Contacting me about getting sick (8)
I believe the answer is:
emailing
'contacting' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are present participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'me about getting sick' is the wordplay.
'about' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'sick' becomes 'ailing' (similar in meaning).
'me' back-to-front is 'em'.
'em'+'ailing'='EMAILING'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for emailing that I've seen before include "correspondence?" , "Sending messages" , "Communicating electronically" .)