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telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2008-09-04 08:20 am
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Con crud

I decided that since I felt so tired last night, I wouldn't do anything useful after I got home from the grocery store (cold medicine run). Lazing about waiting for Mythbusters to come on, I decided I'd lie down a little bit about 7. Mom phoned at 7:45 and I immediately fell asleep again, waking up at 3. Decided maybe I ought to get out of my clothes and put a nightgown on, read Mushishi 5, fell asleep again until the alarm rang at 7.

And I'm still tired. At work, since the rest of the cold symptoms are mild and I don't have a whole lot of sick leave at the moment, although I expect there's a good chance I'll be out tomorrow if I get worse. I'm supposed to work on Saturday, and it's awkward to get sick this moment as I'm taking a Saturday art class this semester that pretty much kills my ability to trade Saturdays with anyone else. Blarg.
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[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2008-09-04 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
At a con? The elevator buttons are constantly in use, especially the ones on the outside that call the elevator.

I don't know why you don't get sick during the first week of school, but it's possible that your campus has a smaller percentage of people from other areas, so you're slightly more resistant to the bugs. Or you are in less confined areas, so the moisture that harbors the bugs dries up before you touch the surface or breathe it in (cons pack 'em in tight). You may also be getting more sleep and better nutrition during the first week of school than at a con.

[identity profile] rayechu.livejournal.com 2008-09-04 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh1 I didn't even think of the call button. I was thinking more of the inside buttons, where you have 10 people in the elevator but one person hits all the buttons. However the sleep/nutrition probably does have a big effect. I know when I go to conventions I tend to eat out a lot, which is not exactly healthy. I know the campus/con comparison wasn't great, but I think they are somewhat similar for a smaller con.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2008-09-04 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
It's still a valid comparison - campuses are breeding grounds for bugs. :D I think that with cons, you're just all in the same building all the time, which makes it a bit easier for infections to pass from person to person.

[identity profile] rayechu.livejournal.com 2008-09-04 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
On another note, do you remember hearing of con crud before 2003/4ish? I haven't been as active as I was but I don't remember everyone getting sick around 2002/2003 when I went to conventions in big groups. I wonder if the sickness is a newer thing in general and if so, why? Is it caused by the increasingly younger fan base? Or some other factor?

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2008-09-04 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope, I've been getting con crud since I've been going to cons, back in 198mumble. :) I think you were just lucky. :D

[identity profile] rayechu.livejournal.com 2008-09-04 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Well considering I was on of the increasingly younger fanbase back then it wouldn't surprise me. Maybe con crud has nothing on public high school germs XD

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2008-09-04 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh dear lord, no. XD Mom was a teacher and therefore had immunity from all the bugs, as she was exposed to them constantly, and had no sympathy for me when *I* got colds.

A few years after she retired, when her immune system had scaled back a bit, she got a bad cold and complained to me on the phone and I told her I had NO SYMPATHY! :D

[identity profile] rayechu.livejournal.com 2008-09-04 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Hahahaha. But all this talk of colds has me craving 7up.
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