die 8958]

Well this may sound f'd up and i'm sorry for letting you folks in on a secret, but as a cook, I don't take sick days. We (cooks) have such a bizarre pride/honor system in place and it makes absolutely ZERO sense. Unless we've lost a limb in a bizarre accident or we're on our deathbeds, we drag our sorry butts into work. Rain or shine, hangover or flu, we stumble in and do our thing, day in and day out.

 

That being said, on the brief occasions in my life where I haven't been a cook for a living (and therefore had some semblance of sanity) I managed to cobble together this handy little timetable of sickness:

 

Early Morning: Realize your entire day is a write off, hack up something awful, search for the phone

Minutes Later: Call in sick because you're not a cook, and therefore, an intelligent, functioning member of society

Some more minutes later: Hang up phone, curse loudly, realize your blankets are still warm, roll back over and go to sleep

Early afternoon: wake up, realize your day still sucks. Pop a shitload of nyquil liquid capsules, pray you'll be comatose for the remainder of the day

Early Evening: wake up, search for kleenex, meds and sympathy from a loved one/pet. Realize a day without food is a terrible idea

Minutes later: Try to bribe loved one into making you something edible, realize they suck and are no help, have fleeting thoughts of jetting off somewhere exotic with someone who's much more attractive

Some more minutes later: Give up on food from loved ones and order something in thats PACKED with garlic and spicyness. You're too sick to taste anything anyways and this will help clear your sinuses. Wash down Crazy food with a shitload more nyquil and liquor.

Late evening: If you're still up after all that food, medication and booze, you're screwed ;)

[Cleo Catra 178382]

Any time I'm sick I curl up in bed and my kitties pet me until I feel better. I also am a big fan of popsicles, gingerale and bad high school movies.

[Ftn40 824]

Lucky you! I find the exact opposite. It's when I'm super busy and not eating/sleeping properly that I get sick. It's so frustrating getting sick when you have a to-do list that's a mile long :(

 

A friend of mine once told me that the feeling you get when you get a cold, the feeling of getting run down, tired, sniffles, stuffy and all that, was not something you caught, but rather something that you always have. It only flares up when you have not been taking care of yourself like you usually do. It's as if your body's is warning you that you are not your usual self. So, the body tries to get you to rest. Something all of us forget to do from time to time. Just do nothing.

 

That being said, once you are subject to a cold, all the suggestions that have been offered will help you feel better.

 

First off is the fluids. Think of how much water you lose by blowing your nose5. You don't usually lose that much water in a day.

 

Green tea is great, as long as decaffeinated since, even if it doesn't keep you up, it still has appetite suppressant properties. And the old adage is true, "Feed a cold, starve a fever." For a cold, eat and build up your strength. For a flu, just keep drinking fluids. Your body cannot afford the energy for digestion.

 

Chicken soup has been shown to have properties that boost the immune system.

 

Of course, so do all those dark-coloured fruits and berries and vegetables.

 

Hot peppers, garlic and other spices have always been used by people in hot humid climates to deal with the wee beasties.

 

But, most importantly, just take it easy. Your body will really appreciate that.

 

But to answer your first question, I pass the time when I'm sick by drinking a glass of water, then some TV, then some green tea, then some food, then some more TV, then I get sleepy, then I go to bed. Lather, rinse, repeat.

 

Oh, and Extra Strength Cold-FX. It may just be the placebo effect, but I find it lessens the severity and duration of my colds.