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Sick...catching it from preschoolers...or stress...


Posted: Oct 2, 2012

My boss wanted to have lunch tomorrow, but I said, no, I'm sick...she wanted to know what I was doing tomorrow...well, probably...sleeping...lying there...recuperating...I didn't say that...we're having lunch next week.....

Do ever get the feeling when you're sick...oh never mind...sometimes people just don't even SEE IT...you're being Ms. Capable...so they just don't THINK of you as the "type of person" who gets sick..../ end of rant, off to the cough drops...

;

I used to get terrible migraines, the kind where I - just had to cancel anything - SM

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I was planning to do for the next day or two. Just go down that to-do list, crossing things out, until there was nothing. All I could do for the next 24 to 48 hours was lie in a dark room with an ice bag on my head, and hope to die.

People were never understanding when I told them I had to cancel an appointment when I had my own business, or when I had to go home sick from work. To non-migraineurs, it was "just a headache".

After a while, I got tired of trying to explain migraines to them, especially when they still didn't understand, and were annoyed with me. Instead, whenever I had a migraine, I just told people I had the FLU. Pretty much the same symptoms, and ones they could relate to and understand. (And better still, the flu was something they didn't want to catch from me, so they were glad I had decided to stay home!)
;)

The "flu fib" - good thinking! - wheres_my_job

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I used to get terrible terrible migraines years ago. Or maybe they were tension headaches. It started on the left side, a spear into the side of my head. Then my head was like an empty eggshell of pain, very delicate. I had to lie on a soft pillow till it passed.

I would like to take the day off from work today - my head, oh god! I'm so congested, earaches (both ears) - I slept all day, translation, rested my head - but my boss doesn't have anyone to cover, and I need the money.

But thanks for the "flu fib" tip. When I'm less broke I can try it.

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