Overcompensating

[anord]

I tend to go into denial when I start feeling like I'm getting sick. I'll try to push past it, then crash, probably making it worse than it would have been if I'd just given myself a break.

My throat started feeling swollen and sore today. My flatmate has a rather nasty throat infection, and after texting him, I confirmed that his symptoms were the

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[speaky_bean]

It doesn't sound too ridiculous. Most of those things will be useful whether you'd sick or not, and those that won't be can be saved until such time that you do get sick. If necessary, you can cancel the doctor's appointment, and if you can't it's always good to get a check-up! Your caution-level sounds pretty reasonable to me. Hopefully you won't get sick, and if you do, it won't be too bad.