Afternoon all 
greylady - it sound as if the virus has knocked you and and now other lurgies are taking their opportunity - the buggers! Hope you feel better soon, you might need a different AB for the impetigo though (disclaimer - no idea, I'm only pretending to be a Doctor 
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Ned - oral thrush - another delightful little visitor brought to you courtesy of chemo! - I second Smee's dissolvable aspirin gargle and/or salt water.
Tempting as alcohol sounds - they do tend to tell you to avoid mouth washes with alcohol in them - think they are a bit harsh when your mucus membranes are being generally assaulted!
Hope it clears soon.
Hope your mum is OK atm Jane, - it's lovely and sunny here too.
Sorry Ds and DD1 are poorly today Sparkle - but as you say, tiny Sparkle will be chuffed to have them at home , don't wear yourself out.
Waving to Smee, MAS and topsy - wishing you all sunshine.
for amber,
Next door neighbours here are digging up the whole of their back garden, carrying it on diggers and dumping it on a piece of waste land next to our house. This gives them the opportunity to gawp through our living room window, and to agitate the dog. We have no idea what they are building. DD suggests it is nothing, they've just got over excited having discovered rudimentary tools.
I've got liquorice here for the FBS trolley, any takers? (it's the nice panda kind)