tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post1579899293953973072..comments2024-03-18T05:45:58.680-05:00Comments on Agent in the Middle: I am SickRavenous Romancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11671397588069818557noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-42564081168245735452007-11-05T08:37:00.001-05:002007-11-05T08:37:00.001-05:00Lori, I hope you feel better. Did you get to go se...Lori, <BR/>I hope you feel better. Did you get to go see A Bronx Tale?Tyhitia Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070000168178880911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-472488640633327022007-11-05T06:40:00.000-05:002007-11-05T06:40:00.000-05:00Hope you got to A Bronx Tale okay. Colds are mise...Hope you got to A Bronx Tale okay. Colds are miserable.nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415222406280230021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-74771785327543933902007-11-04T20:01:00.000-05:002007-11-04T20:01:00.000-05:00According to doctors, the only way to catch a cold...According to doctors, the only way to catch a cold is through contact with someone who has a cold...usually hand contact. So you must have been exposed, and being run down and working too hard left you vulnerable to the infection. <BR/><BR/>The best thing to do is stay home and get better. Your body needs the rest. And, for the millions of us out here who can't afford to catch a cold, stay home and recuperate as a symbolic gesture of good will. My partner of fifteen years caught a cold on a flight to Germany this past summer, which developed into pneumonia. All from being too run down and working too hard. The pneumonia turned into ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) and he nearly died. He is now considered to have had the longest hospital stay (mostly in ICU) in Doylestown PA's Hospital history, from May 17th until August 28th (he was intubated, trached...you name it). And all this came from a simple cold. <BR/><BR/>And let me tell you, this wasn't easy on me (thank God for decent editors who were supportive and fantastic when I was a zombie!)or my family. By mid-July I knew most of the staff in ICU by name; by early August I knew how to work the settings on the ventilator. And now that's he's recuperating the biggest fear is catching a simple cold from someone else. We simply couldn't take a chance on going to a restaurant or seeing something like A Bronx Tale, for fear of being exposed to a cold or virus from someone who should have remained at home. <BR/><BR/>Get better, have some chicken soup, and rest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-32550159064208295352007-11-03T21:36:00.000-05:002007-11-03T21:36:00.000-05:00Be sure to take something to drain your sinuses to...Be sure to take something to drain your sinuses to get better asap. Hope you feel better soon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-27814472596779085202007-11-03T21:10:00.000-05:002007-11-03T21:10:00.000-05:00Aw... that sucks. Hope you get feeling better soo...Aw... that sucks. Hope you get feeling better soon. One herb (yeah, I'm crazy) that I've found to help with all sicknesses is called "Ultimate Echinacea" (spelling?). Anytime I get sick I just take a dropper-full and I'm usually better quickly. Another one that helps with sniffles or just overall-bad-feeling is called VSC (no clue what it stands for).<BR/><BR/>- Jaden Nation<BR/><A>www.undergroundunrest.com/blog</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1852708580253469865.post-84822262950277991042007-11-03T15:52:00.000-05:002007-11-03T15:52:00.000-05:00Lori,If you are anything like me, you need more th...Lori,<BR/><BR/>If you are anything like me, you need more than rest, you need sleep.<BR/><BR/>I have learned the hard way that I do not have the same physical stamina that other people have. If I try to do too much (like what you described), I get sick.<BR/><BR/>Strep throat sick.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and it is not the nasty pathogen Group A Strep that others have to worry about. Nope, it's a strain that is normally on my throat but if my defenses get run down it then becomes pathogenic. (Group F, Beta Strep in case you were wondering.)<BR/><BR/>That is what is known in medicine as "opportunistic pathogens."<BR/><BR/>Please, just listen to your body and surrender to being one with your pillow if that is what it calls out for.<BR/><BR/>I know after several harsh lessons to reschedule my day whenever my body gives me the sore throat signal. That's only the beginning of my woes if I don't heed the warning.<BR/><BR/>Take care and eat lots of Jewish penicillin. It couldn't hurt.<BR/><BR/>LindaLinda C. McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11554730334838454885noreply@blogger.com