sick, need suggestions

[softail-joanie]

so sick, been like this for days, chocking on my own fluids i guess, can't sleep, worse when i lay down. help

coughing head ache , end of my rope, need suggestions, try anythiung. want to end this cant take more ple

breathe drown,

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

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@curmu-curmu wrote:

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@softail-joanie wrote:

so sick, been like this for days, chocking on my own fluids i guess, can't sleep, worse when i lay down. help

coughing head ache , end of my rope, need suggestions, try anythiung. want to end this cant take more ple

breathe drown,

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Interesting. After reading all the posts on this thread, I'm left with the question - how does Joanie have the energy to keep up witth the thread, when from all accounts, she feels like she's dying?

I don't know about the rest of you, but when I'm THAT sick, the very last thing I'm concerned about is keeping up with forums!

And if a doctor prescribes something - I'm darn well gonna take it!

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Everyone who is sick wants someone to care. It sucks being sick and alone, even if it's just a cold or manflu'.  At the end of the day does it cost us anything to be compassionate to someone who is sick and lacking a support network.

Joanie probably isn't sick enough to die but she still feels crook, alone and just wants a bit of sympathy, same as anyone else.  Most people have someone to pat their hand and bring them a cup of tea so they don't need to turn to the internet. Joanie doesn't seem to.

[softail-joanie]

 Seriously?.....enough. Get your medication and just take it already.

   There is nothing worse than someone whinging about their health, yet they do nothing to help themselves.

   Just a tip...... if you smell like cigs..... people will think you smoke.

you just talked me out of it, i had to wait until the stores opened around here, and i only started this topic to ask for suggestions to avoid having to go to the hospital and be accused of smoking. the mouthwash helped, the steam helped.

so now i smell like something i can't stand the smell of.

[lyndal1838]

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@the*scarlet*pimpernel wrote:

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Joanie probably isn't sick enough to die but she still feels crook, alone and just wants a bit of sympathy, same as anyone else.  Most people have someone to pat their hand and bring them a cup of tea so they don't need to turn to the internet. Joanie doesn't seem to.

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Joanie is living in her father's caravan on his property.   Maybe she is only as alone as she wants to be.

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

She's not living in his home with him though is she, so what do we know about the relationship she has with him. And I suspect he is an old man, probably shouldn't be tromping out to her van through the snow with a cuppa in hand.

Sheesh, really who cares, what's so hard about giving someone a bit of empathy even if they are as stubborn as a jackass and need a thump over the head with a bottle of steroids.

[lyndal1838]

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@the*scarlet*pimpernel wrote:

She's not living in his home with him though is she, so what do we know about the relationship she has with him. And I suspect he is an old man, probably shouldn't be tromping out to her van through the snow with a cuppa in hand.

Sheesh, really who cares, what's so hard about giving someone a bit of empathy even if they are as stubborn as a jackass and need a thump over the head with a bottle of steroids.

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Kudos for that last paragraph Pimpy....I quite agree with that.

As far as where Joanie is living....I was only pointing out that she was not living in the middle of nowhere and entirely cut off from civilisation.  If her father is allowing her to live in/on his property it sounds as though it is her pride/stubbornness that is preventing her from asking for further help while she is ill.

[softail-joanie]

when i'm stuck in this camper and the internet is working, theres not much to do but post. i was told to see a doctor, to go to the hospital, i did that, or both, took the advice, was told to take the meds, i decided to do just that. sidenote, if these meds in any way undermind what HRT has done for me, the bashing i get here will be nothing compared to the bashing i will get out ithere in public. This isn't central Ohio or Columbus. Even without the ability to shower, i can leave my purse at home, wear anything and there is no questions. That might seem selfish, but i have to be carefull around here, there have been talk amoung some young men, of killing those like me, not to mention parrents worried that their kids would be influinced.  

I hava a history with that hospital in my short time here, first with my jaw pain, they wouldn't see me, expected a dentist to handle it. then when a cop took my bike and forced me in there, threatened me with force, then with arrest. this time they finally got my blood and once they did, thats all they wanted to do with me. what is it with this place and my blood? and now according to them i'm a smoker, something that also underminds HRT results, and increases the risk of bloodclot.

But i guess this is an area where everyone smokes, even the doctors in their office i know thats what i smelled durring my visit.

[creative*crisis]

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@softail-joanie wrote:

when i'm stuck in this camper and the internet is working, theres not much to do but post. i was told to see a doctor, to go to the hospital, i did that, or both, took the advice, was told to take the meds, i decided to do just that. sidenote, if these meds in any way undermind what HRT has done for me, the bashing i get here will be nothing compared to the bashing i will get out ithere in public. This isn't central Ohio or Columbus. Even without the ability to shower, i can leave my purse at home, wear anything and there is no questions. That might seem selfish, but i have to be carefull around here, there have been talk amoung some young men, of killing those like me, not to mention parrents worried that their kids would be influinced.  

I hava a history with that hospital in my short time here, first with my jaw pain, they wouldn't see me, expected a dentist to handle it. then when a cop took my bike and forced me in there, threatened me with force, then with arrest. this time they finally got my blood and once they did, thats all they wanted to do with me. what is it with this place and my blood? and now according to them i'm a smoker, something that also underminds HRT results, and increases the risk of bloodclot.

But i guess this is an area where everyone smokes, even the doctors in their office i know thats what i smelled durring my visit.

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I really don't want to sound harsh because as far as I can I do understand your concerns but HRT thereapy results won't matter if you're dead.

Get your health problems fixed as the first priority  then worry about the rest.

[softail-joanie]

I really don't want to sound harsh because as far as I can I do understand your concerns but HRT thereapy results won't matter if you're dead. Get your health problems fixed as the first priority  then worry about the rest.

death?, is that what you think i'm worried about? lol... so long as its quick and painless i could take it or leave it. the coughing is giving me a headache, the lack of sleep gets to be painfull after so many days. death is the ultimate cure all. i made some progress, still making more progress and to me, death is far prefreable than reversing it. Thats not so rare, i waited until my 40s, there are those who couldn't or wouldn't wait until they turned 18 or could break free from their parrents.

nevertheless, i'm filling the perscriptions today, after that i don't know. i felt better about taking them after reading some of the replys

[iapetus_rocks]

The steroids you mention are going to be anti-inflammatory medications aimed at helping your lungs to breathe more easily.

I'm guessing here that you have a type of influenza (because you didn't tell us what your doctor's diagnosis was)

So some sort of analgesic might also be required if you have headaches and/or muscle aches.

Go with the advice from your doctors whatever you do, and . . . don't use mouthwash at all. And go and google the symptoms of mouthwash poisoning, just to be sure.

[softail-joanie]

you didn't tell us what your doctor's diagnosis was)

severe bronchitis .