My Powerful Immune System

I was intrigued by and extremely envious of Brad Feld’s Airplane Super Power.   I don’t have that super power – in fact, I can only sleep on a plane if I am very ill and can lay down on three seats.  But, speaking of being “very ill”, the fact that I hardly ever get sick is my super power.  I am blessed with an immune system as powerful as any hero’s super powers.   Even when the entire office is hacking up a lung or I am surrounded by a plane full of passengers gushing liquids from their facial orifices, I don’t get sick.  I am pretty sure I catch some of these viruses and am exposed to nasty bacteria, but they usually don’t develop into full-blown occurrences of misery.    On Friday, I left the office early as I was having aches/chills and my throat was sore.  Ah, here it comes, I thought.  I was certainly more tired than usual this weekend, but I never succumbed to the full-blown virus.  I have never had an ear infection, a sinus infection or any other infections that we would prefer not to talk about in public.  The only infection I can ever remember getting was when I crashed my bike, road 20 more miles with blood running down my arm and then barely rinsed it off before slapping on a bandage.   That was a little irresponsible, I admit.

 

Now, why would I be so resistant to nasty germs?  I think it has a lot to do with my very humble upbringing.  My parents were loving and kind, but…how do I say this delicately….certainly not clean freaks.   The whole notion of refrigerating food prematurely or worrying about a “little” dirt was not top of mind.  Thus, I think I just developed a really strong ability to fight off anything because I probably ingested and/or was exposed to just about every bug you can imagine.    I’m still amazed at how germ-phobic we have become as a society and firmly believe that this has something to do with the bugs getting stronger and us getting less able to fight them off. 

 

Let’s keep the theme going – what is your super power?

Comments

[John Carmichael]

I think that resistance is a "Southerner" thing. I've got that same fortunate ability to fend off crap. Prolly comes from eating everything put in front of me by my Mom at the Dinner table, and eating everything put in front of me by my "I dare you to" friends!

Now if only I was a resistant to Bovine Scatology and could fend that off as well.

Super Power huh? Wow, hmmm let me see... where is my "Captain Average" cape?