TT Feeling Sickly Thread

“silly question but, did you get a flu shot?
I know that the flu shot does not mean you will not get the flu, but it does help if you do.
I got mine for the first time this year. I did have the flu in Oct (got shot in Dec) but nothing since then.
Feel better and stay warm!”

“One school around here had so many kids out with the flu they canceled classes.”

“Your sentence structure is still good, Chili.

At least you haven't suffered brain damage from the ague.

Get well!”

“Same here Rich. Kids sick everywhere”

“I feel like dirt :(
going home.
Have a great weekend everyone...”

“Not the best book to get

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“LMAO”

“..ok...have my meds....going to curl up on the couch again!!!”

“so much for getting the flu shot.
I still ended up with it :(”

“I wanted to call in "sick of it" this morning. Ugh!!!”

“got two kids under 3 in the house...i've been sick more times in the last 2 years than i ever have”

“Not according to your psychological profile (LOL).

DORK I feel for ya.

Nemster...I call in sick occasionally and claim its a vision problem. I just can't see my a$$ coming into work. (LOL)

Thrifty, two under 3 (in day care I assume?) God go with you. I remember those days.”

“when my children were little in school, we were sick from Sept to June.”

“everything in our house is covered in snot”

“OOOOH...I went through that until last year, then I lowered the temp in the house to around 60 in the winter....(often done in institutional environments to lessen the enviornment for viruses and bacteria to survive)

SO far this year (knock on wood) nothing even have dodges some serious station illnesses)”

“funny, i was talking to my wife about that exact thing last night...i think next year, when the youngest is old enough to actually keep a cover on through the night, we'll try that too”

“I've been feeling crumy for a couple weeks. cruddy cough in the mornings and generally tired. Nothing major. I keep waiting for the flu since Chili had it a couple weeks ago, but I guess I am clear.

When my kids were little, they would bring home the crap and I would get sick. They hardly ever got sick. Ear infections are the worst!!”

“oh, i'm sure they got sick...kids just aren't babies about it like we adults are”

“kids just aren't babies about it like we adults are”
thriftyhiker
6:41:01 AM
2/23/09

excuse me? i am not a baby when I am sick..

just because I was upset that tree went away for the weekend and left me home alone does not mean anything.
so what if I called him every ten mins. i was sick and he should have been home taking care of me....


oh never mind ..”

“What a baby.”

“Not feeling too great. My guts have been acting up. It didn’t hit me like a bolt out of the blue on the loo, rather developed gradually over the last two weeks and got really bad by Friday. After dinner my tummy hurt madly and my guts were running amok. Next morning when I woke up I even threw up a bit into my mouth. I belief it’s the foreign cuisine, not a fully fledge food poisoning. Food is generally good here and I have been staying away from dodgy looking taverns and street kitchen with delicacies such as garden snails and other unidentifiable treats. But about everything I get in the restaurants is soaked in oil. Took some Immodium, eh voila, still feeling a bit wobbly, but doing better.

Just been wondering - in case of acute food poisoning, wouldn’t it be better to take something like coal tablets instead? Those are also very commonly sold for treating travel diarrhea. They absorb the toxic or harmful substances that make the stomach sick, whereas Immodium just stops the bowel movement, which brings instant relief, but does nothing to get the harmful substances out? In fact, wouldn’t Immodium be the wrong medication for acute food poisoning, as it stops the natural reaction of the body to flush the poisoning out? So obviously, both meds work very differently to cure the cause/symptoms of diarrhea. Does anybody know advise which med to take when?”

“I think they give people activated charcoal when they pump their stomachs(?).   That seems pretty drastic.

Another pleasant thought.... didn't the Plague kill people by dehydration from diarrhea?


(all standard and nonstandard disclaimers apply)”

“...?!?

AAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaarrghhhhh....!!!!”

“Anybody can offer some different theory, than Tilts, please?

I really feel plagued. Been sleeping all afternoon like a dead and now feeling kind of dizzy.”

“Maybe you are not used to so much oil....

I think Dr. Tilt is a quack.

Cheer up and take good care of yourself!”

“Stay hydrated -------- !”

“

♪   Everything's better....   with Bubonic on it!   ♫



^{(though the probability of Euro recognizing the 37-year-old American advertising jingle for Bluebonnet Margarine, and the inherent pun, is vanishingly small)}

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“Charcoal is considered the universal antidote for all sorts of poisons, but there are some types of for which it is contraindicated. Having been retired for 17-18 years and having no attitude at all, I can no longer recall when it should not be used. However, it is the major ingredient in every dispensary's shipboard antidote locker and very helpful in assisting those who are hungover.”

“Shipboard........................assisting those who are hungover?


You could help them over the side and into the drink.”

“That's the trouble, they were already into the drink...not on the brink of the drink as you infer.”

“Food poisoning sucks rocks.

Yo no quiero Taco Bell. Nada mas.”

“I wondered what happened to that dog ----”

“Recover post-haste — !”

“Sorry, it was chicken. Honest. A chicken quesadilla, to be exact.”

“That sounds fowl.”

“I'm starting to think mother-in-law's dinner is going to go the same way. Ugh.”

“damn...i ihink i had the flu. one whole day gone. and i'm still woozy, dizzy and nauseous.”

“I got 2 of 3 every day. Must be the nausea that does it.”

“Get better, Helinka.”

“flu bad!”

“I got 2 of 3 every day. Must be the nausea that does it.”
Nimblefoot
8:06:18 AM
7/21/09

wait, you get it 2 to 3 x's a day?

dude your like so preggers...congrads... who the daddy?”

“Everytime I read a Dork post, the nausea somehow comes back;)

Yes, Helinka, get sell soon.”

“'well'”

“hell”

“congrats nimble”

“Ugh, I'm sick. Lots of goop in my lungs so I can't catch my breath, my nose won't stop running, lots of goop going to my stomach, too. I can't get my ears to drain and right now that's the worst. Couldn't sleep last night, either. HPM didn't take his cold meds last night so he snored like a buzz saw. I'm taking Laurel to school (she had this stuff already, but not very bad) and going back to bed. The rest of the world can kiss my a$$.”

“What kind of meds does he take to reduce snoring?

Hope you feel better soon.”

“Heal well, tree.”

“Sorry you are sick darlin'! lots of hot tea and a neti pot!”