What foods do you crave when you are sick? Since I am now starting my second round of antibiotics to kick this nasty bronchitis (walking pneumonia?), I can tell you that I crave chips. Corn chips, potato chips, garlicky chips, cheesy chips--it doesn't matter, really. If it is salty and crunchy, my bacteria-and virus-addled brain thinks it is the best food ever.
I would think that a sick brain would want soup or applesauce or ice cream or something soft and comforting. Maybe something hearty like lasagna or stew. But no, I want chips.
One cannot subsist on chips alone, no matter how sick one is. The sick part of my brain doesn't know this, however, so the rational part of my brain has to step in and demand a piece of fruit or turkey sandwich. "Chips on the SIDE," it yells to its sick counterpart. "No, chips all the time!" Sicky VonGreyMatter replies. It is an epic battle.
Perhaps a second round of zithromiacin will settle the debate once and for all. I am slipping right back to where I was two weeks ago before the first round of antibiotics. Coughing. Tired. Headachey. I felt so much better for the 10 days the antibiotics were in my system, but the very day they ran out I because ill again.
Totally lame.
1 comment:
I'm a traditionalist, craving chicken noodle soup with dill in it. Best thing ever. the chip craving is an everyday craving for me. Feel better! Balance all that salt with some liquids and don't forget to eat some yogurt.
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