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Subject: BS: The Infection From Hell From: SINSULL Date: 30 Nov 08 - 04:58 PM I was tempted to put this under folklore. Two weeks ago I started getting a sore throat. Then I got one along with an infection that has gone into first my eyes and sinuses, then ears, back to sinuses...you get the picture. I have had one round of antibiotics which has eliminated all but the sore throat and the ear infection. This is a nightmare. green and yellow stuff from every orifice. Eyes glued shut with it. Cough Cough Cough. Fever. Infected throat - very colorful and nasty. Anyone else enjoying this particular strain? I had a flu and pneumonis shot. I take my vitamins. WHIIIIIIINNNNNNE SINS the Miserable |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Amos Date: 30 Nov 08 - 05:04 PM MAry, me darlin', I have a bunch of left over Amoxicillin, still fresh, I picked up on a dental journey down to Mexico last week, and it can be yours for the asking. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: ard mhacha Date: 30 Nov 08 - 05:05 PM I had the same last year despite the `flu injection, my only relief, Garlic, there is nothing to beat it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Bobert Date: 30 Nov 08 - 05:06 PM Estragelous and elderberry extract an' you be fine in ni time, Sins... You really go green goo comin' outta yer ears??? Cool... Can I get a piccure of that??? Bus seriously, I'm sorry you are sick... Sick sucks... I got me a little sore throat myself but I'm hittin' the above cure purdy hard an' it'll be all gone in two days... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Richard Bridge Date: 30 Nov 08 - 05:50 PM Antibiotics will not treat a viral or fungal infection. For what antibiotics will treat - amoxycillin is good. I had chronic otitus media and otitus externa as a child, and my ears remain susceptible to infection, 55 years on. I've tried them all. I have also found that for linked dental/ear infections metronidazole is good but do NOT drink alcohol with it - it is chemically related to antabuse and a bad reaction can kill you. Do NOT settle for a 5 day course. Re-infection is much more likely. Do a 7 or 10 day course (and double the very first dose to get a kick-start) and FINISH THE COURSE. Ear pain can be absolutely deadly. If you can get Diconal, it will relieve it and it is safe in high doses, but it can be addictive and it has a high street value. It is very hard to get. Do not drive while taking it. Trust me on this. I am not a doctor, but I have paid my dues when it comes to ear infections (and, indeed, teeth). |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Sorcha Date: 30 Nov 08 - 05:56 PM Unless you're allergic to penicillin. Amoxy is NOT good for me. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: LilyFestre Date: 30 Nov 08 - 06:01 PM How long ago did you have your flu shot? My mom had a very similar experience about a week after she got her flu shot...Dr. told her she had to ride it out. She found some relief with the vaporizer, heating pad, soup and lots of rest. Feel Better soon. Michelle |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Barry Finn Date: 30 Nov 08 - 06:01 PM Mary, if you eat 3 lobster's a day, big lobsters, not those 2 pounders either, for 7 days straight (you don't have to eat them in 1 sitting), you won't have to worry about your throat, eyes, ears or sinuses anymore & you'll be able to keep the costs under $100. Are lobsters still just under $4 a pound? Before starting on this endevor make dam sure the plumbing's in good condition. Good luck & all my best & sorry you're in such misery Barry |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Jeri Date: 30 Nov 08 - 06:02 PM The flu shot last year was a bad deal. Having worked in the program when I was in the Air Force, it's SUPPOSED to work like this: 'Sentinal' clinics test people with flu-like symptoms including a fever of 101°F or higher. The samples are sent to the CDC who figure out what strains, what antigen shifts and drifts are going around. They develop the next year's vaccine based on that. Last year, they got it wrong and we got nailed with a flu virus that we didn't expect. (They maybe should've named it the 'Spanish Inquisition Flu'?) Even when the predictions work, there are other types of flu out there. Mary, you sound like you got nailed with one of them. Incidentally, the flu shot doesn't work immediately, so you could be incubating the flu and come down with it before the shot gets your antibodies up to effective levels. I'm lucky so far. I haven't had the flu since I was a kid. It helps not to hang around with people who have multi-colored snot dripping from various orifices. Yeah, and I was up there two weeks ago! Hope you didn't give Gordon the nasal |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Janie Date: 30 Nov 08 - 06:08 PM Virtual bowls of chicken soup and fluffing of pillows on the way. ((((((((hug)))))))))))) Janie |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Jeri Date: 30 Nov 08 - 06:21 PM Mary, seriously, chicken soup is good. Drinking lots of fluids of the water and juice variety is good. Staying cozy in bed with cats is good. Take care of yourself. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Richard Bridge Date: 30 Nov 08 - 06:24 PM Seriously, both Chicken soup and Disprin have been found to have some antiviral effects! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: gnu Date: 30 Nov 08 - 06:26 PM Gargle with salt water. Snort salt water. Every 15 minutes. Do all the things everyone said above and below. Stay away from me. That's the best advice I can give. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Rapparee Date: 30 Nov 08 - 06:43 PM Get a quart of the cheapest whiskey you can find, something at the US $2.00 per liter is best. Dissolve in it an entire package of Menthol-Ecalyptus cough drops (Hall's is one such brand). Promise yourself that if you don't get well by __________ you will have to drink the mixture. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: SINSULL Date: 30 Nov 08 - 07:16 PM hALL'S, CHICKEN SOUP, SALT WATER GARGLE, rOBITUSSIN, sOME OTHER CRAP, ANTIBIOTICS, INHALER, tea with honey, more tea with honey, more chicken soup, whiiiine Shots were several weeks ago - no elation. Office was 80 degrees plus for several days - I blame that. A festering pool of recycled air. Yes, Bobert,,,green ear goo. I will send you some. SIGH |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Barry Finn Date: 30 Nov 08 - 07:18 PM Mary, you don't have to listen to all their crap, do the lobsters, for christsakes, you're in Maine! Dam downeasters, they won't give away any of their secrets, bastards. They want it all for themselves. Next thing you'll be hearing about is chicken soup. How far's the nearest chicken farmer an' how far's the nearest lobsterfolk? See! Many of the folk believe that for medical finds, all you need to do is use what's closest to you, nature will provide what's needed. I'd advise you to cook the lobster in a hole in the ground, line it with hot rocks, once you have the hole lined with the hot rocks toss on the lobsters & then cover them over with fresh, still damp seaweed. The heat from the rocks coming in contact with the moist seaweed will cause the lobster to steam cook. Don't let this valuable steam go to waste, sniff it, really, sniff it like it's the last bit of fresh air you're ever gonna sniff. EVen better if you can get a blanket & cover yourself in a way that you yourself are getting a bit steamed too. The native indians swore by this treatment! That's why they cooked lobsters inside their teepees, they went for the natural thing whole hog. No, I didn't mean you should invite a hog, whole or not under the blanket with you. As for those chickenshits who'd advise you otherwise let them make soup when they're sick, you do lobsta. If after a couple of these treatments you're feeling better you might want to, for faster relief, try adding to on or onto, the sides of the lobsters some fresh clams (DEAD ONES are no good) & some fresh ears of local corn (Indian corn is the best) & try drinking some 'woad', don't do applecider, espically if it's aged. Hey. the pilgrams survived & knew that the Indians weren't nobody's fool. So follow tradition don't be a New Yorker all your life, sniff, become a downeaster, what's Kendall do when he gets under the weather? See, he stays sick doesn't he, he doesn't do this, probably drinks chicken soup, chicken shit. I'm giving you the best advise available, I know this because I have survived much worst & lobster is the only natural thing on earth that'll see you through, Amen, sorry aMan. Barry |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: SINSULL Date: 30 Nov 08 - 07:30 PM Lobsters disgust me, Barry. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Amos Date: 30 Nov 08 - 08:11 PM Trust a pissed off broad to puncture a whole chapter of exuberance with one well-aimed sentence. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Barry Finn Date: 30 Nov 08 - 08:12 PM So does codliveroil, just hold on to your nose with 2 fingers or a thumb & 1 finger, I don't really care how you hold on to your nose, just do it & swallow, Ha,Ha,Ha, you know how to do that, don't you? As Bogey said to Bacall, wait wasn't that whistle, sorry swallow anyway? Anyway, you can't get to be a true down-easter, Easter? Did someone say Easter? Sorry You can't become a downeaster if you don't learn to do a lobster, actually that'll even disqualify you from ever even becoming a true New Englander, eating lobster is a must do type of hing, if you don't you'll never ajust to the climate that the rest of us were born into & you'll get sick all the time. A lobster a day'll keep the sniffles away,,,. Clam up & gulp it down, be brave, be a real woman, be a New Englander, be a Downeaster, be a real Mainy-e-ax, you want ta wine, go light some candles & put on some soft music, you want to be cured go do a lobster, "shuck an' swallow" (kinda like 'rock & roll') a raw oyster & shove a pearl up ya nose, lay down in a stream of steamin seaweed & pull the blanket over ya face & squeeze the eyes out of an octupus' head & snort the black ink & you'll feel 100% better. You'll also get into the Guiness world record book as an aside & 100's of forelorn lobster/fishermen with accordians & banjo's will be trolling for ya. At least you be rid of the sniffles. Barry |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Rapparee Date: 30 Nov 08 - 08:33 PM There's also the power of Portland Rum. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: TRUBRIT Date: 30 Nov 08 - 09:07 PM Mary - why do you do a lobster bake each year if you despise the little dears.....????? |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Amos Date: 30 Nov 08 - 09:59 PM If you're having problems with the little deers, ask Bobert to come pay a visit. He is the best Bambi cure-all known to man or beast. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: kendall Date: 30 Nov 08 - 10:11 PM It sounds like that little bastard that put me in the hospital last year at this time. Mary, that Lobster thing Barry mentioned is good to a point, but he forgot to tell you it works best when a special friend eats the lobster while you watch. Do you know anyone who loves lobster? |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: catspaw49 Date: 30 Nov 08 - 10:23 PM I suggest you send the lobsters to me in Ohio where they are NOT 4 bucks a pound! Send me all the clams and sea scallops you can for that price as well. I'll eat the entire mess myself til I get iodine poisoning. I dunno' if this will help YOU but send me all the shellfish you can get a that price and I assure you it will do someone some good.......................to start with....me! I'll send you 50 lbs of venison! Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Little Hawk Date: 01 Dec 08 - 12:02 AM Didn't Stephen King do a story about this ailment? I would also recommend garlic...fresh, raw garlic buds. If you mix some pieces of it into some food and eat some parsley afterwards, it's really not that bad. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: catspaw49 Date: 01 Dec 08 - 12:12 AM Send Hawk some garlic and get the shellfish coming my way. You'll feel better in no time. Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Stilly River Sage Date: 01 Dec 08 - 12:14 AM Neti pot. From your description there may not be much room at first for water to flow through your sinuses, but if you are tempted by the offer of something that does actually work, a pot full of well-salted warm water in one sinus and out the other (over a sink and breathe through your mouth) is a great way to wash crud out of there. Just be sure you have plenty of salt in the water. (Ask me how I know. . . ) Don't let anyone suggest you can run it in one ear and out the other to clear out ear snot. (I've never even heard of that, let alone seen it, and won't offer any suggestions.) But the sinuses can be soothed with the good ol' neti pot. And eat chicken soup. Drink hot herbal tea. And there is a Celestial Seasonings tea called "Throat Soother" (they may have changed the name, but it was that brand) that had stuff like slippery elm bark and it really does help the sore throat. Get well soon! SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Megan L Date: 01 Dec 08 - 04:22 AM They are all wrong what you need is a big bottle of syrup of figs, drink it all at one sitting then you will be to feert tae cough or blow yer nose :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: VirginiaTam Date: 01 Dec 08 - 05:23 AM This thread not giving me much hope. Developed a cold 2 and half weeks ago. Thought I was getting well this Friday past. Then 2am Saturday it came back with vengence. Fever (highest)102.4 and convulsive chills and then sweats and then chills again. Been dry heaving since Saturday, because sinus, throat and lungs feel furred up with phlegm and coughing does not dispel it. What little I get up is only clear, frothy, so not infected yet. Panting like a dog, short of breath, severe head and neck ache. Chest muscles and rib cage tired from the coughing and dry heaves, throat raw as well. GP has cancelled my flu jab twice because I am too unwell to have it. Won't give me antibiotic because 1)there is no sign of infection so it must be viral and 2) if it does eventually go nuclear I am allergic to every - flipping - thing. My immune system has been zotzed by couple of years chemo for Rheumatoid Arthritis. Think I am in serious trouble here. Going to GP tonight, but s/he notorioulsy reluctant to prescribe anything because of my allergies. I lost my list of meds I am allegic to as well. Now must reconstruct the list from memory at a time when my brain is clearly not funcitoning well. Let's see can't have any cillins and cephalosporins, aspirin, ibuprofen, sulfa drugs, some decongestants. Is there a doctor in da house? Think I will start eating the raw onions again. Actually helped a lot at the beginning of the cold. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Bat Goddess Date: 01 Dec 08 - 08:40 AM Garlic. I'm allergic to penicillin and a LOT of antibiotics, and garlic supplements (back in those days I could get garlic & parsley tabs reasonably cheap -- I took 13 a day and heavied up when I really needed it) have pulled me out of bronchitis and some other nasty infections. Add more garlic to the chicken soup. Garlic is good. Linn |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: SINSULL Date: 01 Dec 08 - 08:43 AM Did Amos really call me "a pissed off broad"? The man lives dangerously... |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: jacqui.c Date: 01 Dec 08 - 08:47 AM Barry - Mary's in enough of a shitty mood right now without forcing lobster down her throat. Trust me, you think she's bad before morning coffee? That would be mild compared to her mood if she had to sniff lobster steam and then eat the little darlings and we live within a ten mile radius, which means that we would get the fallout, as would the rest of the Greater Portland area. She's finally going to the doctor's today to have a strep test and, hopefully, get some further treatment to help her recover. If necessary I'll cook up some real chicken soup, not the stuff in the cans, and take that round to her to see if that helps. It generally seems to help Kendall and me when we get knocked down by the dreaded lurgy. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: SINSULL Date: 01 Dec 08 - 08:49 AM SSS - Thank you for the neti pot idea. I planned to get one a month or two back then didn't. I wish I had one this past week. Virginia Tam - Yuk.I am allergic o penicillen but can tolerate almost everything else. Fluids. Rest. And a doctor. Linn - I simply can not handle garlic. It makes me sick.Small amounts in something like pesto (Jeri's pesto) are fine. Cloves of it gag me and sicken me for 24 hours. Gross. Doctor will see me tomorrow morning. She refused to renew the prescription without seeing me. Fair enough. My throat and ear are still infected. Gentlemen - thank you for all your "advice". Barry - you are in trouble. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: kendall Date: 01 Dec 08 - 08:56 AM Does anyone remember The Life of Riley, with Wm. Bendix? He had a friend named "Digger" O'Dell, the friendly undertaker. He said, "I'll be the last to let you down, Riley" Seriously, these bugs are getting stronger all the time. Too many anti biotics taken by people who stopped taking them too soon. All that does is allow the survivors to evolve.Now, they are immune to most anti biotics. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: SINSULL Date: 01 Dec 08 - 09:05 AM For the record - I HAVE NOT HAD A CUP OF COFFEE IN 11 DAYS. I am very CRANKY. And my ear hurts and my throat hurts WHIIIIIIINE. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: SINSULL Date: 01 Dec 08 - 09:10 AM Icing on the cake: I stopped to let a homeless man cross Fore Street. He got halfway across, came at my car snarling and as I drove by him (NYC instincts kicked in) he spit on my car - a big nasty thing that will have to be disinfected. One of those times I am glad I did not have a gun. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Rapparee Date: 01 Dec 08 - 09:13 AM Well, if your ear hurts don't listen so hard. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 01 Dec 08 - 09:29 AM "Think I will start eating the raw onions again." An apple a day keeps the doctor away; an onion a day keeps everybody away! :-) |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Amos Date: 01 Dec 08 - 09:51 AM SOunds like Jacqui agrees with me, though...and I am sure were I in your condition I would be very pissed off. ANd you don't qualify for "narrow". ;>) Love ya, A |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: catspaw49 Date: 01 Dec 08 - 10:00 AM Yeah......yeah.......yeah..........You feel like absolute shit and you're not getting better as fast as you once might have. You hate that part since it has to do with getting old which REALLY pisses you even more........You're sick and tired of being sick and tired and all that stuff etc., etc., etc. All of it just gets down to one thing............Are the lobsters on their way yet? Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: maeve Date: 01 Dec 08 - 10:14 AM Mary dear- If you can eat onions, they're a close second to garlic in benefits. Jacqui's chicken soup is a good idea. The neti pot too. They're not very expensive. You need me to bring you one with ribbon on top? You are loved, cranky or sick or wailing pitiously. Even all three at the same time. maeve |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Megan L Date: 01 Dec 08 - 10:33 AM Mary here is the real reason for your feelings just change the country :) I'm TIRED Yes I'm tired. For some time now I've been blaming it on advancing age, poor blood, lack of vitamins, air pollution, the ozone hole, saccharin, obesity, dieting, foot odour, yellow wax build-up in the ear, the after effects of ever-lengthening long hikes, and other maladies that make one wonder if life is really worth living. But I found out that it ain't any of the above. I'm tired because I'm overworked! The population of the country (Ireland) is 4 million. 1 million are retired. That leaves 3 million to do 'the work'. There are 1 million are too young, or in school and college. That leaves 2 million to do 'the work'. 750,000 are unemployed or staying at home, and 250,000 are directly employed by the government. That leaves 1 million to do 'the work'. 200,000 are in the armed or security forces, 200,000 are employed by County Councils, leaving 600,000 to do 'the work'. There are 420,000 people in hospitals, and 179,000 in prison. That leaves 2 people to do 'the work'. You and me! |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Alice Date: 01 Dec 08 - 10:35 AM I've had recurring eye infection since last winter. This time I not only got the antibiotic eyedrops, I've been following advice I found re demodex living in the eyelashes and tea tree oil to kill them. You have to be careful about diluting the tea tree oil enough to not burn the eyes. I added few drops to a jar of eye makeup remover pads and use that to scrub eyelids and eyebrows before bedtime. I use stronger tea tree oil on cotton on the rest of the face. It seems to be helping. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1772908 |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: VirginiaTam Date: 01 Dec 08 - 01:46 PM Thanks for the advice Sinsull. Hope you get relief soon. GP prescribed doxycycline and an asthma inhaler. I will have to learn how to use it. Expecting stomach pain, nausea and vomiting with the doxcycline as tetracycline and erythromicin always tear up the tummy. Gonna be a fun few days. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: kendall Date: 01 Dec 08 - 01:57 PM Sins, that homeless guy was probably trying to provoke an altercation so he can get locked up for the winter. Then again, maybe he was just crazy.Not knowing where I was going to sleep would do that to me. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: SINSULL Date: 01 Dec 08 - 02:36 PM If he hadn't spit at me he could have slept at my house. Now I am tempted to invite him and suggest that he let Alice sleep with him. I am feeling better. But i am still keeping a list. Some of you are in deep trouble. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Megan L Date: 01 Dec 08 - 02:40 PM some of us are quite safe unless you ever get to a McMudgather :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: catspaw49 Date: 01 Dec 08 - 02:42 PM Look, you can send the homeless asshole to me.....I'll take him. Just have him bring about 25 or 30 pounds of lobster with him. Other shellfish are acceptable as well as squid, sea bass............ Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: VirginiaTam Date: 01 Dec 08 - 02:56 PM well he might bring loads of crabs.... not the nice kind. |
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Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell From: Amos Date: 01 Dec 08 - 03:18 PM The homeless guy was just being silly--he had no business staying so far North this time of year and he feelt guilty. By rights he shoulda been in Miami a month ago. A |
