Does someone care for you when you are sick?

[lovetoread]

Or do you sweat it out on your own?

My experience has always been to do it on my own,try to handle the kids and run the house. For some reason,this time I seem to be having a hard time getting over being sick. I have been on the couch for 3 days now,getting up only for the Lit boards,haven't been able to do anything else, and still I have someone who was willing to drive 14 hours to be with me. I cannot explain the thought of someone caring that much. He finally settled on sending me a care package which I will treasure when it gets here.

He has also called me all through the day to check on me,and even tried to help me with the kids over the phone. That kind of special treatment is new to me and I wanted to let him know how much I appreciated his actions.

Thank you Mr. Tiger,you are very special to me ya know.

 

[seXieleXie]

the last time someone cared for me when i was sick i was 8 and has scarlette fever.
basically from then on i had to figure it out for myself.

*hugs* hope you are well again soon lovetoread, and i'm glad you have such a good man in tiger

 

[dqrich]

Soup and blankies

Hope you feel better.
I've always felt I was at my best when I was caring for my girlfriend when she was simply feeling miserable because of nature's natural attack.
I always knew that they (insert girlfriend here) appreciated the time and effort that it took to try and make them feel a little more cozy when they were truly feeling like crap.

 

[Debbie]

Mostly I like to cope alone. I don't like being sick and I resent my body if it lets me down. I am not a good patient. Hubby tries so hard to please but I am a bad, bad, bad patient. I appreciate what he tries to do but i get irritable. Give me a drink, some paracetemol, a few lozenges if I need it, a kiss on my forehead and my blankie, check on my every 15 mins and I will be ok.

Hope you get well soon lovetoread

 

[dqrich]

Mostly I like to cope alone. I don't like being sick and I resent my body if it lets me down. I am not a good patient. Hubby tries so hard to please but I am a bad, bad, bad patient. I appreciate what he tries to do but i get irritable. Give me a drink, some paracetemol, a few lozenges if I need it, a kiss on my forehead and my blankie, check on my every 15 mins and I will be ok.

Hope you get well soon lovetoread

Can you ask for a kiss on the forehead every 15 min. and still be a "bad" patient?

 

[TigerClaw]

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[bigrednz]

Mostly I like to cope alone. I don't like being sick and I resent my body if it lets me down. I am not a good patient. Hubby tries so hard to please but I am a bad, bad, bad patient. I appreciate what he tries to do but i get irritable. Give me a drink, some paracetemol, a few lozenges if I need it, a kiss on my forehead and my blankie, check on my every 15 mins and I will be ok.

Hope you get well soon lovetoread

Oh how very true.

 

[sch00lteacher]

My wife always starts out caring for me, too much so. Then as time passes it wears off. To the point I am on my own.

This last surgery is a case in point. Even my mother came to help, she was here most of November. Both of them, mom, and wife, smothered me the first week or so.

Then they do less and less. Until I start feeling the guilt of being a burden, and start doing more and more for myself.

Theoretically I should not be doing a lot of the things I do. But it is to the point that if I don't they don't get done. Oh well poor ol' me.

 

[MissVictoria]

When I'm sick, I don't want anyone fussing over me.

For some reason, my back becomes really sensative, and I just grow really annoyed if anyone comes near it.

 

[espressolover]

lovetoread

Get well soon!!

Last time I had the flu, it was some kind of super-strain or something...went for two days at 104..then, took two weeks to get over..omg.

Hope you are not feeling that bad, but the flu is bad ole stuff anyway.

I nominate your guy for "Honey of the Month" !

You are very lucky..and I know you know that.

Take care of you!'
espressolover

 

[Georgia Girl]

I wish I were the type of person who could accept help but alas I am not. Generally for me, when I am sick I don't stop, I do everything that I do everyday knowing full well that I shouldn't but if I don't it won't get done and then I just stress myself out so bad I get even sicker. As you can see, I stay pretty wound up most of the time too so that probably has a good part to play in it. I recall last year having my right knee reconstructed and coming home to take care of a 3 yr old. I was supposed to be on crutches for a week, I stayed on them for 1 day. They were in my way and I could not get done what I needed to so I tossed them.

Feel better soon Lovetoread and your Mr. Tiger is one special man. Chicken soup really does work wonders. If you would like I'd would be happy to FedEx you some.

Dawn

 

[juicylips]

ltr........sending chicken soup and chocolate. My favorite cure all medicine

I am the biggest baby when sick. I want waited on hand and foot and all my favorite stuff near by. Pillow, blanket, etc.

Hope you are so much better soon,
Cassidy

 

[ksmybuttons]

I get a Slave when I am sick.

I was sick over the holiday.
I did not wrap a present.
I did not make dinner.
I only had to cuddle with my child.
My man did it all.
I gave him a list of things I wanted and he did it. He did not hover but was always there to do what I demanded.
I was a very hard taskmaster.

Payback time, now. ouch.

 

[Cheyenne]

In the past, I've tended to go on with normal life even when sick. Who else would do all the work if I didn't? But last winter I got sick for such a long stretch and went through so many different drugs from the doc trying to knock it out of me, I've learned my lesson. The xrays and threat of putting me in the hospital for pneumonia finally did it. I've only been really sick once this year, and as soon as I realized it was the start of a sinus infection I headed to the doc for drugs. No bronchitis this time from waiting too long! Now I have one of my only colds of the year. I'll live.

So, to make a long answer longer, I take care of myself. Better now than I used to, too.

 

[Lili]

My boyfriend takes wonderful care of me when I'm sick, even if it's something as lame as menstrual cramps. He's always there with a hotwater bottle, or some pain killers, or a nice pressure point massage.

When I had to have my tonsils out a couple of years ago he brought me to the hospital, waited during the surgery and drove me to the pharmacy after to get my medecine. He didn't even mind when I leaned out of the car and nearly puked all over his boots.

He's a wondeful 'nurse' when I'm feeling bad and seems to love taking care of me.

I know, I know - I'm spoiled rotten.

When he's sick I take care of him as much as I can, but he's the type that never admits that he's ill unless it's -really- bad. And he won't go to a doctor either. I'm amazed he's lived this long.

Lili

 

[Guest]

The care if I throw up all over the house.

This meaningless post brought to you by, the French Resistance.

 

[knightstalker]

I prefer to be left alone when sick..Just give me some medicine a good book to read and lots of sleep ..i bounce back pretty quick

 

[Aphrodisiac]

If I am some what sick I can do well on my own...

But if I am really dead dog sick my mom will look after me. She is ever present and is always there when I need some thing.


My man calls to make sure I am doing well and will voulnteer to make my "fever" go away .... but in ways that are not very .... * ahem* well he wants to do certain sexual things. He is postivie such acts will make my fever go down.

So my mom takes care of me... she is my cure.

 

[JazzManJim]

I haven't had someone care for me while I was sick since I was a kid. My ex was a lot less than sympathetic - more like a Drill Sergeant. That just kind of pissed me off. It wasn't like I wanted to be waited on hand and foot, but a little sympathy couldn't have hurt, right?

So now, when I'm sick, like I am now, I just work through it and take sick leave from work when I can.

And Aphrodisiac? You gotta lucky lucky man there, chica.

leXie...I'm betting that soon enough, you'll have someone to care for you the way you should be. You're too damned precious to go on alone.

 

[TigerClaw]

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[Wiggles]

My bf will take care of me when I'm really sick. Of course I take advantage of that.....Sweetie, will you bring me my coke, I'm soo tired!
But I do the same for him.
Mom will offer her assistance, but we usually are ok by ourselves.

-As a side question, does your boss make you feel like a lying peice of dog turd when you call in sick? Mine does, he wants to call in every once in awhile throughout the day. Just to make sure I'm really sick.
That ticks me off!

LiLi you've got a good man there. Very well trained....j/k.

 

[Elizabeth]

No. Mom's don't get sick, right? Wives don't either.

 

[LRC]

PUBLIC SERVICE BULLETIN

If you have not already done so .......

GET YOUR FLU SHOT!

Seriously, it's a good idea. Even though I don't fall into the age/risk factor criteria for automatically getting a flu shot my doctor has given it to me for the past 3 years. I have not even had a bad cold since and I was the queen of bad colds from November till April. His thinking is who's gonna take care of the kid if the momma is sick.

Oh, and to answer the orginal question .... no one cares for me except a bear who puts me to bed and tells me to get some sleep.



PS Feel better LTR

 

[morninggirl5]

I take care of myself when I'm sick. My Mom came to stay with me when I had surgery and made me a grilled cheese the afternoon of the surgery. I did everything else myself (including driving to Tn the next day).

I generally don't want someone to "take care of me" but I would appreciate some sympathy and "babying" just to show that they cared.

 

[Guest]

Re: PUBLIC SERVICE BULLETIN

If you have not already done so .......

GET YOUR FLU SHOT!

Seriously, it's a good idea. Even though I don't fall into the age/risk factor criteria for automatically getting a flu shot my doctor has given it to me for the past 3 years. I have not even had a bad cold since and I was the queen of bad colds from November till April. His thinking is who's gonna take care of the kid if the momma is sick.

Oh, and to answer the orginal question .... no one cares for me except a bear who puts me to bed and tells me to get some sleep.



PS Feel better LTR

Forget the bear, I'd take real good care of you LRC