Re: Sick - so very sick

From	BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.acme.exploding.newsgroup
Subject	Re: Sick - so very sick
Date	2023-06-15 21:45 +0200
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 14.06.2023 17.01, Merlyne wrote:
> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:u6ag02$3milb$1@dont-email.me: 
> 
>> On 12.06.2023 22.15, Merlyne wrote:
>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>> news:u62rfc$2e5jn$2@dont-email.me: 
>>>
>>>> On 09.06.2023 14.58, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>> news:u5qvru$18e3i$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 05.06.2023 00.58, Merlyne wrote:
>>>>>>> BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> wrote in
>>>>>>> news:u5ia9t$a3l$1@dont-email.me: 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> With an actual fever, and coughing and runny nose. And sleeping
>>>>>>>> a lot. Probably TB or something... any time now I'm likely to
>>>>>>>> start coughing up blood flecked phlegm.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That sucks :(
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It sounds like covid to me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Feel better soon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So not tuberculosis after all - no blood from the lungs.
>>>>>> Dunno if it's covid, and no way to find out short of a trip to
>>>>>> bigtown, which didn't seem advisable in the situation.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds like the same symptoms I had.
>>>>> FYI it took 4 to 6 weeks to recover from it.
>>>> I don't have that kind of time... I have things to do.
>>>
>>> You can still watch tv or sit outside and drink coffee.
>> Eventually I will have to buy some food. And stuff. Also do some
>> garden things.
>>
> 
> Sure.
> You mean the garden things that you should have done 2 months ago?
Those, and the things I should have done in between then and now. And
the things I should do regularly. And the things related to the
projected pond and stream.

>>> I have faith in you.
>> Well, that's one, at least...
>>
> YAY! I'm # 1!
Always.

>>>>> We have free Rapid tests so you can test at home.
>>>> We have commercially available rapid test so I can test at home. The
>>>> problem is they aren't at my home and I don't care enough to go find
>>>> one. I probably need to go to the pharmacy for it...
>>>>
>>> It's a handy thing to have around.
>> It's not going to make this crap go away any faster, though.
>>
> No but at least you would know if you have covid or the flu.
And then I someone asks me whether I've had covid I could answer with
some degree of certainty. And then what...

>>>>>> Fever is gone, and coughing more or less back to normal levels, so
>>>>>> just the clogged nose and the fatigue to deal with. Good thing too
>>>>>> since I've pretty much run out of life's essentials and absolutely
>>>>>> have to go shopping tomorrow (today, actually but after sleep).
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Too bad you dissuaded me from visiting your garden.
>>>>> I could have done that.
>>>> I did it myself. Twice in two days. But only for the most pressing
>>>> needs. And I got tired both times.
>>>>
>>> *eye roll*
>> I can tell you are impressed.
>>
>>>>> I ordered groceries online and had them delivered.
>>>> Not really an option around here.
>>>>
>>> *snickers*
>> Candy bars aren't a pressing need by any definition.
> 
> It's energy food.
That's what they want you to think. It also has rather a lot of sugar...

>>>>>> Good thing I didn't throw out those face masks when the mandate
>>>>>> was retracted - I wouldn't want to inflict whatever-it-is on
>>>>>> anyone else (well, almost anyone).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And then I have some surfaces to clean, I guess...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You probably won't reinfect yourself if you don't.
>>>>> If you clean you'll be tired and need to nap again.
>>>> If I sit in the chair for an hour I'll get tired and need to nap
>>>> again. It is getting a bit annoying.
>>>
>>> Right. And the more you do, the longer it will take to recover.
>> By that metric I should have been back at full strength a week ago.
> 
> The time when you're feverish and in bed doesn't count.
What about the time I'm feverish and not in bed? Or in bed but not feverish?

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Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-04 17:23 +0200
  Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-04 22:58 +0000
    Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-08 00:20 +0200
      Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-09 12:58 +0000
        Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-10 23:54 +0200
          Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-12 20:15 +0000
            Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-13 21:28 +0200
              Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-14 15:01 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-15 21:45 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-16 15:54 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-17 21:46 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-19 12:40 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-22 21:40 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-23 16:06 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-25 00:55 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-06-28 11:31 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-06-30 12:23 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-02 14:29 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-04 14:13 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-05 12:14 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-07 23:56 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-08 15:01 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-10 20:19 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-12 11:22 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-14 14:00 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-18 11:24 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-20 16:15 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-22 15:21 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-25 13:32 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-07-27 13:32 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-07-29 17:18 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-01 11:32 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-06 11:11 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-09 12:19 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-11 00:12 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-13 21:28 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-16 14:49 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-18 12:51 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-20 21:09 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-24 14:55 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-08-29 16:37 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-08-30 12:42 +0000
                Re: Sick - so very sick BeH <beh.on.usenet@gmail.com> - 2023-09-05 08:53 +0200
                Re: Sick - so very sick Merlyne <kamilot3@aol.com> - 2023-09-06 12:22 +0000
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