[Magdalen] Still sick

[Molly Wolf]

Chemo #2 has knocked me cross-eyed.  Two to go.

Molly

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Feb 5, 2017, at 10:13 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I used to have colds that lasted a couple of weeks when my kids were young.
> I haven't had them as much in recent years, I don't know whether, because
> I'm no longer around small children or whether I'm not under as much
> stress. The last time I had anything that lasted that long it wasn't a cold
> at all but bronchitis that had segued into pneumonia. But colds are mostly
> just colds.
> 
> 
>> On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 9:28 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Oh, Susan, I'm so sorry! I hope you're able to get in to see your doctor.
>> There's no chance this is whooping cough, is there?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>> On Feb 5, 2017, at 6:16 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> I've had a bad cold for about 10 days now and I can't seem to get over
>> 
>>> it.  Middle of last week I also broke out in hives, probably from
>> 
>>> stress.  Work stress is part of it but most of it is dismay at US
>> 
>>> politics. I've been hammered on antihistamines for days. This weekend
>> 
>>> I stayed away from the computer until now and that helped a little.  I
>> 
>>> finally finished a sewing project I've had in progress since
>> 
>>> Christmas.  It's a fleece bunting/snowsuit for friends' baby and I
>> 
>>> hope he hasn't already outgrown it.  I have been so busy with work I
>> 
>>> couldn't find time to settle to it and the damned thing had
>> 
>>> impenetrable instructions.  I've been sewing for fifty years and
>> 
>>> finally just had to wing it.  It is cute and cuddly and I hope to get
>> 
>>> it in the mail tomorrow.
>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> I have some sweet and sour red cabbage quietly braising and will have
>> 
>>> it with a breaded pork cutlet and a baked spud.
>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> I think I am going to call my doctor tomorrow and see if I can get in
>> 
>>> to see him.  I have coughed until my ribs hurt with no let up.  Sadly,
>> 
>>> I'm pretty sure I picked this up in his office since I came down with
>> 
>>> it 2 days after I had been there for a routine visit.
>> 
>>> 
>> 
>>> --
>> 
>>> The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
>> 
>>> you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
>> 
>>> land of Egypt.
>> 
>>> Leviticus 19:34
>> 
>>