i’m so sick of being sick!!!!!
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Topic: i’m so sick of being sick!!!!!
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Subject: i’m so sick of being sick!!!!!
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 6:43pm
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ok this is just my little tanty ranty really...
i've had a cold for almost 2wks now which has developed into a lovely flemmy cough that i just can't shake. not to mention how badly my asthma is behaving. i was at the point where i was sucking on the spacer every hour so i thought best go to drs and get some prednisone. what i thought would be a quick trip ended in a blood test for chest infection test, time on the nebuliser and some prednisone tablets..all this took an hr almost!! thank goodness jack and charli were well behaved after being lugged around 3 different dr rooms. 
i haven't heard back about my blood test yet and i've been on the prednisone for 2days and it has helped a little. the kids have both got colds also and charli has got this wheezing that just upsets me! she's had raspy breathing issues in the past which is still undiagnosed, so we took her to the after hours yesterday and ruled out chest infection etc and just got told to give her panadol and plenty of fluids  poor little thing coughs at night and sounds so terrible, i'm taking her to my GP tomorrow for another check...good excuse to see the dr too
i'm just so sick of being sick! our house is damp and cold so that doesn't help much either. we're off to christina concert on thursday so i better not be sick still! sorry everyone that ended up being very long! ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 7:32pm
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Oh I hope you guys are feeling better real soon. YAY!!!! for the Christina concert. I heard on ZM that its an awesome concert from feedback they had from overseas. ENJOY!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 7:36pm
Rant away Vanessa! I so totally feel your pain, our house has been germ infected for weeks now too 
Good luck with the GP tomorrow, and enjoy your break later this week! -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: marielb
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 7:56pm
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Man, sounds like your house needs all that heating you are putting in and quick!
Hugs to you, it sucks when you as the mum are sick, and when the kids are too its even worse. I heard on the radio that Christina is sick too ......
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 8:01pm
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aw thats gotta suck being sick aye.. good you are getting instilation done. we are waiting to hear if we get funded for our under floor, roof and draft stopping. Be nice to have it.
sending well vibes although Dh is sick so not nice germs inthis house either. ------------- Ann 
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 8:23pm
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Hope you guys get better we are all sick here too but not as bad as you.
Have fun at Cristina I'm so jealous. |
Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 8:27pm
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Hope you guys get better soon Vanessa. Have fun at the Christina concert. Hope everything goes well at the Drs. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 29 July 2007 at 10:32pm
Rant away and then dance like a madwoman with reckless abandon at the concert   Hope you feel better soon.------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 30 July 2007 at 11:05am
thanks ladies, i'm in a stage of panic now because christina has cancelled 2 shows in oz over the weekend!
annC, we are getting the insulation and heatpump through the subsidies too. good luck, i hope you get accepted ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 30 July 2007 at 12:28pm
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Aw it sucks that everyone is so sick, the girls have just gotten over coldy flu type things thankfully we managed to get away without the usual mandatory chest infection from paris. Just goes to show what moving from a damp cold mould-prone house (even though it had a heat pump the house was sucky) to a nice insulated warm dry house does.. she's had asthma still but none of the full blown chest infections the used to get each time she got the littlest sniffle.
heat pumps are wonderful though we had one at our last house and the nicest thing for us was you could programme it so that it came on whenever you wanted so we made it turn on at 5 am so by 7 when we got up the house was warm and we turned it off when we left and programmed it to turn on just before we got home in the evenings if it was gonna be a long day. Anyways hope you feel better soon and that the insulation and heat pump does the same for your family and makes winter-time a little less germy.  ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 30 July 2007 at 12:52pm
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I was just going to make this post!!
I was sick for weeks and weeks and finally got antibiotics.. now am sick again two weeks after antibiotics finished. Just went and talked to a Naturopath, I have a chesty cough with a deep wheeze and sore ears etc.. it's essential I get better, and Ella too, as we're flying to the USA next Mon, and we could get ruptured eardrums. I'm going to try WinterGuard by kiwiherb, it's an immune booster, with Olive leaf and Echinacea root. I'll let you know how it goes, Ella can take it too in a very small dose.. apparently it tastes gross but you can dilute it in juice or water. I'm hoping this will help us.. going to take lots of vitamin C too and cough medicine. My friend is training to be a naturopath and said all of those things are fine together. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 30 July 2007 at 12:53pm
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Oh yeah..reason I went to a Naturopath and not the doctor - I went to see my doctor 3 times last time I was sick and she didn't do anything for me. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 30 July 2007 at 8:17pm
that's exactly how i feel. one of my ears is blocked today and is quite sore plus my head is pounding  dr rang this morning and my bloods came back normal so he won't be giving me antibiotics.
i hope the natural stuff works for you meow ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com">
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meow wrote:Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 30 July 2007 at 9:04pm
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Bloods? ------------- |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 30 July 2007 at 9:15pm
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How is Charli doing Vanessa?
Our landlord is trying to get us insulation and a heat pump thru the subsidised scheme too. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 10:37am
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charli is doing a little better, thanks emma. still has a wheeze and cough but the snotty nose is clearing up. it's the wheeze that i just can't stand. i know what it's like to not breath comfortably but they won't do anything for her.
i hope your landlord gets the subsidy! teresa...i had a blood test for infections ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com">
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 10:39am
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that sounds dodgy..... i mean infections of the chest variety ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com">
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