Who looks after you when you are sick?

Mostly me, since my mom is mostly at work all day. But she looks after me as well a little bit, especially if I'm really really sick, and my grandmother is usually at home downstairs if I ned=ed something.

I usually look after myself, but I had an operation last week & my parents looked after me. This week my SO is looking after me, thanks Derek.

My oldest son, if I am really, really sick. But ussually I just have to deal with it.

I look after myself, to the extent that any looking-after occurs at all. I get a lot of allergies, and I mostly ignore them, but it means that I almost never pay attention to the warning signs of an incoming sickness. This, in turn, leads to my almost never taking time off from work or otherwise changing my schedule. So when I'm sick I don't really get looked after.

My mummy.

Mommy.

I'm usually quite capable of looking after myself. There isn't really anyone else who I'd want to impinge myself on.

Typically I do. I think the last couple times I was sick I wasn't dating anyone, but if I got sick now my SO would probably take care of me a little. Typically I don't really need taking-care-of when I'm sick, and it's better for people to just stay away and not catch what I have. But I do still like it when someone babies me, whether I need it or not!

It depends on the illness. When I had my (pretty severe) stroke last year, I got so much help and support from all my relatives, friends, physical therapists, etc. I also had a positive attitude, and decided it was not going to "beat" me. With God's help, and all that support, I now walk normally, and just got a clean bill of health from my doctor. I can't forget the support I got from all my SC buddies. It helped more than you know. Thank you!

Well, being a guy, I would like very much to be able to turn into some kind of whining, whimpering, helpless infant everytime I got the sniffles, but that's never been an option. I look after myself.

My mommy She makes me lemon sherbet when I have a sore throat, plumps up my pillows, fusses over me..

Myself. Now, if you mean sick as in actually Ill -not just a little miserable feeling with maybe some fever and throwing up- then it depends on what type of sickness.

I usually look after myself...but my SO and daughter are always a comfort and happy to help me if I need things

My daughter and my ex-husband.

I look after myself. My relatives live on the East Coast and I prefer to be left alone when I'm ill unless it's really serious. If that's the case, then I will see a doctor. If I have the flu or a cold, I take care of myself.

Generally I look after myself unless I'm too sick and then I see a doctor. I seldom get anything worse than a cold though.

Typically I look after myself.

Usually my mom. I tend to throw up a lot when I get the flu and my dad is squeamish about the smell, sound and sight of throw up. He'll try to hold my head, but at the same time he's gagging like crazy. It doesn't bother my mom a bit. If I'm really sick I go to our doctor.

i take care of myself, and my husband and our child and our other child and the kitties and the cleaning and the cooking and the errands and the laundry and the yard and my own mental issues and god forbid me saying that i'm sick and forget about anyone feeling like they should help pitch in a little more and forget about the idea that i can take a nap or sleep it off because i have to take care of my husband and our child and our other child and the kitties and the house and everything that comes with it and oh yeah, myself

I take care of myself.

beth, my so.

I am totally of the opinion that guys are huge babies when they are sick! I barely let a cold disrupt my life, but my SO gets a cold and everything grinds to a halt! I have observed this pattern in many others as well... Even if the men in question take care of themselves, they sure do complain about it a lot more!

I look after myself unless I'm really ill and then I go to the doctor. I'm a big boy.

Yeah! I wonder what that's all about.

Well, there's the obvious answer...

Please?

Men are big babies!

Oh that!

I have serious doubts about women being the "weaker" sex!

Yeah me too! (Unless, of course, we're talking about a weakness for shoe sales.)

Well,physically is usually true (even though an athletic woman is stronger than a physically weak man)....but spiritually...more the other way around!
Well,I'm joking,let's say that women and men are both strong in a different way.Quantity is the same,quality is different.

I look after myself and everyone else, but if my husband is home, he looks after us. He's a nurse.

I don't get sick enough to need "looking after" very often, but when I do, my wonderful SO takes very good care of me. And she's cute, too!

You've obviously been looking in Mandy's side of the closet.

A combination of my SO, my mother, and my daughter(who is 2) tries to help.

Usually I look after myself but my daughter and my husband help if I ask them to. I don't like to ask.

Is she the Imelda Marcos of Skagit County?

I was watching a show last night called "Boys: The Weaker Sex," on the Discovery Channel. It was really interesting, talking about how boys are more vulnerable than girls at most stages of development because of certain biological differences and because our (Western/European) culture doesn't deal well with the problems that can arise. Apparently boys are much more likely than girls to drop out of school, to be victims of violent crime, and/or to kill themselves.

Perhaps they need to get together with other men and cry... and bang drums or something...

I'm sure that would help! Carrying cans of mace might help, too.

My mom, my SO, and myself.

In case they get a surly waiter?

No, then they can just undertip!

Yep!

BTW, did you have a nice Thanksgiving?

Yeah, very nice thank you! I went over to Saltspring Island (where my parents live) with my brother and his family. The kids even went swimming in the lake! A new record for the latest in the year. They weren't in very long. I teased them that I would go the next day and break their record. I didn't though, not quite that brave. My father is a bit of a golfing fanatic. He goes at the crack of dawn a few times a week. My brother and I joined him on Monday morning. That was a first too. We had both golfed with him before, but never at the same time. I think he really liked that. It was something else standing on the first tee at about 7:30 AM waiting for the frost to melt on the fairway so we could tee off...

Not that everyone else doesn't try

Interesting that NO ONE has checked "father". Everyone's father still the old stereotypical "breadwinner", off to work every day, comes home and vegs in front of the TV while mom does all the chores and childcare? I can't imagine this is true.

Yeah,pretty much
He washes dishes though.

Oh, I bet it's nice there! The closest I've been is Sidney since that's where the Anacortes Ferry goes, and then I've driven down to Victoria. I sure love what little I've seen of Vancouver Island.

Are you a crack-of-dawn kinda guy, or were you out there rubbing your eyes wishing for another cup of coffee? (That'd be me... the other golfers would be in grave danger if I were swinging a club at that hour!)

I look after myself I`m 40 years old so i`d better,now if i was criticaly sick and couldn`t get out of bed my Mom Dad Friend or some other relative would look in on me i`m sure.

I'm naturally a vampire kind of guy; avoiding sunlight, bedding down as the sun rises and rising as it sets. I force myself to keep regular hours. I managed to get back on that schedule when I was on Saltspring. I was the first one up every morning and got plenty of coffee in me before I had to interact with the other humans.

Usually my Mum. But I'm not well now! We have a college nurse and I'm registered with the college doctor. Haven't been to see them yet though, except to register (family history and blood pressure). I think my friends here wouldn't desert me if I was really ill. My mum might even come to see me then.

Mostly I see me looking after myself here. I should really take some tablets before I go to bed.

I usually end up looking after myself and then doing a boat-load of dishes when I'm better. Even after I had minor surgery under my arms a couple years ago, my husband wouldn't touch the dishes even though I couldn't do them without being in pain. They sat there for a week and I ended up doing them while feeling like my stitches were being pulled out.

I had a lump removed from under my left armpit area and a larger tumor the size of a kiwi removed from my right side. So using my arms was very painful at the time. He did help me take a bath and wash my hair though.

Yet another reason I don't want to have kids. You still have to somehow get up and take care of them even when you're puking. No thanks!

i know....i could be bleeding out of my eyes, but i'd still have to function as if it were a prozac morning!!!

i don't get sick, but when i have a panic attack they does all she can to make my boo-boo better

Beer helps me out. Wife does not.

You missed out Husband or Wife.

That's your SO (significant other)