So I will probably be losing a lot of weight in the next few days (weeks?) because I have come down with something fierce. Total nausea and other symptoms I will not gross you out with. I cannot even think to eat. Low grade fever.

Why does this carp have to happen as soon as my husband deploys? Everytime, it is something.

Uhhhhhh.

Maybe it's mental? Like you make yourself sick with worry and sadness?

I'm with Beerab. You're mental. Just kiddin' of course. Feel better soon!

I have a feeling that it's just nerves/stress/anxiety, etc. The same exact thing ALWAYS happens to me when I'm going through something anxiety inducing (i.e. finals, a lay-off/job-hunting, a fight with the hubs, etc.).

It's that time of the year. With the deployment of your husband maybe your body was also a little more stressed than usual leaving you more likely to catch anything coming your way. Hope you are feeling much better soon. If it's any consolation I remember catching at least five or six types of bugs last year by this time. I've taken tons of vitamin C this year and mix in L-Glutamine in my oatmeal. (Mel suggested this to me last year and I thank her once again. It appears to be working.) Only one or two bugs this year.

Could be anxiety? Sorry though. That's certainly no fun at all

Well I *am* mental, but that is beside the point. lol. No, my husband leaves all the time and it is not that. I mean, I hate to see him go, but that is not it. I have a feeling I caught something since I work in a large hospital. I just heard that Europe (and Germany specifically) is having a flu epidemic and they are having to put patients in hallways for lack of beds.

I live in Germany. I just hope my immune system takes care of whatever I have, and soon. I feel like crud that has been run over by a truck.

That's no fun. I had something like that for a few weeks this year. I hope you'll kick it very soon!

totally bad idea