General Sickness

[carvers4math]

I tell people that I outgrew asthma. They say that's not possible, but I was afflicted with it all through my childhood into my mid- to late 30s.

Like a dumba$$, I was also smoking, starting at 18. I took prescribed medicine daily for my asthma and then they made it over the counter, so it was easier to get. But then years later they outlawed it altogether, the only thing that worked every time on my asthma, because people were using it to make meth. So I started taking the next best thing, Primatene tablets, which worked, but not nearly as effectively as the other meds. It was OK, however, when combined with the mist. Then they outlawed the tablets too for the same reason.

A few years before they outlawed it, however, I quit smoking and suddenly, I didn't need any type of asthma medicine anymore. I still kept some around to make sure, but I haven't taken any Primatene tablets or mist since. I haven't had an asthma attack since, not even a tightness in the chest, and I'm in my 70s now and have no breathing problems.

From what I've found out, once you have asthma, it's for life. But I'm living proof that's not the case.

I have a rescue inhaler. Primary trigger is smoke. Also have an allergy to some perfumes that also triggers my asthma.

Other than that, we have all been pretty healthy lately except the son who is a Covid long hauler and he has been sick enough the last three and half years for all of us.

 

[simply1]

Talk about random sickness. I've been in the hospital since Sat morning. Dr's are deciding in the AM if I have a real partial blockage in the small intestine as the CT shows or if the cause of my extreme abdominal pain is the early signs of appendicitis. Fun!

Best wishes on that, sounds like it was caught early?

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

I think more people are just more self aware of what sickness is and what it means to spread stuff... For reasons...

 

[CRcyclone6]

Best wishes on that, sounds like it was caught early?

Yeah, it was. One dr says one thing, the surgeon says another.

 

[canker2323]

Yeah, it was. One dr says one thing, the surgeon says another.

Good luck. Mine burst and was in the hospital for 5 days. Because it had burst doctors had trouble diagnosing. 7 hours of tests before they decided to cut me open. Fun times.

 

[clonechemist]

Best wishes to all in this thread, and I’m knocking wood HARD, but…..

We have a 3 and a 6 year old and this winter has been BY FAR the easiest in terms of general household sickness since before we had kids

 

[Clonehomer]

Best wishes to all in this thread, and I’m knocking wood HARD, but…..

We have a 3 and a 6 year old and this winter has been BY FAR the easiest in terms of general household sickness since before we had kids

Ours as well from a severe sickness standpoint. But something has been going on with allergies cause my sinuses have had a coating of crud for months now. I’m buying Mucinex in bulk.

 

[madguy30]

I work in an elementary school so I have some sort of cold about every two weeks it seems.

They're basically little slimy germ factories.

 

[nrg4isu]

I'm with that OP. I've been sick basically non-stop since October. My kids have been hit/miss and my wife has had a few illnesses in that time frame too. This fall/winter have been rough.

That said I'm not claiming any sort of epidemic. My take is that there was a worse that usually rhinovirius-type illness going around on top of covid and others.

The most out of ordinary thing in my household is that I'm 99% sure I'm allergic to cats now. Never had an allergy of any kind before, and I grew up having cats.

 

[CloneFanInKC]

One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all

So go ask Alice when she is 6 feet tall

 

[qwerty]

Well, you have to have Major sickness before you can get General sickness, but people rarely get Lieutenant sickness.

 

[OWLCITYCYFAN]

Well, you have to have Major sickness before you can get General sickness, but people rarely get Lieutenant sickness.

I prefer to keep my sickness Private.

 

[clonechemist]

I prefer to keep my sickness Private.

I try to avoid sickness in my Privates, personally

 

[JEFF420]

Well, you have to have Major sickness before you can get General sickness, but people rarely get Lieutenant sickness.

what about privates sickness

 

[BigTurk]

I tell people that I outgrew asthma. They say that's not possible, but I was afflicted with it all through my childhood into my mid- to late 30s.

Like a dumba$$, I was also smoking, starting at 18. I took prescribed medicine daily for my asthma and then they made it over the counter, so it was easier to get. But then years later they outlawed it altogether, the only thing that worked every time on my asthma, because people were using it to make meth. So I started taking the next best thing, Primatene tablets, which worked, but not nearly as effectively as the other meds. It was OK, however, when combined with the mist. Then they outlawed the tablets too for the same reason.

A few years before they outlawed it, however, I quit smoking and suddenly, I didn't need any type of asthma medicine anymore. I still kept some around to make sure, but I haven't taken any Primatene tablets or mist since. I haven't had an asthma attack since, not even a tightness in the chest, and I'm in my 70s now and have no breathing problems.

From what I've found out, once you have asthma, it's for life. But I'm living proof that's not the case.

Pretty much the same for me. As a kid I lived on a dairy farm and my dad was a two pack a day smoker. I smoked in high school and college and hung out in Smokey dank bars. Most days I couldn’t breathe and always carried my inhaler. Well, I moved out of my parents house, got married, quit smoking and hanging out in dive bars, and now I don’t even have an inhaler. Sometimes if I am shoveling snow in the cold I will get a tight chest but that’s really it. I remember clearly my doctor saying I would outgrow asthma when I got older. Maybe I didn’t I just avoid what causes me issues.

 

[Yellow Snow]

what about privates sickness

Oooohhhh Whahahaha!!!

Down with the sickness. Disturbed.

 

[SouthJerseyCy]

I tell people that I outgrew asthma. They say that's not possible, but I was afflicted with it all through my childhood into my mid- to late 30s.

Like a dumba$$, I was also smoking, starting at 18. I took prescribed medicine daily for my asthma and then they made it over the counter, so it was easier to get. But then years later they outlawed it altogether, the only thing that worked every time on my asthma, because people were using it to make meth. So I started taking the next best thing, Primatene tablets, which worked, but not nearly as effectively as the other meds. It was OK, however, when combined with the mist. Then they outlawed the tablets too for the same reason.

A few years before they outlawed it, however, I quit smoking and suddenly, I didn't need any type of asthma medicine anymore. I still kept some around to make sure, but I haven't taken any Primatene tablets or mist since. I haven't had an asthma attack since, not even a tightness in the chest, and I'm in my 70s now and have no breathing problems.

From what I've found out, once you have asthma, it's for life. But I'm living proof that's not the case.

I had to fact check this because I clearly remember being told that I may 'outgrow' asthma and I also did. Had a lot of problems in my teens that eventually faded. I do still have a rescue inhaler, but haven't used it for years and it's probably inpotent by now.

According to the EPA however, you are correct that you don't outgrow it. As many times as I had to go to the ER for a shot as a kid, I'm pretty sure I was not mis-diagnosed though.

https://www.epa.gov/asthma/do-child... lifelong disease,have wheezing after age six.

 

[JP4CY]

I don't know about everyone else but I feel like I'm just going to a lot more places.
TONS of kids events, restaurants, etc.

Even at Hilton where there's a line of like 40 straight urinals the handles are still manual.

Plenty of opportunities to get some germs.

 

[CoachHines3]

r u guys down with the sickness

 

[pourcyne]

Pretty sure people have been getting sick for, like, all of human history.

This.

What's more:

Thanks to worldwide media shlock 24/7, we know of every incidence of every illness on the planet. So, too much information...

There have been studies done which favor theories that high rates of Caesarian births and lack of breast-feeding do a number on a child's immune system. So, modern medicine...

We know the environment is more polluted than ever (think about the nitrates in Iowa's drinking water). So, environment...

Every other commercial on TV is from Big Pharma telling us to check with our doctors to see if Blablablabonix is right for us (without even saying what disease it's for)...

All medication has side effects, so if you're taking Blablablabonix for autistic entercolitis (fake disease), you may also develop Frakatakeratica Syndrome. Guess that's better than projectile vomiting and death...

It's interesting to me that the Western world has so many other health issues that people who have to fight for every crumb that goes into their mouths don't tend to have some of our more prevalent health concerns. Like, no one in a country that's starving to death seems to suffer from bulimia.

And so it goes.