[Magdalen] Still sick

[Susan Hagen]

I was the strep queen.  Two bouts of scarlet fever and constant strep
throats with abscesses until I finally had my tonsils removed at 13.
I have never had another strep throat since.  I'll admit the surgery
was not fun but in my case it was worth it.


On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 4:53 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>> >>
>>



-- 
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