Getting Sick in College

leah377
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:20:39 +0000

i was sick pretty much all year (mono, tonsillitis, 58408402 other things), and it really, really sucked to get sick at school. i was used to my mom taking care of me (she’s a nurse) and it was an adjustment to have to walk myself to student health and then sit lonely and miserable and feverish in my dorm room trying not to get behind in classes.

for a while i thought my lifestyle was making me sick (i partied a lottt first semester and kissed many a boy haha), but once i got a steady boyfriend and got sick of going out 4-5 nights a week, i still got sick all the time, so i think it was an immune system thing. also, my doctors have told me that living in such close quarters with so many people (unavoidable) makes a lot of freshmen sick. make sure to keep your room clean (not just tidy, CLEAN) so that you’re not living in so many germs.