After PNG I returned to a physical state where sickness doesn’t touch me. Until now. It felt like I was having a flu the last few days. I never have the flu so I started thinking. This doesn’t come naturally so I stopped it.
So I did what every male does when faced with a dilemma like this (even though I frikkin’ spent 4 years getting a BA in physiotherapy and have been working in the health system ever since); I rang my mum. And my mum, like I reckon every mum, has the Answers. When mums speak you don’t actually have to think. Their words somehow seem to connect straight into a very old part of the brain. The instructions were; eat your fruit, drink tea and go to bed early. Right, easy enough.
But how did I get this debilitating illness? Another instruction took care of that as well. You haven’t been getting out a lot during weekdays. So you are not getting enough sunlight on your skin. UV will give your body the opportunity to create vitamin D, which in turn keeps your immune system healthy. A walk outside of at least 10 minutes a day will give your body what it needs.
You know what? I wonder what kind of study you have to do before you can become a mum.
Question is not, why did you get the flue, question is, why should you not get it? Everybody I know has been sick, so there is some resistent bugger going around.
Having said that, I was sick last weekend and of course I called mum as well. Not for tips or anything, but knowing that “Hutje toch” is the best medicine you can get. Ever…
Niet “hutje” maar “hötje”. Trouwens, dat werkt voor jou Fem, maar niet voor Sjoerd. Gezien zijn verhaal was het advies “daglicht” belangrijk.
Het is toch wat met ons: inderdaad iedereen is ziek of ziek geweest.
move to NZ…Nobodys is sick here…
And in regards to the mum aspect. Totally true, but my colleagues who are mums have tackled me too because they know I have a mum but on the other side of the world…
so, mums not only take care of their own (Leonie is a brilliant example!), but as soon as a mum sees a person who might need a mum (even if you don’t, but they THINK you do) they tackle you…
So I have colleagues who say:
- you look tired, why are you tired, are you sleeping enough.
- you be careful when you go hiking this weekend: NO helicopters…
- watch out on your bike: kiwi drivers are mad driver (true!)
- have you rung your parents lately (SERIOUSLY…)
- when your mum comes over, you both should come over for dinner…
gumphhhfff