[Magdalen] Still sick

[Jay Weigel]

i got mine out at 3 1/2. A memory which has stayed with me to this day
(shudder). After the experience we had with Sam when he had his out, I
fought the doctors over any suggestion of removing Adam's or Betsy's since
they were never abscessed. I learned in nursing school that the reason kids
get tonsillitis is that the tonsils are the first line of defense in the
lymphatic system.

On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >>
>