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Priscilla Ballou - 22 Oct 2006 12:07 GMT
I've had a cold for the past 10 days, and it wasn't TOO horrifically
bad, although I did take a couple of days off work when the sofa looked
just too enticing.  Friday I was scheduled for my flu shot at work, and
they said that as long as I wasn't running a fever it was fine to get
it.  I was rock steady at 98.6F, so I got the shot.  The next morning,
my cold had gotten MUCH worse -- sore throat back in force, massive
amounts of gunk in my sinuses, achy face and neck, powerful sneezes.  
Oh, yeah, and a very sore arm where I got the shot.

I finally gave in and medicated (decongestant and aspirin) myself and
started steaming my face in addition to all the fluids I've been forcing
through myself for a while now, but I was curious about the sudden
increase in strength of symptoms right on the heels of that flu shot.  I
know it didn't give me the flu, because my symptoms are not flu
symptoms.  (I'm still showing no fever, too.)  Is one of its effects
that it kick my immune system in the butt and get it to work harder,
thus resulting in my feeling worse?  Or have I fallen into the land of
the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy?

I'm just curious.

Thanks!

Priscilla
Jim - 22 Oct 2006 17:22 GMT
Sorry but the same thing happened to my wife, she was also told that it was
no problem and we both got the shots.  On the same day I got bad nausea
which took about 24 hours to get over but my wife now has a bad cold with
all the symptoms that you are having - we are both on our 70's, all I can
say: now what else????

Jim

> I've had a cold for the past 10 days, and it wasn't TOO horrifically
> bad, although I did take a couple of days off work when the sofa looked
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>
> Priscilla
W. Baker - 22 Oct 2006 18:36 GMT
: Sorry but the same thing happened to my wife, she was also told that it was
: no problem and we both got the shots.  On the same day I got bad nausea
: which took about 24 hours to get over but my wife now has a bad cold with
: all the symptoms that you are having - we are both on our 70's, all I can
: say: now what else????

: Jim

: > I've had a cold for the past 10 days, and it wasn't TOO horrifically
: > bad, although I did take a couple of days off work when the sofa looked
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
: >
: > Priscilla

I have had a cough thing for several weeks tht has been graduall going  
way.  I had my flu shot on Friday adn the cough, etc, is continuing to
imrove and no sore arm.  

You may have been very flu-suseptible, judging from your sore arm adn have
a reastion on to of the cold symptoms.  

Just my guess here.

Wendy
Priscilla Ballou - 22 Oct 2006 18:54 GMT
> Sorry but the same thing happened to my wife, she was also told that it was
> no problem and we both got the shots.  On the same day I got bad nausea
> which took about 24 hours to get over but my wife now has a bad cold with
> all the symptoms that you are having - we are both on our 70's, all I can
> say: now what else????

Yeah, I talked to my brother-in-law (who's a scientist) today, and he
confirmed that the flu shot will rev up the immune system for a while
and it will go postal over any invader.  They warn about not getting the
shot if one has a fever, but don't say anything about all the other
symptoms of an immune system fighting off invasion!  Idjits.

I'm feeling a little better today than yesterday, so maybe my immune
system is starting to be convinced that stomping on the rhinovirus,
stabbing it, setting it on fire, and putting it through a shredder might
have taken care of it.  Maybe.  Really, I don't need several gallons
more phegm!

Priscilla *snork*
Loretta Eisenberg - 22 Oct 2006 19:43 GMT
Priscilla, I was always told by my doctor not to have a flu shot if I
had a cold.  Maybe this is the reason why

Loretta

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Priscilla Ballou - 22 Oct 2006 20:49 GMT
> Priscilla, I was always told by my doctor not to have a flu shot if I
> had a cold.  Maybe this is the reason why

I'll bet it was.  Too bad that advice wasn't more widely offered.

Priscilla, feeling pretty miserable still
GrandpaChuck - 22 Oct 2006 21:37 GMT
>> Priscilla, I was always told by my doctor not to have a flu shot if I
>> had a cold.  Maybe this is the reason why
>
>I'll bet it was.  Too bad that advice wasn't more widely offered.
>
>Priscilla, feeling pretty miserable still

How could it be when the vaccine contains only dead virus?
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Loretta Eisenberg - 22 Oct 2006 22:21 GMT
Chuck, I dont care about dead viruses.  I know I no longer take flu
shots because I have each time gotten sick from them.  Doctor wont give
them to me anymore

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MaryL - 22 Oct 2006 22:42 GMT
> Chuck, I dont care about dead viruses.  I know I no longer take flu
> shots because I have each time gotten sick from them.  Doctor wont give
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> terrorism.

Loretta,

I went through a period years ago when the flu shot would make me sick.  My
doctor then had me get a half-dose in the fall and another half-dose in the
spring.  That seemed to solve the problem.  Oddly, we went back to one
regular dose in the fall several years later, and I have never had a
reaction since that time.  Incidentally, I suffered from a continuous round
of flu or flu-like illnesses every year until I started to get flu shots,
but I have not had the problem since getting flu vaccine.  Even the years
when the flu shot made me sick (fever, aches) were much better than what I
had in previous years.

MaryL
GrandpaChuck - 23 Oct 2006 02:21 GMT
>Chuck, I dont care about dead viruses.  I know I no longer take flu
>shots because I have each time gotten sick from them.  Doctor wont give
>them to me anymore

Have you asked him what is in them that makes you sick?

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Loretta Eisenberg - 24 Oct 2006 02:01 GMT
Chuck, the eggs

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Jeff - 22 Oct 2006 18:21 GMT
> I've had a cold for the past 10 days, and it wasn't TOO horrifically
> bad, although I did take a couple of days off work when the sofa looked
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>
> I'm just curious.

Your body fights off thousands of germs every day. Your colon is full of
germs, and there are germs all over your skin. Plus your mouth is really
dirty. The food you eat is also food for the germs in your mouth.

The injected flu vaccine is made of dead viruses. So while the body mounts a
response, there can't be an infection.

So I doubt that the flu vaccine caused you to get sicker. I think it is more
likely that either all the activity of getting back to work caused you to
get sicker or you got another cold (back to back colds).

Jeff

> Thanks!
>
> Priscilla
MaryL - 22 Oct 2006 21:05 GMT
> I've had a cold for the past 10 days, and it wasn't TOO horrifically
> bad, although I did take a couple of days off work when the sofa looked
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>
> Priscilla

I had a flu shot last week (no reaction), and I was asked first if I had
been ill.  I just scanned the information that was attached to the form I
signed before I received the shot.  Here is one item from the list:
"People who are moderately or severely ill should usually wait until they
recover before getting flu vaccine.  If you are ill, talk to your doctor or
nurse about whether to reschedule the vaccinatio.  People with a *mild
illness* [their emphasis] can usually get the vaccine."
[[Of course, it seems to me that the first and last sentences are
contradictory.]]

MaryL
Priscilla Ballou - 22 Oct 2006 21:54 GMT
> I had a flu shot last week (no reaction), and I was asked first if I had
> been ill.  I just scanned the information that was attached to the form I
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> [[Of course, it seems to me that the first and last sentences are
> contradictory.]]

Unfortunately our sheet said no allergies to eggs and some other stuff
and no "acute febrile illness."  I even asked them, and they said it was
OK with a cold.  Bah humbug.

Priscilla
TigerLily - 22 Oct 2006 22:04 GMT
sigh....... here they won't give you the flu shot
until you are totally OVER all symptoms of your
cold so this very thing doesn't happen

note for next year :-(

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> I've had a cold for the past 10 days, and it wasn't TOO horrifically
> bad, although I did take a couple of days off work when the sofa looked
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>
> Priscilla
Priscilla Ballou - 23 Oct 2006 00:27 GMT
> sigh....... here they won't give you the flu shot
> until you are totally OVER all symptoms of your
> cold so this very thing doesn't happen
>
> note for next year :-(

Yeah, no kidding.

I'm steaming my face to get my sinuses clear, but I don't think I have a
bacterial infection since I have no fever.  For a few years there I was
having colds turn into infected sinuses with some regularity.  It hasn't
happened for a while, though.

Priscilla
Trinkwasser - 23 Oct 2006 22:31 GMT
>> sigh....... here they won't give you the flu shot
>> until you are totally OVER all symptoms of your
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>having colds turn into infected sinuses with some regularity.  It hasn't
>happened for a while, though.

Sympathies! Used to happen to me until I got my BG under control.

<crosses fingers>

As well as the possibility of the shot hitting your immune system
there's also the possibility that you picked up a different virus
while at the doctor's. They give them away in the waiting room you
know.
Priscilla Ballou - 24 Oct 2006 00:51 GMT
> >> sigh....... here they won't give you the flu shot
> >> until you are totally OVER all symptoms of your
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> while at the doctor's. They give them away in the waiting room you
> know.

Well, I went in to see my new PCP today, and she confirmed that this is
likely a case of infected sinuses.  She gave me a prescription for
amoxicillin, which I've started.  I know it'll take a couple of days to
kick in, which is a bummer, because I do feel LOUSY!  When the tech had
taken my BP, temp, etc., she asked me if I was experiencing any pain.  
"Everything above my collarbone hurts," I replied.  "I think even my
hair hurts!"  

And I'm not (just?) being funny when I say the noises I'm making are
scaring my cats.  :-(  *hack*  *crack*  *HACK*

I hope people are feeling sorry for me.  It would be terribly
appropriate and, oh, so appreciated.

Priscilla, poor miserable sick bunny with droopy ears
Cheri - 24 Oct 2006 01:13 GMT
I am Priscilla.((((((((( Hugs))))))))) and best wishes that you feel
better soon.

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Priscilla Ballou wrote in message ...
>I hope people are feeling sorry for me.  It would be terribly
>appropriate and, oh, so appreciated.
>
>Priscilla, poor miserable sick bunny with droopy ears
Priscilla Ballou - 24 Oct 2006 11:40 GMT
> I am Priscilla.((((((((( Hugs))))))))) and best wishes that you feel
> better soon.

Ooooh!  Thanks for the hug, Cheri.  Though maybe I should have waited
until after my shower to accept it.  ;-)

Priscilla
GrandpaChuck - 24 Oct 2006 16:48 GMT
>> I am Priscilla.((((((((( Hugs))))))))) and best wishes that you feel
>> better soon.
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>
>Priscilla

Or Cheri could have joined you in the shower and given you the hug
there - maybe?  (dirty old man grins from ear-to-ear)

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Cheri - 24 Oct 2006 19:38 GMT
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>>> I am Priscilla.((((((((( Hugs))))))))) and best wishes that you feel
>>> better soon.
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>
>As of October 24, 2006 it has been 1270 days since Bush declared, "Mission Accomplished."
Alan S - 24 Oct 2006 01:20 GMT
>I hope people are feeling sorry for me.  It would be terribly
>appropriate and, oh, so appreciated.
>
>Priscilla, poor miserable sick bunny with droopy ears

We are:-)

I hate the misery of a cold. Get well soon.

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
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Priscilla Ballou - 24 Oct 2006 11:39 GMT
> >I hope people are feeling sorry for me.  It would be terribly
> >appropriate and, oh, so appreciated.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> I hate the misery of a cold. Get well soon.

Thanks, but it's not a cold at this point.  It's a raging sinus
infection, which is sort of like a cold on steroids.  Think Incredible
Hulk.  Think having one's head full of seawater and practically hearing
sloshing when one moves around.  Think a stiff sore neck, constant pain
in the face, and hacking cough that doesn't want to let you sleep.

This morning I got up (off the sofa where it's easier to sleep in a
non-totally-horizontal position) after a whole 6 hours uninterrupted
sleep (woo-hoo!  except I usually function on 8-9).  Yesterday evening
the infection had advanced into my left tear duct, leaving me with a
sore pink watery eye with swelling around the eye itself and gunk
obscuring my vision.  Right now I feel just a teensy bit better except
for the fact that, despite the fact that I'm coughing less, it hurts
more because I seem to have pulled some muscles coughing over the past
few days.  So, now instead of going "hack hack hack *groan*" I go "hack
hack *ouch*!"

I'm starting to think I'll be lucky to get in to work at *all* this
week.  I have Friday off to participate in my diocese's annual
convention.  I'm a non-voting delegate, so I can be a little out of it,
but I'm going to need to feel a whole lot better by then.  Oh, plus I'm
behind in some assignments at work.  

Poor ickle me.  ;-)

Priscilla, actually grateful for good medical care
Alan S - 24 Oct 2006 13:26 GMT
>I'm starting to think I'll be lucky to get in to work at *all* this
>week.

I'm starting to think - no, I do think - you'd be mad to
even consider going to work  in this condition. If you feel
you must - then think of those others who may not appreciate
your presence as a modern Typhoid Mary.

Stay home, get well, and remember the bucket of water theory
of indispensability.

And remember that there are people half a world away who
care.

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
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Priscilla Ballou - 24 Oct 2006 20:47 GMT
> >I'm starting to think I'll be lucky to get in to work at *all* this
> >week.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> you must - then think of those others who may not appreciate
> your presence as a modern Typhoid Mary.

Oh, if I feel like this I won't get in.  Getting in to work presupposes
I'm feeling a LOT better.  I doubt very much I'm contagious, though.  
The cold that started this could have been passed on, but the sinus
infection?  Unlikely.  That's an idiosyncratic response to the effects
of a cold.

> Stay home, get well, and remember the bucket of water theory
> of indispensability.

When my brain wakes up I'll know what you're talking about.

> And remember that there are people half a world away who
> care.

You're sweet.  Thanks, Alan.

Priscilla
Alan S - 25 Oct 2006 00:35 GMT
>> Stay home, get well, and remember the bucket of water theory
>> of indispensability.
>
>When my brain wakes up I'll know what you're talking about.

It was explained to me when I was in the RAAF, in the middle
of a complex engineering project (civil and military Air
Traffic Control radio communications for Townsville)- and
"the powers that be" posted me to a totally different job a
thousand km away.

My boss said "if you think you're indispensable, put your
hand in a bucket of water. Leave it there as long as you
like. Then take it out and see how long it takes for the
ripples to die away and all trace of your previous presence
to disappear".

Harsh, maybe. But after I left, the project was still
completed and everything worked properly - and no planes
crashed. Of course, I like to think it would have happened
better if I had been there, but that's just ego. Maybe my
departure was the reason it succeeded:-)

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Chris Malcolm - 24 Oct 2006 13:51 GMT
>> >I hope people are feeling sorry for me.  It would be terribly
>> >appropriate and, oh, so appreciated.
>> >
>> >Priscilla, poor miserable sick bunny with droopy ears

>> We are:-)
>>
>> I hate the misery of a cold. Get well soon.

> Thanks, but it's not a cold at this point.  It's a raging sinus
> infection, which is sort of like a cold on steroids.  Think Incredible
> Hulk.  Think having one's head full of seawater and practically hearing
> sloshing when one moves around.  Think a stiff sore neck, constant pain
> in the face, and hacking cough that doesn't want to let you sleep.

> This morning I got up (off the sofa where it's easier to sleep in a
> non-totally-horizontal position) after a whole 6 hours uninterrupted
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> few days.  So, now instead of going "hack hack hack *groan*" I go "hack
> hack *ouch*!"

> I'm starting to think I'll be lucky to get in to work at *all* this
> week.  

Dear me, what an attitude! You're ill and you need to recover
properly. I assume your employer is aware that they employed a human
being with all the consequent frailties? Sounds to me that *they*'ll
be lucky if you're fully enough recovered to risk exposure to their
germs and harassment for another two weeks! While you're recovering
the problems of your absence are *their* problems, not yours.

> I have Friday off to participate in my diocese's annual
> convention.  I'm a non-voting delegate, so I can be a little out of it,
> but I'm going to need to feel a whole lot better by then.  

It's an important part of recovery to be able to treat yourself to
outings and activities that you will enjoy :-)

> Oh, plus I'm
> behind in some assignments at work.  

My heart bleeds for your employers. Isn't there some sort of humorous
"Hope you're managing without me!" card you could send to cheer them
up?

Ehugs,

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Priscilla Ballou - 24 Oct 2006 20:45 GMT
> > I'm starting to think I'll be lucky to get in to work at *all* this
> > week.  
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> germs and harassment for another two weeks! While you're recovering
> the problems of your absence are *their* problems, not yours.

Yeah, yeah, I know, I know.  My therapist would have reminded me, too,
except that I had to cancel *that* appointment because I'm sick!

> > I have Friday off to participate in my diocese's annual
> > convention.  I'm a non-voting delegate, so I can be a little out of it,
> > but I'm going to need to feel a whole lot better by then.  
>
> It's an important part of recovery to be able to treat yourself to
> outings and activities that you will enjoy :-)

The problem is, I'm not convinced that convention will be something that
I enjoy.  It depends.  It is, however, something that I am rather
interested in, and anything that can wake my mind out of its oatmeal
bath will be welcome.  Well, almost anything.

Priscilla, almost due for her next session with her novel (aka nap)
sharppointy1 - 24 Oct 2006 15:11 GMT
Priscilla, dahling
I was inundated at work yesterday with sick people so I didn't check
asd.  I'm sorry, you poor baby!!
{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Priscilla}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Big
Barbara hugs and some cyber Jewish penicillin are on their way to you.
I *HATE* sinus infections, they can really lay you low.  Here's hoping
that you are feeling much better today.  Can you get some sunshine on
your face today?  This nursie is convinced of the healing powers of
fresh air and sunshine in addition to chicken soup.
May you be rapidly better.  And remember this long time pediatric
nurse's advice:  You can't get over your illness until you give it to
someone else (hee hee hee!!!) so go snorkle, cough, sneeze and shake
some hands someplace where you don't care for the people :-)
Barbara the silly

> > >I hope people are feeling sorry for me.  It would be terribly
> > >appropriate and, oh, so appreciated.
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>
> Priscilla, actually grateful for good medical care
Loretta Eisenberg - 24 Oct 2006 16:02 GMT
Priscilla, I understand that sinus infections are very very painful.
Did you or will you have them drained.

big hug for a quick recovery.

Loretta

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Priscilla Ballou - 24 Oct 2006 20:39 GMT
> Priscilla, I understand that sinus infections are very very painful.
> Did you or will you have them drained.

They seem to be emptying now that the bacteria are being bomped on the
head by the antibiotic.

> big hug for a quick recovery.

Thanks, Loretta!

Priscilla
Priscilla Ballou - 24 Oct 2006 20:39 GMT
> Priscilla, dahling
> I was inundated at work yesterday with sick people so I didn't check
> asd.  I'm sorry, you poor baby!!
> {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Priscilla}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Big
> Barbara hugs and some cyber Jewish penicillin are on their way to you.

Oh, that felt nice!  :-)  I actually made chicken soup on Saturday.  
Pretty dull chicken soup, because I ran out of energy when it came time
to chop vegies to put in the stock.  I also need to know what ingredient
I need to put in so it's Episcopalian penicillin.  Maybe if I serve it
with a silver spoon?  ;-)

> I *HATE* sinus infections, they can really lay you low.  Here's hoping
> that you are feeling much better today.  

I've definitely turned the corner.  No more sore throat, and the neck
glands and sinuses hurt only occasionally.  My hair doesn't hurt at all
anymore!  Unfortunately I've got a new pain -- at some point when I was
coughing out of control I must have pulled a muscle because now when I
cough (much more occasionally than before) it hurts like heck all
through my back.  At first I thought I might have separated a couple of
ribs.

When the improvements started I thought, "Oh, goodie!  This will be over
soon!"  Ha!  As if.  I may need to write off the rest of the week.

> Can you get some sunshine on
> your face today?  This nursie is convinced of the healing powers of
> fresh air and sunshine in addition to chicken soup.

I opened some windows a bit.  I like to bundle up with fresh air coming
in.  The cats like it, too.  They're started to come around again.  For
a few days there they were pretty standoffish.  I think I scared them
with the hacking honking sounds I was making, plus I think they could
smell the infection.  (Don't laugh!)  Francis, my baby, who greets me by
sniffing my mouth spent a lot of time sniffing around my nose, gathering
data.  Then no cuddles from him.  :-(  But today he was making
nicey-nice again.

> May you be rapidly better.  And remember this long time pediatric
> nurse's advice:  You can't get over your illness until you give it to
> someone else (hee hee hee!!!) so go snorkle, cough, sneeze and shake
> some hands someplace where you don't care for the people :-)

I'm not sure I can do that with a bacterial infection inside the
sinuses.  What I would have to do to pass it on would be too gross for
me to discuss here!  And I just want this dead.  Not gone, just dead.

> Barbara the silly

Thanks, Barbara the silly!

Priscilla, aka Aunt Scilly
GrandpaChuck - 24 Oct 2006 16:54 GMT
>> >I hope people are feeling sorry for me.  It would be terribly
>> >appropriate and, oh, so appreciated.
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>
>Priscilla, actually grateful for good medical care

I really feel for you. I get one of those about three to four times a
year. My doctor has told me to stop with decongestants and use nasal
spray, an NSAID for the inflammation and keep a steam vaporizer going
all the time. At least when there is no sign of bacterial infection.
He and I don't believe in using antibiotics when not needed. If I have
a cough from the PND I use a cough syrup recommended by my pharmacist
for a diabetic like me he doesn't want alcohol in it.

I sent a prayer your way that She will give you quick relief. Take
care and be well.

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Non-Mortal American casualties 44,779.
Over 100 Iraqi civilians are killed every day. Most by so-called insurgents.
 
As of October 24, 2006 it has been 1270 days since Bush declared, "Mission Accomplished."

Gantlet - 24 Oct 2006 16:59 GMT
im not sure but i do believe this year was the first time i ever got a flu
shot.
since then i have had a stuffy nose.  not sure if its related.

Tom
W. Baker - 24 Oct 2006 16:06 GMT
: > >> sigh....... here they won't give you the flu shot
: > >> until you are totally OVER all symptoms of your
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: > while at the doctor's. They give them away in the waiting room you
: > know.

: Well, I went in to see my new PCP today, and she confirmed that this is
: likely a case of infected sinuses.  She gave me a prescription for
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: "Everything above my collarbone hurts," I replied.  "I think even my
: hair hurts!"  

: And I'm not (just?) being funny when I say the noises I'm making are
: scaring my cats.  :-(  *hack*  *crack*  *HACK*

: I hope people are feeling sorry for me.  It would be terribly
: appropriate and, oh, so appreciated.

: Priscilla, poor miserable sick bunny with droopy ears

Oh, poor, poor Priscilla.  this is awful!  I do feel sorry for you.  I was
lucky, I kust kept n cauching and blowing less and less until now, some
weeks later, it has practically stopped.  thee is hpe fo rou yet.

Wendy
Priscilla Ballou - 24 Oct 2006 20:30 GMT
> : I hope people are feeling sorry for me.  It would be terribly
> : appropriate and, oh, so appreciated.
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> lucky, I kust kept n cauching and blowing less and less until now, some
> weeks later, it has practically stopped.  thee is hpe fo rou yet.

Oh, that felt so good!  Thank you, Wendy.  :-)

I felt so elated once the antibiotics started kicking in and I stopped
getting worse.  The trouble is, I'm getting better very slowly.  I'm
still sick.  I have about enough energy to heat up a mug of soup, then
it's time for a nap again.  And, while I'm not constantly hacking,
that's still an issue, as is the contents of my sinuses (sini?).  In a
moment of madness I'd thought I'd get back to work tomorrow.  Now I'm
thinking this whole week may be a write off.  But I don't have enough
mental energy to think about that much.  I think I'll go take another
nap.

Priscilla
Nicky - 24 Oct 2006 21:45 GMT
> Priscilla, poor miserable sick bunny with droopy ears

POOOOOOOOR Priscilla! You can have a major dose of sympathy from me!

Nicky.

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Priscilla Ballou - 24 Oct 2006 23:07 GMT
> > Priscilla, poor miserable sick bunny with droopy ears
>
> POOOOOOOOR Priscilla! You can have a major dose of sympathy from me!

Wow, that felt good!  I just emailed work to say I needed one more day.  
I need to get some fluff back into my fur.

Priscilla
Trinkwasser - 25 Oct 2006 19:54 GMT
>> >> sigh....... here they won't give you the flu shot
>> >> until you are totally OVER all symptoms of your
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>"Everything above my collarbone hurts," I replied.  "I think even my
>hair hurts!"  

My teeth are jumping at the moment, Istrongly suspect I'm getting the
same thing. Mother got the amoxicillin and more damn steroids as it's
gotten down into her lungs, I predict I'll get the same antibiotic on
monday. There's been a lot of it about this early in the season though
it sound like yours is particularly bad

{{{armslength hugs}}}

>And I'm not (just?) being funny when I say the noises I'm making are
>scaring my cats.  :-(  *hack*  *crack*  *HACK*

They're terrified at the potential size of the hairball which they
expect to emerge

>I hope people are feeling sorry for me.  It would be terribly
>appropriate and, oh, so appreciated.

Well that's what we're here for surely? Although I just bet you
haven't had a giant boil burst out of your groin yet like I just did

(choruses of "That was nothing!" and "You were lucky!")

>Priscilla, poor miserable sick bunny with droopy ears

<hunts for casserole>
 
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