Sick during the LC?!

_Chaos

woke up yesterday with a cold which makes it impossible to study or do anything remotely related to school....was kinda hoping it was just a one-day thing..but its worse today, got a awful headache too..

just wondering what the hell will I do on Wed if its not gone?!
can't imagine me doing well in Eng1 with a box of tissues and panadol by my side

zam

Oh God, poor you!! I've been dreading this happening for months so I went to the health food store to talk to them about it and they helped a lot.
Basically get some supplements, preferably lots of Vitamin C, and take that now. Don't eat any sugar, it just makes it worse! Drink loads and loads of water!
You can also take an acute dose of echinacea which really helps. In case you don't know it's a supplement made from a flower (of the daisy family...) which wards off colds. Taking it daily helps to prevent colds but if you're suddenly ill you can take a few tablets which won't instantly cure the cold but shortens the duration of it. You can buy it in health food shops and Tesco and stuff. Try it, it really works
Good luck, I hope you get well soon!!

_Chaos

zam wrote: »

Oh God, poor you!! I've been dreading this happening for months so I went to the health food store to talk to them about it and they helped a lot.
Basically get some supplements, preferably lots of Vitamin C, and take that now. Don't eat any sugar, it just makes it worse! Drink loads and loads of water!
You can also take an acute dose of echinacea which really helps. In case you don't know it's a supplement made from a flower (of the daisy family...) which wards off colds. Taking it daily helps to prevent colds but if you're suddenly ill you can take a few tablets which won't instantly cure the cold but shortens the duration of it. You can buy it in health food shops and Tesco and stuff. Try it, it really works
Good luck, I hope you get well soon!!

just gave mam the list now, thanks a million! good luck in your exams:)

Crow92

Afaik there is nothing that will really excuse your from the L.C. as you could be told the paper by a friend and they couldn't give you the seperate one to everyone else.

Even if God forbid one of your parents die and the funeral is on the day of the exam the best they can do to accomidate you is to have a superintendent with you during the funeral and escort you to the school to sit the exam on your own.

highlydebased

Crow92 wrote: »

Even if God forbid one of your parents die and the funeral is on the day of the exam the best they can do to accomidate you is to have a superintendent with you during the funeral and escort you to the school to sit the exam on your own.

If that happened i'd screw the leaving cert tbh.

brian1991

I would echo what zam said. I love my local health food shop and I go there on a weekly basis. I was last there on Friday to get some Solgar Vitamin B, which helps your memory and concentrations. Check it out. :Ɗ

Here's a helpful article as well:

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Finally...

10. Nurture yourself. Make sure you take time to yourself, spend some time with friends, and indulge yourself in a massage, a hot bath, or an energy work session when you want one. Our bodies respond to our emotions - if you're feeling harassed and anxious, it can manifest in a sore throat or a cold. Create a space within yourself and your living environment for harmony, self-love and joy (giving thanks, prayer and blessing the abundance in your life and of the world around you helps). Pay attention to warning signs of sore throat or exhaustion so you can keep them from getting worse. Take a "mental health day" every few months to make sure your emotional needs are met. When you're happy, you're far less likely to get sick.

ldxo15wus6fpgm

Crow92 wrote: »

Afaik there is nothing that will really excuse your from the L.C. as you could be told the paper by a friend and they couldn't give you the seperate one to everyone else.

Even if God forbid one of your parents die and the funeral is on the day of the exam the best they can do to accomidate you is to have a superintendent with you during the funeral and escort you to the school to sit the exam on your own.

A girl from last year's LC in my school had to go into the exams even though her brother had died halfway through them. That was pretty heartbreaking. For whatever reason they couldn't do anything to help her and told her she had to stick to the schedule.

a......COLD????




Grow a pair.

rainbowtrout

Colin Most Chip wrote: »

A girl from last year's LC in my school had to go into the exams even though her brother had died halfway through them. That was pretty heartbreaking. For whatever reason they couldn't do anything to help her and told her she had to stick to the schedule.

Well there's only one sitting of the exam, so you either sit it or you don't regardless of the reason. Because you can be sure that girl wasn't the only one in that position. If allowances were to be made for every student the exam system would be in chaos. The SEC accommodate as much as they can, but they don't reschedule exams.

A girl in the school I work in was sitting JC two years ago when her mother was dying in a hospital in Dublin. A centre was set up for her to sit her exams in the hospital. Her mother died during the exams so she missed one of her maths papers and one of her other subjects. She came home after the funeral and sat the remaining exams in school. That's about as much as could be done for her.

zam

Rojomcdojo wrote: »

a......COLD????




Grow a pair.

Here, it's pretty much near impossible to concentrate as well as you could as if you were in good health, even with a cold. (which can be pretty bad!) When 2 years of work and the past few months of study comes down to the week of the big LC it's pretty justified to be upset about getting a cold! So shush.

brian1991

Rojomcdojo wrote: »

a......COLD????




Grow a pair.

I thought the OP was a girl?

ldxo15wus6fpgm

Rojomcdojo wrote: »

a......COLD????


Grow a pair.

Despite what you'd think, it's damn hard to sit an exam with any sort of sickness. I was devloping symptoms of flu in my JC business exam and had a fully blown flu for french. I was just laid out on my desk for the aural lol could barely focus on listening at all never mind translating.

LNags

i woke up last year on day 1 of the elaving with cevere tonsilitis! was sick for two weeks!! hahaha! hope it doesnt happen this year....

my cousins mum dies during his junior cert...i know its not as important..and he only had two exams left...but still!!!!!

LNags

ahem... excuse my spelling...i should read over my posts before i post them!!

MaggieNF

i woke up liek this yesterday, horrible. i took vitamin c and about 2 litres of water, then before i went to bed i had like a half glass of hot water some sugar and some whiskey in it, drank it just before i went into bed. worked a treat I'm grand now



try it

zam

Had appendicitis on the last day of the JC. Didn't realise though.

spurious

Crow92 wrote: »

Even if God forbid one of your parents die and the funeral is on the day of the exam the best they can do to accomidate you is to have a superintendent with you during the funeral and escort you to the school to sit the exam on your own.

In that case, they would hold the exam before the funeral (starting at 6.30 or 7.00am as needed) and no-one would escort the candidate to the funeral.

The SEC tends to go quite a bit out of its way for some candidates who have suffered a bereavement and wish to sit their exam.

cailin_donn

A guy in our area, his brother was killed a few days before the LC started, and they let him start at something like 7 so he could go to his brothers funeral

And a girl from around here is due to give birth in the middle of her leaving, so an examiner is going into the hospital so supervise her. if she goes into labour during or before an exam, theyll just let her sit it again when shes ready

Quazzie

I remember when we were doing the LC years ago one of the guys in our year broke his arm broke his arm two weeks before the LC. It was his writing arm and I remember he had to go in a room with a supervisor and one of the teachers from school and he told the teacher what to write. As if that wasn't funny enough he also done it for Tech Graphics telling the teacher where and what to draw.

I know this isn't any help to the OP but just I'd share the semi relevant story. Hope ya start feeling better for the LC.

x in the city

cailin_donn wrote: »

A guy in our area, his brother was killed a few days before the LC started, and they let him start at something like 7 so he could go to his brothers funeral

And a girl from around here is due to give birth in the middle of her leaving, so an examiner is going into the hospital so supervise her. if she goes into labour during or before an exam, theyll just let her sit it again when shes ready

**** me, thats ridiculous

ihavequestions

One of my teachers told us that there are other papers made in case something happens and you cant do the exams when they are on in June. Like the eng paper2 for english! She said thers the real paper we all get, the constiguency paper(like last yr) and then another paper (or two) in case someone has to take the exam after! We were pretty shocked to learn of this, cant verify if its true or not! And from what I've read above if it is true they only give it out in SEVERE cases!

spurious

cailin_donn wrote: »

And a girl from around here is due to give birth in the middle of her leaving, so an examiner is going into the hospital so supervise her. if she goes into labour during or before an exam, theyll just let her sit it again when shes ready

A couple of years ago I was called to supervise a girl who had given birth less than 7 hours previously. Both she and the (also young) father sat their eaving Cert. English in the hospital room. With parents that interested in their own education I'd say that child has a good chance.

Wolfe Tone

What happens if you were in say a crash? Wait until next year?

spurious

MUSSOLINI wrote: »

What happens if you were in say a crash? Wait until next year?

Well, depending on injuries I suppose you could sit some of your later exams, but if you were seriously injured, I'd say the Leaving would be way down your list of priorities and waiting another year would probably be best.

Healium

Looks like I'll have a big dirty flu until the weekend

_Chaos

Rojomcdojo wrote: »

a......COLD????




Grow a pair.

turns out its tonsilitus, and iv lost my voice. thanks for your rudeness tho

LNags

_Chaos wrote: »

turns out its tonsilitus, and iv lost my voice. thanks for your rudeness tho

ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....

tonsilitis...the most horrible thing in the world!! i had it day one of the lc last year..thank god it wasnt my lc!! :( antibiotics..and difflam spray numbs it... gargle disprin or solpadeine..get one of those microwavable bean bag things for your neck...they help!! u poor, poor thing i HATE tonsilitis!!!!!
(im an expert on tonsilitis, i get it badly about three times a year)

zam

_Chaos wrote: »

turns out its tonsilitus, and iv lost my voice. thanks for your rudeness tho

Oh God, poor you! Couldn't be worse timing! Anyway just do your best and it's not the end of the world if you don't do as well as you hoped

LNags

tonsilitis...the classic teenage disco illness....

haha!!
monday morning after a disco eeryone was out with sore throats!lol

ldxo15wus6fpgm

Try breathing in steam for about 10 minutes as well, I had laryngitis a while back and that helped. Don't know if it would do anything for tonsillitis but may as well give it a go.
Best way to go about it is make sure there's plenty of hot water, run the hot tap in your sink, keep your head about a foot above the sink and put a big towel over your head+the sink. You will look like a nutter but it might help

Danger781

This is only slightly relevant. I suffer from Hayfever, and it really irritates my eyes and nose. My nose becomes clogged and starts running as well.

Went to the pharmacy and got some 'Flixonase Allergy relief' - Works wonders! My nose stays completely dry all day and allows me to study without sniffling every few seconds!

Just in case anyone else is experiencing a blocked stuffy nose

briankirby

_Chaos wrote: »

woke up yesterday with a cold which makes it impossible to study or do anything remotely related to school....was kinda hoping it was just a one-day thing..but its worse today, got a awful headache too..

just wondering what the hell will I do on Wed if its not gone?!
can't imagine me doing well in Eng1 with a box of tissues and panadol by my side

i had a severe soar throat during my orals last year so i get where ur coming from but u just gotta get on with it.often,when u start the exam and the nerves and adrenaline start pumping u dont notice it near as much.Well,thats wat i found anyway

!?!

i think i have a virus im going to bed in a few minutes, tried studying but found it impossible.....goodbye A1 in English!

Wolfe Tone

Aw man! That sucks! Get better soon!