How are you?

tollbaby · Post by **tollbaby** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:07 am

Sorry to hear that, Spiph.... might be worth looking into emigrating if you're that much happier over there

Believe me, if it wasn't for the fact that I wouldn't be able to uproot my children to another country, I'd be moving to England!

the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:19 am

tollbaby wrote: Believe me, if it wasn't for the fact that I wouldn't be able to uproot my children to another country, I'd be moving to England!

A blow for the american nation, I believe.

tollbaby · Post by **tollbaby** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:29 am

Except that I live in Canada

the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:32 am

Canadians then.

Hey, does your head really detach itself at the mouth when you talk?

*runs and hides*

the grim squeaker · Post by **the grim squeaker** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:34 am

? Really? I would have thought it'd be the other way round.

gpackin · Post by **gpackin** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:52 pm

I stayed home from work today, my throat is on fire and my head feels just like a balloon that's over inflated.

sweetharleygirl · Post by **sweetharleygirl** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:17 pm

Sorry to hear you're feeling so icky gpackin, I hope you feel better soon.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:12 pm

Try hot tea (or even just hot water) with lots of honey, rum to taste and maybe lemon juice, too. And a bit of aspirin or tylenol. One good night with a lot of blankets to sweat the virus away and hopefully you'll be fit in the morning.

Post by **laurie** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:20 am

With that bad a sore throat, it's more likely a bacterial infection (strep) than a viral infection.

Lots of fluids (especially if you have a fever) and a visit to the doctor if it's still bad after a couple of days.

gpackin · Post by **gpackin** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:23 am

Thanks everybody. I'm feeling somewhat better today, well enough to go to work at least. My throat has more of a tickle in it than a burning now.

sweetharleygirl · Post by **sweetharleygirl** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:57 am

Glad to hear you're feeling better.

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:21 am

Me too. But laurie is right, if it gets worse, don't rely on old women's recipes (even when proposed by middle-aged men) and see a doctor!

gpackin · Post by **gpackin** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:35 am

Well, yesterday I went for a Nuclear Stress Test. They said everything looks OK, but I'm still having a strange feeling in my chest that comes and goes. Years ago when I was in the Air Force I was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. I have always been asymptomatic, but now I think that it's starting to become more noticeable. I don't have a follow-up visit with the Cardiologist until the first week of December, so I think I'll give him a call today.

gpackin · Post by **gpackin** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:19 pm

So my cardiologist told me all that I'm feeling is an extra beat, which is not that uncommon especially for people with WPW. This has been quite a bad year for my health. I had to get a chest x-ray last Friday and was told yesterday that I have bronchitis. Well, that's better than pneumonia which I was afraid I had.

Post by **laurie** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:11 pm

gpackin wrote:I had to get a chest x-ray last Friday and was told yesterday that I have bronchitis. Well, that's better than pneumonia which I was afraid I had.

Not much better. They both leave you feeling like crap. And then the antibiotic's side-effects kick in....

voralfred · Post by **voralfred** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:47 am

gpackin wrote:So my cardiologist told me all that I'm feeling is an extra beat, which is not that uncommon especially for people with WPW. This has been quite a bad year for my health. I had to get a chest x-ray last Friday and was told yesterday that I have bronchitis. Well, that's better than pneumonia which I was afraid I had.

If it is just the extra beat you are feeling, this is nothing, I learned to live with that easier than with tinnitus, you just forget about it.
The bronchitis, well, hopefully antibiotics will get you rid of it.

But, definitely, you had a bad year.
Hold on for 5 weeks more, hopefully 2009 will be better