[Magdalen] Still sick

Mon Feb 6 21:48:52 UTC 2017

I got tonsillitis. Over and over and over and....... Finally had them out when I was 8.

> On Feb 6, 2017, at 4:40 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I can remember my mom sitting in the bathroom running the shower full on
> with my youngest brother sho was a crouper. I don't recall that I or my
> other brother ever had it, although my other brother was prone to asthmatic
> bronchitis. I got the ear infections.
> 
>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 4:29 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 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
>> 