SICK! - Page 4

nikki1920 · #1 08-11-2008, 09:10 AM

Kid hacked and coughed all day Saturday. Now I am hacking and coughing today. I"m leaving at noon.

EagleChick19 · #2 08-11-2008, 11:10 AM

I fell down a wet escalator in Philadelphia yesterday at a subway station (Suburban Station...for you Philly folks.) My hands and butt broke my fall, but the edge of the step tore up my left Achilles tendon and now it's swollen and had 4 4-5 in scrapes on it. I also got some bruises....

Still BLUTANG · #3 08-11-2008, 02:08 PM

^^^^
omg, that sounds terrible, and yucky.

piphiangel314 · #4 08-12-2008, 12:36 AM

I re-sprained my ankle again today. It's about the size of a grapefruit yet again.

Not to mention I have a horrible smokers cough going on, and I don't even smoke! Argh. Right before I move back to Indiana too!

VandalSquirrel · #5 11-18-2008, 08:01 PM

So since we spent Friday evening together, eating the same food and breathing the same air, and you get sick Saturday evening, and I didn't, I assume you had food poisoning from your tuna and cheese on a tortilla.

I regret bringing you soup, gatorade, and pepto bismol because I now feel like I want to die. I should have left it outside your door and ran away. No amount of hand sanitizer or hand washing could have prevented the worst stomach bug I've ever had. I've never felt this awful, nor have I ever puked up water and pepto, for almost 12 hours.

Thankfully you're bringing me diet Vernor's.

ETA: High school friend, the suggestion of sugar in water was BAD! When I vomited it was sugar syrup and yellow bile. I'm also mad that I've had sinus & throat surgery so there's so much space puke went up my nose and out my mouth. How can there be anything left in my digestive system, HOW? In other news, quick way to lose a few pounds!

KappaKittyCat · #6 11-18-2008, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

So since we spent Friday evening together, eating the same food and breathing the same air, and you get sick Saturday evening, and I didn't, I assume you had food poisoning from your tuna and cheese on a tortilla.

I regret bringing you soup, gatorade, and pepto bismol because I now feel like I want to die. I should have left it outside your door and ran away. No amount of hand sanitizer or hand washing could have prevented the worst stomach bug I've ever had. I've never felt this awful, nor have I ever puked up water and pepto, for almost 12 hours.

Thankfully you're bringing me diet Vernor's.

ETA: High school friend, the suggestion of sugar in water was BAD! When I vomited it was sugar syrup and yellow bile. I'm also mad that I've had sinus & throat surgery so there's so much space puke went up my nose and out my mouth. How can there be anything left in my digestive system, HOW? In other news, quick way to lose a few pounds!

Oh, barf.

Literally.

I'm sorry you're so sick.

SWTXBelle · #7 11-18-2008, 09:43 PM

Try Emetrol (spelling?) anti-nausea liquid. So, so sorry - I had this a week and a half ago.

VandalSquirrel · #8 11-20-2008, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by KappaKittyCat

Oh, barf.

Literally.

I'm sorry you're so sick.

He felt guilty and brought me pedialyte and applesauce, and a SQUIRREL! Sadly I puked all of that up repeatedly, and started talking crazy so he took me to the ER. I got hooked up to an IV and felt a lot better.

KappaKittyCat · #9 11-23-2008, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

He felt guilty and brought me pedialyte and applesauce, and a SQUIRREL! Sadly I puked all of that up repeatedly, and started talking crazy so he took me to the ER. I got hooked up to an IV and felt a lot better.

You puked up the squirrel? Damn!

Sometimes you just get so dehydrated that you can't keep anything down. That happened to me with food poisoning once. The ER was a good call. Once your body chemistry is that out of whack, only IV rehydration and some strong antiemetics will help.

LucyKKG · #10 11-20-2008, 02:39 AM

I'm not sick but I have one of the biggest zits I've ever had right on my chin. Dear Lord! I don't think I've had a zit this gnarly since I was 15!

SydneyK · #11 11-20-2008, 09:32 AM

I'm on my third sinus infection of the year. I guess what really sucks about it is that I had never had one before this year, and now I've had three. What gives? I never knew how much these things hurt - I feel like someone's been kicking my nose and cheeks from inside my head.

Hubby has the stomach bug that's going around. My daughter has had a cough for two weeks, and my son has the flu. Why must we all get sick at once?

RU OX Alum · #12 11-20-2008, 10:24 AM

I still have a cough, have been sick for like two weeks, though, on and off fighting a cold. Then last week it won and I was miserable but have been working through it, going to the gym has helped.

VandalSquirrel · #13 11-23-2008, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by SydneyK

I'm on my third sinus infection of the year. I guess what really sucks about it is that I had never had one before this year, and now I've had three. What gives? I never knew how much these things hurt - I feel like someone's been kicking my nose and cheeks from inside my head.

Hubby has the stomach bug that's going around. My daughter has had a cough for two weeks, and my son has the flu. Why must we all get sick at once?

I started getting a lot of sinus infections when I moved to Idaho. These are the things that influenced my condition.
Allergies - something that grows here I'm allergic to. I'm also allergic to mold and it was in my old apartment.

Adenoids - my adenoids grew back (wtf? I had them removed many years prior) and were infected.

Deviated septum - my nose had been broken and because of the first two issues, it couldn't drain the infection (eww).

Antibiotic resistance - I had been given so many different drugs with poor results that the infection never went away, and not much worked.

Try and see if you can get a referral to an ear nose and throat doctor and/or an allergist. I'm so much better after multiple surgeries and allergy treatments. Also getting a sinus rinse kit helps so much, and they are pretty much safe for everyone, even pregnant women since it is just warm water and salt squirted up your nose.

SydneyK · #14 11-30-2008, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

...getting a sinus rinse kit helps so much, and they are pretty much safe for everyone, even pregnant women since it is just warm water and salt squirted up your nose.

Thank you, VandalSquirrel! I had never heard of these until your post prompted some research. I recently bought a NettiPot and have used it a few times - it's wonderful! I was reluctant at first to pour water up my nose, but once I got past the initial weirdness, I've learned to really appreciate it. Thanks again for the suggestion!

VandalSquirrel · #15 12-01-2008, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by LucyKKG

Ugh...bf got me sick. In his defense, he got me sick last time. My throat is sore and my nose is super runny. I don't want to get up early to help out at my Norwegian club, but I said I would and I know they need me. I don't want to go to bed cause I wanna talk to my boo! Life is freaking tough...

Dude with a cold the lutefisk won't smell or taste so bad. I wish I was coming home at the end of the month so we could wear our Norwegian sweaters and make lefse

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Originally Posted by SydneyK

Thank you, VandalSquirrel! I had never heard of these until your post prompted some research. I recently bought a NettiPot and have used it a few times - it's wonderful! I was reluctant at first to pour water up my nose, but once I got past the initial weirdness, I've learned to really appreciate it. Thanks again for the suggestion!

I can't do the netti pot style, but the squeeze bottle works wonders. After one of my sinus surgeries it was a lifesaver with the dissolving packing they crammed in there. I had the worst headache and by rinsing it got a huge chunk out and all the pressure was gone.