You lose at least 40 IQ points when you have pneumonia. You are more likely to make stupid mistakes and injure yourself. Try to "baby-proof" your house against yourself.
Things like looking at a pantry full of soup with all the labels turned away from you and searching through for the kind you want is going to feel too hard. Get everything you need organised so you can find it at a glance so you're not wasting energy rummaging through your bathroom cabinets trying to find throat lozenges.
Get cords tucked away anywhere you might trip on them and clear stuff off the floor anywhere you're going to be lurching around so you don't stub your toes. Put your oven mitts in an obvious place so you don't forget and burn yourself. Don't have big piles of things that are going to fall over on you if you try to pull something else out and knock them over.
Bonus shopping tips before you get sick:
Plan all your meals at least a week to a month or two in advance and order the groceries delivered. Even if they're booked out for five days at least you know when you will get the food. And the advance order lets the store plan ahead so you're less likely not to get what you want.
Alternately, most shops stock up overnight so your best bet is to get there first thing. 9am is too late. Every second that you waste in line in a grocery store are calories you're going to wish you still had when you're sick.
If you google the name of the store you're wanting to go to, it shows you what the normal peak hours are and how crowded it is now (based on mobile phone data). Go during the least crowded hours.
Think outside the big box. Ethnic grocery stores or bulk food stores might have what you want in stock.
Be prepared to be flexible and substitute items or go a little exotic. If you can't get kidney beans, cranberry beans work fine in all the same things. Try pappadoms if you can't find crackers. They're lovely. If you can't get your comfort foods, think of it as a chance to find some new ones.
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