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Post by mich64 on Oct 3, 2014 15:50:59 GMT
Kerouac my husband has aching abdominal and back muscles and he too does not ever remember encountering this. He rarely gets ill. I felt like I could actually feel my kidneys throbbing. Thankfully, feeling much better today!
Hi Bixa! Yes! we are home and hopefully next week I will have regained my energy to begin organizing my photos to begin some posts. Were you away as well?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2014 17:34:16 GMT
Well, neither my normal doctor nor the second doctor that I went to see seemed to take me seriously, but it could be the start of a new nasty virus -- no, I should say infection, since the second set of antibiotics worked, whereas they would have had no effect on a virus.
I am very glad that I have had it and can feel confident that I am now immune, because it was nasty. And I will be able to commiserate with other people who are now afflicted.
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Post by htmb on Oct 3, 2014 18:16:56 GMT
I had never thought about, and never heard of fever screening machines.
I wonder if someone had loaded up with fever-reducing medication, the machine would still pick up on the fact someone was ill.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2014 18:47:41 GMT
I don't know, but those machines are scary when you are afraid of setting one off. In places like Hong Kong and Bangkok, the screens were in full view, so you would see blue ghosts walking through the passageway. A sick person would be glowing red of course.
I recall staying in a Novotel in Hong Kong during the height of the epidemic and they had set up the first of those sanitizing gel distributors at every elevator bank on every floor because people were so certain that they would be contaminated by elevator buttons (I have no idea if that is a real risk, but commercial establishments are obliged to address even imaginary risks if they want to stay in business.).
Over the years, those antiseptic gel distributors have become so common that there is even one at the entrance of my mother's nursing home.
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Post by htmb on Oct 3, 2014 18:55:19 GMT
I'm glad I've become more informed so they won't become one big surprise one day when I encounter the machines.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2014 20:17:53 GMT
Over the years, those antiseptic gel distributors have become so common that there is even one at the entrance of my mother's nursing home. Yes, I'm a little sick of those gel distributors. They are in every aisle of the grocery store and they have disinfectant wipes you can wipe down your shopping cart/basket with, or your children, if you prefer. I think we've all gone a little overboard. I don't seem to be getting any more sick than I was 20 years ago.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2014 20:23:35 GMT
I did read that a lot of Americans are getting more sick in this century because kitchens have become excessively antiseptic. Every single cleaning product is designed to kill germs and yet most of the germs to which our systems need to become immune are in the kitchen.
Then again, since computer keyboards are now officially far dirtier than toilets or dogs' mouths, perhaps we are making up for some of our germ deficit by spending time here.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2014 13:06:06 GMT
I was up half the night sneezing and blowing my nose with an "out of nowhere" head cold. I feel like crap this morning and have tons to do to prepare for out of town guests arriving this p.m. So f'n aggravating!! Maybe I cleaned too much...
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Post by mossie on Nov 25, 2014 19:49:41 GMT
Paracetamol and an early night is the best remedy, hope it soon clears up Casi.
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Post by mossie on Nov 25, 2014 19:56:47 GMT
I fear this craze for total cleanliness only leads to more illnesses. I guess some on here experienced far more unhygienic conditions than me in their youth. However I particularly remember when I worked on the farm having helped for about 4 days digging out a pig yard in places about 5 feet deep in pig muck and straw, how we used to wipe our hands on the grass and sit down behind the wall to eat our sandwiches. We must have acquired a natural immunity which modern people cannot. I very rarely get minor gut problems.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2014 20:05:58 GMT
I suspect you are right Mossie. The folks I know that are fanatical about using anti-bacterial hand cleaners etc. seem to succumb to viral type ailments just as often as folks who don't.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2014 21:18:31 GMT
Kids eat dirt all the time and suck their filthy fingers. It is part of growing up. I still eat food that I have dropped on the floor and have never suffered from it.
On topic: my mother was coughing a bit tonight, so I will be watching her closely these next few days.
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Post by bjd on Nov 26, 2014 8:32:36 GMT
I agree that too much cleanliness makes people susceptible to germs. Some natural immunization is called for.
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Post by htmb on Dec 2, 2014 20:03:09 GMT
Too much cleanliness is certainly not my problem.
Though I did my best to avoid the germs, and thought the most positive of thoughts, being in close confinement for a week with two people who had horrible colds has left me with the same. I feel absolutely rotten, but sound even worse due to laryngitis. I have a presentation to make on Thursday morning, so the timing is really lousy. Plus, it's hard to be pleasant when you feel like crap.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2014 21:16:57 GMT
I still regret all those times I dragged myself to the office when I was at death's door, but I think we all know there are two kinds of workers -- the ones who will go to work if they can still stand up and those who don't mind taking sick leave if they stubbed their toe.
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Post by mich64 on Dec 2, 2014 21:25:34 GMT
I am just about finished decorating our home for the Christmas season and tomorrow I am going to bake a few loafs to put in the freezer as I keep hearing how many people have come down with a flu/cold recently so I want to be prepared for feeling unwell. I should try to make a soup this week as well. Hopefully you will feel so much better by Thursday htmb!
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Post by htmb on Dec 2, 2014 21:52:06 GMT
Well, I dragged myself to work because I had a lot to do, and also thought it would make me feel better to get out. However, I found it hard to concentrate and left mid-morning. Lying around the house is pretty boring, especially when I see things that need to be done. My refrigerator needs to be cleaned out and all the little bits and pieces of Thanksgiving leftovers dealt with, plus the garbage needs to be taken out. Instead, I took a very long nap to make up for the sleep I lost last night due to coughing. Oh, poor me.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2014 21:57:56 GMT
I decided to get a flu shot this year in Vancouver, and dragged my husband along. They've started vaccinations in drugstores recently, so we went down at 7pm on a Sunday night. I got my shot for free (because without it my Dad's at risk) and they immunized the American for $20, more than 30% less than he can get it in Seattle. Sore arms for a day. Let's hope we make it through the winter without a problem. It's not helping the stinky cold I have at the moment, though.
htmb, get better soon!
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Post by htmb on Dec 7, 2014 22:25:10 GMT
This thing has gotten worse. I've been running a fever since Friday and still coughing incessantly. I suppose I either have a form of the flu or I've developed a bacterial infection and need an antibiotic.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2014 3:16:02 GMT
Is anything green or yellow coming out? If so, get thee some antibiotics!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2014 6:50:47 GMT
Or if it's a dry cough, it might be the same thing through which I suffered (along with lots of other people) in July. Antibiotics killed it, though.
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Post by patricklondon on Dec 8, 2014 11:01:36 GMT
Is anything green or yellow coming out? If so, get thee some antibiotics! Not necessarily. Antibiotics are primarily anti-bacterial rather than anti-viral, and the muck in a cough and cold is often dead viral material. It might depend on the other symptoms. Talk to a pharmacist first, and then a doctor if proprietary medicines don't ease it in a few days. My blog | My photos | My video clips"too literate to be spam"
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Post by htmb on Dec 8, 2014 13:33:43 GMT
This is dark, thick, nasty and coming from my bronchial area. I have a doctor's appointment for later today. It will be an effort to go.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2014 15:12:02 GMT
Hmmmph. So much for our fabulous internet diagnoses made in the comfort of your home!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2014 16:10:24 GMT
Well, if it's rapid onset with headache, stiffness and a lot of body pain, I find it's usually a virus. It sounds like htmb has been suffering from a cold for a long time, which has now dropped into her lungs and manisfested as an infection. My worthless 2 cents.
Htmb, I send you all energy and good thought to get to the doctor's today.
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Post by htmb on Dec 8, 2014 19:11:25 GMT
Thank you all for your thoughts. I was sure the Canadian and French advice to get an antibiotic was spot on, otherwise I would not have made the effort to see a doctor. However, my Indian doctor agrees with Patrick. Viral. So, basically, forget about sleeping ever again, suck it up and get on with it. I do think she also mentioned sipping on white wine might help my raw throat.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2014 19:16:05 GMT
Ach. I lose the pool.
Wine will help just about anything. I recommend heating it with some spices and citrus and honey.
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Post by bjd on Dec 8, 2014 19:17:41 GMT
Instead of white wine, make yourself a hot toddy -- some hot water with lemon juice, a shot of whiskey or something similar and some honey to sweeten it -- the honey is good for the throat too.
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Post by htmb on Dec 8, 2014 19:27:17 GMT
Well, I'd rather not take anything if I don't need it, but I had high hopes that after a day of an antibiotic I'd start feeling better, and stop coughing. Of course, the doctor, who is not my regular physician, but who knew a lot about my job and said things like, " Oh, isn't this a REALLY busy time of year for you at work?" Yes. It is.
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Post by htmb on Dec 8, 2014 19:29:08 GMT
Instead of white wine, make yourself a hot toddy -- some hot water with lemon juice, a shot of whiskey or something similar and some honey to sweeten it -- the honey is good for the throat too. Great idea, BJD. That's what my mother used to give me as a kid, minus the water.
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