Although I’m feeling fine now (and finally testing “negative” again!), I’ve been thinking about feeling under the weather recently. I thought it might be fun for us to consider how we like to take care of ourselves when we’re not quite . . . at our best. Let’s play . . .
Thinking about how you feel when you’re . . . under the weather . . . which of these describes your preferences? This? Or that?
Sleep all the time . . . OR . . . Feel restless
Cold medicine . . . OR . . . Home remedies
Ginger Ale . . . OR . . . Orange Juice
Stay in bed . . . OR . . . Find another place to rest
Lose your appetite . . . OR . . . Have food cravings
Google your symptoms . . . OR . . . Prefer not to know
Feel sorry for yourself . . . OR . . . Get cranky
Hot tea with lemon . . . OR . . . Hot tea with honey
Watch TV . . . OR . . . Read books
Starve a fever . . . OR . . . Feed a cold
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To answer, just copy the list above, paste it into the comment field, and indicate your answers.
This . . . or . . . That?
I can’t wait to see what you choose.
(As for me? Check the comments to find out!)
Kym’s answers:
Sleep all the time . . . OR . . . Feel restless —- Feel restless
Cold medicine . . . OR . . . Home remedies —- Home remedies
Ginger Ale . . . OR . . . Orange Juice —- Ginger Ale
Stay in bed . . . OR . . . Find another place to rest —- Find another place to rest
Lose your appetite . . . OR . . . Have food cravings —- Food cravings
Google your symptoms . . . OR . . . Prefer not to know —- Google
Feel sorry for yourself . . . OR . . . Get cranky —- Get (terribly) cranky
Hot tea with lemon . . . OR . . . Hot tea with honey —- Hot tea with lemon
Watch TV . . . OR . . . Read books —- Read books
Starve a fever . . . OR . . . Feed a cold —- Starve a fever
Sleep all the time . . . OR . . . Feel restless: restless, for sure
Cold medicine . . . OR . . . Home remedies: BOTH!
Ginger Ale . . . OR . . . Orange Juice: Ginger Ale
Stay in bed . . . OR . . . Find another place to rest: Fine another place unless I’m very very sick, then I stay in bed
Lose your appetite . . . OR . . . Have food cravings: Lose my appetite
Google your symptoms . . . OR . . . Prefer not to know: Google. Obsessively.
Feel sorry for yourself . . . OR . . . Get cranky: Pity Party for One, please
Hot tea with lemon . . . OR . . . Hot tea with honey: Hot tea with lemon
Watch TV . . . OR . . . Read books: Read books unless I have a fever and then it’s TV for the win
Starve a fever . . . OR . . . Feed a cold: Starve a fever
Sleep all the time . . . OR . . . Feel restless —- Feel restless (and try to sleep)
Cold medicine . . . OR . . . Home remedies —- Alka-Seltzer Plus and lots of hot tea
Ginger Ale . . . OR . . . Orange Juice —- OJ
Stay in bed . . . OR . . . Find another place to rest —- The sofa
Lose your appetite . . . OR . . . Have food cravings —- I mainly want hot buttered toast
Google your symptoms . . . OR . . . Prefer not to know —- Google
Feel sorry for yourself . . . OR . . . Get cranky —- Get (terribly) cranky but want to be left alone
Hot tea with lemon . . . OR . . . Hot tea with honey —- Just hot tea
Watch TV . . . OR . . . Read books —- Read books
Starve a fever . . . OR . . . Feed a cold —- Starve a fever
Sleep all the time . . . OR . . . Feel restless Both — depends on what I have.
Cold medicine . . . OR . . . Home remedies Home rememdies for sure
Ginger Ale . . . OR . . . Orange Juice Neither one
Stay in bed . . . OR . . . Find another place to rest Sofa ………..hogging the sofa
Lose your appetite . . . OR . . . Have food cravings Mostly lose my appetite
Google your symptoms . . . OR . . . Prefer not to know Usually it’s the same old thing. I don’t have to Google to know.
Feel sorry for yourself . . . OR . . . Get cranky Both Usually I’ve caught whatever from Steve and I’m mad at him (so very, very mad and seething quietly into my tea with lemon AND honey.
Hot tea with lemon . . . OR . . . Hot tea with honey Hot tea with lemon AND honey
Read books
Starve a fever . . . OR . . . Feed a cold Probably starve a fever
Thankfully, I don’t get sick often.
Sleep all the time . . . OR . . . Feel restless —- Feel restless
Cold medicine . . . OR . . . Home remedies —- Home remedies (whiskey)
Ginger Ale . . . OR . . . Orange Juice —- Water
Stay in bed . . . OR . . . Find another place to rest —- The couch where I can see through my living room window
Lose your appetite . . . OR . . . Have food cravings —- Lose my appetite
Google your symptoms . . . OR . . . Prefer not to know —- I already know
Feel sorry for yourself . . . OR . . . Get cranky —- Get cranky
Hot tea with lemon . . . OR . . . Hot tea with honey —- Hot tea
Watch TV . . . OR . . . Read books —- Read books
Starve a fever . . . OR . . . Feed a cold —- urgh
Sleep all the time . . . OR . . . Feel restless — Usually feel restless
Cold medicine . . . OR . . . Home remedies — Home remedies unless I’m really miserable
Ginger Ale . . . OR . . . Orange Juice — Ginger ale, preferably Vernors
Stay in bed . . . OR . . . Find another place to rest — Stay in bed
Lose your appetite . . . OR . . . Have food cravings — Depends on what I’m sick with
Google your symptoms . . . OR . . . Prefer not to know — Google, then wish I didn’t
Feel sorry for yourself . . . OR . . . Get cranky — Why not both?
Hot tea with lemon . . . OR . . . Hot tea with honey — Hot Vernors with lemon, hot tea plain
Watch TV . . . OR . . . Read books — Yes, both
Starve a fever . . . OR . . . Feed a cold — Feed a cold (with chicken soup!)
I’m almost never sick–in 28 years of college teaching, I think I’ve cancelled class five times because I felt awful (and when I worked in the ad industry, I took a mental health day way more often than a sick day). But I’ll play!
Sleep all the time . . . OR . . . Feel restless: Feel restless.
Cold medicine . . . OR . . . Home remedies: Cold medicine if I have a cold!
Ginger Ale . . . OR . . . Orange Juice: Both.
Stay in bed . . . OR . . . Find another place to rest: Find another place to rest.
Lose your appetite . . . OR . . . Have food cravings: don’t know?
Google your symptoms . . . OR . . . Prefer not to know: Google symptoms, keep googling til I find a diagnosis that I like.
Feel sorry for yourself . . . OR . . . Get cranky: neither, really. Or maybe I should ask my husband.
Hot tea with lemon . . . OR . . . Hot tea with honey: not a tea person.
Watch TV . . . OR . . . Read books: watch tv definitely.
Starve a fever . . . OR . . . Feed a cold: I don’t know?
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Feel restless
Home remedies
Ginger ale
Find another time place to rest
Food cravings
Neither-I already know
Get cranky
Hot tea with honey
Read books
Feed a cold
Sleep all the time . . . OR . . . Feel restless – Feel restless
Cold medicine . . . OR . . . Home remedies – Cold medicine
Ginger Ale . . . OR . . . Orange Juice – Ginger ale
Stay in bed . . . OR . . . Find another place to rest – Find another place to rest
Lose your appetite . . . OR . . . Have food cravings – Food cravings
Google your symptoms . . . OR . . . Prefer not to know – Google
Feel sorry for yourself . . . OR . . . Get cranky – Get cranky
Hot tea with lemon . . . OR . . . Hot tea with honey – Hot tea with lemon
Watch TV . . . OR . . . Read books – Read books
Starve a fever . . . OR . . . Feed a cold – Feed a cold
Sleep all the time
Cold medicine . . . AND . . . Home remedies
Ginger Ale
Stay in bed
Lose your appetite
Google your symptoms
Feel sorry for yourself . . . AND . . . Get cranky
Hot tea with lemon AND honey
Watch TV
Starve a fever . . . OR . . . Feed a cold
Sleep all the time
Cold medicine . . . AND . . . Home remedies
Ginger Ale
Stay in bed
Lose your appetite
Google your symptoms
Feel sorry for yourself . . . AND . . . Get cranky
Hot tea with lemon AND honey
Watch TV, because that’s all my brain can handle
Starve a fever . . . OR . . . Feed a cold: I just do what my body asks me to do.
Sorry for the double (now triple!) comment. The page was having zee fun with me.
Sleep all the time . . . OR . . . Feel restless – restless
Cold medicine . . . OR . . . Home remedies – home remedies
Ginger Ale . . . OR . . . Orange Juice – ginger ale
Stay in bed . . . OR . . . Find another place to rest – move to the couch
Lose your appetite . . . OR . . . Have food cravings – lose my appetite
Google your symptoms . . . OR . . . Prefer not to know – google
Feel sorry for yourself . . . OR . . . Get cranky – Very Cranky
Hot tea with lemon . . . OR . . . Hot tea with honey – Honey
Watch TV . . . OR . . . Read books – books
Starve a fever . . . OR . . . Feed a cold – neither really
Sleep all the time . . . OR . . . Feel restless :: Feel restless, but try and rest.
Cold medicine . . . OR . . . Home remedies :: Home remedies
Ginger Ale . . . OR . . . Orange Juice :: Ginger Ale
Stay in bed . . . OR . . . Find another place to rest :: Find another place to (try and) rest
Lose your appetite . . . OR . . . Have food cravings :: Lose your appetite
Google your symptoms . . . OR . . . Prefer not to know :: Google… although I wish I was less inclined to do that! lol
Feel sorry for yourself . . . OR . . . Get cranky :: Cranky… times 10!
Hot tea with lemon . . . OR . . . Hot tea with honey :: Hot tea with honey
Watch TV . . . OR . . . Read books :: zone out on TV, sadly.
Starve a fever . . . OR . . . Feed a cold :: Starve a fever (although Margene’s chicken soup idea is on track!)
Sleep all the time . . . OR . . . Feel restless – sleep all the time
Cold medicine . . . OR . . . Home remedies definitely home remedies
Ginger Ale . . . OR . . . Orange Juice not heard of either of these as things to drink when you are under the weather, water and herbal teas that I have put together to make a home remedy
Stay in bed . . . OR . . . Find another place to rest, usually find another place to rest but it depends how noisy that is, we live in a small house so sometimes bed is the most restful place.
Lose your appetite . . . OR . . . Have food cravings, hmm probably lose my inclination to prepare food so don’t eat as well as I should
Google your symptoms . . . OR . . . Prefer not to know, always google or phone a friend that is a doctor
Feel sorry for yourself . . . OR . . . Get cranky, neither just sleep and rest
Hot tea with lemon . . . OR . . . Hot tea with honey neither
Watch TV . . . OR . . . Read books neither, no TV and too tired to read usually, listen to podcasts is my go to
Starve a fever . . . OR . . . Feed a cold both, I thought you were meant to do both of these if you have the symptoms unusual to have a fever and a cold is it not?