The Coffee House

[Cortian]

Just dropped on the floor a plastic Tupperware-kind-of-a-thing containing re-heated home-made gourmet mac & cheese. What a mess. Cheese sauce every-freaking-where. *sigh*...

Thank God for small favours: At least I didn't get to this room, where there's carpeting.

 

[Gary A.]

My condolences Peg.

 

[vintagesnaps]

I'd started this comment about what was happening the other day, and realized it applies to lots of things - there's a lot out there that's clickbait, not actual media sources; they often regurgitate and sensationalize what else is out there, or cite sources that are outdated or have a lack of factual or scientific basis. It's unfortunate there's a lot out there trying hard to get people's attention. Many websites show what their ownership seems to believe or what they want to present and seem to want people to believe them more than they provide reliable information.

Anyway, I had the flu when I was younger long before we had flu shots, and remember sleeping all day and could barely get up and make it back to bed. So yeah, I've been getting a flu shot since they've had them (they were offered thru work since we worked with kids). Particularly after a stroke, they don't want you getting down sick for any length of time, so I get a flu shot and they started me on pneumonia shots way younger than usual; I go by what the doctor says before I take anything. Although a home remedy can help you feel better.

I hope Leo is doing better, now we'll worry about her til we hear, this seems to be a bad winter for illness.

Sharon, sorry to hear about that, condolences to your cousin. I can't imagine what that's like to lose someone that young.

 

[Cortian]

My cousin’s youngest son, in his early 30’s, passed away yesterday. He had the flu which turned into pneumonia and then he developed a septic infection while in the hospital and his organs shut down.

My condolences, SP

 

[smoke665]

...wrap a hot sock around your neck ....

Clean, or fresh off the foot?

I'm not sure it would have mattered as my Grandma, believed that "The more the Vicks the better". LOL

@vintagesnaps I had a really bad case of the flu about 20 years ago. I've been getting a flu shot every years since they came out. About 3 years ago I contracted pneumonia, that put me in the hospital for a week. I now have my pneumonia shots up to date. In both cases I thought I was going to die, so I'll gladly put up with the minor inconvenience of getting the shots.

 

[Cortian]

The family CFO wants me to go with her to Costco. Since I didn't get any grief for buying the used ProMaster HGX UV filter for my 17-85mm lens, despite being asked to at least temporarily stop spending money on camera gear (though it's arguable which came first), I will gladly do so. It's the least I can do

 

[smoke665]

Took an interesting ride earlier this afternoon. Hadn't been up to the back side of our property since December and the rain finally let up enough that I could ride the 4 wheeler. As I came out of the woods into the clearing at the very back, I ran into one of my friends and neighbors doing the same thing. There are miles and miles of trails and firelanes running through everyone's property, and we don't mind neighbors enjoying them. Unfortunately they're like a giant maze that's easy to get lost in. I spent biggest part of a day one time, lost and hadn't venture in since. My neighbor on the other hand has traveled them since childhood, so he served as my guide for a long ride. Good thing as after the first dozen or so turns, I was lost. Nice ride with stops along the way as he explained the history and legends along the way.

 

[davidharmier60]

My Sister made awesome Chicken soup last evening. Going to have more of it here directly. Seems the least I can do considering I have no doctor.

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[limr50]

@SquarePeg I'm so sorry My condolences to you and your family. A sudden death like this is always hard; I can't imagine how much harder it is for the family when someone dies so young.

Chest cough that feels like a knife through my lungs, chills, aches, fatigue, and as of 1 minute ago, a fever of 100.4.

I think I am right, unfortunately

*ick*

My protocol for such things (YMMV):

• Rest. Plenty of rest. I mean doing absolutely nothing.
• Lots of fluids, esp. fruit juice.
• Chicken soup. Yes, really. (Short of home-made, I like Mrs. Grass Chicken Noodle)
  
• 2000mg/day of vitamin C
• Sinus rinses with slightly-warmed salt water, as-necessary
• Steaming with chamomile 2-3 times/day, as-necessary
• An anti-histamine with decongestant, as-necessary (e.g.: Zyrtec-D is Part I of my personal "nuclear option")
• NyQuil at bedtime, as-necessary (Part II of my personal "nuclear option")
• Vicks Sinex to relieve nasal congestion, as-necessary (Part III of my personal "nuclear option")

Upon reading and recommendations we have elderberry extract on-hand, as well. Chamomile and elderberry are claimed to have anti-viral properties.

Personally, I'm wary of Tamiflu. This only reinforced my doubts: Tamiflu and Abnormal Behavior

You'll observe that I resort to artificially-created remedies only as a last resort. It has generally been my personal experience that they do as much harm as they do good. This goes doubly for antibiotics, which I almost never take, any more.

I am definitely following the first piece of advice. In the morning, I go from bed to the couch. I only leave the couch to use the bathroom or make more tea. I have a bit more of an appetite today, but it still takes me a long time to eat anything because I get tired. Then at night, I go from the couch to bed. Lather, rinse, repeat.

I prefer eating fruit to fruit juices, so my fluids are basically tea and water and ginger ale to keep my stomach from going to crazy at so much tea with not much food. At the moment I have some plain black tea with honey, but for the most part, I am drinking herbal tea. I take a decongestant and also some Mucinex for the chest congestion so it's not a dry cough.

This isn't in my head so much, so I'll do a salt water gargle but not a rinse. I could never get used to those. Makes me feel like I'm drowning, and I don't really feel like having a panic attack while sick :/

 

[limr50]

I don't eat chicken, but when I am sick like this, I will get some organic chicken broth and have it with some spinach. There's actual science behind chicken soup for a cold, so I am willing to make an exception once in a while, as long as there is no actual chicken in it.

I also don't get the flu shot. My mother came down with Guillain-Barre after a flu shot and it is not recommended that family members get the flu shot until it is known if this reaction runs in families.

 

[SquarePeg1]

Thank you @limr. I hope you bounce back quickly from this.

 

[Gary A.]

Buenas Noches Coffee Hosers. This was a long day today. All afternoon was spent working on the pond ... chest high in the pond. It was warm outside, but the pond water was cold. Gary originally direct buried flex hoses to and from the pumps and filters. Over time the hoses become brittle and fail. The waterfall is stacked stone without any fixation. Gary demo-ed the waterfall, removed from under the stone the old failing input hose from the pressurized filter, installed ABS pipe, inserted new flex hose into the pipe, reconstructed the waterfall (leveled the waterfall box), cleaned the filters and reconnected the input hose for the pressurized filter. Tomorrow Gary will replace the output hose for the pressured filtration system and give the skimmer filtration system another cleaning as today’s work generated a ton of debris. After hours in the cold water Gary was done for. What was interesting is that the largest Koi, about 20-25 pounds worth of fish, kept rubbing up against Gary, while Gary worked in the deep end. All the other fish kept their distance.

 

[jcdeboever]

Catching up. Sorry @SquarePeg for your loss. Get well @limr , hope your feeling better.

Fun shooting yesterday. Up early today, prison ministry this morning. Hour drive, more coffee....

 

[davidharmier60]

My Sister is driving. We are going through Huntsville.

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[smoke665]

@Gary A. Your day sounds like mine. Lots of spring work to get done. We held final services for the Crepes murdered in our spring pruning rampage. All the shrubs, ground cover, fruit trees are now pruned for the year. Flower beds mostly cleared out, still have to spray and put down mulch. Need to clear out one entirely, removing the cotoneaster that has become sickly and unruly, and rebuilding the retaining wall. Then it's on to the yards, for fertilizing and reseeding some areas. Need to get it all done before the pine pollen starts, making life outside unbearable.