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    Sick of being Sick

    This is nuts....

    Ever since I had that bloody influenza B thing a few months back I have caught another cold every couple of weeks. As well as that I had a urine infection (where did THAT come from ?), a rash, a whopping great ulcer in my mouth... What the hell is going on here? These are all stupid things I don't normally get...

    I'm assuming my immune system (already a bit poor due to being type 1 diabetic) has taken a massive dive... (well duh!) BUT what do I do to recover it?

    I've had a full set of bloods done (and the other) and everything is aOK so I'm not 'officially sick'

    I'm going to work a few short weeks and squander a bit of leave and try to get back into a bit of gentle exercise but any other suggestions would be gratefully received... especially any vitamins / supplements (Vicki sets great store in these)
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    Fish oil capsules old boy - and glucosamine tablet to keep the bendy bits bendy.

    Lotsa fresh fruit'n'veges.

    If that fails console yourself with the thought that instead of just being ill you could have been driving down the motorway when a retarded 14 year old drops a lump of concrete through your windscreen.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog
    Fish oil capsules old boy - and glucosamine tablet to keep the bendy bits bendy.

    Lotsa fresh fruit'n'veges.
    Good advice - I'm diging the glucosamine.

    What's your weight like Paul?

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    5 weeks, two flus. Hong Kong 'flu, quickly followed by Haemophilus Influenza.

    Trying to manage on 3 hours of sleep a night isn't helping either.

    But I DO love whinging so.

    The one thing that is helping the most is drinking a couple of litres of water a day, and taking an Executive stress formula multi-vitamin twice a day.

    EAting apples and mandarins like they're going out of fashion too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ
    I'm going to work a few short weeks and squander a bit of leave and try to get back into a bit of gentle exercise but any other suggestions would be gratefully received... especially any vitamins / supplements (Vicki sets great store in these)
    Vitamin supplements are only useful if you are deficient - you get all your daily requirements from fresh fruit and vegetables. Eat lots of these to help boost your immune system. Garlic capsules are helpful in building your immune system to fight off colds etc. Being unwell will create havoc with your BSLs so keep a careful eye on them. Keep the exercise gentle until you feel you are back to full strength. Healthy diet is probably the most important thing to help you recover. Chicken soup has a lot of therapeutic qualities (scientific fact) so have lots of that.
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    Going right through our family,my boys cough day and night,they've sorta had a continuous cold for a couple of months,my wife has no energy and can't get enough sleep.One of my daughters collapsed in the shower a couple of months ago,out cold,she spent the night in hospital and was diagnosed with Influenza B.She hadn't been eating or drinking much because she felt so sick and was dehydrated.

    Antibiotics kill everything,you gotta put your natural bugs back into the system,the ones that do the good things.Fresh fruit and veg as the others say,lots of liquids - juice your fruit and veg too,fresh juice is powerful stuff.
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    Thanks folks..

    Can't drink fruit juice (too much sugar) and need to watch how much fresh fruit I eat as well... (same reason)

    Yoghurt is a good idea...

    Weight has crept up from stuff all exercise. Not happy.

    BSL' argh! Nothing like having a little machine that quantifies just how sick you are.. bastard thing...

    Eating lots of salad / chicken / rice so OK there and knocked the booze off as well... Far out - I'll be signing up at the gym next (yeah right)

    Cheers

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    Talisker. About 150mL with about 5mL of pure spring water added, preferably into a brandy balloon glass. Microwave on high for 5 seconds. Inhale aromas. Savour. Imbibe contents of glass. Repeat, as necessary, until symptoms abate...
    "Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]

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    Fighting off a bit of a cold at the moment. My boy goes to daycare, so he regularly brings back the very latest in bugs to share with the family. Plus he wakes us in the night on a regular basis. (So the lack of sleep thing kicks in)
    Generally we have had a pretty good run this year. Last yr was a shocker.
    We drink alot of water.
    At the present moment (though not for the last few days with the cold) I do a shit load of exercise.
    I pop pills like they going out of fashion. (Dont panic they are all have been animal tested)
    Glucosamine
    Magnesium.
    Multi
    Vit B
    I think that is about it.

    I would recommend eat plenty of good food, drink lots of water. Try to get more sleep. Move into some gentle exercise.

    Oh and mental note.
    DONT fly with a cold, as I just did. I thought my head was going to explode.
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    Cool

    Paul - you need to go on a holiday mate....
    and take your bugs with you....
    and when there, leave the little critters behind.

    Take plenty of vitamins.. Oranges and pineapple juice.

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    Hmm...

    Interesting - did a quick office check and a lot of people are in a similar situation (not just all here but around the country)

    Bad year for bugs...

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    Wish I had some platitudes or "get well quick" ideas to offer, Paul, but I don't.

    So, I just hope you recover soon, and recover well.

    It's interesting quizzing #1 son about medication (he's a 4th year pharmacy student) - he has some very eye-opening things to say about various treatments. F'rinstance - cough and cold medications are no more effective than your traditional hot lemon, aspirin, honey and brandy concoctions. He's quite ill at the moment (probably a similar ailment to yours, Paul), and I said, "Pharmacist! Treat thyself!", but he just laid on the couch and groaned at me.


    He wasn't even particularly helpful when I asked him for some creative ways to use my latest prescription as a permanent solution to my fookdness. What's the use of all our/his/the taxpayers' dollars spent on educating him, if he can't even find a cure for aaAAAARRrrrrRRthritis and insanity? :spudwhat:
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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    Quote Originally Posted by vifferman
    Wish I had some platitudes or "get well quick" ideas to offer, Paul, but I don't.

    So, I just hope you recover soon, and recover well.
    Feel better already from hearing you say that old chap (no really)... Nah, no get quick stuff but a bit more down time for moi methinks is the ticket

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    Pop into the TCM Clinic (Traditional Chinese Medicine) on Rimu Rd (opp Jack Motors). I have had accupunture treatment there for Archillies tendon (from touch rugby) and elbow (squash). But while sitting in the waiting room read lots of articles and reccomendations for TCM for all sorts of conditions, including the ones you describe. Have a chat to Rodney or John Xu - tell em I sent ya.
    I had really good results from my treatment from them.
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    I keep spending too much time on aeroplanes complete with their bug circulating air conditioning. Back in June I got a bad one had me off work for 4 days, then the cough lingered. Thought I got rid of it, went to Aussie again last week, got back Sunday and by Monday felt a bit seedy again. Hoping its nothing serious. Still at work so not that bad (yet).

    I never ever trusted getting the jabs so don't bother with them and when I got crook in June it was the first time I had to take time off work for 4 years so I thought that was OK.

    Hot food is what I like when I'm crook - good kiwi pies and the like - bad for the figure but make you feel better.

    Oh well the next diet can start next Monday eh!
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