Seriously...why is it when someone on TV or in the movies gets sick, they look exactly the same as they do every other day? I have even see real people like that, I mean ones who are not on TV or in the movies.  I am not one of them.
When my head aches, my eyes droop and get wonky and seem to be sinking in the dark, purplish black circles beneath them.  My nose and upper lip swell when I cry or if I have a cold.  There is none of this dabbing at the corners of your eyes with a kleenex.  I use half a roll of toilet paper and I honk like a clown weilding a horn.  My husband entertains himself by shouting, "All Clear for ships!"  There is nothing delicate about the noise I make when I have a cold.
If I throw up, my entire face swells and becomes covered in tiny red dots, which fortunately match the vivid blood red that takes over the whites of my eyes at those moments.  Aside from the horrendous wretching sounds made when one throws up, there are other indignities.  I was talking to a friend of mine recently who confessed that she, as many of us who have had children, does not have complete bladder control once the yhacking process takes over.  So, not only are you barfing your insides out, with enough racket to make anyone within ear shot gag, but you are also peeing on the floor at the same time.  Not too bad if you are in your own bathroom with the door locked.  Not so good if you are on a road trip and wearing blue jeans. Or a sundress...(sorry kiddo but it was funny and I'm not using your name).
Yesterday I developed a vicious headache and now today the flu has settled in for a stay.  It makes me furious because I have way too much to do, but if throwing up is even a distant possibility, I think I will stay close to my bathroom with the locking door.