You won't have to shave your legs as often, either, although you may sprout a mustache!!! Getting old IS NOT for sissies!
great, that you haven't had a cold/flu/etc this year!
i'll be looking forward to having less colds/more immunity as i move closer to/into my senior years!
Thank you for the well-wishes. I have a doctor's appointment soon to talk about it and see if I should go to a specialist in case I have an immune disorder. It's getting really ridiculous.
that's a good idea, to look into why you're having illnesses so often!
i definitely find that if i'm feeling stressed i'm more vulnerable to catching a cold/virus, as well as taking me longer to recover from it.
, I have not been deathly sick this season. I did have a period of time where I felt as if I was fighting a cold: very tired, no energy, sleeping a lot, a bit of a cough, a bit of a scratchy throat; however, it did subside. It took a long time though; a few weeks.......I know a long time, but I now have the luxury of not having to work--poor but no stress...and it seemed to physically help a lot. I was able to sleep and do what I wanted, when I wanted to. That seemed to be paramount in recuperation.
I do dread this time of year. A lot of flue, pneumonia, and bronchitis going around. I did have the pneumonia vaccine this year, along with the flu shot. I am still very wary of going out in public...but I cannot be a hermit!
I have a history of getting a bad case of asthmatic bronchitis and/or a bad sinus infection, yearly~~~ which results in bronchitis....so I am keeping my fingers crossed.
'mom immunity' -- i like that!
awww, that's rough......being sick during spring break!Ughhh... My youngest child started kindergarten this year. I volunteer at least twice a week in his class room. I have been sick off and on since school started(Think this happened when my oldest started school too; she's almost 19).
I just got over the flu after nursing my little one through it... We spent spring break being sick
So far noCold season isn't over yet so there's still a chance of gettng sick. I had a massive cold last April that kept me out of work for a week.
awww...that's so sweet of your Lilith! i would find that so comforting too!
That stomach bug was horrible. I couldn't eat anything for 4 days. All I could hold down was ginger ale. Lilith was so sweet. She stayed by me almost the entire time. I woke up a few times to her stroking my arm with her paw.
i'm so glad you haven't had a cold/virus this winter!
that's excellent, that you have a super strong immune system!
another who hasn't had a cold yet this season......I haven't gotten a cold this season yet. . .haha, now that I've said that, I'll probably get one. I don't know if I've ever actually had influenza, but I have had some nasty colds, and it usually turns into bronchitis, so that stinks.
Not only are antibiotics overprescribed, they don't do anything against viruses anyway! Antibiotics only kill bacterial infections.
'just one mild cold' sounds pretty good!
and another who didn't get sick this year!
that does sound bad!
This winter was on the bad side for us. No one was severely ill; but it just went from one person to another for about 2 months solid!
I switched to a new primary care doctor and it was a 5 month wait for my new patient appointment. Don't you know my cold that had lingered turned to a sinus infection 2 weeks before that appointment was scheduled for!?! A few days later I couldn't take it and went to a walk-in clinic. The doctor there said there had been some long running upper respiratory viruses. It did take the full 10 days of antibiotics to feel better too. I should have bought stock in Kleenex!
oh no! i hope that sore, scratchy throat misses you this time!
I usually come down with a spring cold and then a fall cold. And they can be nasty. I smoked for 20 years before quitting and when I get a cold, the cold itself doesn't last real long. The cough, however, can go for 3-4 weeks after the cold is gone. Nasty, keep hacking. Ugh
Haven't gotten my spring cold yet, but Dear Richard informed me last night that he's got a bit of a scratchy throat. Not good. Not good at all.He'll be getting over his cold by this weekend (Easter), just about the time the sore, scratchy throat hits me.
you must have a good strong immune system, to have fought off that upper respiratory infection!
