So I sit here trying to think. My head is killing me and I have an ear ache, sore throat, hacking cough and a fever. I have taken so many pills I could be a drug store. Every kind on the market and none of them have done anything for me. Ok, now that may not be true. As I am now broke and still sick. I am one of those lucky people, I only have to get within a 20 foot radius of someone who thinks they are sick and the next day I am sicker than a dog. Now there is a nice term. Sicker than a dog. What exactly does this mean? or Drunker than a skunk? Such lovely terms. Anyway, so now I am sick and it is because someone (teenager) coughed in my general direction. Did I mention he made no effort to cover his mouth? So now I am sick and have been for a week. I have gone through 4 boxes of kleenex and my nose hurts like crazy, yesterday all I did was sleep, because I was so tired. This is something I never do. Trust me I would love to from time to time, but it isn't something I would ever do. The most wonderful thing I could wake up to find tomorrow morning is that my cough is gone. I would like to be able to sleep without hacking. It really does make it hard to rest when you keep waking up to cough all night long. I have taken liquids, caplets, gel tabs, drops, strips. None of them have done anything to curb my cough, ease my head ache, or anything else they all claim they can do. I can remember when I would get sick as a teenager and Dad would fix me a hot toddy and I would cover myself in vicks. By the next morning I was good as new. The worst was the mustard plaster, what a nightmare. My Mom heard it would cure anything. YUCK, Which leads me back to my question, what is the point of being sick? Is it just to help the drug companies and the kleenex companies rich? I mean is there really a reason why we get sick or is it just one of those really annoying things that has no reason for happening. Like hang nails and split ends.