# I'b sick. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 15, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ib-sick/259957 "2004-08-15T17:00:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ib-sick/259957/1 "2004-08-15T17:00:15Z")
By dose is all stuffed ub. I’ve had a lowgrade fever for 3 days. I think I inhaled a feather and it’s staying in my throat to tickle me. My voice is disappearing. I managed to go a whole summer without getting sick, and now, with school starting in a week, a cold hits me like a 2-by-4 to the back of the head. And I can’t call in sick to work next week because everyone else is on vacation and we’re already very shortstaffed. ☹ I think I’ll go back to bed now. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ib-sick/259957/2 "2004-08-15T17:43:28Z")
Awww! Maybe try some of these [feel-good remedies](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=270704). I hope you feel better soon! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ib-sick/259957/3 "2004-08-15T17:47:11Z")
Talk about username irony! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![smartini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/22d042/32.png) [@smartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smartini)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ib-sick/259957/4 "2004-08-15T18:24:20Z")
Missed that **Q.E.D** 😃 Get better soon, **Antigen** , summer colds are crummy ☹