huskerlaw
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Thu Oct-04-07 06:41 PM
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when I have eleventy billion things to get done, and a very clear (and rapidly approaching) deadline within which to do so?
x(
Honestly. I'm a really healthy person. I get 1 cold per year, on average. So when do I get it this year? Right now, apparently.
I'm sitting here with a fever, a sore throat, swollen glands, and a raging headache. Wheee!
Sucks for me, since I'm supposed to start teaching 100 1st year law students on Monday and I'm rather entirely unprepared.
:banghead:
Oh, and did I mention that I'm supposed to be spending the weekend volunteering with the Edwards campaign?
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.
x(
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Thu Oct-04-07 06:42 PM
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1. I am hopefully on the end of my one cold per year, this has been |
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a less than pleasant 5 days.
I feel your pain.
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huskerlaw
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Thu Oct-04-07 06:48 PM
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Nooo! I'm giving this cold 3 days. Then it will be gone. I'm putting my foot down. ;)
Hope you're better tomorrow!
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Thu Oct-04-07 07:07 PM
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5. in retrospect, I think this was a mild flu or one of those "viral syndromes" |
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that aren't really a cold and not bad enough to be flu. I did not call it flu because I never had the big fever you get with flu, but the recovery has been exactly like getting over flu. Chills, sweats,fatigue; chills, sweats, fatigue; ache, hot bath, nap; repeat several times daily. It slammed into me late Saturday night and Sunday & Monday were the worst days but Tuesday Wed and Thurs are not enough improvement for me to sit at a desk and talk to hostile customers with any degree of civility, plus I had no voice until today.
Glad I don't get these often. My husband OTOH gets about 4 of them a year and is always sicker. ALWAYS!
Hopefully you will recover faster than I have..Bet I am older too. At 58 I find I do not recover as fast as I used to.
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huskerlaw
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Thu Oct-04-07 07:56 PM
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my boss had the flu early last week...I'm hoping to hell that's not what I have!
I'm going to lay low tomorrow and try to will it away. Failing that, I don't have a choice but to be better by Monday. I have a 2 hour class to teach, and it involves a LOT of speaking. Ugh. x(
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Thu Oct-04-07 06:42 PM
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2. It's your body's defence mechanism for avoiding all that work |
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Edited on Thu Oct-04-07 06:44 PM by JVS
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Thu Oct-04-07 06:48 PM
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Thu Oct-04-07 07:11 PM
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Oh, that's awful, sweetie...
Cyberhugs for you...no germs that way!
Hope it's gone very quickly!
How dare this virus interfere with your life, anyhow...
:hug: :hug: :hug:
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Thu Oct-04-07 07:54 PM
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How DARE it?
I've been fighting it off all week, but it appears that I've lost the battle. :(
I'm planning to work from home tomorrow, in the hopes of beating it back a bit. We'll see!
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Thu Oct-04-07 07:14 PM
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7. I always seem to get sick right before a golf tournament. |
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Every year, I'm sniffling and sneezing at one golf tournament in which I play. This year, it was the one held two weeks ago. I played well though. :shrug:
I'm guessing that you get sick when you have a lot to do because stress lowers the immunity. :)
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Thu Oct-04-07 07:55 PM
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stupid immunity. ;)
Ah well, at least I have 3 days to deal with it...I guess...
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Thu Oct-04-07 08:49 PM
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11. I blame Murphy and his damn laws. |
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Fri Oct-05-07 02:46 AM
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16. Then again, there's also that old saying "Don't shoot the messanger" |
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Murphy writing the laws down probably didn't cause them to exist, he's just the one who let us know about them. :)
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Thu Oct-04-07 08:51 PM
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12. This probably classifies as TMI, but my female dealio does that |
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to me. Every time I have something great planned, it will be early or late or do whatever it has to do to make damn sure I don't get to enjoy anything or do anything without hurting.
I rarely get cold type sick, except when I go north then come back down south. I don't know why, but I get adjusted to northern climates so easily that when I come back home, I always get sick as a dog. It's almost like I'm allergic to this place. :think:
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Thu Oct-04-07 09:04 PM
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SO. FREAKIN. ANNOYING.
I also tend to get sick when traveling. Especially when I go home to the midwest in the winter. By the time I'm back in California, I'm terribly ill. I blame that on being confined and dealing with recirculating air though!
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Thu Oct-04-07 09:29 PM
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15. Stress reduces your body's immune response |
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there have been studies that have shown that medical students practically count as immuno-compromised. Ah, the irony.
Anyway, I hope you feel better soon, particularly to go and give Edwards some help! :-)
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Fri Oct-05-07 08:32 AM
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17. I bet the Clintons broke into your house and gave it to you! |
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They can be ever so naughty!
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Fri Oct-05-07 09:29 AM
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18. stress weakens your immune system |
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Fri Oct-05-07 09:31 AM
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19. Getting sick sucks. For me, the best predictor of when I'm going to get sick is how much stress I'm |
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dealing with. For instance, once I caught a cold right before a move.
Maybe it's nature's way of telling us we need to chill. (I know, sometimes that's not possible right at the time.)
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