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| A Storm at Sea Edward William Cook Source |
Sinuses plugged - they whistle, they meow like a cat at night - low grade headache, general lethargy, in other words ...
No fiction for you ...
Okay, so it won't be that long (I hope) but in the meantime, read the folks on the sidebar. I'll try to come up with something for Tuesday, provided I feel better sometime over the next 48 hours.
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Hot drinks, chicken noodle soup, rest..........repeat Sarge.
ReplyDeleteSleep, chicken noodle soup, hot apple cider, and more sleep. If you were closer, I would bring you Mugwump. He's a 20 pound Tom, and really cranks out the heat.
ReplyDeleteRum in the cider is very effective. It mostly induces sleep and if it doesn't you don't care as much. Old Guns 4 score & 4.
ReplyDeleteSarge, All of the above, but mostly take it easy. We’ll be here when you get back!
ReplyDeletejuvat
Hot tea with brandy, lemon, and honey.
ReplyDeleteBack in the day, when my wife and her mom started doing day care, she was constantly sick. Kept going to the doctor. Doc was puzzled as to why and finally asked where she worked. Laughed when told they had recently started a day care. Told her that she was going to be sick for at least two years because there was always something going around the schools, and the little treasures, kind hearted things they are, were sharing with one and all, especially their younger siblings. Who then shared with the day care providers.
All the above, take care of yourself like you'd take care of your beloved wife if she was sick.
ReplyDeletePlenty of *ssholes in the universe, we need to take care of the decent folks.
Same as all the above. This too shall pass.
ReplyDeleteWe'll miss you for a while and look forward to your return.
JB
The return to school is the harbinger of what's to come. It starts slow, the holidays arrive, the pathogens propagate, and if it's a normal year, I'll be infected before Christmas.
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed the season. Rest up Sarge.
ReplyDeleteThis is going to take a couple of days I think.
ReplyDeleteI'll be back when I'm able. (Before seeing Elba I trust.)
Grandchildren should have their own hazmat codes. Verminous little vectors of infection that they are.
ReplyDeleteRetired
So yes, when entering back to school season, otherwise known as cold and flu season---the darling little buggers have by the end of September had 3-4 weeks to mix their germs and concoct horrible diseases to inflict on the rest of us, their unsuspecting families. I make sure I am keeping up to date with my Vit C and D. But even more rigorously I enforce the "Grammy rule"...deep sigh from 6 year old first graders...
ReplyDeleteWhen you come to my house, the first thing ya do, before hugs and kisses, before snacks and cookies, before ANYTHING is to go into the bathroom and wash your hands. With soap. Singing Happy Birthday to me TWICE so I know ya stood there for more than 10 seconds.
Cause the germiest object in any building--public or private--are door handles. (Not toilet seats) (According to some study done 15ish years ago now) And we all touch them.
There was also some study done down in TX about the effectiveness of flu shots. They took 1 little town and gave flu shots to ALL the over 65 crowd. Then they took another same sized town just down the road and gave flu shots to every kid over 6 months but under 18 years of age. The town that was the healthiest all winter was the one where the kids got the flu shots. Cause, Lord love 'em, they are walking germ factories.
So, yes, I get a flu shot every year and have for decades now.
But THE most effective way to prevent getting the Fall/Winter/Spring crud is to WASH your hands when ya come in the door from being out somewhere. School, work, grocery store, library, where ever. Before ya eat. After ya use the bathroom. But especially when ya get home.
And I say this as quite possibly the less germ-phobic nurse you will ever meet. As I was talking with my sister last night, my level of ick from other folks crud is pretty high as while growing up the next door neighbor lady would hire me to clean out her goat barn after it had not been done all winter...She had 15 goats...She paid $5/hour for labor back when minimum wage was less than $2/hour. The first 4 feet weren't too bad, but the last 6 feet were really, really bad...like straight ammonia. Her tomatoes always grew phenomenally well though...
Yes, push fluids, chicken soup, etc, all help, but the best prevention is wash the hands.
Suz
Suz, Yeah, I knew all that, but it's nice to get a reminder from someone who KNOWS all that. Thanks!
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Sarge, after recovery, drink more from a garden hose. A spoonful of dirt too if'n ye have a mind for it. For strength.
ReplyDeleteI'll throw in my advice: a large towel as a tent over your head as you inhale steam. Vick's vapor rub liberally slathered upon your throat and chest. And a glass of warm brandy.