Thanks to Mom and her
ideas about what her children should eat and how their eating habits should be,
I have always been as strong as a horse. Till now, i-e. 2014 which is the second
year of me living by myself.
Time and again, I have
fallen ill and I have discovered that I am horrible at taking care of myself.
Case in point: Despite a throat infection, I will go ahead and order two very
icy ice teas. And anyone who tries to prevent me will either get a compelling puppy
face or a temper tantrum. End result being an extra course of medicines and pain for me.
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| My deceptively colorful tonsil medicines |
But though my trysts with
typhoid this February or my affair with tonsillitis last week have not gotten
me down mentally or psychologically, I now understand why my dear uncle and mum
sign off every conversation with ‘take care of your health, that is most
important.’ Because the moment you fall sick, your ability to do everything and
anything comes to a standstill. You can have a billion dollars in the bank, a
happening career, a great relationship, a wonderful bunch of friends, the most
accomplished children, breath-taking beauty…. but without health, all of this is pointless. And that, in itself, is something that can send you spiraling into
depression.
Also, along with all the crap that you have brought on yourself (at least in my case), you put the people you love and care about through the ordeal of seeing you sick and helpless, not to mention all the additional work of taking care of an invalid (I know these people love us and care about us, it is no work for them at all but nurturing someone back to health is no joke) and for me, this is the worst part of the sickness.
Well, hopefully, I have
learnt my lesson and more healthy food will replace the double-cheese-extra-spicy-Bringa-special sandwiches (that I make in the office pantry, you should try it sometime) and
hopefully, I won’t have to answer any more of the doctor’s uncomfortable
questions because the helplessness that comes with being sick has truly shaken me out of my limbo.
hahaha ...They are not Pretty for me .They Yuckkkk.I try gharelu nuskhe more often than taking pills and they help most of the times.
ReplyDeleteReally? I wish they worked for me. Or rather I had the patience to try them :/
DeleteThey shall work for you too..Natural should be the way of Life.I m spreading my GYAAN LOL
DeleteThe only part I like of getting sick is the 'sevaa' everyone does for me! It amuses me and makes me feel so special. But I have a habit of falling sick at the wrong time, so that sevaa is served with lots of scolding too :P
ReplyDeleteHeehee, I like that part too :P But then I end up feeling bad for making them work so much :/
DeleteI HATE tonsillitis...bleah!!!
ReplyDeleteUgh, me too :/
DeleteYikes. I hope you're feeling better. Getting sick is the pits.
ReplyDeleteLiz A. from Laws of Gravity
Really is. I'm much better, thank you, Liz! :)
DeleteI hope you are fine now! I do not fall sick often apart from the migraines I get. Popping pills is something I hate, but well, you have to survive!
ReplyDeleteGet well soon, love! <3
I somehow never had a problem with pills but being unable to swallow is where I draw my line. Ugh. Thaaanks :*
DeleteNooo do take care of you!!! But how can you let go of double-cheese-extra-spicy-Bringa-special sandwiches :(
ReplyDeleteP.S- I was not getting notifications of your blog updates. Now boom I got notifications for all that I missed together!
Exactly my point! They. Are. So. YUM. </3
DeleteMaybe because I posted all of them together? :/
This after Masala Lemonade!?
ReplyDeleteI'm crazy about my health... take awful lot of care. Things keep happening though. So don't get too serious but yeah.. icy ice tea is like the worst thing you can do to yourself when you are coughing so much.
Heehee...
DeleteI wish I were like you, I would have saved myself the trouble :/
So true and I realized it late. Sigh.
i cannot afford to get sick at all!!! with two little ones to take care of, and a husband that tours like crazy, no one will take care of poor me, if i fall sick!!!
ReplyDeleteOh wow... You sound like my mum, when we were smaller, she also used to push on despite having a headache or something because she had to take care of the rest of us. I'm so proud of her for having such strength and I'm so proud of you too :) Inshallah, you will never fall ill :)
DeleteHealth is most important. I hope you will feel better. Hot milk with honey calms the throat. I like it but some shriek at the idea. I would always get sick but I now take vitamins plus I am eating healthier due to my wonderful hubby as I will find anything else to do but cook. Hopefully you are on the road to recovery
ReplyDeleteI am, Birgit, thank you very much. And the next time, I'm trying the hot milk idea, sounds real good to me.
DeleteI am so sorry to hear you have been sick. Typhoid! Kind of a big deal. Hope the rest of the year is filled with good health.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your kind words, Debra :)
DeleteLol I cant stand medicine. It's home remedies for me too!
ReplyDeleteAs long as we all get well and stay well! :)
DeleteI used to get bronchitis every year, but it stopped when I retired. Now the most I get is a cold. So I'm pretty sure most of my illnesses came not from icy iced teas but other people's germs or maybe the weather. Good luck staying healthy!
ReplyDeleteLexa Cain’s Blog
Were you a teacher? Might have been an allergy to chalk or something. Anyway, its all in the past :) Glad that you are well again :) And thanks for dropping by!
DeleteTrue story, without health everything else becomes useless. The helplessness that accompanies is the most horrible part of it. You will feel like you can't do anything, even just lie down for that matter.
ReplyDeleteVery very true. Frustrating it is.
DeleteFalling sick when you are away from home is a nightmare. I got malaria and jaundice in the first 2 years away from home. Not being able to do anything by yourself and depending on others for everything is the worst.. aft tht it has been 6 years away from home and except the occasional fever and cold I have not got anything else :) :) Hope you have good health too :)
ReplyDeleteYou went on a commenting rampage girl! Thank you so much :)
DeleteOuch! Two of the major ones in two years? That gotta have been bad :/ So glad that everything is fine now <3 And thanks :)
I chewed lysine pills last year and 3 teeth were traumatized and the dentist really wanted to pull them. So I now have a pill splitter. Pills can be hard to swallow. I don't like pills. Liquid stuff is better.
ReplyDeleteSo much better, I agree. But what if there aren't too many alternatives?
DeleteThanks for dropping by, Charlotte :)