Ben and I have both been down with the creeping crud the past few days, and I'm ready for it to be over. What a waste of a perfectly good weekend.
I guess it's one of those unintended consequences of being partnered to a teacher; he's exposed to little walking petri dishes day in and day out, much like I was when I worked at the hospital. (I've never been as sick as often as I was when I worked there, despite the copious amount of hand washing and hand sanitizing I engaged in.) I just wish he wasn't quite so inclined to bring the illness du jour home with him.
(I kid, I know it can't be helped.)
Ben missed two days of work last week, and I was out on Friday. I think I got off relatively easy this time, as I'm feeling pretty good now that the headache from hell has disappeared and my sinuses are once again functioning relatively normally. Ben, however, hasn't been as lucky. He got hit with the full force of the crud and still isn't feeling anywhere near back to normal. Send him some good thoughts, okay?
Sending healing vibes towards both of you. Make sure your cooties head west and not east please.
Dude, I know this sounds all granola, but supplements can help keep your immune system stay healthy and protect you. 1600mg of garlic (the kind the doesn't make your skin smell) and 5000au of vitamin D3 a day and I have not really been sick in two years. My husband came down with something AWFUL respiratory-wise this past summer and was pretty much down for the count for a full month. A week into his sickness, for three days I got a little cough and some sniffles and then it was gone. He hated me, but has now starting taking these supplements too. And I don't have the best immune system to begin with either since it is compromised with HIV.