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Chicken soup works every time...AII is airborne infectious isolation.

Ah! I get you now, sorry, I wasn't using my brain.

I do not work in a hospital setting, so no I don't. The several facilities I work in are residential in nature even though my work can be pretty clinical. Mostly when people ask me about my jobs, I describe this one as "parenting other people's kids"

That comes with the usual round of germs though. And then I have to contend with all the germs my own kids bring home from their respective schools, and if I'm teaching myself, the germs from the college. I just wash my hands a LOT, and take echinacea and a crapload of liquids when I feel like something might be trying to take hold. Usually that works.

Going to go out and check on pillows today. I think I've narrowed down my neck issue to the nightguard and the pillow.


 
...Going to go out and check on pillows today. I think I've narrowed down my neck issue to the nightguard and the pillow.


Alix, I had neck issues in bed until I bought two solid foam pillows. They seem to support my neck better than others and hold their shape where others don't. Just a thought.
 
Alix, I had neck issues in bed until I bought two solid foam pillows. They seem to support my neck better than others and hold their shape where others don't. Just a thought.

My last GOOD pillow was a feather pillow, so I've been trying all different size of feather pillow. I think I'm ready to admit this just ISN'T working. I'm going to look at a memory foam pillow. Do you guys have Sleep Country there? They have pillows for all types of sleeping styles. They guarantee them too. Not cheap, but at this point I'm willing to try anything.

Solid foam? How thick are they?
 
I am of sick of seeing the ads for changing your Medicare choices on TV and getting emails galore. No matter how many I send to spam, there are more out there. That and ads for AARP. They are worse than my cable company. I have started to return all junk mail from my cable company, AARP and any other Medicare choice program that I get in the mail. I cross out the bar code and write "Return to sender" across my name. Why should I clutter up my trash basket with their junk mail. and the post office has been complaining that with the advent of email, they don't have enough work to pay for their costs.

I am also sick of those loose subscription cards stuck inside magazines falling out to the floor. So I take an envelope with return mail paid, save up a bunch of those cards from any mag, stuff them in the envelope and mail them to whoever has their name on the envelope. Blank of course.

Don't mess with the crazy little Indian!

I have too much time on my hands. :LOL:


you have listed a bunch of things, they all annoy me as well. don't know if i would take the time to return, but i do toss before i even get in the house with the mail. what a waste of paper it seems to be. they must get some return on it or they wouldn't do it. keep the faith!!:ROFLMAO::LOL:
 
you have listed a bunch of things, they all annoy me as well. don't know if i would take the time to return, but i do toss before i even get in the house with the mail. what a waste of paper it seems to be. they must get some return on it or they wouldn't do it. keep the faith!!:ROFLMAO::LOL:

They have to pay the postage on every one that is returned. Or you can return the cards without even fillinig them out. They have to pay the postage on them also. Save a bunch of them up, and mail them all at the same time. Give the P.O. some work.
 
So maybe I've been screwing this up inadvertently. Maybe my last good pillow was a DOWN pillow and I've been buying FEATHER pillows instead? Would that account for the difference?
 
So maybe I've been screwing this up inadvertently. Maybe my last good pillow was a DOWN pillow and I've been buying FEATHER pillows instead? Would that account for the difference?

Could be. The quills on a feather pillow are sharp and larger than down. Look at the site I sent you. Read the label. By law, it has to state what the contents are and I think the percentage of a mixed filling. :chef:
 
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Um...I cut tags off as soon as things get into the house. Oops. I KNOW these are feather pillows though. I've been poked often enough. I am thinking though that the other ones must have been down pillows cuz they never poked me and they were skooshier. Does that make sense?
 
Um...I cut tags off as soon as things get into the house. Oops. I KNOW these are feather pillows though. I've been poked often enough. I am thinking though that the other ones must have been down pillows cuz they never poked me and they were skooshier. Does that make sense?

Yup! Sure does. And I am reporting you to the authorities for cutting off thoe tags. :ohmy:
 
venting---i am sick and tired of being tired. can't get anything done. have to stop and rest every half hour or so. i am eating balanced meals, even though i am dieting. probably eating healthier than before. if it is just old age, not much i can do. dr. has me on iron, twice a day . and i take several other ones as well. wish i could find something to do about it.
 
venting---i am sick and tired of being tired. can't get anything done. have to stop and rest every half hour or so. i am eating balanced meals, even though i am dieting. probably eating healthier than before. if it is just old age, not much i can do. dr. has me on iron, twice a day . and i take several other ones as well. wish i could find something to do about it.
Has your doctor checked your thyroid?
 
i don't think so but it certainly sounds like a good idea. :)
The thyroid atrophies as one ages. And, because it is instrumental re: all systems in the body, ruling out low thyroid would be a good place to start. You may also add Vit B12 to your daily pills. My mother is chronically tired--since she's been on Vit B12, her energy level has improved.
 
i don't think so but it certainly sounds like a good idea. :)


I have had thyroid problems all my life. But it wasn't until five years ago that I reached the point where you are now. Tired all the time. If I miss a dose of my thyroid medication, I feel it. Because of my crazy sleep patterns, I sometimes will sleep right past my evening dose which is when I am scheduled for it. Next day when I wake up, I drag all day. I think the only reason mine was caught is because my sister and mother both had goiters that caused hypothyroidism. Underactive thyroid. A thorough history taking caught this fact. It is worth asking your doctor to look into it and make him give you the results with explanations. You HAVE to be your own strong advocate.

Fortunately, today most of the old time doctors who didn't like having their patients questioning their judgement have go of the wayside. I wouldn't stay with a doctor who doesn't listen to me. You really want to tick me off? Treat me as if I am nothing but some old stupid woman who shouldn't dare question the wisdom of a man.

When I first joined ESP, my health plan, my doctor had me going to every specialist except ob/gyn. Little by little, we have been determining together which ones I need to continue seeing and those I don't.

Good luck!:)
 
First thing I ever asked a doctor for was for him to check my thyroid function. My Mother had hyperparathyroidism for many years before if was diagnosed. I was the one that kept telling her she had a thyroid problem and her doctor at the time said, "I'm the doctor, your daughter is a cashier, who do YOU think is right?" Turns out I was right. After surgery Mom's life turned around and she was feeling good for the first time in a long time.

Now I have mine checked yearly, I don't want it to be sprung on me.
 
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