it turns out I have Epstein-Barr virus and chronic Lyme disease. Which explains the constant tired and vaguely sickly
So you have more reason to be attractively wan and gothy.
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Connie Neil - Dec 12, 2010 11:02:07 am PST #10789 of 30000
brillig
Atropa - Dec 12, 2010 11:04:02 am PST #10790 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
So you have more reason to be attractively wan and gothy.
True! But I still don't get any laudanum. I am disappointed.
Everyone I know is trying to figure out how the HELL I got bitten by a tick, because I'm not exactly known for frolicking through grassy fields.
Connie Neil - Dec 12, 2010 11:05:07 am PST #10791 of 30000
brillig
Vampire ticks!
Atropa - Dec 12, 2010 11:05:53 am PST #10792 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Vampire ticks!
But I have no other signs of vampirism, dammit. I want pointy teeth and the ability to control people with my mind!
Cass - Dec 12, 2010 11:07:24 am PST #10793 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
You've already got Clovis for the pointy teeth and mind control.
Steph L. - Dec 12, 2010 11:07:51 am PST #10794 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oh, Jilli, yikes! But since you have a diagnosis, it sounds like you have a treatment plan, yes? Which is definitely good.
...Which makes what I was about to post seem kind of silly, but I still need to ask it, because it's reduced me to tears yet again:
What can/ought I be doing to get over a lingering cold? (It's either the same cold that started in October, went away about 95% and then came back 2 weeks ago, or it's possibly a new cold. Either way, it sucks.)
I know all the obvious: fluids, rest, treat the symptoms as best I can. But -- is there ANYTHING else? Anything that would prop up my shantytown of an immune system? Like...supplements/vitamins/whatever? I am just so goddamn tired of feeling this shitty.
WindSparrow - Dec 12, 2010 11:08:15 am PST #10795 of 30000
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A flooded basement.
Crappity.
Many rounds of antibiotics and vitamin cocktails are in my future.
Double crappity. But at least they figured it out. May the meds and vitamins do the trick.
Atropa - Dec 12, 2010 11:11:41 am PST #10796 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
You've already got Clovis for the pointy teeth and mind control.
Yes, but I want those things for ME. Because sometimes Clovis and I have differing views on what we should mind control people about.
Anything that would prop up my shantytown of an immune system? Like...supplements/vitamins/whatever? I am just so goddamn tired of feeling this shitty.
I know this! Clean your ears with hydrogen peroxide, use some sort of neti pot or nasal rinse at LEAST once a day, and take extra vitamin D. Also, go to your local health food/vitamin store and pick up a bottle of this: [link]
It really does help bolster your immune system.
sj - Dec 12, 2010 11:12:50 am PST #10797 of 30000
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it turns out I have Epstein-Barr virus and chronic Lyme disease. Which explains the constant tired and vaguely sickly
No wonder you have been so sick. I hope the vitamins, etc help.
Teppy, I have no advice, but if you find something that works, let me know. I have been fighting off ick after ick since I have been watching G on Friday. He always has something and he hasn't quite mastered the art of not sneezing or coughing directly in my face.
Steph L. - Dec 12, 2010 11:19:11 am PST #10798 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I know this! Clean your ears with hydrogen peroxide, use some sort of neti pot or nasal rinse at LEAST once a day,
I have to confess right now that I knew these things, and even have a neti pot, and haven't been doing them at all. I also haven't been getting enough sleep. And I'm always a big proponent of the neti pot.
Sometimes I do not act in my own best interest.
Also, go to your local health food/vitamin store and pick up a bottle of this: [link]
By hook or by crook, the universe wants to get mushrooms into me. So -- what is it in the supplement that helps the immune system? (I'm not doubting you; I just want to know stuff. All the time.)