2008 Woodie Awards
Good health appreciated after illness
By Greg Reedy
Rocket Editor-in-Chief
Issue date: 2/4/05 Section: Opinion
Are you sick of, well, being sick? I'm sure everybody that has been sick over the past month or so, whether it was once or multiple times, will say yes to that question. It's now February, the cold heart of a cold season, the last hurrah until the trees are green and you can actually see the grass that's green, too. Point is that winter is the season when most people get sick and with good reason. It's cold, it's windy and for college students, you're around many, many people who all have germs.
And sometimes you just can't avoid it. Sometimes outbreaks of stuff like the flu spread and you just happen to get it, there's really no rhyme or reason to it, it just happens. In the past couple weeks, it's happened to me as well as a number of other people I know. And just like anything else in life, being sick for even a couple days makes you appreciate being healthy all that more.
Think about it; when you're healthy most of the time you don't go around and say to your friends, "I had a good day today, I didn't come down with that stupid flu!" You just live your life like you normally do, take the highs with the lows and not really think about it that much. But after my experience, I started thinking about my health after the flu hit me like a ton of bricks. Now I thought about being healthy a lot more because it wasn't happening.
Another thing I learned was that the flu and colds and all those fine, upstanding diseases aren't that long-term after all, but they sure seem like it. When does two hours seem like two days, two days seem like a week, etc? That's right, when basic things like eating and enjoying life are taken away. Unfortunately, it's something that we all have to deal with at numerous times in our lives and things that we have to face many, many times in our future.
Any ideas on how to survive the times of bad moods and lack of energy? Except for the obvious choice of an over-the-counter drug, (not to name drop here, but Tylenol extra-strength gelcaps were like my best friends this week) the only other option that I can tell you is to just try to deal with it the best you can and try not to get too down about it. Things do get better over time, whether it's a couple days or longer, and in due time you'll be back to being who you were before this nasty ordeal decided to show up. Oh, and another thing I should tell the readers - don't spread your joy of sickness to others and let them experience it, too. That's just not cool.
But, there is hope for everyone. The groundhog named Phil said only six more weeks of winter to go. I think spring break's in six weeks. Nice timing for spring break.
And sometimes you just can't avoid it. Sometimes outbreaks of stuff like the flu spread and you just happen to get it, there's really no rhyme or reason to it, it just happens. In the past couple weeks, it's happened to me as well as a number of other people I know. And just like anything else in life, being sick for even a couple days makes you appreciate being healthy all that more.
Think about it; when you're healthy most of the time you don't go around and say to your friends, "I had a good day today, I didn't come down with that stupid flu!" You just live your life like you normally do, take the highs with the lows and not really think about it that much. But after my experience, I started thinking about my health after the flu hit me like a ton of bricks. Now I thought about being healthy a lot more because it wasn't happening.
Another thing I learned was that the flu and colds and all those fine, upstanding diseases aren't that long-term after all, but they sure seem like it. When does two hours seem like two days, two days seem like a week, etc? That's right, when basic things like eating and enjoying life are taken away. Unfortunately, it's something that we all have to deal with at numerous times in our lives and things that we have to face many, many times in our future.
Any ideas on how to survive the times of bad moods and lack of energy? Except for the obvious choice of an over-the-counter drug, (not to name drop here, but Tylenol extra-strength gelcaps were like my best friends this week) the only other option that I can tell you is to just try to deal with it the best you can and try not to get too down about it. Things do get better over time, whether it's a couple days or longer, and in due time you'll be back to being who you were before this nasty ordeal decided to show up. Oh, and another thing I should tell the readers - don't spread your joy of sickness to others and let them experience it, too. That's just not cool.
But, there is hope for everyone. The groundhog named Phil said only six more weeks of winter to go. I think spring break's in six weeks. Nice timing for spring break.
