It's a familiar cycle:
- Do something bad for my immune system (e.g. drink too much, get no sleep, etc.)
- Start to feel a sore throat
- Sit by helplessly as the sore throat turns into an inferno
- Get sniffly, sneezy, achey, and stuffy headed to the point of disfunction
- Cough for about three weeks.
Over the past year, I have been trying a new strategy that has worked very well. Wanna know what it is?
Sleep.
Previously, I would only stay home from work if I was too sick to work. This was my major mistake. By the time I feel that bad, there is no amount of rest or remedy that will break the sick cycle.
Now, when I feel like I am certain the sick is coming on... I just don't get out of bed. Even though I'm able to work, I set out to kill the virus as a first priority. I just call in sick, albeit a little guilt ridden, and sleep until I am totally unable to stay in bed anymore.
The result: One day off of work... and then.... nothing. Totally fine. No sneeze, no sniffle, no cough.
I wonder why no one has ever pushed this remedy on me before. I suppose because you can't bottle it and sell it in a health food store.
Someone get me a Nobel prize.
2 comments:
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