Pain and Illnesses

[Palamon]

How often do you get sick? When was the last time you were sick? When you're not feeling well, what do you usually do? As for pain, how often are you in pain, how pain tolerant are you?

[EmeraldSky]

It depends on what I'm sick with, but I do try to rest, take medicine, and drink a lot.

If I'm sick with a stomach bug, I may also try eating bland foods.

I don't usually get sick that often--I can count on one hand the number of times I've been sick this year.

Pain wise, I am very sensitive, and will not hesitate to tell you if something hurts.

[Neo Emolga]

I maybe only get sick once or twice a year. Usually it's some cold or fever thing. As far as pain goes, it's weird, some things hurt more than others.

I once got let go from a job because I didn't come in while I had a fever of 102. Sure don't miss that job or those people!

[Corey]

I used to get sick a lot in childhood, but other than severe recurrent ear infections once a year or so, I'm pretty healthy. I've felt a little "under the weather" my whole life, so usually I don't feel very sick when I actually get sick LOL. As for pain, I'm pretty tolerant, but I still try to avoid it.

[Chakramaster]

Well my immune system is very strong against getting sick...usually I'm the last one in this house to get sick, but when I do it sticks around for weeks. That's compared to my family's 2-3 day sick period. Ugh, hate it, but I muddle through every time. It's not really painful unless it's effecting the sinuses pretty deeply. Then it causes some pretty stressful migraines.

I used to think I was pretty pain tolerant....until October of 2012. The month and year I had a spontaneous lung collapse (though I think after some thought I figured out what caused it). It was one of, if not, the most painful experience I've been through. Even weeks after, the recovery was a pain. It was almost like a phantom pain for where I had stictches and the tube placed. That feeling continued throughout the rest of the year. Now it's nothing more than a painful memory I hope I never have to experience ever again...or anyone else even for that matter.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

I've thankfully never had any major illnesses or had to go to hospital, which is good because I am terrified of then and medical procedures. o_o I don't know about my pain tolerance. I had strep throat once and that was probably the most painful thing I've ever felt. It took about a week to get better and I could not have lived with that much pain for any extended period of time. @_@

I generally get 1 or 2 colds a year, and I've filled my quota for this year, so fingers crossed!

[Vishnal]

I almost always get sick around midterms/finals without fail. Yaaaay stress.

Other than that, I'm pretty damn healthy. I hardly get sick, and when I do, it's usually something minor like a cold. I think the only time I was admitted to the hospital for a serious illness was when I was a baby. On worse sick days, I tend to lie down and relax; I've been lucky not to experience extreme sickness while in college, else I'd still be doing homework.

As for pain tolerance, there are certain types of pain I can't deal with, such as stomachaches—or pain in that general area. Other types of pain I generally have no problem with; I'm pretty hardy. Never had anything worse than a sprained...ankle or foot (can't remember which) and I'm usually not in pain too often despite being somewhat klutzy. Hell, I'll sometimes notice I'm bleeding and have no idea how it happened.

[Dragon Master Mike]

My pain tolerance is basically nonexistent. Although it all really depends on how angry I happen to be at the time.

It just so happens that the worst pain I've ever felt came from a stomach virus. Every once in a while I get these stomach pains that are so horrible. Like, not often, and I haven't had it in about two years now, but I can't even describe how much it hurts. It literally feels like my insides are going to start bursting open. But I don't get sick often. At absolute most, once per year. Last time I was sick was around last fall. I got sick pretty bad, and if we weren't off from school most of that week anyway, I would have missed an entire week of school.

[Suicune's Fire]

I have never been as sick before in my life as I was this year. Ugh. But other than that, usually I don't get colds often. Good thing, because getting a sore nose from blowing it too much sucks!