I don’t exactly remember the last time I got sick, but it was probably in the winter of last year. It was just a cold and it wasn’t too bad but still being sick is the worst. During that time, I was working a lot because of the holiday season since I work in a retail store and I was stressed out because it was around finals. Only one day out of the two weeks I was sick I called out from my job because I felt so weak and I knew I was just going to have an awful day if I went. I stayed home and rested, drank a lot of tea and water, put my humidifier with eucalyptus on, and ate a lot of chicken soup. My mom and dad were very sweet and made me homemade remedies with ginger, garlic, honey and other stuff like that. After all that, I got better a lot faster than if I hadn’t done anything about it.
Unfortunately, my dad is actually sick at the moment, he has no idea what is wrong with him though which is kind of scary. He’s went to the doctors today to get a bunch of exams done to figure out what is happening to him and hopefully when he gets the results back, it isn’t anything too bad. When my dad shows a lot of pain or says he feels sick I know it is legitimate because he doesn’t like saying he’s sick. In comparison to my sister that exaggerates a bit much when she gets sick or hurt with her it’s sometimes difficult to know it is really bad or not, but we still treat her like it is because we aren’t her and everyone’s tolerance to pain or sickness it’s different. We all feel really bad for my dad when he is sick and try to do everything possible to make him feel more comfortable and better.
Either when I’m sick or one of my family members is sick, we all take care of each other, specifically more my parents and me to each other. I think the biggest difference between me getting sick or my dad is that I know what is wrong with me and it has an easy cure, when my dad has gotten sick in the past he always has to go to the doctors or emergency which makes it tougher than when I get sick. Thankfully none of us get sick a lot but when we do, we are there for each other and make each other’s time of sickness more bearable.
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Hello Alejandra, I am so sorry to hear about your father. Is he feeling any better? It can be very scary when you don’t know what is wrong when someone is sick, and hopefully the tests show that nothing is seriously wrong. My dad is the complete opposite, when he is sick with anything he is very vocal about it. However, about a year ago we had to take him to the Emergency Room because he was having some problems. I was glad he was complaining and letting us know about his discomfort. It is like you said, everyone has different tolerances and only the person who is going through something can tell you how they are feeling, that’s why you help them regardless if you think they are overreacting.
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Hello Valerie, thank you for taking the time to read my post. Also, yes thank you, he is feeling better now.
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Hello Alejandra,
I really liked how you talked about 3 different perspectives, yours, your father’s, and your sister. One of my sisters reacts to sickness just like how yours does. Everything tends to be more extreme or she is infamous for googling symptoms and then telling me how she doesn’t have much more time to live. lol Some days I have the energy to entertain her feelings, but most days I do not. I am sorry to hear about your dad dealing with his sickness. I am sure it is difficult for your whole family to not know why so that it can be treated. I know many men in my life that won’t complain or even talk about when they are sick. So if he is openly talking about it then yes I can see how you would feel it is legitimate. Then on the flip side of that, you have some guys that turn into little children when they have a common cold. Why do you think there is a difference between genders when it comes to acknowledging illness and dealing with those illnesses?
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Not sure why it’s saying I commented on August 31st @ 12:53 am…its currently August 30 @ 5:57 pm
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Hello Shay, the way you described your sister made me laugh, that’s the same way my sister is, she recently got sick and tried googled her symptoms and diagnosed herself with something she didn’t have and said she might die, she went to the doctors then and they told her it was something different and she was fine. That is a great question and I think the difference between genders and the way their sickness is acknowledged comes from the way we are treated as little kids. I don’t remember what it was exactly but when I took a psychology class in high school, we read or watched something that stated that ever since we’re little we are treated differently, Like when a little girl falls their parents run to her and pick her up and baby her and hug her to make sure she’s fine, but since boys and guys are supposed to be all tough they would tell them to stand up and say, “you’re okay come on keep playing”. Also, women are also “thought” to be more winy and weaker and cry about everything so that might also play into it. By the way, I’m not sure if you saw the message already but someone said that the time and date of your comment might be different because in your settings you’re at a different time zone, so you might want to check that.
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