Meh! I woke up this morning just generally feeling rubbish- sore head, shivery, feeling sick, too hot.
I thought ‘I just can’t handle doing anything’ including writing here or doing affirmations…
Basically I woke about 7 and have been sleeping since on and off. (Its not nearly 8pm) Its weird when I start to feel ill it’s like my body just shuts off like a wee robot and I sleep sleep sleep. I think actually (and I hope this is the case today) that this seems to fight off whatever is wrong with me.
-Though I did have to get out of bed at one point to get the shopping delivery, bring it upstairs, put it away and make lunch because my partner can’t manage that as they are really sore today. This ended up making me feel really ill so back to bed I went. 
Anyway, I woke up and I have a sore throat and still feel dodgy but my happy thing is not to suffer.. If you are feeling ill then just go to bed and sleep and if you can’t sleep go to bed and read. We are only human and sometimes fighting to do things when you are ill makes it harder for you to recover and I think longer too.
Sorry no affirmations today.. I’m going to go downstairs and see if my partner has stopped watching The X factor because that actually makes me feel more ill!! 
Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow and will see you all then otherwise I’m going to have to make something happy about feeling ill .. like a demented pollyanna! :/
Love and light and sniffles xxLisa
Chicken soup! Not for the soul, but I hear it helps that too. Lots of sleep and someone to whine to. That usually gets me through
I wish I had someone to make me chicken soup and to moan to but my partner was off work because they was in loads of pain.. It felt wrong to moan to them. I wonder if you get professionals that come to your house that you can moan to?
I am feeling a bit better today I think.. I can’t tell because I just woke up… I’m being tentative!
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So sorry you’re not feeling well! I’ve been taking cayenne pepper as a remedy lately, and it’s supposed to be wonderful for colds and such. I just mix a quarter to a half teaspoon into some veg juice and chug it down. Bit of a shock, but very energizing. Be well soon!
Oh! I can imagine it would be a wee bit of a shock!!
I am feeling better today I think.. It could have been the Moroccan fish stew I ate …which had sat out a bit.. Ironically it had loads of Cayenne pepper in it!!!
I will remember that remedy for the next time I feel under the weather.. I love Gazpacho I think Cayenne pepper in that would actually be quite nice!!!
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Hi Lisa! Sleep is definitely the best in this case! I can totally sympathise as I have been poorly this week too
(asthma + cold + chest infection – Blah!!) Instead of trying to make an affirmation about being ill just look at how far you have come and how well you are doing! You are allowed to be ill – it’s unavoidable and it does not mean your progress is on pause. Rest, recuperate and don’t watch X-Factor (it has the same affect on me Get well soon my friend! Lisa x
Haha.. Thank you.. I honestly don’t know what it is about X-factor.. It honestly does make me feel worse. It’s so loud and needlessly dramatic and I get nervous for the people singing (Or trying to).. I hate it!! There I said it!!
You are right..I think I need another day of bed and chilling ..I like the idea of allowing myself to be ill.. I think we all to often try to ignore our bodies which is never a good idea as we end up ill anyway and sometimes worse.
xxxxx
Thank you for the get well wishes!
Hope you’re feeling better soon! You have the right idea with sleeping and resting while sick. You’re doing your body a favour. Don’t worry about blogging. We(readers) won’t mind if it means you feel okay again.
Get well soon
You are just lovely! <3
xxLisa
Feel better soon! REST and have a pen and paper for ideas and thoughts for when you are back on your feet.
Ooh good idea.. I used to always have a pen and paper on me and I end up feeling frustrated now when I forget them.. Lol.. I just looked on my bedside table and there was a pen and paper there!!
Fabulous!
Thank you xx
Hope you get better soon! Over here there is a recipe that works for all kinds of colds, the flu, actually any common illness: warm beer with honey. Warm 1/2 liter of beer to about 40°C, dissolve a tablespoon of honey in it. Drink while it’s warm; you’ll sleep for 12-15 hours straight and wake healthy and refreshed!
Ha! I had to laugh at your X-Factor comment…I know what you mean. Take care of yourself, get some good rest, and stay hydrated. Hope you’re feeling better very soon.
Lol When you said that I remembered and took a big glug of water. Thank you
Weirdly I am good at hydrating myself. When I quit smoking over 4 years ago I started to drink more water for some reason so drink over a litre at least a day. I’m not so bothered if I have a water addiction!
Love and light xx
Get well soon! Thinking about you as the flu is running rampant at my house as well.
I’m not sure what I have.. I just feel not good.. slightly better I think today. (Probably from sleeping all day yesterday!) .. I will get up and see if I feel like doing an affirmation.. If I am still dizzy it will be back to bed for me.. though I hope I feel up to reading!!
Hope everyone in your house feels better soon!
xx
Perfect idea and sage advice. For many many years of my life I operated on the “push through it ” model of dealing with illness. Now, I listen to my body and just rest with much better outcomes.
Good on you! I think it is certainly the way ahead. I hadn’t actually had a full blown flu for about 6 years ..I think because when I felt unwell I would just go sleep. I did get it at the start of this year and my partner had it at the same time, which was hellish (Though I did manage to read The hunger games trilogy!).. Sometimes it’s just unavoidable that we catch these things.. and you are right.. if we listen to our bodies we heal much faster.
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I hope you feel better soon.
Thank you.. xx
Rest and more rest!
Hope it doesn’t drag on too long for you. x
I hope not too.. I think I am feeling a wee bit better today (Thank you sleep!) .. I am off to actually get up and make something to eat and then I will know!
xxLisa
Get well soon1
Thank you!
xx
Don’t like being ill myself. Spent the last two years on and off in bed, recovering from hectic city life. I think with me it was a case of, oh wow I’m in paradise, I’m going to be able to rest – and then just fell apart almost entirely. Been up and about for the last two months, and what I mean by that is that I didn’t need to go to bed for even one day or part of a day. Could be your weekend – been stressed you were, even if it was a good trip you were on. And maybe something you ate. Probably both.
Sorry to hear that happened to you. I know so many people, myself included that have had really hectic lives and are under stress and think they are coping and when they finally get away their body just collapses ..I’m sure what you went through was a part of that.
I just remembered and I was going to write about it actually. It’s sort of weird but every year when the seasons are changing from summer into autumn and from spring into summer I get an ill feeling… I forget this happens to me. It’s been fairly warm until today and now there is a storm.. but yeah.. more than likely weekend stress (good stress though) catching up with me and me eating crap!
xx
Here’s my semi-positive comment as I am one of those jelly-side up people. Sometimes when I’m sick, and I had bronchitis this week, the good thing that comes out of it is that I lose a couple of pounds. Not to say that you need to, that is not my intent, but it is so easy to gain. And feeling a little “dodgy” can sometimes knock a pound or two off. Good luck. I hope you feel better tomorrow.
I wouldn’t want to lose weight as I like my body as is. .for me that is not a positive .. not to knock your happy experiences though.
Thank you for the get well wishes. xxLisa
Hope you feel better soon!! xx
Mwah!