Just want some sympathy

[Savvy_Sue]

'cos I ain't getting a lot here, comments like "I thought it was men who were supposed to make a fuss when they were ill" have been heard ...

And I'm not making a fuss, as such, but it's fairly obvious I'm not well! Which I can't help!

And "it's probably just a virus" and "there's a lot of it about" are the considered medical response. With a prescription for antibiotics if I don't start improving soon, and the promise that I can ring on Monday for a sick note if I'm not fit for work. Which I hope I will be because some bits are improving today, although other bits aren't.

Anyway, wanting to do a steam inhalation and can't find any menthol crystals or karvol - any suggestions for what I can use tonight? Or will plain water help? Hate the smell of them anyway, so anything nicer happily considered. Not well equipped with essential oils or smelly things like that, but I do have lemons and vinegar ... :rotfl:

In hope that I won't get locked ...

[snails's pace]

im sorry to hear your unwell (hugs)

is it a chest infection you have?...steam/vapour will losen it but you'll be coughing a lot more...when u go to bed..sleep with a couple of extra pillows and lay on your side if you can...i hope you feel better soon..

[Savvy_Sue]

Thanks snails's pace, I'm already coughing nicely but it's not 'productive'.

And rejoice with me! I have found some old Karvol ... hope it's still smelly. Also found some clove oil I was prepared to experiment with ...

[snails's pace]

it'll take a good few days for you to start shifting it......all you can do really is take it easy,take your medication and make yourself comfortable as you can......chest infections are nasty and u need to take care of you !!

[Toothsmith]

'cos I ain't getting a lot here, comments like "I thought it was men who were supposed to make a fuss when they were ill" have been heard ...

And I'm not making a fuss, as such, but it's fairly obvious I'm not well! Which I can't help!

And "it's probably just a virus" and "there's a lot of it about" are the considered medical response. With a prescription for antibiotics if I don't start improving soon, and the promise that I can ring on Monday for a sick note if I'm not fit for work. Which I hope I will be because some bits are improving today, although other bits aren't.

Anyway, wanting to do a steam inhalation and can't find any menthol crystals or karvol - any suggestions for what I can use tonight? Or will plain water help? Hate the smell of them anyway, so anything nicer happily considered. Not well equipped with essential oils or smelly things like that, but I do have lemons and vinegar ... :rotfl:

In hope that I won't get locked ...

Sorry you're not well Savvy!

Just steam will do a good job. It still opens up the passages.

A bit of Vick vapour rub in there would give you that menthol hit if you have any of that in the house.

[LondonDiva]

:grouphug: :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:

Hope you get well soon and get more sympathy & willing slaves to do your bidding while you're feeling grotty:grouphug:

[nearlyrich]

Aw hugs from me S_S I have some menthol crystals here if you were a bit nearer (or I hadn't already driven up from the deep south today) I could have dropped them off. Hope you feel better soon.

[Savvy_Sue]

Thank you all. The gutting thing is that it's not bad enough to need antibiotics, yet I still feel so ghastly.

I guess the other gutting thing is thinking that one of my flipping colleagues has passed this on to me by crawling in when she wasn't fit! There's only one indispensible person in our office, and that's ME! :rotfl:

As I said I did find some old Karvol and it's done something: left nostril was blocked but is now dripping, right one currently blocked ... :rotfl:

Off to bed with my wheat bags soon ...

Oh, the willing slave situation: DS1 is home from Uni so anything I want done in the afternoon is OK. Mornings are out for both of us ... DS2 is also willing. DS3 is supposed to have half a dozen of his mates round on Saturday to celebrate his birthday, so he's in full mutter mode because I'm asking him to help tidy the place up a bit! DH is working, of course. He wasn't well on Sunday, he says he wasn't well on Saturday either and I didn't notice, but he wasn't as ill as me! T'other chap keeps moving away from me, and wants to know what the smell is (it's the Karvol!)

At least I don't have to worry about the school run any more ...

[Savvy_Sue]

the sympathy that is!

DH had to be up early so I was supposed to be having a lie in. But I was slightly disturbed by him bringing me tea, and I then had the most weird and disturbing dream involving my DS3 giving me a kiss (that hasn't happened for a while!) but being late for school because he was hunting out Goth gear (it's a non-uniform day today) in my wardrobe. Even more disturbingly, he seemed to find some ...

The dream was shattered when the phone went: a colleague who works part-time and didn't know I was NOT coming in all week wanted to check I knew the details for meeting up later today, because we were meant to be going 'on retreat' together. It was only 8.15 am ... So bleary I failed to hope they have a good time, which I do.

Dozed off again, and then they started digging up the pavement outside my bedroom window (new gas main). :mad:

So I've been up, had a cuppa, swallowed my vits and Ibuprofen - at least I think I took some ibuprofen, maybe I just got the tub out, I'll have to go and find some paracetamol in a mo - and just wondering if the noise has subsided enough to make it worth trying to sleep again. Or if the nausea will keep me awake as much as the noise.

I have felt iller than this, but not for a long time ... And I am counting my blessings, at least as I said before I don't have to worry about the school run, and they can fend for themselves food-wise.

[EthelBloggs]

aww big huggs sue.. hope you feel heaps better really soon xx

btw.. if you wet your nose with cold water and leave it to dry naturally, that can unclog your nose a bit :)

[Savvy_Sue]

What with feeling too ill to eat much, I've lost some weight!

[AnnieH]

Oh Sue (hugs)

Hope yo feel better soon honey.

Put the shower on and shut the door. The steam will halp you breathe easier.

:(

[angel]

I've been ill for weeks recently with firstly a glandular infection which needed two courses of antibiotics to clear then I just didn't seem to get "well" for weeks. Finally I bought some probiotics that are especially for people who have had or are on antibiotics, I started feeling better within a day and now, a week later, I'm fully well, finally!! Maybe you could try probiotics?

[gkf]

I had something like this last July and was wiped out for two weeks. I kept thinking I would feel better tomorrow, but eventually I did. My sympathies for you while it lasts - you will feel better, just listen to your body and rest while you fight it :)

[Savvy_Sue]

DH said yesterday that I was beginning to look a bit better. And today I've been out for the afternoon! Started with my hair cut, would have been tempted to postpone it but getting horribly shaggy and I can now go whole hours without hacking! Then shopping! Supermarket only, but even that's an achievement!

I still seem to wake up with the Headache from Hell, but I'm hoping I might get back to work on Monday. If I can't, so be it, it's just knowing what kind of mess will be waiting for me if I don't ...

Anyway, thanks for your sympathy, everyone, and I exend the same to those who are still suffering ...

BTW yes I do use probiotics ...

[Mrs pbradley936]

I wish you better.

[AnnieH]

How are you feeling now Sue? Did you get back to work OK or did you need a bit more time. (((hugs)))

[Savvy_Sue]

I have made it back to work: I phoned my manager on Sunday evening (knew she wouldn't mind) to discuss what to do. I knew we had a staff lunch to say goodbye to a student, wasn't sure what time. We also had an evening fundraiser, which I wasn't sure I would cope with. What I KNEW I wouldn't cope with was a full day at work, followed by an evening (plus we have Issues at home with DS3's GCSE coursework, another story!) working.

So my manager said come and meet us for lunch, then see what you feel up to: either come in for a bit, or don't. So I had a nice lunch, then did a couple of hours at work, which wasn't TOO horrendous, then came home and left DH to go to the fundraiser.

Didn't sleep well last night, cough came back, but today I do NOT have the headache, so I think that's my sinuses clearing, and I've done a full day at work, and helped with the lunchtime crossword club ... :rotfl:

Anyway, tomorrow's the last day I work before Easter, just got to survive 3 days with the in-laws and lunch with my family ... :eek:

Thanks for continuing sympathy, I am sure it helps ...