Basic Pursuits

About ten years ago I was working on a newsletter project for a medical client and had the opportunity to interview an immunologist in South Florida. He was very learned with many degrees behind his name and a lot of research on his resume. Sadly, I can't remember his name, but I do remember something that he said more than once.

"Rest is your immune system's best friend."

I believed him, both because he came with such powerful bonafides and because my mother said the same thing, in so many words.

So last Sunday when my throat got more sore by the minute, my nose stopped up, and all I could think about was lying down, I decided to follow the advice. I stayed pretty much horizontal through Monday and Tuesday and today, Wednesday, I'm feeling good enough to put in half a day.

I followed the doc's (and my mother's) advice and it payed off. By tomorrow, I know I'll be pretty much back to normal. If I had tried to suck it up and tough it out, I probably would have felt like crap for another couple of days and would have run the risk of giving my crud to the nice folks in my office.

Yaaaaay me! Yaaaaay rest!