Tag: sickness
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Comfort Food: My Craving for Noodles
SALTY SOUP WITH NOODLES My friend group has been passing around a cold, and it finally came to me. Although it’s not a bad cold, I’m sick enough that I find myself doing the things I usually do when I’m sick: drinking extra liquids, diffusing oils to help my sinuses, and putting extra lotion on…
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Sickness in a Pandemic
For the past year and a half, my roommate has consistently spoken this refrain in response to most everything that happens: “What a weird time to be alive.” She’s right, obviously. Many weird and unprecedented things have happened and are happening, and we just keep having to adjust. No one knows how to be alive…
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The Body-Brain Disconnect
Yeah, hi. So, I have COVID symptoms from a shot that’s supposed to keep me from getting COVID, even though I’ve already had COVID. And if that sentence didn’t make your head hurt, then clearly you are immune to COVID and all its emotional and mental confusion. I got my second vaccine on Wednesday, and…
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But On the Other Hand
I’m sick. Like, “I slept 13 hours last night and have been diffusing Thieves oil since yesterday morning (thanks, Susan!) and am coughing too much to have a normal conversation” kind of sick. Unfortunately, I’m not the only one. I think approximately half of us are sick right now – at least here in the…