I think I’m getting a sinus infection, which really stinks because I’m already tired and stressed out. However, that’s not really a very interesting or useful topic to discuss.

What I do think is worth talking about is what we do when we are ill to prevent our immunosuppressed significant other from getting sick? My wife has enough health problems. She doesn’t need a sinus infection as well.

Here are some things we commonly do to try and keep from spreading infection.

1. Wash your hands. This is where all the germs go for their travel needs. Those hand sanitizers are good too, but I just like the feeling of soap and warm water. Also, make sure your kids sneeze or cough into their elbow instead of their hands. It looks odd, but it helps.
2. Don’t share. Even when nobody is sick, we have a standard rule that no one shares a cup with my wife.
3. Buy lots of tissue. For the price of another package of cold medicine, I can buy half a dozen boxes of facial tissue. My daughter enjoys making giant snow-like mounds next to her bed when she’s sick. Cleaning this stuff up is not a chore for the immunosuppressed.
4. Sleep on the couch. We aren’t always so good about this, but we always talk about doing it when one of us is sick.

I have just run out of tissue as I type this.