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Post by bazfaz on Feb 23, 2009 17:11:05 GMT
I have all the symptoms of flu, even though I have been vaccinated. Maybe Egyptian flunis different. Food related: I am not hungry but I'll have a slice of toast and honey later. I am seeing the doc tomorrow.
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Post by BigIain on Feb 23, 2009 17:18:59 GMT
Heaps of orange juice for you my friend. And one of Mrs Faz's hot curries.
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 24, 2009 20:41:40 GMT
Baz, flu is an ever changing virus. it has so many variants! Your GP will have vaccinated you for the strain they expect in the area where you live, but it is always hit and miss.
I wish you a speedy recovery, although if it is THE flu, it will take two weeks, so you should rest.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2009 20:55:45 GMT
If Bazfaz has the typical French 'gastro' symptoms like diarrhea, clearly BigIain is hoping to finish him off.
I had my own condensed version about 2 weeks ago, but I do 48 hour diseases in 10 hours. Faster but unpleasantly intense. What is always surprising is that I can tell the very moment that it is finished. This does not necessarily mean that my appetite is back -- some of the inner equipment needs time to recycle before being used again at normal speed.
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Post by bazfaz on Feb 25, 2009 18:45:45 GMT
Mrs Faz drove me to the surgery this morning and the doc was pretty certain it was flu. To make certain I hadn't picked whirling dervish fever in Egypt she took a blood sample which Mrs Faz carried to the lab in St Pons. There has been no emergency call from the doc so all must be well - as well as one can be with a temperature of 39.5, muscular aches and shooting pains in the head.
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Post by bazfaz on Feb 26, 2009 9:49:55 GMT
The doc phoned this morning. Not flu. My bloodstream is seething with bacteria which would have led to pneumonia.
I had pneumonia ten years in England and it took the health service 3 weeks to discover this. Here it took 6 hours.
Food related: I am not hungry.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2009 9:53:39 GMT
Is this Egyptian bacteria or is it something that was waiting for you at home in the winter chill?
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Post by bazfaz on Feb 26, 2009 9:55:23 GMT
The doc says I could have picked it up anywhere.
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Post by tillystar on Feb 26, 2009 12:17:57 GMT
Have some plain rice Mr Baz, its good to fill you a little but goes down easily.
Hope you are feeling better soon.
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Post by gringalais on Feb 26, 2009 12:31:10 GMT
Good thing they caught it when they did. Get well soon!
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Post by BigIain on Feb 26, 2009 14:45:26 GMT
Hi Baz, hope you get better real soon and I know what you mean about the time taken for a diagnosis. As mentioned elsewhere, Eat rice, and drink the wonderful water in which it has boiled. It works a treat.
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Post by happytraveller on Feb 26, 2009 14:49:20 GMT
Get well soon Baz !
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2009 14:59:15 GMT
Are you sure it isn't psychosomatic?
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Post by bazfaz on Feb 26, 2009 20:20:30 GMT
Anyone recommend a good psychiatrist? Not for me, for Kerouac.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2009 20:22:36 GMT
I mean that maybe the bacteria are befuddled and require counseling.
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Post by bazfaz on Feb 26, 2009 20:31:11 GMT
They unwelcome immigrants that do not conform to the mores of my body.
I have just had an email from my cousin in London. He rang up to make a doctor's appointment - and was given a date four weeks hence.
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Post by spindrift on Feb 26, 2009 20:37:16 GMT
Feeling better, Baz? I hope so....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2009 22:06:22 GMT
I have just had an email from my cousin in London. He rang up to make a doctor's appointment - and was given a date four weeks hence. My doctor does not even take appointments. He accepts all comers from 13:15 to 18:30 from Monday through Friday at 22€ a visit. In the morning he makes house calls.
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Post by tillystar on Feb 26, 2009 22:19:41 GMT
I gues it depends where you live in London, I can call and make an appointment for next week if its not urgent and I ned to plan a time or I will get seen within a couple of hours if it is urgent. And its free!
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Post by onlymark on Feb 27, 2009 8:50:29 GMT
I have just had an email from my cousin in London. He rang up to make a doctor's appointment - and was given a date four weeks hence. My doctor does not even take appointments. He accepts all comers from 13:15 to 18:30 from Monday through Friday at 22€ a visit. In the morning he makes house calls. The last time I was in the UK and wanted to make an appointment, I couldn't. They said they wouldn't make any past a period of time (2 weeks?, 2 days?) and I had just to keep ringing back.
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Post by hwinpp on Feb 27, 2009 8:57:47 GMT
I have just had an email from my cousin in London. He rang up to make a doctor's appointment - and was given a date four weeks hence. My doctor does not even take appointments. He accepts all comers from 13:15 to 18:30 from Monday through Friday at 22€ a visit. In the morning he makes house calls. WOW! 22EUR? My doctor here takes 50USD per consultation! Hmm, I'll have to talk to him about this.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2009 9:00:57 GMT
I have found a remedy for Baz's condition -- beer!
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Post by spindrift on Feb 27, 2009 9:15:14 GMT
How are you this morning Baz?
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Post by bazfaz on Feb 27, 2009 9:47:29 GMT
The good news is that even the first day on antibiotics has brought a welcome improvement: a good night's sleep, no shakes, no pain.
Why, next week I'll be in the garden with the pickaxe.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2009 9:52:26 GMT
And don't forget to wrestle with those wild boars!
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Post by bazfaz on Feb 27, 2009 9:55:55 GMT
hwinpp, 22 euros the fixed rate for seeing a GP in France. About two-thirds of that is covered by the state health service. Most folk have top-up private insurance which covers the rest. Except for 1 euro. The government decided that making us pay that would discourage us from frivolous time spent in the waiting room.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2009 10:05:09 GMT
Yes, that 1 euro really hurts.
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Post by hwinpp on Feb 28, 2009 2:16:38 GMT
hwinpp, 22 euros the fixed rate for seeing a GP in France. About two-thirds of that is covered by the state health service. Most folk have top-up private insurance which covers the rest. Except for 1 euro. The government decided that making us pay that would discourage us from frivolous time spent in the waiting room. So a 50USD consultation fee is quite expensive... I think in Germany it's 15EUR per quarter.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Feb 28, 2009 11:15:06 GMT
Here, a consulta with our family physician costs $300 MXP. That's 15.51 Euros or just under $20 USD. Sometimes we get "twofers" at the price of one, when my wife and I both go in at the same time for different ailments.
Twice now, he has given vitamin injections, a series of 6 shots over a week or more, and hasn't charged me.
Why is this topic in a FOOD Branch?
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Post by bazfaz on Feb 28, 2009 11:17:46 GMT
My fault. Food is my home branch.
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