The FluThat Brought Me Down!!!

Just like life's other surprises, I was surprised to wakeup in the morning with a sore throat. I didnt think much of it as I have had this before but generally it passes in a couple of hours. But that was not to be the case today. Today it came to me in full fury and attacked my throat like it owned the flu money. Those of you who have had a flu know that at the moment of its attack it has no equal. But I was surprised because I had just had a cold a month ago and I thought that I had my share of the season but that was not to be the case.

The previous cold had attacked me on my Birthday which basically ruined all the plans I had for that day. My birthday was spent lying in bed and trying to imagine all the fun I could have had but will not have. I did enjoy the sympathy of some of my friends feeling sorry for me but that was all the joy I was to have on my 28th Birthday.

Today while thinking about my miserable situation of being sick and having to take a trip to Jeddah for work, I came to reealize that my situation isnt really that bad. I thought of all the people around me with worse illnesses than I have and illnesses with no cure.

Those of you who dont know me, I work for a cancer treatment company and come in contact with Cancer patients on a daily basis. Thinking of them makes my small little flu seem almost like an itch. Talking to some of these people makes me realize that you have to be really strong to endure the worst that life has to offer. These poeple besides their illness manage to smile and give themselves hope. I believe that any sickness can be cured through mind. Since our whole body is controlled by our mind, we can effect the operation of different parts upto to cellular level through our brains. We just need to learn how to do that and the answer is hope. As long as we have hope, we will continue living and our eventual death would be caused by a sense of hopelessness.

Although I feel much better about my illness now but I would still like to be back to my 100% because I got a very hectic week of work ahead. Wish me luck in Jeddah, I sure would be needing it!!!