Even on my best days I’m kind of a crybaby. For reasons I cannot explain, crying is my go-to form of expressing emotion — sad, happy, angry, afraid — you name it, I cry. I would be more concerned about this if it wasn’t something I’ve done all my life. I’m just wired for tears. [...]
Posts Tagged: sick
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Aug 09
On time warps and having mono
First of all, I have decided I have mono. I’ve come to this conclusion based on two symptoms. I’ve been really tired lately, and for the past two days the lymph nodes under my chin hurt when I press on them. Also, I’ve had a mild headache today. Clearly, I have mono. If it doesn’t [...]
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May 09
The Tibbleflu claims more victims
I promised my immune system that I would buy it something pretty if it beat off the Tibbleflu like the champ I knew it was.
Well, I am here to tell my immune system isn’t getting dick. The Tibbleflu claimed me and Jaycie as a victims yesterday, and from what I hear, Sister #2 is coping [...]
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Nov 08
The last days of unemploymenthood
It seems only fitting that I spend my last few days of unemploymenthood watching the worst that TV has to offer while sporting pajamas. Of course, I’d have probably done that anyway but being sick gives me the excuse to do it guilt-free.
So far I’ve made it through an episode of The Real Housewives [...]
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Mar 08
I’ve become a mouth-breather with really chapped lips
So what, a person updates their site like everyday for three months and then skips three days and it’s like she’s dead? Nah. I just feel like I am. Living with a gaggle of Knee-high Infection DisseminatorS can really lay a person out. I’m a shut-in. I’m not used to all these germs. I long [...]
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Jan 08
On dirty people & a whole new year
I’m not sure if this cold that has leveled me is karmic payback for being witness to the book burning or if it’s just the side-effects of a weakened immune system caused by being a shut in. What I do know is that I picked the bug up at Seamus’ party which was filled with [...]
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Nov 07
Tonight I’ll be doing pull-ups on the toilet bowl
Maybe if I just sit incredibly still and breathe then I won’t get sick. That’s what I keep telling myself. After two and a half hours I put dinner in the fridge, untouched. I convinced myself that I didn’t feel well because I haven’t eaten since lunch. A few pancakes later, I am not so [...]
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Oct 07
Sick pleasures
The one good thing about being sick? You can do all those things you really want to do on a Saturday but always feel guilty doing because you should be out there Carpe Dieming the hell out of life.
But when you have a cold you can crawl into bed at 5 p.m. with your [...]
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Oct 07
I can feel it coming in the air tonight
“You have garlic at home, right?”
“Yes, like a whole bulb.”
“Okay, here’s what you do. Slice ‘em up and swallow them like aspirin.”
“Just wash them down with water?”
“Yeah.”
“How many?”
“I don’t know. I usually do two or three, a few times a day.”
“Are you kidding?”
“No. It works.”
“I’d rather have the cold, thanks.”
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Dec 06
Old, lame, and vulnerable
My stomach and I are still not on speaking terms. Actually, it’s talking all the damn time, I’m just not talking to it. I was so sick and rundown last week that I even caved and went to the doctor. She thinks it’s probably stress or a virus. If it doesn’t get better in a [...]
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Nov 06
It only hurts when I laugh
Despite my begging, God saw fit to make me live another day. There were a few times during yesterday’s battle with the flu that I prayed for death, because that seemed so much easier. But since God has a sense of humor, he or she thought it’d be much more funny to keep me alive [...]
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Aug 06
No nothing
Well now I’ve done it. I’ve managed to make myself sick. I blame it on the Tibbles (a nickname that Sister #2 gave to Sister #3’s boys). Cade and Nolie were both sporting colds when I went over there on Wednesday. After two days of brewing the cold has leveled me. Spending some 12 hours [...]
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Jan 06
a weakened condition
so my bout of with food poisoning turned out to be the stomach flu (or as carrie said, gastroenteritis). while i was finally healthy enough to call my BFK and accuse her of trying to kill us at bookclub sunday night, i never had the chance. sister #2 (who was also sick) called to tell [...]
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Jan 06
poisoned
i cannot remember the last time i’ve been so sick. i think somehow i managed to contract (does one contract such a thing?) food poisoning. oh my god. this is by far one of the worst ailments i have ever dealt with. it’s just nasty and it makes you tired only you can’t sleep that [...]
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Dec 05
i think it’s time to go make out with mike, the penguin humidifier
VIcks� Non-Drowsy DayQuil� LiquiCaps� can totally kiss my ass. it has done nothing, i say nothing to relieve my stuffy head, sore throat, coughing, aching, fever. nothing at all. is it possible to be immune to this stuff? because i took it like an hour ago and still feel like total shit. someone’s ass must [...]
