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Post by meimichan on Dec 19, 2011 0:25:46 GMT
Ok so I just got back from the real one but could I get one of the nice doctors here for some TLC? Something nice and quiet, got a really bad headache to go with the nausea. And maybe for some food that I won't throw up?
I am freaking STARVING. Small sips of water are nearly making me throw up. I've managed, spaced out over the day, one serving of soup.
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Post by jmsquared on Dec 19, 2011 7:41:07 GMT
Heavens Meimichan, you are sick so often. Maybe you need a complete physical to get to the bottom of it all. I would be going crazy...I'm quite a bad patient! I hope you feel better soon.
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Post by meimichan on Dec 22, 2011 21:27:54 GMT
Do I have my own bed here yet?  In spite of being diagnosed and on meds, I'm still feeling under the weather. Didn't sleep yesterday during the full six hours I had available because I had to wake up and puke. Then I worked a double. Got the same schedule tonight/tomorrow morning. I feel so crappy. I think I'm getting better, I just don't know if I'm going to get better enough because of this...suspect I'm going to end up back at the real doctor later.  Think I really need sleep more than anything, and I might actually start getting some in about 24 hours. |
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Post by devil-may-care on Dec 23, 2011 6:20:44 GMT
Dr. May bring your soothing voice and marvelous bedside manner to the meimichan ward. Sleep is needed, but a massage wouldn't go amiss.
Hope you can get some sleep soon and kick this bug!!
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Post by ElerVim on Dec 23, 2011 8:54:07 GMT
 Hugs. Get better Meimi, and rest when you can. I'll urge Dr. May to hurry over to your room and prescribe you some much needed TLC.
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Post by rx7 on Jan 3, 2012 22:48:09 GMT
What a great idea this thread is! I have some chronic health problems and have been hospitalized though infrequently. Could have used Drs. Clarkson, May, and Hammond to keep my spirits up through the last surgery I had.  Get well everyone who is ill! |
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Post by Vivienne on Jan 7, 2012 15:32:08 GMT
I had a tooth pulled on wednesday, dentists don't tell you root canals go bad, my did so the only alternative was to pull it. I can't take vicadin or those strong pain relievers so I use advil which works, but being older makes it harder.This is day four and I go back next week to check the area. Naturally I want nachos and all kinds of stuff that isn't soft. They could all group around me and read passages to sooth me.
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Post by rx7 on Jan 11, 2012 2:49:22 GMT
Best wishes, Vivienne! Pain is a horrible thing, I know! What would you like the TG boys to read to you?  |
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Post by adrianmay on Jan 11, 2012 3:41:04 GMT
Sorry you have dental problems. I'm very squeamish about the dentist. I guess you're already enjoying yogurt, apple sauce, pudding and soup. They are all comforting foods. Hope the dentist gives you the all clear at the appointment and the pain lessens. As RX7 said, what would you like the boys to read? An English Victorian Romance? |
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Post by Vivienne on Jan 11, 2012 14:39:42 GMT
Went back yesterday, appears to be healing well but now I need a root canal on another tooth. Pain is bad, just taking advil allergy to most meds. Read Pride and Prejudice so I can imagine Colin Firth is there also. I had dental insurance for 8 straight years but couldn't afford to have the work done as I barely made enough to live. Makes no sense. We should have an NHS for dental.
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Post by meimichan on Jan 21, 2012 23:27:49 GMT
Is my reserved bed still here? Good. *crawls into bed* Think my sinus infection came back. Spent the day with my face feeling just a few seconds away from exploding, and now I'm gagging on phlegm. Took a decongestant earlier which helped, but the side effects have kind of made me feel like I'm floating since then. Plus it wore off, bringing back imminent face explosion and the stupid phlegm issue. Sorry for anyone who just ate anything, that was probably disgusting. And I've gotta get up at 2am for work. I am never taking a shift like this again. That is the worst wake-up time EVER. And we're supposed to get an ice/snow/rain mixture for weather. OH JOY. Feel you on the tooth pain vivienne...I've got dreadful teeth. I need to go to the dentist. I don't want to. 1) I'm broke and 2) They're not going to tell me anything good. |
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Post by devil-may-care on Jan 22, 2012 0:03:44 GMT
Dr. May, your services are urgently needed in the Meimichan ward. Bring your best bedside manner, your soothing voice and your magical massaging hands. A hot toddy wouldn't go amiss either.
Hope you can kick this before you have to go to work. Preferably before you go to bed so you can get some good sleep. Take care and watch those roads tomorrow morning.
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Post by meimichan on Jan 22, 2012 0:07:53 GMT
Dr. May, your services are urgently needed in the Meimichan ward. Bring your best bedside manner, your soothing voice and your magical massaging hands. A hot toddy wouldn't go amiss either. Hope you can kick this before you have to go to work. Preferably before you go to bed so you can get some good sleep. Take care and watch those roads tomorrow morning. A hot toddy sounds awesome actually. |
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Post by devil-may-care on Jan 22, 2012 0:23:05 GMT
James knows just how to make and administer a hot toddy. |
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Post by eolise on Jan 22, 2012 10:29:07 GMT
Meim, very annoying, hope it gets better soon.
Dont you have an insurance for the dentist?
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Post by Vivienne on Jan 22, 2012 14:42:04 GMT
Nat even with insurance if you need something like a root canal done usually you're out of pocket at least a thousand dollars. Usually medical insurance pays more than dental.
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Post by eolise on Jan 22, 2012 15:01:44 GMT
oh interesting and really crap! Here all is in the insurance, at least, mother had a root canal thing done and she didnt have to pay anything herself, or maybe that's different for people who live from the benefits.
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Post by FizzyLogician on Jan 22, 2012 16:46:41 GMT
I had a root canal done in November, and wish I'd had it done months earlier because it resolved all the pain I was having. However, the root canal and associated crown were about $2500 (no dental insurance).
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Post by eolise on Jan 22, 2012 17:04:31 GMT
jesus...!!! And you had that much or didnt you have to pay everything at once?
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Post by FizzyLogician on Jan 22, 2012 18:19:51 GMT
I think I had to pay half when the procedures were scheduled and half when they were done.
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Post by jacqui on Jan 23, 2012 20:36:49 GMT
Three days to my holiday and I have a chuffing cold Please Dr May i need TLC and Lemsip....  ( other brands are available ;D) |
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Post by devil-may-care on Jan 23, 2012 21:10:01 GMT
Oh no!! Dr. May! Get thee to Jacqui's bedside!! Her holiday must not be ruined by a cold!
Hope you make a miraculous recovery and have a fab holiday, jacqui! ;D
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Post by jacqui on Jan 24, 2012 13:10:48 GMT
Thanks for sending Dr May urgently....  I'll be fine 2 days to go - stocked up on various cold remedies, at the moment i'm working on the theory that you feed a cold.... mainly coz i can't stop eating ;D Thanks I'll miss this place |
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Post by antonia on Jan 24, 2012 14:04:24 GMT
OH no!! You must banish your cold with lots of nurishing chocolate and cake (make sure the cake has some sort of fruit in it........ for the Vit C).
Have a great time on holiday,Jacqui!
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Post by dit on Jan 24, 2012 17:13:33 GMT
Hot toddy time, jacqui, and lots of 'em! Get all the gunk out of your system before you go and I'm sure you'll be fine.
And I'm not really jealous. Envious, yes, but not jealous!
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Post by jacqui on Jan 24, 2012 19:48:53 GMT
OH no!! You must banish your cold with lots of nurishing chocolate and cake (make sure the cake has some sort of fruit in it........ for the Vit C). Have a great time on holiday,Jacqui! Does the cherry on my bakewell tart count??? Thanks ladies - i'm sure i'll be fine - two whole days technically to get rid of the gunk!!! |
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Post by antonia on Jan 24, 2012 20:16:45 GMT
OH no!! You must banish your cold with lots of nurishing chocolate and cake (make sure the cake has some sort of fruit in it........ for the Vit C). Have a great time on holiday,Jacqui! Does the cherry on my bakewell tart count??? Thanks ladies - i'm sure i'll be fine - two whole days technically to get rid of the gunk!!! It certainly does,I've also reviewed the case and a dollop of ice cream with the cake should help. Failing all James is coming over to rub stuff on your chest........though he didn't say what!!! |
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Post by jacqui on Jan 24, 2012 20:20:35 GMT
What ever the stuff is.... i will be truly grateful |
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Post by adrianmay on Jan 24, 2012 22:11:10 GMT
Jac. Don't know if you can find Emergen-C or Theraflu but those are the go to over the counter drugs in this house when we're sick and the hubby has to go out of town for work or the kids have an exam or a competition. The Theraflu is to dry you out and knock you out (Diphenhydramine hydrochloride and Phenylephrine hydrochloride with Acetaminophen). The Emergen-C is to pick you back up 1000 mg of C, 10mg of B6, 25 mcg of B12 plus B1, 2, and 3 taken BID.
A least you can sleep on the plane and you're going some where warm.
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Post by meimichan on Jan 24, 2012 22:16:35 GMT
Seconding the recommendation for Theraflu if it's available over there. That stuff is a godsend. It knocks me out a good one and tastes revolting, but at least I can breathe in my unconscious bliss. I'm still feeling a little bit out of it, but now I might at least be able to blame exhaustion...my manager more than doubled my hours for this week last night. On the one hand, I'm going to drop dead Friday night. On the other hand, MONEY!  |
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Hugs. Get better Meimi, and rest when you can. I'll urge Dr. May to hurry over to your room and prescribe you some much needed TLC. 
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