I’m not trying to complain here but I am SICK of getting Sick. This entire semester I have gone from one illness to another. At the beginning of this year I started out with the flu. Not only was I confused how I had gotten it considering I received my flu shot, but when I went to the doctor and was diagnosed with it they told me that the vaccine doesn’t always work. Hmm, that was when I began to worry about what was being done to keep the students healthy.
SMU of all places I would have to say is very responsible for maintaining a healthy atmosphere for us. However when it got to the point that state law regulated the school to shut down if 15 more people were diagnosed with influenza, I knew it was bad.
More than just the flu I have heard people with Mononucleosis, strep throat, pneumonia, and many other serious illness’. Anyways the question that comes to mind is what are we doing wrong that can lead us to such serious wear and tear on our bodies? Is it our study habits, the late nights, or the living environment? It has gotten to the point where I have realized it’s not what we forget to do that makes us sick, i.e. not drink enough water, not take our medicine, not sleep, it’s what we do that leads us to our “death bed”. By partying, staying up late, and convincing ourselves that we are ok, we drain our bodies of everything we have.
So why do we feel the need to beat our bodies down? Like I said I’m Sick of being Sick. So I’m protesting my normal ways and getting myself healthy again. You should consider it yourself too.
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I know exactly how you feel about being SICK of being sick. I feel like I am sick at least every 2 weeks here. I know a lot of my friends feel this way too. I feel like every week someone that I know is sick. I was also shocked when I heard that if 15 more people went to the health center with the flu, school would close. I knew something was really serious after I heard that. The bathrooms in the dorm are cleaned every day, but is that enough during a time when a large percent of our school population is sick? During that time, there were 4 girls on my hall with the flu. Every time I went to the bathroom I made sure to wash my hands upon entering and leaving. My roommate wouldn't even use our bathroom; she went to her grandmother's house to shower. My roommate actually ended up catching the flu and staying at her grandmother’s house until she got well.
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