Great.
Enjoyed a wonderful, delightful day meeting with a local friend (previous coworker) to celebrate our birthdays together. She invited me to an incredible restaurant I've never been to.
We had fun exchanging gifts and sharing stories.
Great day.

Feeling?
 

Woke up with the flu I am sure. aw throat, coughing, no fever, headache from hell, no appetite, aching all over. Going back to couch.

Feeling.
 

4th day of feeling like crap. Headache and sore throat is a pain in the head LOL.

So much better. Down to the occasional dry cough with the help of a cough pill that my nurse practitioner gave me. Not nearly so achy. A little tired, but overall just much better.

Glad to hear that your feeling better.

Feeling
 

Body ache all over, rampant headache, sore throat and coughing without end, runny nose then stuffyness. Other that that ok.

I hope you feel better soon.....

Yep, that's the flu going around. My turn on the merry go round lasted 3 weeks in all. Feel better soon!


I'm sorry. Mouth stuff is so frustrating! Eat on the opposite side of your mouth and rinse your mouth out with warm salt water every 2-3 hours to help keep inflammation and swelling down. I would look into Orajel and/or Anbesol to numb things up a bit until you can get in to see the dentist.

Personally, I'm feeling okay. I had to take today off to balance holiday hours, which was nice. I stayed in bed longer and I was able to lounge around and take my time getting ready. It wasn't my intention originally but I wound up in a 'cute' outfit. You know; one that makes you feel extra attractive and maybe a little more flirty or sassy. It's been a while since I wore something that lifted my spirits a bit so that has been nice. I ran errands and did things in said outfit so lots of people saw me today. I like to think that one or two of them thought that I looked kinda adorable. There's no way to tell for certain but that's what I've decided to think and that's that.

Yes, that's what I had too. I'm leaning toward feeling it was not the flu because I had my flu shot weeks earlier, although there's no guarantee that those work. I'm leaning toward feeling it was RSV. Mine also lasted 3 weeks. In any case, I was tested for strep and bacterial infections, and it wasn't those, so it was viral whatever it was and there was nothing to do but cover up the symptoms as best I could. In the end, Mucinex DM, some extra dextromethorphan/Delsym (the coughing was massive), Sudafed, Benadryl, Tylenol and a bit of Jim Beam worked for me, plus my nurse practitioner helped me out with some Robitussin with codeine for the cough and sore throat, and once I had a dry nonproductive cough, some Tessalon Perles for the persistent dry cough.

I sure hope you feel better soon. Achieving the perfect balance of symptom relief is key, IMHO. I'm a believer in better living through chemistry - I understand that everyone is not. And of course, lots of rest.

Aww, so sorry for the owies. I don't have anything to add to what Gemme advised, except if you can't get any Anbesol right away a little Jim Beam can help. (You may have noticed in my other posts that Jim Beam is my go-to; I'm not kidding, it really can help. Or whatever other whiskey you happen to prefer.) I hope you can get in with your dentist soon, and until then I hope you get your symptoms under control. Owies during the holidays are especially no fun.

A little more cheerful. It was rejuvenating being out today on a sunny, relatively warm afternoon; I've had dinner, which always improves my mood; I'm halfway through It's a Wonderful Life which has me feeling more Christmas spirit; and Brittany has finally settled down to sleep which is a relief.

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I'm sorry. Mouth stuff is so frustrating! Eat on the opposite side of your mouth and rinse your mouth out with warm salt water every 2-3 hours to help keep inflammation and swelling down. I would look into Orajel and/or Anbesol to numb things up a bit until you can get in to see the dentist.

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Thank you. Orajel has been my best friend as of late, will get Anbesol asap.
Rinsing mouth out and eating on opposite side does help some too.

I neeed to invest in some Jim Beam it appears. lol Definitely will taste better than Tylenol lol.
Thank You so much!

Feeling
 

Just shoot me...........

Feeling
 

I have not felt this sick as far back as I can remember. Bed and water are the only things I need.

Very worried about my beloved adopted grandparents. We took him to the hospital 2 days ago and they decided to admit him that night but he's still in the ER waiting on a room upstairs. She's beside herself and exhausted because she refuses to go home to rest.

It's ridiculous and scary how hard it is to get a bed in a hospital now. I'm so sorry to hear about your grandparents' difficulty, Kenna.

I heard a story on NPR about how one of the reasons beds don't turn over more often is because the nurses drag their feet on completing discharge papers. When they are understaffed and so many patients need them "right now", it's hard for them to find 45 minutes to do one patient's discharge papers. I have no idea how accurate this is - it sounds like blaming the nurses for the hospitals poor administration to me.

I'm feeling tired, achy and mostly happy. It was a long, struggle-filled trip to see my sister and mom and the rest of the family today. I got up at 6 a.m. and it took me 6-1/2 hours to get prepared and go 100 miles. So much time in the car led to the tiredness and achiness. But then things mostly went right, and it was good to see the fam. We shared a delicious meal, oohed and ahhed over the baby, and exchanged Christmas presents since I was too sick at Christmas to attend the festivities. My mom and I got some quality time to talk, although honestly I think I mostly bored her with stories of my dog. I texted my sister when I got home and asked her if she thought mom knew who I was. She said she thought that mom knew I "was a familiar person to her". She said mom "knows" her the same way most of the time. So that's bittersweet. I also had some good conversation with my sister today. The drive home only took an hour and a half, thankfully.

Sleepy but good, and like I don't want to sleep any more today. I blew off a doctor's appointment this morning; the soonest I could reschedule was July, and I don't really care. I feel like I'm really glad I don't have to leave this house in the rain today.

I'm feeling pretty good. :blueheels::cherry::hk20:

I'm feeling fine except for the very tip of my right index finger, which feels like it's burning. It's kind of weird - it might be nerve pain as a result of the chemo.

How am I feeling?
 

A little over three weeks and I think this flu has lost its battle.

I think three weeks is about par for the course for this strain of flu. That's what I've heard from almost everyone I know who's had it. I'm glad you're on schedule and are getting better.

* * * * *

I'm feeling very tired and kind of depressed. I need to have my car worked on before going on vacation next week, but I just can't make myself do it. It will delay our vacation if I don't do it today, but it's just not going to happen. I got up and took care of the dog this morning, but I just can't even make myself take a shower. Maybe later today.

How are you feeling?
 

Georgia Ma'am ty so much for your kind words when you have and are going through so much yourself. I think you are a very brave woman to stand up and not give in one inch. You are a lesson to all of us with problems that facing things make the tolerable. ty again and do take care of you *S

Stone-Butch, you are so thoughtful. This put a great big smile on my face! It surprises and pleases me greatly to be thought of as brave. To paraphrase Melissa Etheridge, I think I might be "brave and crazy" (in a good way). Thank you. Please take care of yourself too.

Unraveling….

In 1973 when I was a teenager, I had two weeks worth of dreams about a death of a young person. So many details. Alarming ones. Very specific sexual ones. Then suddenly the dream stopped. And within a week, a body was found. So many things around that death were details from my dreams. Including the specific sexual torture. I even picked up on the killer. But they never found the killer!
Until now… 50 years later.
So many things about the killer were also in my dreams. I am re-experiencing the god awful feelings I had when I was having those dreams. Now that there is closure I hope this all ends…..

Soft*Silver, I'm so sorry you're experiencing this. I've had a couple of premonitions, including that someone was going to die. After going through dealing with it, I realized there was nothing I could do, there was no reason for me to get this knowledge and there was no one who could benefit from it. It was just some glitch in the universe that I found out. I just had to let it go.

I hope you can let this go and find peace. Your situation includes awful details that mine didn't and I know our circumstances are not the same, but I sincerely hope this is not as vivid and immediate for you now as it was when you were a teenager. You have my best wishes, and if you ever need to talk, feel free to PM me.

Relaxed and happy. A brief vacation was a very good idea. It rained all day today, but we stayed inside with the fireplace going and were warm and cozy.

Slightly guilty. I postponed/rescheduled all the doctors' appointments I had this week. It was just too many for one week. Also, I'm too tired to get dressed in nice clothes and fix my hair. Vacation was fun but it kind of wore me out. I've spent all day sleeping ever since we got back.

Feelling better. Woke up on Monday with a sore throat and it was downhill from there. Feel like I've been in a feverish haze for a couple days. Woke up this morning feeing much better.

Took a couple covid tests that gave me negative results—that's good. Guess is was a 24-48 hour flu.

And I lost 5 lbs. There is that.

:bow:

Still tired but at least I didn't sleep all day. Currently taking a break from cleaning the kitchen. Three espressos following dinner helped. I don't expect any difficulty falling asleep tonight though.