Being sick - Page 2

olds45512 · #11 03-31-2015, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Sam Mac

OJ, ya gotta drink plenty of OJ, I mix it with Vodka, have not been sick all winter.

dont have any vodka but i got moonshine, will that work?

Sam Mac · #12 03-31-2015, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by olds45512

dont have any vodka but i got moonshine, will that work?

Absolutely and you'll feel GOOD.

drglinski · #13 03-31-2015, 09:04 PM

I married a school teacher. She gets sick all the time, and then usually I do.

darryljs · #14 03-31-2015, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by olds45512

dont have any vodka but i got moonshine, will that work?

Drink enough of it and you won't care if you are sick or in pain. Of course, work won't go any better.

Alvy · #15 03-31-2015, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by drglinski

I married a school teacher. She gets sick all the time, and then usually I do.

Same here. And have 2 kids in 2 different day cares. Although Sam is right, I have fruit trees in my back yard and squeezed a lot of juice this year instead of giving them away, I give it to my son every morning, he hasn't been sick once this school year (knock on wood) and he normally brought home stuff every other wek in the past couple years. Florida OJ and grapefruit juice Tim, time to get some

J-Mech · #16 03-31-2015, 09:34 PM

Sorry for you Tim. Sickness seems to get worse as you get older too. You don't "bounce back" as quick. I have more trouble "toughing it out" too.

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Originally Posted by DoubleO7

I am on the other side of that argument.
Keeping yourself and children in some sort of sterile environment only leaves you more susceptible to catching common, mild forms of colds etc.
You over protect against germs and your immune system does not get the chance to build antibodies against the weakess virus/bug.

I think your absolutely right. I was reading something the other day saying that they did a study on kids to find out who was healthier. Know what they found out? Farm kids are the most healthy. You know, the ones who go out and get all scraped and bruised up. Shovel manure, hang out with animals and all kinds of germs, rodents, mold, dust, pollen, hair, dirt, disease, and everything that most people try to keep their kids from! They were the most healthy as in not sick as much, and much less susceptible to catching a virus. I have to say, I grew up that way and was seldom sick...... and when any of us did get sick, we were SICK. Like down and out, not just "crummy". Mainly because we went to work and school unless we threw up to prove we were sick. LOL.

Good luck! I like the OJ thing. With or without vodka, it's good for you!

cadzag72 · #17 03-31-2015, 09:55 PM

Responding to drglinski, I am a schoolteacher, and I get sick once or twice, sometimes pretty bad. Worst ever though was a year I taught at a boarding school. The week after our school's open house I caught some awful virus and had a fantastically high fever over 103, finally peaking at 104.7. But, all that aside, whatever my daughter brings home from day care has staying power. She brought home a cold that kept all of us down from Christmas into February. Used up all our sick time and then some!

olds45512 · #18 03-31-2015, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by cadzag72

Responding to drglinski, I am a schoolteacher, and I get sick once or twice, sometimes pretty bad. Worst ever though was a year I taught at a boarding school. The week after our school's open house I caught some awful virus and had a fantastically high fever over 103, finally peaking at 104.7. But, all that aside, whatever my daughter brings home from day care has staying power. She brought home a cold that kept all of us down from Christmas into February. Used up all our sick time and then some!

when my son started at head start we were told to send him regardless of how sick he is unless hes throwing up, we dont but im sure other parents do.

john hall · #19 03-31-2015, 11:48 PM

The older the kid gets, the less sick everyone becomes. When we put mine in daycare right after he turned 2, we were told by the owner he'd be sick a lot but by the time he started kindergarten, he would rarely miss a day of school. I doubt he's missed 15 days in 9 years. Now the second week of preshool saw him with a terrible cold. The week after that, the wife and I had it, one of the worst colds ever--and that was in JULY. Nothing like a snotty nose and 97deg heat and high humidity.

twoton · #20 04-01-2015, 06:47 AM

I'm sorry you're not feeling well. I went through the same thing. They would bring home a cold every week, get over it in a day and I would be out of commission for 4 or 5! It does get better, hang in there.

As far as the hand sanitizer stuff my feeling has always been that eating my soup every day with a dirty spoon makes me stronger (I will admit that I do first wipe it off on my dirty shirt).

Eat well, sleep well and drink well.