Dealing with a Sinus Infection: My Quest for Relief

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In summary, Astronuc is telling Evo that she is being a jerk and that she should listen to him. Evo is not listening to Astronuc and is angry with him.
  • #71
*dumps pastina into motai's computer* Get some rest and feel better.

Now, everyone, stay away from Evo and motai while they're still contagious! We don't need a whole PF epidemic going around.
 
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  • #72
thanks Evo. I have had more than my share of chicken soup but I have a hard time talking because of the sore throat. I found soy milk to sooth the sore throat as well as a lozenge.

The worst part is not being able to rest because I am either constantly uncomftorable or in some sort of pain, the insomnia didn't help .

Nothing tastes the same. Even water has a weird aftertaste. I can "smell" my cold I am not as hungry as I usually am, but curry sounds good right about now. I can't read a book for more than 5 minutes before forcing my eyes shut. Even now it is difficult to see out of my bloodshot eyes. I got to get to bed soon, that has been my haven for most of the day.
 
  • #73
Motai, the same things apply to your situation as applied to Evo's.

I also remembered - warm Dr. Pepper (softdrink) is pretty good for sore throat.

For nausea or gastroenteritis - decarbonated (i.e. flat, no carbonation) Coca-Cola. Flat Coca-Cola (not RC, not Pepsi, not diet Coke) is especially effective because it contains some phosphorylated carbohydrates which are directly soothing to the stomach lining.
 
  • #74
motai said:
thanks Evo. I have had more than my share of chicken soup but I have a hard time talking because of the sore throat. I found soy milk to sooth the sore throat as well as a lozenge.

The worst part is not being able to rest because I am either constantly uncomftorable or in some sort of pain, the insomnia didn't help .

Nothing tastes the same. Even water has a weird aftertaste. I can "smell" my cold I am not as hungry as I usually am, but curry sounds good right about now. I can't read a book for more than 5 minutes before forcing my eyes shut. Even now it is difficult to see out of my bloodshot eyes. I got to get to bed soon, that has been my haven for most of the day.
The flu sux. :frown: People tend to forget how painful it is and over the counter pain medication doesn't help.

Try to sleep. Here, Ill share the bucket of codeine gokul gave me. :smile:
 
  • #75
By the way Evo, have you recovered?
 
  • #76
motai, even if you can't sleep, just sit in bed and watch TV or something else that requires no thinking. You can't do anything that requires thinking while sick with flu, so don't even try.

Who else got those big activity books when they were sick as a kid? The ones you could color and do word search puzzles, etc. Those are perfect for being sick. They should make versions of those for adults...:rolleyes: oh, nevermind, just get the kid's version! *sends motai activity book and box of 64 Crayola crayons*
 
  • #77
Astronuc said:
By the way Evo, have you recovered?
No, I only came down with it Saturday (my constant whining just makes it seem longer). :rolleyes:
 
  • #78
Moonbear said:
motai, even if you can't sleep, just sit in bed and watch TV or something else that requires no thinking. You can't do anything that requires thinking while sick with flu, so don't even try.

Who else got those big activity books when they were sick as a kid? The ones you could color and do word search puzzles, etc. Those are perfect for being sick. They should make versions of those for adults...:rolleyes: oh, nevermind, just get the kid's version! *sends motai activity book and box of 64 Crayola crayons*
oooh, my mother would buy me Colorforms sets when I was sick. I LOVED COLORFORMS! Do they still sell those?
 
  • #79
Evo said:
oooh, my mother would buy me Colorforms sets when I was sick. I LOVED COLORFORMS! Do they still sell those?

Colorforms were great! I loved them too. I don't know if they make them anymore.
 
  • #80
Wellness Zinc Lozenges

Wellness Zinc Lozenges are specially formulated to contain the most active forms of zinc. Zinc is a trace element that plays a significant role in the human body. It is involved in normal cell growth and repair and helps support the body's natural defenses. Natural lemon-lime flavor has no zinc aftertaste.
The Wellness Family™ of products are designed to support the body's defense system when under physical stress. Our zinc lozenges are specially formulated to contain the most active forms of zinc. Zinc is a trace element that plays a significant role in the human body. It is involved in normal cell growth and repair and helps support the body's natural defenses. Natural peach and raspberry flavors leave no "zinc aftertaste."

Edit:deleted spam
 
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  • #81
Cool - a spammer which must search for threads about people with colds :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :biggrin:
 
  • #82
I've only been online 10 minutes and already banned two spammers.
 
  • #83
J77 said:
Cool - a spammer which must search for threads about people with colds :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :biggrin:
:smile: I was wondering why someone would ressurrect this thread. Can we make fun of spammers publicly? I mean, how desperate does someone have to be to dig through a forum for old threads about people with colds to insert their spam? :smile:
 
  • #84
Moonbear said:
:smile: Can we make fun of spammers publicly? :smile:
Yes! Most definitely! It's open season, all year round. There are no bag limits either. Fire away! with prejudice! and malice! :devil:

You might guess, I don't like spammers. :mad: :devil: :biggrin:
 
  • #85
I had forgotten how much I can whine when I'm sick. :redface:
 
  • #86
Evo said:
I had forgotten how much I can whine when I'm sick. :redface:
You, whine? I hadn't noticed. :smile:

So do you feel better now - 15 months later?
 
  • #87
Why do we call unwanted advertising, spam - as in Spiced Ham? Does anyone know how the name came about?
 
  • #88
Do you mean Hormel's "Shoulder of Pork and hAM" or how the term has been applied to unsolicited and unwanted electronic advertising?

As for the latter -
Although the first known instance of unsolicited commercial e-mail occurred in 1978 (unsolicited electronic messaging had already taken place over other media, with the first recorded instance being via telegram on September 13, 1904), the term "spam" for this practice had not yet been applied. In the 1980s the term was adopted to describe certain abusive users who frequented BBSs and MUDs, who would repeat "SPAM" a huge number of times to scroll other users' text off the screen. In the early Chat rooms in services like PeopleLink and the early days of AOL, they actually flooded the screen with sizeable quotes from the Monty Python routine. This was generally used as a tactic by insiders of a particular group who wanted to drive newcomers out of the room so the usual conversation could continue. This act, previously termed flooding or trashing, came to be called spamming as well. By analogy, the term was soon applied to any large amount of text broadcast by one user, or sometimes by many users.
according to Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_(electronic)#History

as this thread veers way off-topic
 
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  • #89
geeze, I just re-read the entire thread.

Two words - Beaver Horseradish! :biggrin:
 
  • #90
Astronuc said:
as this thread veers way off-topic

:redface: I was wondering about this and it just popped out.

Beaver Horseradish!
 
  • #91
Ivan Seeking said:
Beaver Horseradish!

:confused:

Thanks Astronuc; I've also always wondered where the term spam originated for annoying advertising. Now I know! :approve:
 
  • #92
Oh well, I tried to get back on-topic.

And it was too "spiced ham". :biggrin:
Hormel founder George A. Hormel, and marketed as ''Hormel Spiced Ham''
http://www.cusd.claremont.edu/~mrosenbl/spamstory.html
 
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  • #93
I like the fake etymologies listed at Astro's link, at Wiki. :smile:
 
  • #94
I like the fake etymologies listed at Astro's link, at Wiki.
Can't trust Wikipedia about such matters as food etymology. I mean really, what's the world coming to?

marketed as ''Hormel Spiced Ham'' - not a terribly inspiring name for an innovative product fated to save lives, win wars, and balance diets of people world wide.

Hormel Spiced Ham got off to a slightly rocky start. Other meatpackers began to introduce their own canned luncheon meats, and Hormel lost its controlling share of the market. Soon, however, they came up with a cunning plan to rectify this situation - they would give Hormel's luncheon meat a truly catchy name. Toward this end, they offered $100 for a suitable appellation. The winning name was, of course, ''SPAM'', and a legend was born.
It sounds like they held a contest, and the inference is that whoever devised the appelation "SPAM" was thinking "SPiced hAM", as opposed to "Shoulder Pork and hAM". I guess we'll have to go to urban legends.

Well - Hormel's site is no help.
In 1937, Hormel introduced a product that would become world-renowned--SPAM® Luncheon Meat.
http://www.hormel.com/templates/knowledge/knowledge.asp?catitemid=71&id=18
 
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  • #95
Ivan Seeking said:
:redface: I was wondering about this and it just popped out.

Beaver Horseradish!
Well, it was Tsu's idea. I saw Beaver and immediately thought that it was some brand or type of horseradish from Oregon.

tribdog just got a bit too excited, again. I wonder how he found his way out of the gutter? :rolleyes: :biggrin:

I guess you know that the Beaver is the state dog of Oregon, probably Minnesota as well. :smile:
 
  • #96
Astronuc said:
Can't trust Wikipedia about such matters as food etymology. I mean really, what's the world coming to?

No no, I mean the the joke etymologies in the history section.

There are three popular fake etymologies of the word "spam". The first, promulgated by Canter & Siegel themselves, is that "spamming" is what happens when one dumps a can of SPAM luncheon meat into a fan blade

:smile: :smile: :smile:
 
  • #97
Ivan Seeking said:
No no, I mean the the joke etymologies in the history section.
Oh, sorry Ivan, I missed the connection. I was thinking in the context of the origin of "SPAM".

We used to fry it. Actually it's not too bad. But then I'll eat just about anything. :rolleyes:
 
  • #98
I'm dying. I've been sick since yesterday. And I'm scheduled to have my flu shot Tuesday. :cry:
 
  • #99
Evo said:
I'm dying. I've been sick since yesterday. And I'm scheduled to have my flu shot Tuesday. :cry:
Too late, Evo, and this year's flu shot is designed to prevent last year's strains. I have a severe respiratory problem due to fragrances and perfumes, and have not had a flu shot in at least 5 years because they do not work for THIS year's flu. When the asian bird flu mutates into something that passes person-to-person easily, it's going to make the early 1900's pandemic look like a sniffle. Our medicine is entirely reactive and the drug companies are driven by profits, so it should not be a surprise when nature throws us a curve ball and kills about half of us.
 
  • #100
Evo said:
I'm dying. I've been sick since yesterday. And I'm scheduled to have my flu shot Tuesday. :cry:

Please take care of yourself. Are your daughters at home to take care of you, or are you all alone?

If you're that sick, the flu shot will have to wait. My grandfather got one when he had a bronchitis that hadn't fully healed. It triggered a series of bacterial infections of which he never recovered... :frown:

I'm sympthatising with you at least. I've had my first bronchitis in years. I refuse to take medication though, I've always tried and let my body take care of it itself. Seems to be working.

Anyway, wrap up well, keep warm and keep it relaxed as far as you can (hugs).
 
  • #101
Evo said:
I'm dying. I've been sick since yesterday. And I'm scheduled to have my flu shot Tuesday. :cry:
Evo keep away from those flu injections my mom and dad have them and they always get ill afterwards.
 
  • #102
turbo-1 said:
Too late, Evo, and this year's flu shot is designed to prevent last year's strains. I have a severe respiratory problem due to fragrances and perfumes, and have not had a flu shot in at least 5 years because they do not work for THIS year's flu. When the asian bird flu mutates into something that passes person-to-person easily, it's going to make the early 1900's pandemic look like a sniffle. Our medicine is entirely reactive and the drug companies are driven by profits, so it should not be a surprise when nature throws us a curve ball and kills about half of us.
Well, technically, it's based on a prediction of which strains are likely to hit this year, but nonetheless, there is no way to guarantee it will be effective for the actual strains. For those at high risk, even if it doesn't target the exact strain going around this year, it can provide some protection and lesson the severity of symptoms if the strain is at least similar.

That said, I don't bother getting flu shots either. I'm not in a high risk group, and since one of the main side effects is "flu-like symptoms," it's not something that concerns me. If I had small children living with me, then I'd probably get it, because they're little germ factories that bring home everything from school, but otherwise, I just try to avoid places like crowded malls during flu season as my preventative.
 
  • #103
God... I got the flu for the first time in my life two years ago. I hope it won't happen again, bleh.
 
  • #104
Astronuc said:
Motai, the same things apply to your situation as applied to Evo's.

I also remembered - warm Dr. Pepper (softdrink) is pretty good for sore throat.

For nausea or gastroenteritis - decarbonated (i.e. flat, no carbonation) Coca-Cola. Flat Coca-Cola (not RC, not Pepsi, not diet Coke) is especially effective because it contains some phosphorylated carbohydrates which are directly soothing to the stomach lining.

I was prescribed anti-inflamatories once, which inflamed my stomach (you have to constantly eat bread etc to keep the pain away from you stomach). I can't remember specifically what was wrong but it had a lot todo with the drugs being to powerful and something with my stomach lining (my mother can tell you specifics, i you want). The doctor at the emergency room (cause i was that bad and mother's persistence) said not to drink coke (other similar soft drinks), curry&spicy foods and anything too hot for a number of weeks. As well the doctor took my off the anti-inflamatories, told me to stay away from anti-inflamatories for as long as possible.

I did however after that try drinking coke, and it brought momentary pain back. Even to this day, over a year later, drinking coke sometimes makes an uncomfortable feeling in my stomach. However I always did and still do have a high tolerance of curries and spicy foods (how I love jalopenoes).

I'm not trying to contradict you or say you're wrong. I'm just saying that it can be bad for you.
 
  • #105
I've never gotten a flu shot before, but after getting so sick last year, and the fact they will come into my office and it''s free, I figured, why not.

I think after the Evo child's bout with pneumonia & pleurisy earlier this year makes her a good candidate for one.
 
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