[Magdalen] Still sick

[Grace Cangialosi]

LOL, Molly!
Well, not about your feeling the effects of your chemo, of course...

When my son was about ten months old, he had a terrible cough, and it was so bad one night that I called or pediatrician, who told me to bring the baby to the phone. He listened and then said it was croup, and that I should take him the bathroom and run a hot shower for the steam.
Then he said I could make a mixture of equal parts honey, lemon juice and bourbon. Disbelieving what I'd heard, I said, "bourbon???"
"Or," the doctor replied drily, "you could drink the bourbon!"

> On Feb 6, 2017, at 3:57 PM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:
> 
> There is the time-honoured Vermont receipt for the treatment of such illnesses: "take the fifth part of the juice of a gallon of whiskey."  I always wondered what became of the rind...
> 
> Hot lemon, ginger, and honey may at least be of comfort.  Also, the fumes of Vick's Vapo-Rub will cut through the crud.
> 
> Bad mycoplasmids, get thee gone!
> 
> Molly
> 
> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain
> 
>> On Feb 6, 2017, at 3:50 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm back from the doctor's.  I have a definite sinus infection and a
>> possible mycoplasma infection that is trying to become pneumonia.  I
>> had that a few years ago and it was misery.  Anyway, I'm waiting to
>> pick up an antibiotic and a cough mixture from the pharmacy.  Mucinex
>> = guiafensin which is what I'm allergic to and it's in almost all OTC
>> cough meds.
>> 
>>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 10:49 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> They say now that most cough syrup is ineffective anyway. I generally take
>>> Sambucol, which is an elderberry concoction, and it does work just as well
>>> as anything else, it appears. If I have a lot of crud I might take Mucinex,
>>> but that's very hard for me to get down as the pills are so large, and it
>>> tastes hideous. If things get really bad I might resort to the old mountain
>>> concoction of one part each honey, lemon juice, and whiskey and take to my
>>> bed, but ugh. So far this season I've been spared.
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Part of the problem is I shouldn't take much sudafed because of my
>>>> blood pressure and I'm allergic to guiafensin, the expectorant in
>>>> cough syrup!  Medication options are limited unless this calls for
>>>> antibiotics and I'm not sure that it does.  This may just call for the
>>>> laying on of trusted medical hands!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 7:23 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Susan, this sounds miserable.  Hope your doctor will give an effective
>>>>> medication.  Feel better.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ginga
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sun, 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
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> 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
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