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How often do you get sick?
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More often now that I have kids. Around once or twice a year, usually not severe enough to go to the doctor.
When I lived in London and travelled on the tube / train daily, worked too much and was stressed the fuck out I got sick multiple times a year.
Since moving to a smaller city, driving in my own car, working way less hours and wayyyyyy less stressed I haven't been sick once in 3 years.
Since moving to a smaller city, driving in my own car, working way less hours and wayyyyyy less stressed I haven't been sick once in 3 years.
The only thing I ever get anymore is a 24 hour stomach bug every year or two. I started getting flu shot years ago and that seemed to cut the number of times I get sick drastically. Also helps that I don't have kids and work in an office with very few people that I have lots of separation from. It's probably been 3 or 4 years since I've had a cold or flu.
I get a mild cold (cough or lost voice, runny nose, no fever) maybe once a year but it has been like 15 years since I last had fever. It's been even more than that since I've last had more serious stomach problems. I think much of it is hereditary because I don't remember my father ever being properly sick.
Come to think of it, I don't think I have ever been on sick leave from work either.
Come to think of it, I don't think I have ever been on sick leave from work either.
All the freaking time. I am an early disease adopter. The last two years I've gotten the flu in September. My university doesn't even open its flu shot clinic until October!
A lot when i was a kid. Less and less when i was an adult, until i got "really" sick. After i was cured from that though, i almost never got sick at all, actually.
Just a minor cold at worst. Can't really remember when i was really sick aside of getting the Noro virus (that will make you feel extremely sick, by the way, haha) a decade ago.
Just a minor cold at worst. Can't really remember when i was really sick aside of getting the Noro virus (that will make you feel extremely sick, by the way, haha) a decade ago.
Not that much, but I'm sick right now and it's kept me up all damn night. I can't stand the common cold, it's one of the most inconvenient things and feels like such a waste of 4-5 days that makes you feel like garbage.
Seem to catch a cold (or a variation of a sore throat) every 2-3 months. I used to be able to last 2-3 years without catching one, but in recent years I haven't been so lucky.
I might catch a bug that zaps me of energy (no vomit) at least once a year.
I went 19 years without vomiting, until I caught a bout of gastro. It's been nearly 7 years since I last vomited, so here's hoping I break the 19 year record I set :P
I might catch a bug that zaps me of energy (no vomit) at least once a year.
I went 19 years without vomiting, until I caught a bout of gastro. It's been nearly 7 years since I last vomited, so here's hoping I break the 19 year record I set :P
I tend to get sick more often if the weather is up and down a lot, so this year has been rough and it's not even February
It varies.
When I was single in my 20s, probably 1 to 2 times per year. Once would be a virus, the 2and would be allergy induced sinus infection.
3 to 5 years ago when I was newly married, probably 5x per year. Mostly colds. Wife's toddler nephews would walk up cough in your face. Not a lot you can do at that point.
The last year, 0 times. I have more control. I work from home. I've been sober a couple of years so I don't go to crowded bars and parties. Biggest risk is the grocery, to which I return home, wash my hands, put away the food, wash my hands again, and use disinfectant wipes on all surfaces I've touched. It works, not even fleeting signs of a cold.
When I was single in my 20s, probably 1 to 2 times per year. Once would be a virus, the 2and would be allergy induced sinus infection.
3 to 5 years ago when I was newly married, probably 5x per year. Mostly colds. Wife's toddler nephews would walk up cough in your face. Not a lot you can do at that point.
The last year, 0 times. I have more control. I work from home. I've been sober a couple of years so I don't go to crowded bars and parties. Biggest risk is the grocery, to which I return home, wash my hands, put away the food, wash my hands again, and use disinfectant wipes on all surfaces I've touched. It works, not even fleeting signs of a cold.
Yeah, sounds like flu. Mine started with just a chest cough but by day three I got a fever.
I usually get a cold like twice a year, it usually lasts between 3-7 days or so. I get allergies in the spring too which feels like a cold but usually just allergies around May or October.
Although last year I got a stomach virus/bug/thing that made me more sick than I'd been in years, decades. I got it from my newborn from daycare... and goddam I was out straight for 48 hours, but legitimately not better for about ~3 weeks after that. That's the sickest I've been in a decade. This year I had a mini-version of it too, but thankfully it was just 24 hours.
If you're having children anytime soon, just get ready when they become disease factories at Daycare. I'm rarely legit sick, like even my twice yearly colds aren't usually a big problem. But man... you have a baby, they got o daycare, and they carry home every illness on earth.
Although last year I got a stomach virus/bug/thing that made me more sick than I'd been in years, decades. I got it from my newborn from daycare... and goddam I was out straight for 48 hours, but legitimately not better for about ~3 weeks after that. That's the sickest I've been in a decade. This year I had a mini-version of it too, but thankfully it was just 24 hours.
If you're having children anytime soon, just get ready when they become disease factories at Daycare. I'm rarely legit sick, like even my twice yearly colds aren't usually a big problem. But man... you have a baby, they got o daycare, and they carry home every illness on earth.
I've been coughing since Wednesday or Thursday. I assumed it was something in the air. I've always had breathing problems.
Usually 2-3 times a year for a week each time. Just had my first one this last week. Was sick since last Saturday, started feeling better today.
About once a year. Usually in early January, after I've been to all the nasty holiday parties at my relatives' houses, where everyone touches the pets and then the food. This year was no exception. -_-
Usually just once every year or less. And most of the time just some sniffles, cough, etc that lasts for a few days maybe. I haven't had to go to the doctor for being sick for years.
Rarely, I've kinda stopped being sick as I've gotten older. I threw up earlier in the year but it was a one time thing. I'll get ear or sinus infections every now and then. Thankfully allergies are minimal, I feel bad for my SO and my dad who both deal with allergies.
Gout runs in my family and I hope I never get it.
Gout runs in my family and I hope I never get it.
I haven't been really sick in a year, but I only get sick once or twice a year usually... I'm definitely overdue and surprised I didn't get sick recently when the rest of my family had something, but I just avoided seeing them for a month lol.
I did have a stomach bug at Christmas time but it wasn't a headcold or anything so it wasn't really traditional with what I'd normally get so I don't count it in the same sense... and thankfully hit when I had a few days off because of the holidays.
I did have a stomach bug at Christmas time but it wasn't a headcold or anything so it wasn't really traditional with what I'd normally get so I don't count it in the same sense... and thankfully hit when I had a few days off because of the holidays.
Yup. I managed an 8 year period without so much as a cold. Now with kids I'm under non-stop viral and bacterial assault and my body can only fight off so much!
the last time i really felt sick, was when i had a fever that rendered me unable to move unless i had some aspirin. that was over eight years ago. in that time, i might have had maybe two colds, but not the flu or a fever. the thing that messes with my body more than anything is stress though. about six months ago my arm and tongue would tingle and i even almost passed out at my desk. went to the doctors for all kinds of checks and nothing turned up.