What's Up Doc?

I've been sick since Tuesday afternoon. I am still sick. Predictably, my husband suggested last night that I should go see the doctor. My response, also predictable, was "Why?" All he will tell me is that I have a bad cold and need rest and liquids, two things I have already providing my poor diseased body. If I had a sore throat, I might see him to ensure it isn't strep, but I really don't have much of a sore throat. I don't have a fever, so it certainly isn't an infection. So, why should I go sit in a doctor's office and waste everyone's time?

This happens to me a lot. My colds tend to run about 5-7 days on average, starting with the scratchy throat, then the aches and pains,then the clogged sinuses, then the hacking cough, then the really disgusting day when everything is flowing out of various orifices. then I get better. Sometimes I luck out and the cold only sticks around for 2-3 days, but when I get really sick, the 5 day cycle is pretty much the course. But I think that our society believes that we should be able to shake an illness almost immediately. After all, we have all this medicine, why should anyone be sick for days? Too bad the common cold sneers at most attempts to medicate. The simple truth is, we don't allow ourselves the time we need to get truly better. There is too much pressure in this world for us to get up and go, to shake it off, to tough it out. Seriously, this is not a healthy thing.

I won't be going to the doctor. I will go into work today, but only for a few hours, to finalize some important reports that are on a deadline. Then back to bed and liquids and too much television.