My granddaughter, Carolee
name in part after my sister Carol,
showing a cow in country fair.
Are there any advantages to being sick? When one is sick there is not much upside but afterwards, with reflection there are some pluses. Sickness of any kind gives one a sense of what other sick persons go through. When my sister, Carol, first had breast cancer she would suffer this nauseating feeling from medication and chemotherapy. During this time my wife and I took a dinner/gambling excursion in Florida. After dinner we got terrible sea sickness and were nauseated. It end when we got back to shore but I did get a better understanding of what my sister was suffering.
Sickness slows one down. I am starting to feel better but the last few days I have had a lazy feeling, working in starts and stops. Project take more time but I think are done better when done slowly.
Sickness puts one in solidarity with people of all over the world, who suffer hunger, war wounds, brain injuries, painful diseases and handicaps.
When we, middle class with health insurance, get sick or injured we know we can doctor and hospital care if necessary. You can only sense what it would be like without the hope of treatment as people in this country and around the world experience.
Despite the advantage of sickness I am sure glad that I am getting well. There are many more advantages to good health than sickness. All is well in sickness and health.
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