Sick! (But it's not cancer)

I am usually a pretty healthy person. Since my second or third year of teaching I have built up a pretty good immune system to the little sweethearts germs. This year, however, I seem to be germ central. It's irritating. I have had a cold for over a week. Every day I wake up and think "it's getting better! It should be gone in another day..." Yeah, that hasn't worked out, it's still here. It makes me angry. I've been so freaking healthy! I haven't had any alcohol, I exercise regularly, I get about 8 hours of sleep, and I'm really careful about what I eat. This is just stupid.

I tell people that I haven't seen in a while that I'm sick, but it's not because of cancer. I feel the need to include that disclaimer in case they wonder. I told Dr. Lee that when I cough I imagine the cancer cells growing and having a party. I asked her if that was likely. She laughed and said no. Part of her job at NYU was to grow cancer cells and inject them into mice to test out different drugs. She said she came in disappointed pretty regularly because the cancer cells were so hard to grow. My friend Chris said she would think of it as coughing out the cancer cells. Wouldn't that be cool!?

Anyway, overall I'm great. I have regular germs and regular colds just like non-cancery people. I'm sure I'll be better tomorrow. :)