Friday Five

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1. What was the most sick that you've ever been?

I'm going with "sick as in contagious illness" not "sick as in my body broke." A couple of winters ago, I got some kind of flu/cold thing that laid me low for over a week. I really just wanted to lie down all the time. Otherwise, I think the last illness that was that bad was chicken pox. Or another bout of flu. I've been pretty wacked as a result of injury/hospitalization, but I'm leaving that out (although one of those times really was the sickest I've ever been--one of those 'now I'm fine, five minutes later I'm on bedrest recovering from surgery for a week, and unable to work for three more weeks' things). And I don't think pregnancy counts, either....

2. What disease are you afraid of getting?

Parkinson's and Alzheimer's top the list. One I have a decent genetic chance of getting, the other runs in Beast's family (almost as bad as getting it myself).

3. Are you a big baby when it comes to taking medicine/shots for your illnesses?

After 8 years of weekly and months allergy shots? Uh, not so much. Pills haven't been a problem for me since I was 10.

4. Is going to the doctor really THAT bad?

For me, no. However, it's not so much the doctor as it is all the concommitant hoopla: run the gauntlet of receptionists explaining the problem, make sure the insurance paperwork is in order, find a time for an appt. that interferes with life the least, waiting to see the doctor, and finding out that resolving the situation requires four more visits to labs and other doctors and probably at least one stop at the pharmacy....sigh. Just easier to stay in bed and hope for improvement.

5. Would you have the flu twice a month if you were paid $1,000 for having it?

You'd have to pay me substantially more than $1000/month for me to throw up! No, I think I'll pass. I'm not that desperate. I don't enjoy being sick at all.