Right now is the first time since friday I’ve been capable of putting together a coherent thought online.
My throat hurts because of tonsilitis with exudate
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my lungs and scalp (!) hurts because of all the coughing
I alternate between chills and sweats and I have a 102 fever.
OK, I’m gonna leave this vegetable chicken soup and this cup of herbal tea on this tray by the door. And then I’m gonna leave. I am NOT gonna hug you right now. But I do hope you feel better soon.
If you have a humidifier, you might want to start it up, it might make you feel better.
Honestly, as phlegm-my as I am right now, I need my lungs to dry out.
I can’t keep anything down but water and 7up, and everything tastes…different.
Where are you? There is something going around here. My husband is on Day 10 of it. I’m on about day 5. We can’t decide if it’s the Cold From Hell or a mild 'flu. I have never, ever had a sore throat like this before, though–I have trouble sleeping because it hurts so much, but I can’t do much more than surf the web, drink hot liquids, and sleep.
Instead of 7-Up, I’m doing ginger-ale and the homemade chicken soup I made before I got too sick.
For the first time in my life I did the boiling water in a bowl, and a towel tent over the head and breath the steam thing. It seems to help the throat and the head. That, and Ibuprofen.
Get well soon!
I woke with a sore throat yesterday that has turned into The Cold From Hell today. I haven’t had anything more than minor allergy related sinus crap in several years. This better not be the flu. I haven’t had any pukey episodes so I guess there is hope. Just feverish, congested, headache and runny nose/sneezing. Lots of OJ, chicken soup, Mucinex and Sudafed.
I hope the rest of you get feeling better soon.
I first tried ginger ale but it burned going down.
The best medicine I found OTC is NYQUIL
Has an ingredient for each symptom and you sleep through your misery.
I also got rid of the exudate by gargling with hydrogen peroxide…man, oh, man, did my throat foam up.
I just noticed…I haven’t had a good boner since I got sick.
Not that Mr. Happy ain’t got nothin’ to be happy about…it jus’ don’t do nothin’!
As I type this I am looking at hard-core, don’t-let-yer-mom-see PORN aaaaannnnndddd…nothing.
As stimulating as watching paint dry.
There’s something nasty and lingering going around my workplace (and I work at a university, so I’m sure it’s circulating out among the students too).
I’ve been dealing with a sore throat since yesterday, but nothing more yet - it’s gotten somewhat worse, but not so bad that I’m even willing to call myself sick. With all the weather changes, it could be an allergy. (After yesterday’s awful sinus headache, and the monster ear infection of 2 weeks ago, I want to feel decent for Thanksgiving…).
Hope you feel better soon, Enola Straight
Last I heard from a couple weeks past, Omega was looking for people with the creeping crud to come in and get swabbed for germs to see what was being passed around. If you are in or near enough to Rhodes Island it might be worth your while to drag your weary sick bones over. Not sure how much they were offering, give them a call.
Looks like you’ve developed a new “cold vs flu” test!
Sorry you’re feeling like crap. I’m surprised I haven’t been sick yet this year. I think the germs are saving up to get me something great for Christmas.
Now I got the shits.
Unspeakable burnin’ foam.
Wipe all day, and still ain’t done.:mad:
Everytime somebody mentions diarrhea, the chorus of Johnny Cash’s ‘Ring of Fire’ starts playing in my head.
Try looking at porn and imagining them with Nyquil rubbed all over to see if that helps the boner issue. Just a thought.
You guys are making me so glad that my cold from hell seems to finally be over. I’m still coughing and still a bit congested in my head and chest but it’s not even to the level of a minor cold now.
I hate to say it but I got sick 3 days before Halloween and it was only this past weekend that I started feeling really human again. It’s not a quick cold from hell, that’s for sure.
The pus exudate is back with a vengeance.
This is one bad-ass bug that can shrug off amoxicillin AND hydrogen peroxide.
This does not bode well. You poor thing. I’ve been feeling funky since November 5th. Whatever bug it be, it be a bad, bad bug.
It’s coming for me too. My roommate and daughter were both contaminated with the zombiesick. I’ve been so careful not to be anywhere near them or their flying fluids but this morning I woke with that thickness in my throat and now I feel weak and my nose is all cloggy-runny.
I was so excited about five days off with my little girl! I had PLANS! 
This is the kind of porn you should be looking at.
[sub]Not really porn, but sorta kinda NSFW.[/sub]
