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Stage 1: "Wait a second, I don't feel so good."
Stage 2: Thinking you can power through and realizing you can't.
Stage 3: Realizing that, oh no, you're actually SICK.
Stage 4: Telling your boss you'll work from home so as not to burn a sick day...
...but then finding out you don't have the energy to do anything productive.
Stage 5: Giving up on doing anything except napping and watching TV.
Stage 6: The momentary excitement you get when you realize you get to binge-watch Netflix all day...
...followed by the subsequent despair when you realize you're too run-down to enjoy it.
Stage 7: The awful realization that eating, the one thing that comforts you, has become difficult.
Stage 8: Self-pity.
Stage 9: Boredom sets in, and you start to go a little stir-crazy.
Stage 10: Realizing you've been in the same PJs for 72 hours straight.
Stage 11: Your appetite recovers enough that you can binge on junk food.
Stage 12: "Hey! I feel better! I'll just... uh-oh, nope, OK, back to bed."
Stage 13: Rage! How can you possibly STILL be sick?!
Stage 14: You're finally healed enough to take your first tentative steps outdoors...
...and all seems right in the world.
Stage 15: You get cocky, go outside without a raincoat, and then...
Uh oh.
