HealingWell
Search Close Search
☰

I HATE being sick!

Support Forums
>
Fibromyalgia
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply
❬ ❬ Previous Thread |Next Thread ❭ ❭
Posted 3/3/2011 3:15 PM (GMT 0)
Ok, I've been walking every day for 8 days (that's good for me) - at least 10 minutes at a pretty brisk pace.  I've been taking my Tramadol when I need to, and so keeping more active all the way around.  Feeling hopeful.  Happy times!

Now I get zonked with a stupid virus.  Hopefully just a cold, not THE FLU.  Goopy cough, fatigue, runny nose, sickish stomach.  You guys know how this is - you can't keep moving when you're sick and tired, so you feel worse...I mean fibro-wise.  There's nothing to distract you from it.  Ugh!

Did I bring this on because I pushed myself too hard?  Here I thought I was strengthening my immune system.   rolleyes    

Debbie

Posted 3/3/2011 3:23 PM (GMT 0)
(((Debbie))), I'm so sorry you feel so crummy. Snuggle in and push the fluids...chicken broth, tea...and vitamin C.

I think it's great that you are walking!!! Yup, I'm going to tell you to do some gentle stretching now, so you don't get stiff.

Hope you feel alot better my friend....sending a big gentle hug!

Hugs, Robin

PS...here comes the healing vibes turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn turn

Posted 3/3/2011 3:27 PM (GMT 0)
That is the pits!!! I hate being sick too. Take it easy and I also hope it isn't the dreaded flu.

P.S. the walking is good for you!!
Posted 3/3/2011 3:48 PM (GMT 0)
I second that! Walking is fantastic! All the physio's and pm drs ( for spinal issues and now fibro) all agree that I need that treadmill! Lol. Thankfully my hubby bought me one at a boxing day sell a few years back. I lost almost a full 80 pounds! ( With baby #3 I went overboard! but was also nursing baby #2..so that's my story and I'm sticking to it!) So I am now at 124..but walk everyday. My hips kills and my spine ACHES but darn it sometimes you just have to get mad at the pain and try to do it, mind you go much slower then normal IF you're not feeling well. I always find that *mentally* aftewards my mood is lifted, I may not feel anybetter physically but my mental status is better. I need all the help I can get in that dept!
I hope you are resting and feel much better soon! Maybe we can be treadmill buddies?? Hahaha
Posted 3/3/2011 4:01 PM (GMT 0)
I hope you feel better soon Debbie!  The other week my body got sick before I knew I had a cold.  Seriously, my body was killing I could hardly move, my body had to call in sick from work it was crazy.  Then the sneezing, coughing began...  Make sure you just rest.  Watch movies, read, sleep - that's all you can do and let it ride it's course.

I don't think you overdid it with the walking, probably just the yucky cold that is hitting everyone coast to coast.  It's a pretty long and bad one so just be prepared for it to hang on for a while.  Before you know it you'll be back to walking!

Feel better and make sure to drink plenty of liquids smilewinkgrin

Posted 3/3/2011 4:21 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Debbie, I think I caught the same cold. Runny nose since yesterday and extremely tired. Hopefully it doesnt last too long. Praying for you my friend.
Gentle Hugs
Shirley
Posted 3/3/2011 7:00 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you all, my nice friends :-) !!!

I am going to take it as easy as possible.  Have to run (I mean walk) to the grocery, but otherwise, it's couch potato time.  I don't have a treadmill, Daisy, but I do love to walk at the mall and outside when it's nice.  Whatever works! 

Hope you feel better soon too, Shirley.  Who knows, maybe it'll be a quick cold.  We can hope.

Debbie

 

Posted 3/4/2011 6:32 AM (GMT 0)
Sick! That is no fun and I am sorry to hear you are sick. Yuck. Hope it is a quick one and will go away fast.

btw: have you tried a netti pot? It takes a bit of practice not to pour water up your nose and make yourself choke, but you can look on the Internet how to do it. That and holding your head over a bowl of hot steamy water (with a little vicks in it), is nice for a head cold.

Feel better fast!
Sue
Posted 3/4/2011 3:11 PM (GMT 0)
Hope you feel better very soon.




***
Posted 3/4/2011 9:11 PM (GMT 0)
Well, now I have a fever (99.4 and my temp is usually about 95 or 96) - so much for a quick cold. Oh well, I've been lucky this year up to this point, so I shouldn't complain.

Sue, I do breathe in boiling water with salt and sniff salt water drops frequently, so kind of the same idea - thanks

Debbie
Posted 3/4/2011 9:21 PM (GMT 0)
Oh no Debbie! I really wish you a speedy recovery and to feel better soon! If your throat hurts I have the best thing for you to try. My husband grew up on it when he was sick, most people have never heard of it. It's hot jello! I hate to admit it to my husband but it really is the best thing for a raw throat. If you just pour a little jello into a mug and add the boiling water and drink it nothing coats your throat better. Just thought I'd throw that out there to see if it could help you. I know that when I'm sick with a fever I lose my appetite and don't want to eat anything - with this you get your sugar and calories in a drink!

Hope you feel better soon!
Posted 3/4/2011 11:14 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks, Frankey, I'll have to try that! I love jello, and I actually have some already made. :)

I have lost some of my appetite, but I'm eating anyway. I'm chronically trying NOT to lose weight - long story.

Debbie
Posted 3/4/2011 11:31 PM (GMT 0)
Just to share we use the neti pot, love that thing and hit the zinc. Sometimes you can head off a bad cold, um sometimes you can't.

I hope you start feeling better, rest, also I it's gross but putting vicks on the bottom of the feet helps clear congestion.......lol just make sure you stay put. I done it one time, without thinking got up to walk, animal hair really attaches to that stuff.
Posted 3/5/2011 1:22 AM (GMT 0)
Wow, in my house I'd have fur slippers in about 30 seconds! I could support myself selling animal hair  idea   if anyone wanted it!  Anyway, I'll have to try that..interesting.

Debbie
Posted 3/5/2011 1:36 AM (GMT 0)
Animal hair???  Who has animal hair in their house???  Me, me, me with 2 German Shepherds in the house and they are shedding like crazy right now.  Hubby hates it but I will always have a shepherd in the house
Posted 3/6/2011 5:28 AM (GMT 0)
Ugh..temp got up to almost 101 today. So out of it! Haven't been this sick in years.

But Frankey, I really liked tdhe hot jello! It does the trick.

Denise, I understand. We have a husky mix, a cattledog mix and 3 cats. Fur city!

Debbie
Posted 3/6/2011 6:28 AM (GMT 0)
i pure bred female pomeranian. cute as !!!!!!!!!! jamie. using the whipper snipper at the moment. hurting but i have to get it dowm prior to 8am tomorrow. arranged a ride-on, to big is the grass, hence he has hired a grader. going to cost a bit, but it is a jungle out there!! pardun the pun!!!! :-)
sweating up. getting rid of my sniffly cold!!!!!!! with compassion, jamie
Posted 3/6/2011 4:20 PM (GMT 0)
Vicks really does clear your sinuses if you put it on your feet? I tried it once and felt better, but thought it was a coincidence. But don't you put socks on after?

The hot jello is also good for vomiting. I mean, it helps you stop vomiting.

Sue
Posted 3/6/2011 7:24 PM (GMT 0)
Now my husband's getting it. Poor guy, he won't stay home from work tomorrow unless somebody hog-ties him (we need the money) but I don't see how he can think logically with this virus, which, as a lawyer, he has to do. Plus all the goopy sneezing and coughing just might put some people off! He always puts his health problems on the back burner, typical guy I guess.

The amount I bring in from subbing once in awhile is virtually nothing (but it's all I can do) and we're still largely supporting our 3 kids, weaning off the 2 oldest. We pay $2300 a month for health insurance, and even so, the medical bills just keep coming. Our daughters have had 3 surgeries between the 2 of them in the past half a year.

Sorry! Just had to vent!

Debbie
Posted 3/7/2011 5:49 PM (GMT 0)
Yesterday was the pits. Temp of 102! I'd call the doctor for that, except that I don't have other symptoms of actual influenza, like headache, green phlegm, and severe body aches. My temp is pretty close to normal now, so I'm just going to assume it was a fluke unless it comes back. Actually have to go to the grocery today. How, I'm not sure. SO weak.

I wish you all NOT to get this!

Debbie
Posted 3/7/2011 6:48 PM (GMT 0)
Wow Debbie you probably should have gone in with a temp of 102. Im glad youre fever is down today. If it goes back up you should definitely go in. Im sorry you are feeling so weak. I just have the cold and have been extremely tired. Hoping this passes soon but luckily no fever. You are in my prayers my friend.
Gentle Hugs
Shirley
Posted 3/7/2011 11:22 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks, Shirley. I made it to the grocery and back with just 1 horrible coughing jag at the pharmacy. Boy, I'll bet they were sorry I came in!!

I hope your cold is almost over too and you get your energy back soon.

Debbie
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply