Yesterday afternoon I attended a three hour meeting. About an hour into the meeting, I was anticipating a break, which never came. I was starting to get really cold sitting in this conference room, so I was wanting to get my jacket. I never got my jacket though so I sat there getting colder and colder. I noticed that my nose felt like ice. My toes were really cold as well (I was wearing thicker socks and tennis shoes). By the time I left the meeting I noticed that my throat was a little scratchy and sore.
That evening my throat didn't feel any better and I kept sneezing. Then I woke up this morning with a really bad sore throat and runny nose - a cold. I never really thought that you could get sick just from being cold. (I was always told when I was little to wear my coat when I went outside in the winter. When I didn't, I don't think I immediately got sick).
Luckily with google, you can find any information. So naturally today I googled to see experiences with getting a cold from being cold. In my search I read that if you get cold enough you could stress the body enough to weaken the immune system. I fully believe that this is what happened to me yesterday. I guess the moral of the story is: work literally made me sick.
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