So, I am finishing up my 2nd semester in a 5 semester ADN program that I started in January. Things are going pretty well gradewise, but this semester I just keep getting sick!
Last semester I was sick once, some viral thing (I went to a clinic, they did bloodwork and told me it was viral). It was like a flu with body aches and fever, headache. I wore a mask and went to class anyway because we were getting a test back that day AND we had a quiz... with no makeups possible.
This semester I got a similar flu-LIKE thing a month ago, and had fever, headache, body ache and nausea for 3-4 days. I had to miss a lab day because we were going to be oriented on the mother/child unit and I did not want to bring my germs up there. Once again, it was viral (as attested by the doc at the clinic) so there wasn't really anything I could take to get better faster.
Now, one month later, I am trying to get over a bad sinus infection.
I eat pretty healthy and walk for 45 minutes most days after class. I take a multi-vitamin daily and go to a chiropractor regularly. I work every weekend and have class M-F, but I still get enough sleep.
Any suggestions on how I can boost my immune system so I can quit getting sick?? I know nursing school is stressful and that can lead to a weakened immune system, but this seems ridiculous.
Oh, yeah - I work at a hospital and so I had my "mandatory" flu shot in 2012 and 2013. Funny, when I was teaching middle school, I never got the flu shot but I also didn't get sick this often!!
