You As A Patient! By Hollie Sessoms
In case you’re wondering, it has happened…even here…even to me…
even now…the flu. Yes. To me. Things like this aren’t supposed to happen
to gals like me. I mean, do you know how often I take vitamins? Every
single day that’s how often. And apple cider vinegar (the good stuff with
“The Mother”), I drink it like wine. Me with my Echinacea, and my local
honey, and my organic essential oils. Even me, it has struck.
And I’m not digging it. No. Not at all. Let’s face it, we all love a nice
head cold from time
to time. It’s nothing
less than the perfect
excuse to lie about
in bed all day,
drinking hot tea and
watching Netflix.
Sure, my nose will
be red and raw and
I’ll litter the room
with used tissues,
but it’ll all be worth
it for a day or two of
guilt-free laziness.
Alas, the flu is not
such a picnic. If I
didn’t know any
better, I would have
thought that while unconscious, someone tied me to a track and let a
train run over me time and again, just for fun, you know. I feel pain in
parts of my body that I’ve never once thought about in my forty years. My
bone marrow hurts, truly it does. And my hair. Don’t tell me that hair is
lifeless and has no pain receptors, because mine is killing me, from the
roots to the tips. I don’t typically give much thought to my organs, but I
can feel every one of them in my body crying out in agony. No, this is not
the Netflix and chill of the head cold. This is the Nyquil and chills-andfeverish
dreams-and-please-God-just-let-me-die already.
Being sick like this has led to some interesting insights, though. For
instance, I’m able to see how my husband will run the house if I am met
with an untimely demise (Hint: it ain’t pretty). Apparently, if something
were to happen to me, Husband would order out pizza every night, never
change out the dish rag, and let dirty laundry pile up until the children
inevitably run out of clean clothes in which case, Husband will probably
buy the children new clothes rather than figure out how the washer and
dryer work.
One thing I will say for the flu: it helps you to be grateful for the little
things and celebrate minor victories. I got my left nostril unclogged! I took
a shower today! Look at me going outside! Okay, enough exertion for one
day. Back to bed now.
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