By: Hannah Wiley, Assistant Features Editor
The features team sat down this week and went, “what should we write about?” Instead of brainstorming, we had a coughing fit. After collecting ourselves, we decided that although the campus cold had captured us, we could at least prevent you from being sick! As someone who lost count of how many times I got tonsillitis last school year, I’m here to help you through my mistakes and give you a guide to staying healthy as a college student!
Go to the Health Center: The features team is the first to admit we aren’t the best at following this rule. We don’t want you to end up with a several-month-long sinus infection that makes its way all the way to Italy and back cough cough Madelynn Lockwood cough cough. The Health Center is there to help and it’s free, so try to take advantage of it before going anywhere else. We just want to look out for you and prevent a potentially massive medical bill.
Medicine and Vitamins: I cannot tell you how many times I’ve called my mom and said, “I don’t feel good,” only for the response to be, “did you take medicine?” The answer nine times out of ten is no. The moment you feel sick, you should take some medicine. It’s important to make sure you keep up with your daily vitamins too. I hate orange flavored things, but sometimes Emergen-C can make that sickness go away in less than a day.
Wearing Warm Clothes: Not to mother you too much, but please, if it's below 50 degrees, put on a jacket! I’m especially looking at those of you who don’t live in Dugan, Frisch or Bosch, and aren't able to travel entirely via the tunnels. It took me until November of my sophomore year to invest in a winter jacket – do not be like me. When you go home for Thanksgiving break, bring back your puffiest jacket, fuzziest socks, your warmest beanie and maybe some shirts you can layer under your sweatshirts. Trust me, you’ll appreciate it during finals week when it's blizzarding.
Sleep: Any college student that tells you that they get enough sleep is lying to you. You can stay up as late as you want and function on as little sleep as you want when you are healthy; but the moment you are sick, I’m begging you to go to bed early and take naps when you need it. If there is one thing I took from what my mom tells me to do when I’m sick, it’s that “rest is best.”
Be Transparent with your Professors: I would like to publicly apologize to Dr. Snyder for how many emails she got from me last semester because I had, once again, gotten tonsillitis. Trust me, if you are sick, your professors do not want you in class. Not only are you going to get your classmates sick, but you are also going to get the professor sick, and I doubt they want that. Take the time to email them, and maybe throw in a sad face emoji to really get the sympathy flowing.
As sad as it is, we are officially in “sick season” here at Canisius. Maddy and I get each other sick way too often, and I apologize in advance if we’re the ones who got you sick at some point. But I’m begging you to use this if you’re feeling under the weather so you can nip it in the bud before the bug comes back around to team features.
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