What's the most you've been sick in
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| Fri, 02-25-2005 - 4:50pm |
one calendar year or 6 month period of time? Yes, off topic.. :-)
I got the cold over New Years and then again 3 or 4 weeks later, recovered from that and last Wednesday I got sick again with a severe cough in my chest (it's deep in my lungs this cough) but no runny nose or sneezing, even had a fever of 99.8 and headache (although that's gone). My cough was/is so severe at times it feels like I'm about to cough up a lung. The pharmacist recommended Mucinex DM, works but I still cough but not as bad.
I saw my Doc on Wed to make sure it wasn't strep or walking pneumonia and she said it was just a virus. She said she NEVER gets sick and has had the cold 3 times this year herself already. She said the only thing I can do is bed rest and take cold medicine to lesson the pain. She said antibiotics won't help and she wouldn't give them to me anyhow as you don't want your body to build up an immunity (sp?) to it.
It's been raining a lot more than usual here in LA and my BF says the damp weather makes it easier to catch stuff like that. He also said my lifestyle the past 3 months has changed since I met him which is true. I've always lived pretty much a structured life. i.e. go to work, go to the gym, watch TV, wake up and do it again. Have the occasional date during the week and one or two on the weekends and time for me and my errands and nails, friends etc. Now I see him a lot more, probably getting less sleep and we're very spontaneous with a lot of our plans, the only routine I have now is work and I squeeze in my workouts when I can, not as planned and he said that probably has a role in it too, your body isn't use to it. When he mentioned that I never realized what a structured life I did have prior to him and he's the first guy in 8 years I've wanted to try something new with, maybe I was never ready for it before until now. Change is inevitable in a relationship.
I had to call in sick Wed, Thurs -- attempted to go in today but only lasted an hour. Now I’m feeling better but boy what a pain. I hate calling in sick like this, their probably like what's up with Peanut??? Ha.
Anyhow, my Doc also mentioned she's not getting a lot of cases of the flu this year mainly cold type of viruses.
I'm pretty healthy, I drink green tea, eat well for the most part (minus my occasional sweet tooth) and exercise and am in shape. My boss who NEVER gets sick eats buttery croissants every day for breakfast, hamburgers for lunch, doesn't work out like he should...what's up??? Ha!
Oh well, just needed to vent and see if anyone else out there was experiencing more cold/flu viruses this year then usual?
The Peanut

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I remember getting sicker more often than I was used to when I lived in CA for 12 years. Usually I would get a cold twice a year when the seasons changed in Iowa. I also remember a cough such as you're experiencing that hung on for what seemed like a month at least. I went to the doctor and they called it a kennel cough. It took forever to get rid of but eventually it did go away. I was bartending at the time and I took shots of Rock 'n Rye all the time....lol....it was gross but it helped.
Lisa
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