Who Do You Reach For?

[twysted73]

When you're sick. Body wracked with muscle aches. Head pounding mercilessly, sore throat makes you kick when you swallow (water people, let's keep this clean), running a fever....


When your defenses are down...who do you trust to attend to you? To help you through it? Or do you slink off to the woods to die alone?



is tired of being sick and it's only been a day damnit

 

[Mrs. Sanj]

Sorry you don't feel well.

I always turn to Sanj, curl up in his lap and see through the top of my head how hard he's rolling his eyes at me for being such a big baby about it. He still makes me feel better though!

 

[desertslave]

Awww feel better!

I reach for my Master, always. He's seen me at my best and at my worst. It's always a little unnerving when he fusses over me, but it still feels good. He's the one person I can be totally ME with, no matter what that might entail at the moment.

One exception. LOL He gets bored silly in hospitals. I had to spend a week just a few weeks ago. He visited me every day (and I wasn't critically ill or anything, anyway) but gets antsy after a while. I didn't need to be 'babysat' anyway (I try to be a good patient for the staff) and I knew he was happier messing around at home.

Being on EKG telemetry, though, is a total PITA. No phone sex for us!

 

[BiBunny]

Kitty. Always Kitty. She's the only person in the world who's always been there for me.

I've been sick all weekend. Anemic. I'm pale, weak, trembling. The room is spinning around me. I have to work, though. Seems every wanker asshole in the world decided to call phone sex today and talk to me. Not one single easy call all day. And I have a paper due in class tomorrow, a presentation Tuesday, another paper Wednesday, and two finals Thursday. I can't even stand up without fear of losing consciousness. I'm so fucking sleepy, and I'm having to sit up at my desktop and watch the words on the screen chase each other around because the charger for my laptop broke. I can't form sentences when I speak. I sound drunk, actually, because I'm stumbling over my words. I'm on my period, too, which makes it worse, as I'm losing valuable blood that I don't need to lose. I had no idea it could be this bad.

No rest for the wicked, though. The paper won't write itself.

Feel better, Twysted. I know how you feel.

 

[myinnerslut]

Master.

ive been sick lately as well. relapse has not been good to me. Master has been there from one extrem to the other and went far far far out of his way to take care of me and protect me.

 

[madetotakeit]

Slinking away to die into the woods alone...eh, too melodramatic. Grab someone and let them spoil you. Besides, it's only polite to share.

Sorry you're under the weather. It's summer you're not supposed to be sick...well not like that anyway.

 

[kinkyknickers]

Master and Minxie came and looked after me and brought me cake (my favourite), Ibuprofen, paracetamol, vitamins and tissues...... and then I got all cranky and nasty, nice one!

Yep, I love being sick too.

Normally I'd just ring my mum and cry to her (she's a nurse, very helpful), but she's somewhere in the Amazon at the moment, so it's a little hard to get hold of her.... I miss my mum *sook*.

I'm glad my partners are there to look afetr me, even if I am an evil, nasty wench.

KK

 

[graceanne]

It depends on how sick I am. If it's a cold or something minor I take care of myself. If it's big I trust K to take care of me and the kids.

 

[SubKekiLee]

Well when I am sick most of the time I just want to sleep. but I want to sleep next to Sir.. and even if he just watched TV it would be okay... or slept too.. ( god he so needs it) works WAY too many hours... But if Sir were sick Id hope he want my service... but if he wanted to be left alone Id ensure the phones didnt ring and give him anything his heart desired.... Cause It is my service that I love to give to him.. and only him...

 

[pink]

i don't have anyone to take care of me when i'm sick. i just do the best i can, and wait it out until i'm better.

 

[Homburg]

For the most part I am a grumpy, surly, old grizzly when I'm sick. I don't generally want to reach for anybody. But I am also a big baby, so viv makes sure that she is somewhere around for when I inevitably need stuff.

Oddly enough, I reach for Buttercup, one of our cats, for comfort most often when I'm sick. she is the household "sick cat". She is never a terribly social animal, but whenever anyone is sick, Buttercup is right there at their side. she may look like she dislikes the job and your whining on occassion, but she is right there anyway.

I have had many a conversation with that cat about just how fucking miserable I was feeling. Sure, she looks at you like you're an idiot when you do that, but she listens. And she has never once picked on me for being pathetic, unlike some unruly slaves that I could mention.

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And MIS, doll, it wasn't going out of my way to take care of you. It's what I do. You needed me, and I was glad to be there.

 

[madetotakeit]

Oddly enough, I reach for Buttercup, one of our cats, for comfort most often when I'm sick. she is the household "sick cat". She is never a terribly social animal, but whenever anyone is sick, Buttercup is right there at their side. she may look like she dislikes the job and your whining on occassion, but she is right there anyway.

Animals are great at comforting. Whenever I am sick or just emotional, my chow is right there beside me. She seems to always know when I need to cuddle or just have something with a heartbeat nearby. Like Buttercup, most would not see her as terribly social. She's more like a cat trapped in a very furry dog's body.

 

[Chicklet]

The last few times, I've hidden alone in my room.

My man doesn't want to be around me when I'm sick, because I'll get HIM sick.

 

[rida]

Sorry to hear you are under the weather. Hope you'll get better soon

I know how nasty it is when you cannot swallow. Been there, done that just a couple of months ago, and it was not funny.

When I'm sick ... I still take care of myself. And everybody else. Unless I'm really really really unable to even stand up. And then, I just want to be left alone ... to die in the woods, lol. Hubby will do his best, but taking care of the sick is not one of his strong suit.

I'm not really used to be pampered, not even when sick, so I've no idea how I would feel. Probably guilty.

 

[Essene]

I'm sorry you're ill. Hope you feel better.

Well, I'm a mother, and the world doesn't stop turning just because I'm ill.

If I still had to take care of my husband I would most likely be expected to take care of him and my daughter despite being ill, unless he was having a "nice" day. (we were not D/s, he's just an ass)

Now if I'm ill I still have to take care of myself, but I'm lucky in that I can rely on my parents to take care of my toddler. So two less people to take care of when I'm ill.

If I want a back rub or something I'll just have to go pay for one unfortunately. *shrug*

 

[LittleJade]

I reach for my honey, or my mom.

 

[BiaTcHiNFiRe]

Woods.

When I feel shit I wanna be all alone.

 

[Breaker_Morant]

My quilt, my laptop, my remote and head to my couch.

I order pizza and make sure I have plenty of cold tea to drink. I don't want anyone around because personal hygiene goes out the window until I can't stand myself.

 

[notalwaysweak]

All I ever want to do when I'm sick is sleep it off, so nobody. Well, except the cats, if they don't decide to sleep on my throat (one of them did so last night, it was awful). This is true whether it's a cold or a sore back or, well, anything I've experienced illness-wise to date.

Hope you feel better soon twysted

 

[catalina_francisco]

Usually I am just as happy to be left alone to sleep if I am seriously ill like at the moment. It is appreciated F took over the cooking and cleaned up a couple of problems, not to mention the occasional cuddle though that was restricted to avoid either of us being tempted to go further than cuddling. I was hoping I would be vastly improved by today.....forever the optimist...but the upside of not being even close to recovery was I didn't have the energy to feel embarrassed about the state of our living room when someone came for a pre-organised appointment. I had intended trying o disguise the mess it has gotten into in my absence, but she turned up an hour early so I just accepted it didn't matter. Will be another day of horizontal worship.

Catalina

 

[catalina_francisco]

I've been sick all weekend. Anemic. I'm pale, weak, trembling. The room is spinning around me. I have to work, though. Seems every wanker asshole in the world decided to call phone sex today and talk to me. Not one single easy call all day. And I have a paper due in class tomorrow, a presentation Tuesday, another paper Wednesday, and two finals Thursday. I can't even stand up without fear of losing consciousness. I'm so fucking sleepy, and I'm having to sit up at my desktop and watch the words on the screen chase each other around because the charger for my laptop broke. I can't form sentences when I speak. I sound drunk, actually, because I'm stumbling over my words. I'm on my period, too, which makes it worse, as I'm losing valuable blood that I don't need to lose. I had no idea it could be this bad.

Hmmm, you know my thoughts but I will repeat them. Get to a doctor today...tomorrow could be to late...get an extension on the papers and presentations if possible...usually a doctor can give you cover for that and rescheduling exams etc., if you are ill enough and I would say you are likely as ill as I am and I am considered lucky to be alive. Dying, or ending up in ICU is not a good way to get out of academic expectations.

Catalina

 

[Desdemona]

I mostly want to sleep on the couch with the TV on and the dog at my feet

T is there when I need him. He takes me to the dr and has called 911 on occasion. ugh. When I was in the hospital, he refused to leave my side except when I went to surgery or for testing. Hopefully, that won't need to happen any more.



I also want to give Snooze credit. When we were together, he took great care of me the couple of times I was sick. He's a wonderful guy and a great friend with a big heart (even though he is a twisted dominant sort).

 

[the captians wench]

I still call my mommy.

There's a chinese place we know that makes the best wonton soup. If she's working she'll pick me up some of that and drop it off on her way home. She's not much of a physical touch person, so she doesn't cuddle me anymore but I do talk to her all day when I'm sick.

When I'm sick all I really want is for some one to curl up and cuddle me. I usually don't get it tho, so I push thru as long as I can, then when it's finally too much I spend 3 days in bed feeling lonely and miserable. Jounar is usually around for some part of this to yell at me to take it easy and rest more, but that's hard for me to do.

 

[callinectes]

I prefer to be left alone with the remote and good chick movies. Daddy will run errands for me and bring me chocolate chip cookies and then leave. He understands semi-hermit-when-sick people.

 

[cherokee_dove]

i just get comfy in an old long terry cloth gown (very warm), wrap my Harley blanket around me, set up my computer at a gaming site, pop some sick meds, and wait it out on the gaming site.

Hope You get better soon, Twysted.