Humor: What to do when you're sick

by Sharon Cheairs

So there I was, attempting to get a decent night's sleep with the help of my good friend, Prince Nyquil, after catching the Creeping Crud from my youngest child. Said child had been taking Albuterol nebulizer treatments ev...read more

by Schneider

I suppose one might think that there's nothing humorous about sickness but I can think of several times in my life that being sick brought about some chuckles later on. Notice I said later on, as one rarely sees the humor ...read more

by Eugene Porch

Being sick is good for you Yesterday, and today, I was sick. Perhaps I'll be sick tomorrow. I hope not. Tomorrow is payday. I'll need all my energy to spend money. Spending money will be boring and I will suffer two mor...read more

by Annika Price

When I hear the word hospital, I rarely think of cold linoleum and thick jello, but become rather nostalgic, and miss being able to wash myself down with a cold rag. I had a complete jaw reconstruction about 3 years ago, ...read more

by Linda Ann Nickerson

THE BOOTING BROTHER My baby brother's sense of smell Is more than anyone can tell. He takes a whiff and groans, "Oh, swell!" And bids his latest meal "Farewell." The scent of bacon, frying fast Can be enough to f...read more

by Ian Mcmurray

If you're hiking out in the back forty and you see a stream, but you can't see its source, it's probably a good idea to filter, treat, or boil the water before you drink it. And when you go swimming or canoeing or raftin...read more

by Lauren Shain- Raque

How to Cure the Plague By: Lauren Shain-Raque Just the other day I was walking down the street and thinking to myself, How do you cure the plague?' Why I asked myself this I have yet to discover but I think that what...read more

by Nan Keltie (Parenting-Styles Steward)

Stop the Ride, I Wanna Get Off! When I had vertigo, I felt like a rag doll on a carousel. Barely hanging on, much less able to dismount! Was it asking too much to stay in my recliner with eyes tightly closed? Yes, my...read more

by Dr. Audree Tucker

One of my best friends, Rosie, is dying from excruciatingly painful bone cancer. But she continues to see the humor in situations, and there are many times that we find ourselves laughing hysterically over something. R...read more

by Katherine Lockett

Cough it up! Is it just me or have coughs and colds become more virulent, lengthy and painful in the past few years? Sure sure, we get given antibiotics if a cold lingers on for too long and it's clear that a throat or ...read more

by Daguerreo Darkwielder

The flu, oh yes. Generally, I don't get really sick with something except once every couple of years, but when it arrives, it takes a huge hit, and also something else that rhymes with "hit". I look like a newborn ba...read more

by Rhonda Flack

When I was a child I spent a lot of time in and out of hospitals, getting over operations quite regularly. It was always an ordeal often being moved from one hospital to another. The siren would go and I'd feel really ex...read more

by Kiki Mcdonald

Last night I was talking to a friend of mine and she said she was on the way out the door because she had to go to the drugstore and pick up a prescription. Her doctor had called something in for her because she thought sh...read more

by Kelly Crowley

"You better call your son's school." the receptionist stammers, "There seems to be some trouble." "Oh." I reply. I get right on the phone to Jeremiah's school and as usual ask for the principle. Mr. Lakey answers his...read more

by Tabbie Smith

Okay, this story isn't about me being sick it's actually about my dog. One morning I got up and looked outside, to my surprise my puppy was lying on our patio itching at her face. I ran down stairs, and walked out side. ...read more

by Kolby Morgan

Before I begin, I must tell you that I do not get sick enough to be bed ridden very often. I consider myself quite a tough little number in many ways, and once I had experienced the pain of childbirth, I realized that the...read more

by Scott Hunt

The watery issue slowly trickled out of my left nostril and dared me to catch it with an aloe-laced facial tissue before it busted over the fleshy berm of my upper lip. I had had no problem so far facing this confrontat...read more

by Claudio Montes

The Basic Flu Workout Several years ago I was in Basic Training and boy did I learn a lot about push ups, sit ups, the mountain climber, and other various exercises. I came down with a stomach bug in the third week of ...read more

by Jon Coe

I love being sick. It is the only chance I get to acquire some attention around here. Otherwise, I am just taken for granted and expected to take care of everything for everyone else. My cats will tell you all about it. ...read more

20 of 31

by Beth Burns

The trouble with me...is that I am very stubborn. The trouble with being stubborn is that the second people hear that I took my sorry stubborn butt to Urgent Care, they know something is really wrong. The trouble with be...read more