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5 Things We Take Advantage Of When We're Not Sick

And regret taking for granted when we ARE sick.

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I don't know about anyone else, but during the summer my immune system seems to hate me the most and decides NOT to work. For some reason, I get sick during the summer WAY MORE often than I get sick during the winter. This makes going to work, class, or hanging out with friends even more difficult when I feel like I'm half dead laying in bed. This article is dedicated to the 7 things we take for granted when we aren't sick, that we desperately long for when we are.

1. Being able to breathe

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This is probably the number one thing we take for granted while we are feeling alive and healthy. We take breathing for granted when our nose isn't running or feel like its clogged and our sinuses are about to pop out of our head. So when we actually can't breathe and turn into a mouth breather, we hate our lives and beg for mercy from the sickness god's to have mercy on our nose.

2. Being able to sleep and breathe at the same time

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This reason goes hand in hand with the second one. I have gotten probably 4 hours of sleep over the past 48 hours and I am just loving life. I have to prop myself up on a thousand pillows, sleep sitting straight up AND still snore because I can't breathe properly so I wake up with a sore throat.

3. Not looking like Rudolph the Reindeer

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I severely apologize on behalf of the environment for the amount of tissues I have consumed over the past two days. My nose is rubbed raw but I can't stop trying to get this stuff out of my system. Make it stop.

4. Being able to bend over and pick up things

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With my current sinus infection, the pressure building up underneath my eyes is enough to cause me to get a migraine. I learned this morning that it is not a good idea either to bend over and think that you're not going to be in excruciating pain. I bent over and I nearly collapsed to the ground.

5. Being able to taste food

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I hate when I'm sick and I can't taste the food that's going into my mouth. It's the worst sensation in the world to be chewing something and not being able to taste it or smell it. I just want to enjoy my food, okay?

To all the healthy individuals out there in the world breathing normal and tasting their food, hats off to you. Just remember not to take advantage of the days where you can breathe out of both nostrils and your nose isn't feeling like the great Niagara Falls of mucus falling out of your nose. We are jealous of you.

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