The importance of resting when your sick! Blog

Too often we all try and be hereos when we're sick. We keep chugging along, working hard and don't stop to let our bodies rest! Why is this so wrong?????

There are a couple of REALLY good reasons you should rest when you're sick.

Firstly your body needs to fight the bug and to do so it needs rest!

Secondly don't think by soildering on you're helping any one else out. By going to work when you're sick you are only spreading your germs and making others around you sick. So if you're not well stay home and get over it!

I wish the guy on my flight last week had taken the above advice. On my last trip on my first flight of the day we had a man throwing up all over the place (nice start to the day!). He blamed it on the seafood he ate the night before although now I'm starting to think he had Gastro.

On Thursday lunch time one of my crew members started feeling sick and spent most of the flight in the toilet. I wasn't feeling too flash either so we thought we must have eaten something funny on the aircraft the day before. Lucky for me I made it to my hotel room in Brissie before I spent the rest of the afternoon/night in the bathroom. I must say it's not nice being sick away from home!!!!! Anyway I assumed it was just food poisoning and hopefully by the morning (3am) I'd be ok to fly home.

The next morning I still felt a bit average but wasn't vommiting anymore so I thought I'd make it home ok. I did, and I kinda felt ok on Saturday and even went to the gym, moved the lawns and picked up Cam from the airport.

Although after spending all weekend with Cam he's gone back to Mackay only to end up really sick with Gastro and hasn't been back to work yet! I feel so bad as obviously I made him sick. I didn't realise it was Gastro and if I'd known I would have hidden myself away at home but instead I was out spreading my germs around.

Yesterday and today I've still been feeling a bit average (I think I over did it on the weekend) so I've been hanging at home resting up.

So if you ever feel guilty for resting up when you're sick, don't! As you're doing the rest of us a big favour by staying home and getting over it.

I hope everyone is happy and healthy.

Cheers, Hilds