BS: The Infection From Hell

Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell
From: Rapparee
Date: 30 Nov 08 - 08:33 PM

There's also the power of Portland Rum.

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

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

Subject: RE: BS: The Infection From Hell
From: SINSULL
Date: 30 Nov 08 - 07:30 PM

Lobsters disgust me, Barry.

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

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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 clap crap!

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

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

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.

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).

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~

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.

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.

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