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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2014 8:22:03 GMT -5
(I just love having to pee every ninety minutes or so) So I hear. Hey, whatever floats your boat. So to speak.
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Post by zryson on Sept 11, 2014 8:22:56 GMT -5
I feel terribly sick right now and I have a paper due tomorrow. Maybe a good dose of vitamins and minerals would do the trick? I hope you get your paper in on time!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2014 8:28:56 GMT -5
To add insult to injury, I now have a rash all over my head, neck and chest, an allergic reaction to direct sunlight caused by the antibiotics, so now I'm taking Benedryl on top of all the other crap. ... Cei-U! I summon relief from this awful, AWFUL itch! In all seriousness, I definitely sympathize. The reason I'm considered allergic to penicillin is an itching heat-to-toe rash I broke out in during Roc*Kon III (I think it was) in Little Rock in 2/79 while I was still on penicillin & probably a couple of other things for mono (that had earlier been diagnosed as depression, complete with a prescription for Elavil, but I digress). Since I was 150 miles away from the doctor's office & couldn't get back there for a couple of days, they couldn't be sure the pencillin was the source (could've even been just the mono itself at fault, apparently), but better safe than sorry, they said. Had a similar reaction to whatever painkiller I was given after my first root canal in the summer of '94 (a procedure that otherwise couldn't have gone for trouble-free; same with my second a few years ago).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2014 14:42:49 GMT -5
My inner editor is getting the best of me...it's two words... et cetera. et (Latin for "and") cetera (Latin for something along the lines of "the rest") and is a borrowing form the Latin phrase meaning and the rest (of the things like the ones we mentioned). -M That must be why my spellcheck didn't like that word
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Post by hondobrode on Sept 11, 2014 16:53:58 GMT -5
So Monday I went to the clinic so they could assess my progress against the infection I've been fighting for what feels like a year now. They ended prescribing a diuretic on top of the antibiotics (I just love having to pee every ninety minutes or so) and ordered me to spend 4 to 5 hours a day with my feet elevated. To add insult to injury, I now have a rash all over my head, neck and chest, an allergic reaction to direct sunlight caused by the antibiotics, so now I'm taking Benedryl on top of all the other crap. All of this is going down, naturally, when I'm busting my ass to finish the article for Alter Ego. It's kind of amazing to me that I'm actually three paragraphs shy of being done. On other topics, I wore hooded sweatshirts (I, too, abominate the cretinous "hoodie") all through college, as it was more practical to do that than ask others to help me with my coat before and after each class. Haven't owned one in years but it's at the top of my list of things to buy with my paycheck from TwoMorrows. I've never been a hat guy, though I wore peaked cloth caps for a time in the '80s. And my sister was a tomboy (still is, to a certain extent) and was labeled as such growing up. Cei-U! I summon relief from this awful, AWFUL itch! Sorry to hear all of that Kurt. As as for the urinating, it could be worse (catheter). Funny you say keeping your feet elevated. I just came from physical therapy and got a wedge to do just that. It helps relieve the tension in my lower back. Looking forward to to reading your published article later too.
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Post by shaxper on Sept 11, 2014 19:10:09 GMT -5
Then it can't be a very long paper now can it? Anything less than 20 pages is not a paper, it's a warm up. And besides, what are you doing here if you have a wannabe paper due! -M You folks on the CCF > writing a paper All the best papers are written between 2 and 4 am. At some point, your internal filter shuts down, and everything that comes out is either pure brilliance or utter nonsense. All you need do after is grab yourself a cup of coffee, accept the fact that you won't be going to sleep anytime today, and then edit out the nonsense, keeping the brilliance. At least that was my undergrad experience.
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Post by shaxper on Sept 11, 2014 19:11:24 GMT -5
So Monday I went to the clinic so they could assess my progress against the infection I've been fighting for what feels like a year now. They ended prescribing a diuretic on top of the antibiotics (I just love having to pee every ninety minutes or so) and ordered me to spend 4 to 5 hours a day with my feet elevated. To add insult to injury, I now have a rash all over my head, neck and chest, an allergic reaction to direct sunlight caused by the antibiotics, so now I'm taking Benedryl on top of all the other crap. All of this is going down, naturally, when I'm busting my ass to finish the article for Alter Ego. It's kind of amazing to me that I'm actually three paragraphs shy of being done. On other topics, I wore hooded sweatshirts (I, too, abominate the cretinous "hoodie") all through college, as it was more practical to do that than ask others to help me with my coat before and after each class. Haven't owned one in years but it's at the top of my list of things to buy with my paycheck from TwoMorrows. I've never been a hat guy, though I wore peaked cloth caps for a time in the '80s. And my sister was a tomboy (still is, to a certain extent) and was labeled as such growing up. Cei-U! I summon relief from this awful, AWFUL itch! The least you could do is derive some sort of super powers from this stuff. Ye gads, man. I am so sorry. I think you've been through enough. Is there a prognosis on when this infection is finally going to go away for good?
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Post by Cei-U! on Sept 11, 2014 21:27:48 GMT -5
Is there a prognosis on when this infection is finally going to go away for good? Your guess is as good as mine, mate. This new antibiotic doesn't seem to be working any better than the other. I suspect that when I see the doctor early next week, I'll be going back into the hospital for a more extended stay. I won't mind that much if they do because I finished the Alter Ego article today so I won't have that hanging over my head. I'll keep y'all posted. Cei-U! I summon the ordeal!
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Post by Prince Hal on Sept 11, 2014 21:28:03 GMT -5
Of course, no one in his right mind lives north of the Mason-Dixon line. Up here we call it the Manson-Dixon Line to remind us of why we don't live below it. Frankly, you sound better suited to the kind of supercilious, cranky-ass attitude that we revere ourselves for up here. You may well have been separated at birth from your Yankee family, Dan.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2014 22:10:16 GMT -5
Is there a prognosis on when this infection is finally going to go away for good? Your guess is as good as mine, mate. This new antibiotic doesn't seem to be working any better than the other. I suspect that when I see the doctor early next week, I'll be going back into the hospital for a more extended stay. I won't mind that much if they do because I finished the Alter Ego article today so I won't have that hanging over my head. I'll keep y'all posted. Cei-U! I summon the ordeal! Congrats on finishing the article, and hope you feel better. I have been taking a water pill for about 8 or 9 years now, since I got diagnosed with high blood pressure as part of the prescribed package of meds to treat it, and it was quite the adjustment to get used to the effect it had on me, but now it's just normal for me, though others still wonder about the frequent runs to the restroom at times. -M
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Post by Jasoomian on Sept 12, 2014 1:19:03 GMT -5
Raw garlic can fight infections. Oregano oil if you want to get serious.
I'm nibbling on some raw garlic now as I throw some into the skillet for a dish of scrambled ham & potatoes.
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Post by the4thpip on Sept 12, 2014 1:48:49 GMT -5
I feel terribly sick right now and I have a paper due tomorrow. Maybe a good dose of vitamins and minerals would do the trick? They won't. It's a misconception that vitamins will cure you of disease. Lack of vitamins will make you ill, but vitamin C does nothing to cure the common cold. (And also, supplements suck and you should try to get your vitamins and minerals from healthy food. I make one exception for Mg, as I run a lot and use a steam bath often so I sweat out too much of that to replenish from bananas alone and the supplement keeps me from getting cramps in my legs.)
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Post by the4thpip on Sept 12, 2014 1:50:21 GMT -5
Raw garlic can fight infections. Oregano oil if you want to get serious. I'm nibbling on some raw garlic now as I throw some into the skillet for a dish of scrambled ham & potatoes. Yes, raw garlic is a much better prescription. And making a hot beverage from fresh ginger. All those things that are rich in essential oils seem to have naturally antibiotic and immune-strengthening properties.
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Post by shaxper on Sept 12, 2014 5:01:34 GMT -5
I finished the Alter Ego article today Well congrats on that! I don't know how you managed to do so with all this going on.
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Post by zryson on Sept 12, 2014 8:21:34 GMT -5
Could another 9/11 happen? People working in law enforcement think its inevitable, and that it will take another 9/11 for the public to wake up. So far the west's response to the growing threat of ISIS has been timid. But as we saw saw with the Coalition forces when they invaded Iraq, you get rid of one threat and multiple other threats pop up in the vacuum. So in many ways, its a never-ending battle.
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