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windysan · 07-11-2008, 08:45 PM

I'm only T. And I'm S. Sick. Ugh. I'm a regular snot factory and I feel like worms are crawling around in my lungs. I don't feel good atall. Blech. I hate being sick. I did manage to gobble a burger though. I ain't been angry in awhile which is good. I remember when doing dope I'd get so angry I'd wanna set somebody's head on fire.

Anger is crappy.

I never was lonely though. Thank the Lawit for my family and friends.

I rarely went hungry cuz I never ate. Coffee, cigarettes, and junk.

My skin was so nasty lookin and my teefes was messed up.

About a year ago I went to the dentist and got a buncha work done and now I gotta Burt Reynolds smile again. I always had good teefes til dope got me.

Sometimes I feel like I might be crazy. Sometimes. Not all the time.

Dang.

Carrion.

Jane63 · 07-11-2008, 08:59 PM

((windy)) Sorry your under the weather too! Thanks for the chuckle though...I needed a good laugh!!
Feel better soon my friend!
((HUGS))
Jane

tanyapmc · 07-11-2008, 09:48 PM

I gotta snot factory going on here too Windy. Pass the kleenex

Hope you feel better!

Latte · 07-11-2008, 11:26 PM

Hey, I can be sick as a dog and as long as I'm clean and sober I know life will get better.

Medicated chest rub on your feet. I know, it sounds wacky but it really works. Tea Tree Oil in a warm bath is wonderful too. It is a natural antiseptic and a always helps my sinus's.

RobbyRobot · 07-12-2008, 12:03 AM

geez, windy, what were you doing on vaction? drinking the beach water? course not. what was i thinking?

and crazy? define crazy can ya? mebbe that would help me sum if ya did hahaha

anyways.... you'll be up and smilin' no time i'm sure.

windysan · 07-12-2008, 04:40 AM

i think i'm delirious and whatnot. i'll try anything in order to get better. i'm rubbing vicks vaporub on my feet right now. icky

ccgirl2 · 07-12-2008, 05:44 AM

Robby, that was my first thought. What the hell happened on vacation. My second one was how attractive you sound, lol

P.S. Windy, you once recommended Mucinex. Its the best OTC stuff I've found for the, um, snots.

windysan · 07-12-2008, 05:45 AM

Ugh. The goot Lawit can come take me now. I is down fo da count. I think I gots the bronkitus. blech

RobbyRobot · 07-12-2008, 06:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ccgirl2

Robby, that was my first thought. What the hell happened on vacation. My second one was how attractive you sound, lol

hahaha -- what's there not to like?!!

RobbyRobot · 07-12-2008, 07:03 AM

hahah windy, the circle of life is a b*tch.... eh!

woops · 07-12-2008, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by windysan

I'm only T. And I'm S. Sick. Ugh. I'm a regular snot factory and I feel like worms are crawling around in my lungs. I don't feel good atall. Blech. I hate being sick. I did manage to gobble a burger though. I ain't been angry in awhile which is good. I remember when doing dope I'd get so angry I'd wanna set somebody's head on fire.

Anger is crappy.

I never was lonely though. Thank the Lawit for my family and friends.

I rarely went hungry cuz I never ate. Coffee, cigarettes, and junk.

My skin was so nasty lookin and my teefes was messed up.

About a year ago I went to the dentist and got a buncha work done and now I gotta Burt Reynolds smile again. I always had good teefes til dope got me.

Sometimes I feel like I might be crazy. Sometimes. Not all the time.

Dang.

Carrion.

Hey winds - you promised me a kiss when you got your teefes fixed??
I'm free just now........................??

Sorry to hear you are feeling so rotten. Hope you get better soon................. meantime I'm sure your wife is doling out the tlc - lots of hot sweet tea? Here they lace it with whisky - claim its purely medicinal - but it sure works!

Take care

woops
XX

Jane63 · 07-12-2008, 09:47 AM

((Windy)) I would gladly share my cough syrup with you!! (LOL, read my thread about my experience at the ER!!

) Prolly not a good idea though huh?
The Vicks always works for me...rub on chest and up onto throat...also good to have one of the Vicks inhalers! Oh and LOTS of Klenex!! Heck, hubbs just grabs a roll of toilet paper when he gets that way!
I've heard the Mucinex is good too!
Take care...the fish will wait for you to get better!;-)
((HUGS))
Jane

frstnm · 07-12-2008, 10:38 AM

Not to put any pressure on ya....but get better and like it !

I need a laugh soon!

windysan · 07-12-2008, 12:34 PM

My pooping is totally off schedule with this cold. That is the most distressing thing about it all. I even had bad diarrhea for a couple of days. WAH !!!

serenityqueen · 07-12-2008, 01:19 PM

Oh, you got the Creepy Crud!

Sorry to hear you're feeling like crap but look on the bright side

At least you're not dope sick!

Take care, get lots of rest and I'll be thinking aboutcha . . . and being grateful that I can't catch whatcha got!

Hope your poopin gets back to normal real soon . . . butt mud is no fun.

Cyber Hugs,
Judy

zencat · 07-12-2008, 01:28 PM

My Doctor dose house calls.
I'll send him right over.

HarryB · 07-12-2008, 02:16 PM

Hope you're feeling better soon!

I caught a bad cold whilst in rehab but, I'll tell you something: when you start realising how bad getting sick is again then you know you've downscaled your misery so much by becoming clean.
I had to laugh at myself for wanting to curl up and die because I had the sniffles when, before, I'd been vomiting blood. It really hit home how drastically things has changed in just a few weeks.

Try getting a lot of vitamin C - it will speed up your recovery and should help with your toilet problem.

windysan · 07-12-2008, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zencat

My Doctor dose house calls.
I'll send him right over.

I think I saw that guy last mardi gras. I went to see my pharmacist friend for his magic cough elixir. Non-narcotic of course....YAY !!

butterfly19 · 07-12-2008, 03:53 PM

windy,

So sorry you're down with the crud! Get to the dr. and get some antibiotics if it isn't going away! Colds, bronchitis, etc. . . really suck this time of year. For some reason they always seem worse than when you get 'em in the wintertime. Don't know why that is. Now I'm rambling. . . prolly cuz not feeling so hot myself these days. Anyway, like SQ said: even if you feel like you're dying it can't feel worse than the sickiness you get from dope w/d!!! Since I can't give you my professional medical advice, I shall give you advice in a hypothetical situation should you come to a clinic in search of such advice:

1. Drink plenty of fluids.--sounds typical but it does actually thin out the mucus.
2. Do try the Mucines.--it can work wonders
3. Get plenty of rest.
4. Take the cough medicine you're pharm. friend advised.
5. Alternate some tylenol and ibuprofen for aches/pains, fevers, etc. . . every 6-8 hours.
6. If the diarrhea gets too bad, take some Immodium.--otherwise if not debilitating let it run (lol) it's course.

7. Eat even though you don't feel like it.--at least some yummy chicken noodle soup. The sodium in it will help keep you hydrated.
8. If you don't start feeling better in a few days, please go see a doctor and get some antibiotics.--Though many of these things start out viral, you can end up getting a secondary bacterial infection in the form of bronchitis, sinusitis, etc. . . Just a little note that some people may not know: Us addicts/alcoholics either former or current, are susceptible to some different bugs than others. However, this is most common in the current users b/c their immune systems aren't up to fighting off illness.

Anyway, windy, that was my little advice for the day. I do hope you get to feeling better. Usually these things run their course. Too bad they make us feel like we're dying in the meantime! But in all seriousness, get yourself to see someone if you don't get to feeling better.

Oh. . . btw, you're not crazy. No more than the rest of us loons! Take care sweetie! I would kiss you but I don't want what you're passing around!!!!

Love,

butterfly19

LadyTenn422 · 07-12-2008, 04:32 PM

Request for your input on my thread dear, sick Windy. I hpe you are feeling better BTW. MUAH(big kiss) anyway, my thread..........

**Peter** · 07-12-2008, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zencat

My Doctor dose house calls.
I'll send him right over.

Looks like my brother in law

windysan · 07-12-2008, 05:22 PM

Thanks y'all. I'm bbqing a chicken and some cajun sausage right now. I got me some chicken noodle yesterday from the cheap chinese joint.

Peter, that's pretty freaky.

ccgirl2 · 07-13-2008, 05:39 AM

Not so freaky Windy. Looks like my mother in law, LOL

How are you feeling today?

windysan · 07-13-2008, 08:50 AM

A little better. My nose stopped running finally. thanks

LadyTenn422 · 07-13-2008, 11:55 AM

repeat, your input requested on my thread, windy my man!!!!!!! Hope you are feeling better

07-11-2008, 08:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
windysan Large Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: La Posts: 3,547	HALT...Hungry Angry Lonely Tired I'm only T. And I'm S. Sick. Ugh. I'm a regular snot factory and I feel like worms are crawling around in my lungs. I don't feel good atall. Blech. I hate being sick. I did manage to gobble a burger though. I ain't been angry in awhile which is good. I remember when doing dope I'd get so angry I'd wanna set somebody's head on fire. Anger is crappy. I never was lonely though. Thank the Lawit for my family and friends. I rarely went hungry cuz I never ate. Coffee, cigarettes, and junk. My skin was so nasty lookin and my teefes was messed up. About a year ago I went to the dentist and got a buncha work done and now I gotta Burt Reynolds smile again. I always had good teefes til dope got me. Sometimes I feel like I might be crazy. Sometimes. Not all the time. Dang. Carrion.

07-11-2008, 08:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jane63 Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,928 Blog Entries: 8	((windy)) Sorry your under the weather too! Thanks for the chuckle though...I needed a good laugh!! Feel better soon my friend! ((HUGS)) Jane __________________ ~Hope is that thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops... at all.~ Emily Dickinson Rest In Peace My Sweet Sammy...2-24-08

07-11-2008, 09:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
tanyapmc Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Nunyabusinessville, Texas Posts: 3,390 Blog Entries: 2	I gotta snot factory going on here too Windy. Pass the kleenex Hope you feel better! __________________

07-11-2008, 11:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
Latte Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Palmer, AK Posts: 770	Hey, I can be sick as a dog and as long as I'm clean and sober I know life will get better. Medicated chest rub on your feet. I know, it sounds wacky but it really works. Tea Tree Oil in a warm bath is wonderful too. It is a natural antiseptic and a always helps my sinus's. __________________ I am so thankful for my sobriety

07-12-2008, 09:47 AM	#12 (permalink)
Jane63 Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,928 Blog Entries: 8	((Windy)) I would gladly share my cough syrup with you!! (LOL, read my thread about my experience at the ER!!) Prolly not a good idea though huh? The Vicks always works for me...rub on chest and up onto throat...also good to have one of the Vicks inhalers! Oh and LOTS of Klenex!! Heck, hubbs just grabs a roll of toilet paper when he gets that way! I've heard the Mucinex is good too! Take care...the fish will wait for you to get better!;-) ((HUGS)) Jane __________________ ~Hope is that thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops... at all.~ Emily Dickinson Rest In Peace My Sweet Sammy...2-24-08

07-12-2008, 12:03 AM	#5 (permalink)
RobbyRobot hello world Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Our little island... Posts: 355	geez, windy, what were you doing on vaction? drinking the beach water? course not. what was i thinking? and crazy? define crazy can ya? mebbe that would help me sum if ya did hahaha anyways.... you'll be up and smilin' no time i'm sure.

07-12-2008, 04:40 AM	#6 (permalink)
windysan Large Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: La Posts: 3,547	i think i'm delirious and whatnot. i'll try anything in order to get better. i'm rubbing vicks vaporub on my feet right now. icky

07-12-2008, 05:44 AM	#7 (permalink)
ccgirl2 Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: cape cod Posts: 2,313	Robby, that was my first thought. What the hell happened on vacation. My second one was how attractive you sound, lol P.S. Windy, you once recommended Mucinex. Its the best OTC stuff I've found for the, um, snots.

07-12-2008, 05:45 AM	#8 (permalink)
windysan Large Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: La Posts: 3,547	Ugh. The goot Lawit can come take me now. I is down fo da count. I think I gots the bronkitus. blech

07-12-2008, 07:03 AM	#10 (permalink)
RobbyRobot hello world Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Our little island... Posts: 355	hahah windy, the circle of life is a b*tch.... eh!

07-12-2008, 10:38 AM	#13 (permalink)
frstnm Im not crazy and neither am I Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: My place in (M)Assachusetts Posts: 1,110	Not to put any pressure on ya....but get better and like it ! I need a laugh soon!

07-12-2008, 12:34 PM	#14 (permalink)
windysan Large Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: La Posts: 3,547	My pooping is totally off schedule with this cold. That is the most distressing thing about it all. I even had bad diarrhea for a couple of days. WAH !!!

07-12-2008, 01:19 PM	#15 (permalink)
serenityqueen Attitude of Gratitude Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 1,214	Oh, you got the Creepy Crud! Sorry to hear you're feeling like crap but look on the bright side At least you're not dope sick! Take care, get lots of rest and I'll be thinking aboutcha . . . and being grateful that I can't catch whatcha got! Hope your poopin gets back to normal real soon . . . butt mud is no fun. Cyber Hugs, Judy __________________ *"It's Great to be the Queen!"*

07-12-2008, 01:28 PM	#16 (permalink)
zencat Double Trouble Addict Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ventura Co. California USA Posts: 1,117 Blog Entries: 7	My Doctor dose house calls. I'll send him right over. __________________

07-12-2008, 02:16 PM	#17 (permalink)
HarryB Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: London Posts: 186	Hope you're feeling better soon! I caught a bad cold whilst in rehab but, I'll tell you something: when you start realising how bad getting sick is again then you know you've downscaled your misery so much by becoming clean. I had to laugh at myself for wanting to curl up and die because I had the sniffles when, before, I'd been vomiting blood. It really hit home how drastically things has changed in just a few weeks. Try getting a lot of vitamin C - it will speed up your recovery and should help with your toilet problem.

07-12-2008, 03:53 PM	#19 (permalink)
butterfly19 ". . . Closer to Feelin' Fine" Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: WV Posts: 213	windy, So sorry you're down with the crud! Get to the dr. and get some antibiotics if it isn't going away! Colds, bronchitis, etc. . . really suck this time of year. For some reason they always seem worse than when you get 'em in the wintertime. Don't know why that is. Now I'm rambling. . . prolly cuz not feeling so hot myself these days. Anyway, like SQ said: even if you feel like you're dying it can't feel worse than the sickiness you get from dope w/d!!! Since I can't give you my professional medical advice, I shall give you advice in a hypothetical situation should you come to a clinic in search of such advice: 1. Drink plenty of fluids.--sounds typical but it does actually thin out the mucus. 2. Do try the Mucines.--it can work wonders 3. Get plenty of rest. 4. Take the cough medicine you're pharm. friend advised. 5. Alternate some tylenol and ibuprofen for aches/pains, fevers, etc. . . every 6-8 hours. 6. If the diarrhea gets too bad, take some Immodium.--otherwise if not debilitating let it run (lol) it's course. 7. Eat even though you don't feel like it.--at least some yummy chicken noodle soup. The sodium in it will help keep you hydrated. 8. If you don't start feeling better in a few days, please go see a doctor and get some antibiotics.--Though many of these things start out viral, you can end up getting a secondary bacterial infection in the form of bronchitis, sinusitis, etc. . . Just a little note that some people may not know: Us addicts/alcoholics either former or current, are susceptible to some different bugs than others. However, this is most common in the current users b/c their immune systems aren't up to fighting off illness. Anyway, windy, that was my little advice for the day. I do hope you get to feeling better. Usually these things run their course. Too bad they make us feel like we're dying in the meantime! But in all seriousness, get yourself to see someone if you don't get to feeling better. Oh. . . btw, you're not crazy. No more than the rest of us loons! Take care sweetie! I would kiss you but I don't want what you're passing around!!!! Love, butterfly19 __________________ My Disgrace Is My Saving Grace

07-12-2008, 04:32 PM	#20 (permalink)
LadyTenn422 tennlady9598 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: lost, very lost Posts: 460	Request for your input on my thread dear, sick Windy. I hpe you are feeling better BTW. MUAH(big kiss) anyway, my thread..........

07-12-2008, 05:22 PM	#22 (permalink)
windysan Large Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: La Posts: 3,547	Thanks y'all. I'm bbqing a chicken and some cajun sausage right now. I got me some chicken noodle yesterday from the cheap chinese joint. Peter, that's pretty freaky.

07-13-2008, 05:39 AM	#23 (permalink)
ccgirl2 Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: cape cod Posts: 2,313	Not so freaky Windy. Looks like my mother in law, LOL How are you feeling today?

07-13-2008, 08:50 AM	#24 (permalink)
windysan Large Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: La Posts: 3,547	A little better. My nose stopped running finally. thanks

07-13-2008, 11:55 AM	#25 (permalink)
LadyTenn422 tennlady9598 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: lost, very lost Posts: 460	repeat, your input requested on my thread, windy my man!!!!!!! Hope you are feeling better