Day 1: Feeling bad
Day 2: Feeling awful, wishing you could skip work but don't
Day 3: Feeling a bit better
Days 4-12: Lingering cough, post-nasal drip (technical name for lots of snot)
Days 13-14: Back to normal
Perception of Time When You Have A Cold:
Week 1: Feeling awful, crushed by devastating ilness
Week 2: Slow painful recovery
Week 3: Coughing continuously, hacking up at least one lung
Week 4: Still coughing
Month 2: Coughing at night only, getting no sleep
Month 3: Starting to wonder: do I have a cold, or is this lung cancer?
Month 4: Seriously thinking about making a doctor appointment
Month 5: Obtained cough medicine from pharmacy, actually starting to sleep
Month 6: All better
Month 7: Doctor appointment cancelled.
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| Tissues - (Fancy Japanese ones that teach manners on the label) - photo by Matsuyuki |
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