How To Pretend You Are Not Sick

Don't want to miss something even when you feel terrible? Fool yourself and others into believing you're ok, at least for a short time.

Steps For a Cold

1. Take allergy relievers (Benadryl works well, but will make you sleepy), fever and headache medications, cough drops for sore throats (gargle with salt water to relieve throat further).
2. Get lots of sleep and use concealer to cover up those dark circles. For girls -- use an eyelash curler and foundation/powder and blush to avoid looking pale.

Steps For a Stomach Virus

1. Take Pepto Bismol (or a generic brand) to stop stomach pain.
2. If you have to throw up, use a bathroom on a diffrent floor from where your parents are.
3. Immediately brush your teeth or use mouthwash so as not to smell weird.

Tips

• Take vitamins if you notice cold symptoms coming on.
• Run water to cover the sound of vomiting.
• Theraflu Severe Cold & Sinus non-drowsy (as of 2002) has the highest dosages of all the medicines, and every kind of medicine used in most other cold medicines. You can use it, and stay awake.
• If it is a sporting game that you can't miss participating, playing sports is not a bad thing, the adrenaline rush from doing so is a great distraction, as long as you don't play physically. For example, in basketball, if you are normally a slasher that drives to the hoop a lot with lots of physical contact, stay back and take jump shots, even when it's out of your element, at least until the adrenaline kicks in and you feel less ill.

Warnings

• Benadryl will make you sleepy.
• Ematrol may make your stomach worse.
• Always take the minimum doseage possible to avoid overdosing.
• If you run a fever over 100, give it up; you should be in bed.
• Never take medicine on an empty stomach; it will just make you throw up.
• Be considerate of others, try to stay away from other people when you are really sick - or they will catch whatever nasty bug you have.
• If you push yourself hard when you are sick, instead of getting healthy in a few days you get sicker. Your body needs to rest, and if you dont give it that willingly, you may have to give it unwillingly later when things get really bad.