It's only expected that at one point or another you will get sick at school. It typically happens within the first month of Freshman year, and sometimes it expends to the entire first semester. We like to call it the "freshman plague", and it is very real and very awful. The stages of getting sick are familiar to most college students by now.
1. You hear through the grapevine that somebody living in one of the dorms across campus is sick, but you don't worry because it probably won't spread to the other dorms.
2. Someone in your dorm is sick, but you still don't care because you're having too much fun at school to worry about getting sick.
3. Your friend on your hall is sick and she was in your room last night so you start panic a little bit.
4. You disinfect your whole room and take extra precautionary measures by washing your sheets, your hands, and disinfecting everything in sight.
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5. You feel a tickle in your throat and freak out because you know you're getting sick.
6. You start chugging emergen-c by the gallon and taking a million different drugs to prevent yourself from getting more sick.
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7. You wake up sweating and you can't get out of bed because you feel like you are literally dying and now you know you are sick.
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8. You lie in bed crying for your mom to bring you soup only to realize you're at school and nobody is going to fluff your pillows and tell you to stay home and watch tv all day (but you do it anyway).
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9. You trek over to the health center and get some real medicine so you can get better ASAP.
10. The doctor asks you 21 questions before they finally prescribe you an antibiotic that 'should' help and you feel like you have just been blessed with a million dollars.
11. Everyone tells you not to drink on antibiotics and to take it easy but it's college and you don't care.
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13. 48 hours have passed and you finally start feeling better.
14. Your friend comes in to tell you that you get her sick, but it isn't your fault because everyone is sick and you don't really care now that you're better.
15. You go out and enjoy yourself because YOLO and you'll probably get sick again before next semester.
This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.
