I gave myself permission to be ill

[WorriedMami]

and now I can't shake it. DS1 kindly handed me his evil cold yes, I feel bad I told him it was just a cold and sent him to school and I have been totally out of it this week. To the point of totally forgetting his OT meeting this morning. I was so glad of getting them to school I crawled back to bed and got woken by a call asking where I was I'm not working at the moment and let myself go back to bed a couple of times this week and spent the rest of the time on the sofa with minimal housework. It's the first time I have ever allowed myself to do this and now I can't get rid of it. I still feel awful. I have never missed any of his appointments before and have to call back to rearrange. What magic potion can I take to bring me back to normality?

Perhaps it's less "gave yourself permission and more "your body demanded". I would listen to it and just keep doing as you are doing until you feel better. Dose up on flu plus tablets, drink plenty of fluids, eat whatever you fancy when you're hungry, sleep as required and generally do as little as you can whilst keeping all children alive and fed! If you can usually soldier on but this time you cant, then that's your body's reaction for a reason and you shouldn't try to rush yourself back into a normal routine, you'll only wear yourself out and draw the illness out for longer x hope you feel better soon x

I've been taking flu plus tablets, but the effects wear off after an hour or so. They've never let me down before DC are still alive and currently refusing to do their chores [sigh]