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Post by mlhearing on Mar 7, 2014 21:08:17 GMT -5
I just spent a week being sicker than I've ever been in my life (and, yes, that includes all those killer hangovers, too)--the worst case of flu I've ever had. And now that it's Lent, I can't even take a little Captain Morgan to help me get better.
So wash your hands, and don't touch yourself, er, your mouth, that is. You do NOT want what I've had.
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Post by Becca Mills on Mar 8, 2014 1:52:21 GMT -5
Sorry to hear it, Michael. Yuckola.  I read that this year's norovirus (stomach flu) is much worse than normal and way more contagious. |
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Post by Suzy on Mar 8, 2014 3:31:21 GMT -5
So sorry to hear you've been ill, Michael. Sounds horrible But glad you're better. Yes washing hands is very important. I grew up in a medical family so this has been drummed into me since I was a child. |
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Post by Daniel on Mar 8, 2014 9:23:38 GMT -5
I haven't been sick in years, and I believe it is partly due to the fact that I'm careful to wash my hands immediately upon coming home after being out in public. Particularly when I come back from the grocery store.
I was once in the checkout line, waiting for my turn. The woman in front of me had her small child in the cart seat. The little tyke had a runny nose and was drooling all over the cart handle. From that day forward, my wife and I always "wash off the sick baby drool" when we get home. Some lessons are learned in visceral detail.
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Post by Becca Mills on Mar 8, 2014 14:19:30 GMT -5
I haven't been sick in years, and I believe it is partly due to the fact that I'm careful to wash my hands immediately upon coming home after being out in public. Particularly when I come back from the grocery store. I was once in the checkout line, waiting for my turn. The woman in front of me had her small child in the cart seat. The little tyke had a runny nose and was drooling all over the cart handle. From that day forward, my wife and I always "wash off the sick baby drool" when we get home. Some lessons are learned in visceral detail. Though, to sound a counter note, it might actually be good for our immune systems to get "challenged" regularly. There's a lot of autoimmune disease in my family, so I've read up a bit on this stuff. Did you guys know that autoimmune disease is way more common in developed nations that in undeveloped/developing ones? It's also less common in more tropical/equatorial climates, where parasites thrive. There might be something to the idea that we just too clean nowadays. That said, being sick (which I am, at the moment), sucks. |
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Post by Suzy on Mar 8, 2014 14:44:13 GMT -5
Oh, I'm soooorree, Becca. Get well soon! |
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Post by Becca Mills on Mar 8, 2014 14:53:20 GMT -5
Oh, I'm soooorree, Becca. Get well soon! Thank you! It's just a cold -- no biggie.  |
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Post by Daniel on Mar 8, 2014 15:37:48 GMT -5
Though, to sound a counter note, it might actually be good for our immune systems to get "challenged" regularly. There's a lot of autoimmune disease in my family, so I've read up a bit on this stuff. Did you guys know that autoimmune disease is way more common in developed nations that in undeveloped/developing ones? It's also less common in more tropical/equatorial climates, where parasites thrive. There might be something to the idea that we just too clean nowadays. That said, being sick (which I am, at the moment), sucks. I agree with your counter note in general. I won't touch Purell, we don't allow anti-bacterial soaps in the house, and I don't worry too much about picking up a potato chip that hit the floor and blowing it off before eating it (even though we have two dogs and a cat). But there's a big difference between being lax about germs in your own household and inviting in germs from the population at large. Being a parent, you have no choice in the matter.  |
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Post by Becca Mills on Mar 8, 2014 15:46:27 GMT -5
Though, to sound a counter note, it might actually be good for our immune systems to get "challenged" regularly. There's a lot of autoimmune disease in my family, so I've read up a bit on this stuff. Did you guys know that autoimmune disease is way more common in developed nations that in undeveloped/developing ones? It's also less common in more tropical/equatorial climates, where parasites thrive. There might be something to the idea that we just too clean nowadays. That said, being sick (which I am, at the moment), sucks. I agree with your counter note in general. I won't touch Purell, we don't allow anti-bacterial soaps in the house, and I don't worry too much about picking up a potato chip that hit the floor and blowing it off before eating it (even though we have two dogs and a cat). But there's a big difference between being lax about germs in your own household and inviting in germs from the population at large. Being a parent, you have no choice in the matter. Soooo true. Children are walking petri dishes. I have to say, though, the sickest I've ever been was a norovirus I caught in my own home. My nephew brought it into the house, and we all got it. Absolutely awful. I'm quite sure there's wasn't a molecule left in my digestive tract when that was over. It was the kind of thing that could kill a weak or elderly or very young person. |
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Post by mlhearing on Mar 8, 2014 16:00:24 GMT -5
Oh, I'm soooorree, Becca. Get well soon! Thank you! It's just a cold -- no biggie. I thought mine was a cold in the beginning. Hope that's all it is. Get well. Three fingers of Captain Morgan Private Stock is the way to feel better. |
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Post by Daniel on Mar 8, 2014 16:13:49 GMT -5
My nephew brought it into the house, and we all got it. Absolutely awful. Now see, you invited someone into your sanctum. That was your mistake. Being a hermit has its advantages.  |
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Post by Becca Mills on Mar 8, 2014 17:34:19 GMT -5
My nephew brought it into the house, and we all got it. Absolutely awful. Now see, you invited someone into your sanctum. That was your mistake. Being a hermit has its advantages. Heh, heh, heh ... Michael, three fingers of anything would send me under the table. Actually, my mother-in-law likes to quote a great dittie, which might be Dorothy Parker's originally. I'm not sure. "I like a martini, two at the most. Three and I'm under the table; four and I'm under my host." |
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