@papermoon.lady wrote:
Springy, I do remember that some time ago you mentioned that your daughter often lives with COVID-like symptoms, so she was not sure if she had ever had it. It is exactly the same for me. The problems I am currently experiencing are not new at all for me, they just seem to last longer, and I feel generally poorly too. Today I tried to go for a short walk because the sun was so alluring, and I thought it would be good for me, but I had to come home soon because I felt really dizzy.
All the best to your daughter. I hope she feels better soon!
My older daughter has had verified covid twice but the current illness is just a bad infection or cold. She is in teaching and there seems to be a lot going around at the moment.
My other daughter had covid a month back. She only knows as she tested her son as he had a bad cough & then she tested the rest of the family. She was surprised to find she was positive. She tested positive 5 days straight and never felt ill, just a slight runny nose. She had asthma and other conditions so we are very relieved it was a mild case.
Papermoon, maybe you can get hold of one of those steam machines at a chemist. I used to use one a lot when my second daughter was young. They seemed to help.
One thing I have recently been trying out may be useful for you too. I was looking at a website for a product that is supposed to help blood pressure/cholesterol etc. It was a beta glucan product and hideously expensive actually. I sent for the free samples and read up on it and I have come to the conclusion it was basically a high quality oat bran. That's all.
Not rolled oats, oat bran. You can get a packet in Coles for about $2.40 or if you buy on the beta glucan website, it's about $99 for about 48 small sachets of powdered oat bran.
So I bought the Coles one and use the stuff over breakfast cereal or in smoothies.
Apparently oat bran is supposed to be very good for you. Worth a try.
Also if you aren't feeling at all well, there are companies that deliver meals. I forget the name of the companies but we used them occasionally when my parents were alive. They would order eg a dozen or more things and freeze them. Sometimes if you're feeling very run down, you may not be up to cooking or eating properly and this makes it a bit easier to get through that time.
