Blackjack's Thread of Illness and Ailments

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Postby AuthorTony » Tue Apr 02, 2019 12:10 pm

Yep. Day 4 and I'm beyond annoyed.

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Postby NTP66 » Tue Apr 02, 2019 12:14 pm

I will say that I have gone the Emergen-C Immune+ route the last two times I've had colds, and it has certainly helped. Definitely cut down the effects by a couple of days, and my sore throats last one day as opposed to three.

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Tue Apr 02, 2019 4:13 pm

I'll get a scratchy throat, which turns into a cough. If left untreated, I'll have it for a few weeks. My kids blast through colds in a day or so. It's unreal.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Tue Apr 02, 2019 5:05 pm

I'll get a scratchy throat, which turns into a cough. If left untreated, I'll have it for a few weeks. My kids blast through colds in a day or so. It's unreal.
The scratchy throat is the worst, because you know there is a world of pain coming and you are powerless to stop it.

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Postby mac5155 » Tue Apr 02, 2019 10:15 pm

I'm on day 8 of my head cold. Prior one was like 2 weeks. I had about a 6 day respite before this current one came back.

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Postby Factorial » Mon Apr 08, 2019 8:54 pm

Cholesterol down to 166. Blood pressure steady at 118/78.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:06 pm

Nice

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Postby mac5155 » Tue Apr 09, 2019 7:53 am

Currently sitting here waiting until 8 to pop this Valium and get my wisdom teeth out at 9. Fml

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Postby mamaemeritus » Tue Apr 09, 2019 8:35 am

Currently sitting here waiting until 8 to pop this Valium and get my wisdom teeth out at 9. Fml
Impacted?

One of the single worst experiences of my life.

But I'm sure you'll be fine, mac.

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Postby mac5155 » Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:17 am

Currently sitting here waiting until 8 to pop this Valium and get my wisdom teeth out at 9. Fml
Impacted?

One of the single worst experiences of my life.

But I'm sure you'll be fine, mac.
No they weren't.
I know I'm numb but I feel like I shouldn't feel this good right now.
I felt worse after my root canal than I do now.

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Postby mamaemeritus » Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:54 am

Not being impacted, you're golden. 8-)

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Postby mac5155 » Tue Apr 09, 2019 12:26 pm

Yea some general pain now. About to take a motrin 800

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Postby dodint » Tue Apr 09, 2019 12:29 pm

Don't forget to change your socks.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Fri Apr 12, 2019 11:13 am

Pressure washing the deck without a mask was a bad idea. Feel like I smoked 10 cigars last night, my lungs are not happy.

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Postby MR25 » Fri Apr 19, 2019 8:42 am

Allergies are in full force right now. Red, itchy eyes, sneezing, itchy throat.

This needs to be over with.

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Postby Cagsjr724 » Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:04 am

The skin on the top of my hands started getting dry and cracked around Christmas. Eventually it spread to my wrists and up my arms. Still thought it was just dry and cracked skin and tried using many amounts of lotion and even spreading neosporin on my hands, wrists, and arms and covering them with gauze sponges. Finally saw a dermatologist today and its eczema and a bacterial infection. Need to use this steroid lotion twice a day for the next two weeks and take an antibiotic three times a day for the next ten days. Anyone else deal with eczema??

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Postby Lemon Berry Lobster » Thu Apr 25, 2019 6:23 am

Sounds like greyscale to me...

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Postby the wicked child » Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:11 am

Sounds like greyscale to me...
:lol:

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Postby count2infinity » Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:19 am

The skin on the top of my hands started getting dry and cracked around Christmas. Eventually it spread to my wrists and up my arms. Still thought it was just dry and cracked skin and tried using many amounts of lotion and even spreading neosporin on my hands, wrists, and arms and covering them with gauze sponges. Finally saw a dermatologist today and its eczema and a bacterial infection. Need to use this steroid lotion twice a day for the next two weeks and take an antibiotic three times a day for the next ten days. Anyone else deal with eczema??
I grew up with eczema issues, specifically on my hands. I had the steroid lotion that I would use when things got bad, but by and large, I just lived with it. Now as I've gotten older, the problem has more or less gone away on its own. It may have been something that I unknowingly changed in my diet, but I have no evidence to back that up. I know @shmenguin also suffers (suffered?) from eczema, but has changed his entire diet to solve the issue, among other issues as well.

For me, I now just get dry skin from time to time in the winter, but who doesn't?

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Thu Apr 25, 2019 11:29 am

I have ezcemated ear canals, AMA.

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Postby shmenguin » Thu Apr 25, 2019 12:22 pm

The skin on the top of my hands started getting dry and cracked around Christmas. Eventually it spread to my wrists and up my arms. Still thought it was just dry and cracked skin and tried using many amounts of lotion and even spreading neosporin on my hands, wrists, and arms and covering them with gauze sponges. Finally saw a dermatologist today and its eczema and a bacterial infection. Need to use this steroid lotion twice a day for the next two weeks and take an antibiotic three times a day for the next ten days. Anyone else deal with eczema??
I grew up with eczema issues, specifically on my hands. I had the steroid lotion that I would use when things got bad, but by and large, I just lived with it. Now as I've gotten older, the problem has more or less gone away on its own. It may have been something that I unknowingly changed in my diet, but I have no evidence to back that up. I know @shmenguin also suffers (suffered?) from eczema, but has changed his entire diet to solve the issue, among other issues as well.

For me, I now just get dry skin from time to time in the winter, but who doesn't?
Diet fixes it for me consistently. Dermatologists literally advised me to eat more crap to improve my condition. Because they truly are the worst doctors in the biz.

Find a good lotion in the meantime. I use a baby lotion brand called Earth Mama Angel Baby. It’s better than anything else I’ve tried. The steroid cream is garbage (for me). It creates fragile, temporary skin that just breaks open eventually.

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Postby dodint » Thu Apr 25, 2019 1:03 pm

Not eczema, but I had atopic deramtitis through my teens. Same treatment, steroid cream (Elidel). It has gone away with age.

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Postby Factorial » Thu Apr 25, 2019 2:39 pm

I picked up cradle cap from Great Clips or Super cuts (thanks for keeping your things clean) and it was disgusting. I could peel off big pieces of my scalp. Some of that harsh, horrible smelling shampoo got rid of it.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Thu Apr 25, 2019 7:16 pm

I picked up cradle cap from Great Clips or Super cuts (thanks for keeping your things clean) and it was disgusting. I could peel off big pieces of my scalp. Some of that harsh, horrible smelling shampoo got rid of it.
🤢

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Postby Factorial » Thu Apr 25, 2019 7:28 pm

I picked up cradle cap from Great Clips or Super cuts (thanks for keeping your things clean) and it was disgusting. I could peel off big pieces of my scalp. Some of that harsh, horrible smelling shampoo got rid of it.
🤢

Super annoying too as I'd pick at it and the skin would become loose but my hair was still there so I had to inch it up through the hair and out.

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