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In Sickness And In Health

I am totally challenging fate here by writing this post. Daredevil that I am. I have not been sick for over 6 months or more. Apart from a stomach bug in Venice that passed in 24 hours that doesn’t technically count because when I look up sick in my dictionary it says cold and or coughing. Don’t you think that’s weird?The theories I have are:A. Environment: I no longer catch public transport frequently. Bad for the environment but apparently good for me.B. Diet: We generally eat well. We eat food prepared at home 4 times a week - breakfast/lunch/dinner. We also have an organic fruit and veg delivery? But we also eat Sara Lee French Vanilla icecream and get takeaway at least once a week! Be gone evil delicious samosa!C. Lifestyle: I no longer gym as frequently if at all but I do walk the dog every day for an hour. I have also reinstated morning runs 3 times a week but that only started this week so that can’t be it! I enjoy my work but this is a personal blog and we don’t talk about work. I watch the Lifestyle Channel? I occasionally binge drink but only for very good reasons like birthdays or visiting UK residents.  This is perhaps the most convoluted theory. D. Karma:  I have broken a hand bone and had only 1 of 3 wisdom teeth taken out though so maybe I’m getting a break on the sickness side.Hmmm…theories are interesting aren’t they? Who’s taking bets that I fall sick very soon after this post? 

You can discount 2 / 3 / 4. It’s all about public transport. It’s a theory I’ve tested heavily in London.

I’m glad you’re healthy and it sounds to me like it’s definitely all of the above. However, I don’t think six months of good health is so extraordinary! That’s about my average too.

I would also count the stomach bug, I’m afraid.

Dictionary.com definitions of ’sick’:
1. afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
2. affected with nausea; inclined to vomit.
3. deeply affected with some unpleasant feeling, as of sorrow, disgust, or boredom: sick at heart; to be sick of parties.
4. mentally, morally, or emotionally deranged, corrupt, or unsound: a sick mind; wild statements that made him seem sick.
5. characteristic of a sick mind: sick fancies.
6. dwelling on or obsessed with that which is gruesome, sadistic, ghoulish, or the like; morbid: a sick comedian; sick jokes.
7. of, pertaining to, or for use during sickness: He applied for sick benefits.
8. accompanied by or suggestive of sickness; sickly: a sick pallor; the sick smell of disinfectant in the corridors.
9. disgusted; chagrined.
10. not in proper condition; impaired.
11. Agriculture.
a. failing to sustain adequate harvests of some crop, usually specified: a wheat-sick soil.
b. containing harmful microorganisms: a sick field.
12. Now Rare. menstruating.
–noun
13. (used with a plural verb) sick persons collectively (usually prec. by the).
—Idioms
14. call in sick, to notify one’s place of employment by telephone that one will be absent from work because of being ill.
15. sick and tired, utterly weary; fed up: I’m sick and tired of working so hard!
16. sick at one’s stomach, Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. nauseated.
17. sick to one’s stomach, Chiefly Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. nauseated.