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Sorry...couldn't resist the song reference for the thread title.

What do you do when you're sick? Do you watch old movies? Sleep? Read? Binge eat? Pout? Become annoyingly pathetic?

I ask because I have yet to move my bed today.

I personally become somewhat pathetic, a little irritable, and usually read and sleep off and on. I usually eat eggs because I usually have no appetite, and they are really easy to swallow.

I also retreat into my bedroom. When I'm miserable, I like to drag people down to my level...so it is in everyones best interests that I quarentine myself.

I watch bad day time TV, eat soup, and go on the computer.

I have a similar way of dealing with sickness.
Although i usually try alternate ways of dealing with it, if nothing i can think of works i then take a few painkillers, hot drinks and laze about. and wish i were better.

I watch bad day time TV, eat soup, and go on the computer.

no this is what you do when you're sick thread, not what you do on an average day mate.
:tongue:

I sleep. I'm rather pathetic. Hubby knows the drill. Sprite with Cranberry juice and chocolate pudding, and cuddles and soft music and cuddles.

Hubby is more pathetic.......he whines the whole time. We figured out it's better for our marriage if he's quarantined while sick. I come in at meals and bring him hot tea and soup then I run away before he speaks to me.

I usually go on the computer, read, and watch movies/anime.

I hardly ever get sick.
Maybe once every other year at most.

I usually sleep, watch movies and read books until I get better.
I eat what I cook, so at those times I sustain myself with sandwiches mostly.

I sleep. I'm rather pathetic. Hubby knows the drill. Sprite with Cranberry juice and chocolate pudding, and cuddles and soft music and cuddles.

Hubby is more pathetic.......he whines the whole time. We figured out it's better for our marriage if he's quarantined while sick. I come in at meals and bring him hot tea and soup then I run away before he speaks to me.

I have a friend whos boyfriend asks for room temperature orange juice. I made fun of him for it, but it sounds good now.

Did I mention that all we have in the apartment is ramen and eggs?

As for being pathetic, I may have woken up and called my mom saying "MAAAAHM! I'M SEEK AGAIN! BRING ME SOOOOOOOUP", to which she said "Are we 5?"

As for being pathetic, I may have woken up and called my mom saying "MAAAAHM! I'M SEEK AGAIN! BRING ME SOOOOOOOUP", to which she said "Are we 5?"

Or at least Eric Cartman.:p

I feel miserable and start nonbloggy threads.

If it's not contagious, and I'm motor-able, I'm at school on the weekdays.
On weekends I read, a lot.

It's been almost ten years since I've been sick enough to warrant staying in bed. And even if I had wanted to, my family wouldn't let me. There's always something that needs doing, so I dose myself up with Sudafed, Aleve and tea and keep going.

Now that I'm retired and there's no one for me to take care of, I can relax a bit. Of course I have to make my own tea and soup and clean up after myself, but at least I can laze around the rest of the time.

I have a friend whos boyfriend asks for room temperature orange juice. I made fun of him for it, but it sounds good now.
Careful with it if your throat is sore.

Did I mention that all we have in the apartment is ramen and eggs?

Scrambled eggs!

As for being pathetic, I may have woken up and called my mom saying "MAAAAHM! I'M SEEK AGAIN! BRING ME SOOOOOOOUP", to which she said "Are we 5?"
The proper reply would be "I'm over here dying and you're being facetious? Now you owe me more soup!"

Did I mention that all we have in the apartment is ramen and eggs?
1) Scramble eggs
2) Shred Eggs
3) Mix in with (cooked) ramen noodles

Or have a fried egg. Nothing like some raw egg yolk to put pep in the place where you store pep. I think there's a gland for that behind the nose, but I'm not sure.

I feel miserable and start nonbloggy threads.

oh yeah, like this one then...
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=576145

or maybe this one.
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=556985

The cat's on the other stilletto now. (devious expression)

Careful with it if your throat is sore.


Scrambled eggs!


The proper reply would be "I'm over here dying and you're being facetious? Now you owe me more soup!"

I always liked the feel of fresh orange juice on a sore throat, it hurts, but it feels cleansing, unlike water and milk, which just feel yucky.

Careful with it if your throat is sore. luckily, there is no orange juice in the apartment.

I feel bad for my roommate when he gets home...I'm gonna whine :)


Scrambled eggs! Had some of those...they're good and easy. I want soup but I'm not a big fan of ramen...maybe I'll suck it up.

And by suck it up, I mean bitch at my roommate untill he'll go for me.


The proper reply would be "I'm over here dying and you're being facetious? Now you owe me more soup!"

I like that much more than my response of "WAAAAAAAAAAHHHH"

luckily, there is no orange juice in the apartment.

I feel bad for my roommate when he gets home...I'm gonna whine :)


Had some of those...they're good and easy. I want soup but I'm not a big fan of ramen...maybe I'll suck it up.

And by suck it up, I mean bitch at my roommate untill he'll go for me.




I like that much more than my response of "WAAAAAAAAAAHHHH"

do i know you? one of my flatmates has done pretty similar things to what you describe.

I always liked the feel of fresh orange juice on a sore throat, it hurts, but it feels cleansing, unlike water and milk, which just feel yucky.

I'm a fan of cranberry juice, it seems less burny.

Sleep, eat, stay in bed, play video games. In that order. :)

I sleep. I'm rather pathetic. Hubby knows the drill. Sprite with Cranberry juice and chocolate pudding, and cuddles and soft music and cuddles. I do the same thing... except for the Cuddles... :(

oh and I infuse myself with Vit C at the first sign of illness.

Sleep, eat, stay in bed, play video games. In that order. :)
pretty much.

Whenever I have a cold, I tend to increase my intake of alcohol. At least that way I actually am able to choose the reason for my next day headache.

Sleep, usually at least 20 hours if I'm good and ill. Helps recover faster.

Sorry...couldn't resist the song reference for the thread title.

What do you do when you're sick? Do you watch old movies? Sleep? Read? Binge eat? Pout? Become annoyingly pathetic?

I ask because I have yet to move my bed today.

I personally become somewhat pathetic, a little irritable, and usually read and sleep off and on. I usually eat eggs because I usually have no appetite, and they are really easy to swallow.

I also retreat into my bedroom. When I'm miserable, I like to drag people down to my level...so it is in everyones best interests that I quarentine myself.

If I'm not seriously sick, I function normally. If I'm seriously sick (rare) I sleep or watch TV.

I have a bit of a flu bug, I sleep until I can't sleep anymore, find something restful to do, and then sleep some more.

I damn near have to be hospitalized before I'll miss class- so most of the time if I'm sick, barring a stomach virus, I'll be doped up on Dayquil and have a thermos of hot tea with me through the school day. Otherwise I generally sit around playing video games or surfing the net. If I'm really miserable, I'll try to nap on the sofa, like the cold I got right before final exams when I was sleeping like 14 hours a day over the weekend and days I didn't have class.

Did I mention the time I went to work with viral bronchitis for the sole purpose of being paid to wage biological warfare on my extremely irritating coworkers? :D

Same as when not sick - lurk on NSG :p

When I'm really ill, I sleep or read. I also drink a lot of orange juice.

i was ill this last week with an evil cold/flu thing. i spent most of the time in bed, sleeping, drinking lots of water and not eating anything. when i was well enough to get up without falling over, i played video games and fucked about on the internet as usual... but maybe a bit more groggily and slowly than normal. played some xbox with glitziness when she was kind enough to come round and take care of me, and slept lots more before going to a friends's birthday party feeling mostly better.

that's pretty much my usual pattern. sleep tonnes, get a bit better, do usual stuff, sleep more, get well. it is interesting, though, that my usual daily activities (of fucking around on the internet) can be done both when i'm fighting fit and when i'm unwell. hmm... maybe i should get out more lol :P

yay for the song btw :)

edit: oh yeah, and lots of Day Nurse (http://www.asda-pharmacy.co.uk/images/catalogue/medium/NghtDayNurseOffer.jpg) FTW

i was ill this last week with an evil cold/flu thing. i spent most of the time in bed, sleeping, drinking lots of water and not eating anything. when i was well enough to get up without falling over, i played video games and fucked about on the internet as usual... but maybe a bit more groggily and slowly than normal. played some xbox with glitziness when she was kind enough to come round and take care of me, and slept lots more before going to a friends's birthday party feeling mostly better.

that's pretty much my usual pattern. sleep tonnes, get a bit better, do usual stuff, sleep more, get well. it is interesting, though, that my usual daily activities (of fucking around on the internet) can be done both when i'm fighting fit and when i'm unwell. hmm... maybe i should get out more lol :P

yay for the song btw :)

edit: oh yeah, and lots of Day Nurse (http://www.asda-pharmacy.co.uk/images/catalogue/medium/NghtDayNurseOffer.jpg) FTW
hmm...looks like the equivalent of dayquil/nyquil.

And no one will come over to play with me :(
I damn near have to be hospitalized before I'll miss class- so most of the time if I'm sick, barring a stomach virus, I'll be doped up on Dayquil and have a thermos of hot tea with me through the school day. Otherwise I generally sit around playing video games or surfing the net. If I'm really miserable, I'll try to nap on the sofa, like the cold I got right before final exams when I was sleeping like 14 hours a day over the weekend and days I didn't have class.

Did I mention the time I went to work with viral bronchitis for the sole purpose of being paid to wage biological warfare on my extremely irritating coworkers? :D
I'm usually the same way. I lucked out and had a day off today...but I think tomorrow might be my first time missing work (in this case, it is mandated by my boss) due to illness. Fever is one thing that will keep me home if I can't drop it to 100.

I take medicine. For colds and the like, usually Sudafed, ibuprofen, and Musinex. I don't really ever get sick enough to stay home or in bed.

Usually go "blaaaargh" and lie in bed until better/dead, unless I've something really important to do.

I'll take day/nyquil and usually do a workout which usually burns out the sickness.

I try to sleep as much as I can, but often I simply don't have that opportunity. In fact, I tend to get sick when I'm stressed, which causes me to be less productive, and therefore more stressed, causing me to get sicker and so on. So pretty much every year around this time I get massively sick for weeks, catching every cold and flu that comes along. I find that shots of whiskey keep my stomach from strangling me.

If I can manage it, I'll make chicken stock and drink that. Generally I don't have time for that shit. And I don't bother with the doctor...he or she just tells me what I already know...that I'm stressed, and it's viral. Meh.

1) Scramble eggs
2) Shred Eggs
3) Mix in with (cooked) ramen noodles

Or have a fried egg. Nothing like some raw egg yolk to put pep in the place where you store pep. I think there's a gland for that behind the nose, but I'm not sure.
No no no.

You cook the ramen properly, then when it's done, you toss in an egg and stir it around. It cooks all by itself in the piping hot broth without achieving that rubbery overcooked-egg consistency.

Yes, egg yolks. Mmmmm. I'm not sure what the point of the rest of the egg is other than to provide a vehicle for the yolk. If I could, I'd just eat the yolk and toss out the white. But I'm too cheap to waste food like that.

I try to sleep as much as I can, but often I simply don't have that opportunity. In fact, I tend to get sick when I'm stressed, which causes me to be less productive, and therefore more stressed, causing me to get sicker and so on. So pretty much every year around this time I get massively sick for weeks, catching every cold and flu that comes along. I find that shots of whiskey keep my stomach from strangling me.

Is there anything you don't cure with liquor? It seems to be a common theme.

Is there anything you don't cure with liquor? No.

It seems to be a common theme.
I'm an alcoholic, what do you expect?

No.


I'm an alcoholic, what do you expect?


At least 7 more beers consumed in the next 15 posts?

No.


I'm an alcoholic, what do you expect?

That explains it. It reminds me of old movies, where every shattered nerve, every fainting spell, and every chill can be cured with brandy. It's a wondrous thing.

And after reading my post again, I'm sorry if I came off as judgmental or snarky. I didn't mean to be.

It's been years since I last stayed home from school due to illness (Curse my sense of responsibility and knowing that there is literally no one else who can cover my classes) and even if I manage to get hit on the weekends, I still have way too much to do from shopping to cooking to taking care of my son.

Oh, and the Japanese don't believe in strong over the counter meds.

Pretty much I keep going until I fall over, then I crash for a few hours, and go for it again. I try to keep up to the gills in tea and coffee in order to keep working, though I think my students have learned that if I don't bounce into the classroom like usual, now is REALLY not the time to harass the sensei.

That said, if by some miracle I get some time off and am fairly sure my son won't come running the minute I lie down, I read with a large glass of either apple or orange juice next to me with chasers of a sports drink. I also behave myself and get myself to the doctor's as soon as I can.

At least 7 more beers consumed in the next 15 posts? Gin and tonic, my dear man. Gin and tonic. More gin than tonic. Medicinal qualities nonetheless, and more prone to fill you with excessive amounts of alcohol in short periods of time than gassy beer.

That explains it. It reminds me of old movies, where every shattered nerve, every fainting spell, and every chill can be cured with brandy. It's a wondrous thing.

And after reading my post again, I'm sorry if I came off as judgmental or snarky. I didn't mean to be.
No worries, for I could care less if you are judgmental or snarky or not. I am what I am. A highly functioning drunkard. *nods*

Gin and tonic, my dear man. Gin and tonic. More gin than tonic. Medicinal qualities nonetheless, and more prone to fill you with excessive amounts of alcohol in short periods of time than gassy beer.





That just put me in the mood for a Vodka and Tonic.

I do everything I normally do.

There have been days where I've almost passed out exhaustion from fighting off whatever ailment I have, working, and acting as though I'm not sick. I simply work a bit slower, smoke a few extra cigarettes, set my jaw and continue on.

watch cartoons on TV

What do you do when you're sick? Do you watch old movies? Sleep? Read? Binge eat? Pout? Become annoyingly pathetic?
Sorry to disappoint... I just lie down and moan, trying to get asleep to wait out the time easier. Sadly, too many medications are alcohol-incompatible, otherwise I'd be binge drinking.


When I'm in a condition good enough to be able to watch movies or read, I consider myself 'not feeling well', rather than sick.

That just put me in the mood for a Vodka and Tonic.
Vodka and tonic? What are you, a communist? The only things a man should drink involving vodka are the various kinds of Russian cocktail.

Vodka and tonic? What are you, a communist? The only things a man should drink involving vodka are the various kinds of Russian cocktail.

I'm not a communist, I'm just a man who loves vodka.

I'm not a communist, I'm just a man who loves vodka.
Where does vodka come from? The USSR. Check and mate, my friend.

(note, anyone Finnish who disagrees - your country was probably Russian territory back then, so it's all the same odds)

Where does vodka come from? The USSR. Check and mate, my friend.

(note, anyone Finnish who disagrees - your country was probably Russian territory back then, so it's all the same odds)

I'd rather be a Communist, than a Liberal with no vodka.

Where does vodka come from? The USSR. Check and mate, my friend.

(note, anyone Finnish who disagrees - your country was probably Russian territory back then, so it's all the same odds)

Denmark has the best vodka.

Denmark has the best vodka.

Potato Vodka is my favorite, where is that from?

Potato Vodka is my favorite, where is that from?

A lot of different Vodka's come from potatos.

EDIT: Youd be better of naming a brand. Kettle One (my favorite) is from Denmark. My second favorite, Russian Standard, is from...guess where.

Where does vodka come from? The USSR. Check and mate, my friend.

(note, anyone Finnish who disagrees - your country was probably Russian territory back then, so it's all the same odds)

Vodka's actually Polish, I believe. It was stolen by the Russians during one of the partitions, leading to World War I and Poland's eventual reunification.

I'd rather be a Communist, than a Liberal with no vodka.
As an ardent centralist, I do quite like vodka, but only with Tia Maria and sometimes milk.
Denmark has the best vodka.
Wouldn't know, myself. Not like I've tasted all of the hundreds, if not thousands, of varieties. The Russian stuff is always pretty decent.

As an ardent centralist, I do quite like vodka, but only with Tia Maria and sometimes milk.

Wouldn't know, myself. Not like I've tasted all of the hundreds, if not thousands, of varieties. The Russian stuff is always pretty decent.

Kettle One.

Vodka's actually Polish, I believe. It was stolen by the Russians during one of the partitions, leading to World War I and Poland's eventual reunification.
Poland being partitioned did not lead to World War One.

Kettle One.
Fair choice. Big Stoli fan here.

Poland being partitioned did not lead to World War One.

I know; the Russians taking their vodka did.

As an ardent centralist, I do quite like vodka, but only with Tia Maria and sometimes milk.



Vodka is the only liquor that i like best straight.

Vodka is the only liquor that i like best straight.
What about schnapps?

What about schnapps?

I only drink Peppermint Schnapps. Its the only schapps i hold down well for some reason.

I only drink Peppermint Schnapps. Its the only schapps i hold down well for some reason.
Big fan of apple schnapps, can neck that stuff down.

Big fan of apple schnapps, can neck that stuff down.

dont think i have ever tried apple.

I have tried Peppermint, Peach, Banana (the worst), and Pomegranite (sp?).

dont think i have ever tried apple.

I have tried Peppermint, Peach, Banana (the worst), and Pomegranite (sp?).
Why anyone would drink or indeed eat anything to do with the taste of banana willingly is beyond me.

Why anyone would drink or indeed eat anything to do with the taste of banana willingly is beyond me.

I love bananas....I truly despise banana flavor.

The same rule applies for apples and apple flavor as well.

I have too much to do to lay about in bed, so Day-Quil has bought my soul for the low, low price of $4.99

(note, anyone Finnish who disagrees - your country was probably Russian territory back then, so it's all the same odds)

Yeah, we were under the Russian Empire. That does not make vodka Russian! Especially because we got our indepndence from the fall of the Russian Empire.

Yes, egg yolks. Mmmmm. I'm not sure what the point of the rest of the egg is other than to provide a vehicle for the yolk. If I could, I'd just eat the yolk and toss out the white. But I'm too cheap to waste food like that.
You don't like meringues? Blasphemer!

And no one will come over to play with me :(


i bet Gltizi would! she's lovely like that :)
you could play cards, and monopoly (though she hates that), and 'i spy'... and jenga.... and all kinds of fun sick-person games! :fluffle:

I love bananas....I truly despise banana flavor.


I love banana flavour. That fake banana flavour oh HELL yeah.
You don't like meringues? Blasphemer!

Good point, I hadn't thought of that, I was thinking salty and fried.

Vodka's actually Polish, I believe. It was stolen by the Russians during one of the partitions, leading to World War I and Poland's eventual reunification.

Oh please. The Poles aren't even a people, they're just a hodgepodge of different conquerors and conquered...bringing the traditions of everyone else to one location and giving them new names.

Oh please. The Poles aren't even a people, they're just a hodgepodge of different conquerors and conquered...bringing the traditions of everyone else to one location and giving them new names.
Well, yes, in the same way the English aren't a people, just a hodgepodge of Celtic, and Danish civilizations. Before it was partitioned, Poland had existed for quite a while and was seen a legitimate nation. The inhabitants may not have thought of themselves as Poles, but no one thought of their nationality as something important.

What do you do when you're sick?

I take drugs.

Watch movies. If I am well enough, I play computer games.

I love banana flavour. That fake banana flavour oh HELL yeah..

I don't know why it just tastes like piss to me. That and anything green apple flavored.

Oh please. The Poles aren't even a people, they're just a hodgepodge of different conquerors and conquered...bringing the traditions of everyone else to one location and giving them new names.

You could say that about the whole human race. I really don't know how this myth of racial purity stays afloat.