December 2006 - The sun has got his hat on, hip hip hip hooray, tshghho now let's keep these bugs at bay

[LenniEd]

I got all brave and made us a new bug free thread...

ooh, exciting! have you got a little while before you move out of rented place? Very handy that, we decorated our old place before moving in. dp and I think we are selling next spring. Just not sure whether we can afford to stay round here.
hope sleep better. ds3 has dd's bug now and ds2 has chest infection following on from flu so I really ought to stop on the mac and tidy/sleep/whatever.

Oh the poor things AQ, never just rains does it. Losts of wishes for speedy recovery heading their way.

We have this place until the 25th, we are moving on Thursday though (so will be without interweb for a couple of weeks until they flick the switch for us) We have to be here on Friday morning for the waterboard ot come and fit a meter so the plan is move all stuff Thursday, come back here on Friday morning to clean and then chuck keys at landlady early, we can't wait to be out!

Right must go wash up else dh will do the whole being annoyed while telling me he is not annoyed and I am allowed to relax thing.

thanks, indith, dd had it bad 2-3 days so I guess ds3 will be the same. Hopefully ds2 will perk up tomorrow once ab's kick in. Did you get any joy on the continuing ear infections for ds?
hope all goes well Thurs/Fri!

Oh, AQ, I'm so sorry the dcs are so ill Dh and I are very concerned about this fall and encountering SF over here.

Indith, I know you must be so excited about the new house! Wonderful to have more space.

castles, I had a similar period problems a while back and took some type of mini-pill that fixed the problem.

Going to herd the dcs into the bath now. I flew out to Oregon on Saturday to take a class I needed for my Washington state license on Sunday. Had to get up at 4:00 am to catch a 6:00 flight home and I feel like I've been beaten and/or run over by a very large truck...

Jabber, did the mini-pill have any noticeable side effects? My main concerns are depression and acne that I have been reading about. Hope you catch up on sleep. I have been feeling like I've been run over by a truck all week and I have no excuse

AQ, we will probably drive to Scotland o/n too. Should be fun! So, thanks for the offer, Indith, but you probably would not be pleased to see us!! Good luck with the move. Very exciting.

I hate o/night drives. But I hate children screaming in the car more.
Is there another one that might tackle heavy periods? Ask on health etc?

castles, no depression or acne. I was younger then and had not had depression before so don't know if it would be different now or not. But I was having a period about 3 weeks out of the month and desperate. It worked very quickly and I don't think I had to take it that long. iirc it just helped my body get back on track.

Well, it turns out that one of the reasons I felt so bad last night is that I was coming down with a stomach flu Ds1 had it too but fortunately dh was OK and dealt with ds1 while ds2 blissfully slept through the whole thing! Feeling a bit better so fingers crossed it's a 24 hour virus.

Have never driven overnight with the kids before but I know lots of people say it's the only way to travel.

Hope you get better soon, jabber.
I do'nt really think the sf is all it's built up to be. Flu is flu, anyone vulnerable can die from complications from it, I do think it's all hyped up in the uk. I had 3 people ring me up yesterday and tell me about the new 'news' that children shouldn't have tamiflu! What am I going to do?
Poor ds3 doesn't even have sf and he is so poorly, he's on steroids, abs and ventolin to control his breathing. dp nearly dragged him off to a&e last night. How any of you coped/cope when you have poorly lo's regularly I don't know. I'm a mess after 2 days of it and no a&e!

Oh, AQ Does it help to take him into the bathroom and run a hot shower? My boys always felt better after that.

I am freaking out about the doctor's wife/manager at my office. She seems determined to ruin my business...I called at 8:00 this morning to tell her I was ill and to cancel my exams but that my therapist would be in for my regular therapy patients. She proceeded to not get one of the exams canceled then accused my therapist (in front of the patient's mother) of not putting a number in the computer. My therapist doesn't even make exam appts ffs The woman (dr;s wife) has some serious issues....

Poor boy

Hope you and yours all ok Jabber.

Ds has found a plastic fairy wand. He has been waving it around and declaring that his name is Bella

I am resolutely ignoring packing, dh and I are going to do downstairs tonight once dcs in bed. Instead I am eating cookie dough making cookies.

Thanks Jabber & AQ. Have made appointment to see GP tomorrow (DH is coming home early to look after DCs ). Need more tests done as am constantly exhausted/stressed/fainting. Am a bit concerned that friend (who goes to same GP) was given the all-clear on blood tests and then told 3 months later she has under active thyroid and she has all the same 'symptoms' as me. Need to be fit and strong to handle my ILs, not to mention my own family

Jabber, hope you feel better and there are no further disasters at work.

AQ, poor DS3 hope he is better soon.

Right-ho folks I am off to order curry and start packing the downstairs now I have 2 dcs in bed. See you in a couple of weeks once I have interweb again. May the SF and other bugs and beasties pass and I find you all a picture of health when I come back. Take care x

Good luck Indith will miss you, hope the move goes well.

AQ you are going through it there - hope DS3 better quickly. And hope you are better quickly too Jabber and that you resolve problems with manager, sounds to me like she needs taking down a peg or two.

Good luck from here too Indith. We'll miss you!

castles, underactive thyroid does require a specific blood test but not sure your symptoms match exactly. Tiredness yes, but not the fainting. With thyroid you would also have dry skin, problems sleeping and brittle nails. Any of those?

LenniEd, you are sooo right. Unfortunately, with her being married to the doctor I work with I think she is there for the duration. Dh and I have decided the best thing is for me to look for another place I had been told by more than one person that she was extremely difficult so not a big surprise. I'm just disappointed as it could have been a really good thing for everyone.

Jabber, sorry about the sitch at work. What a nightmare. I was in a similar situation years ago and ended up leaving too What a hassle for you. GL with it all.

Hmm, do have dry skin but it's also getting greasier and spottier and have problems sleeping and brittle nails. Sound lovely I know!

Hi - not sure if anyone is still around tonight. On hol at the moment. DH has just taken DD1 to A&E as she has had high temp since Tuesday night and it isnt really improving. She was out in the sun all day on tuesday so we put it down to sunstroke but now i'm a bit worried. Went and bought a thermometer and 2 hours after calpol it was 40.1. She's been having nurofen too and we thought we were keeping at bay. She had a slight uset ummy earlier but i think that might be the nurefen. how long does heatstroke tend to last?

Not sure about sunstroke but we have had vast experience with fever this year. The word from our doc is if it's still there 2 days on gotta go in to check so you did the right thing. Hope everything is OK.

Thanks Jabber. They got back at about 12.30am. It was tonsilitis and a urine infection. I feel really guilty for not getting her checked sooner but she hadnt complained of a sore throat at all. It turns out she didnt realise that 'hurting when you swallow' is the same as a sore throat although that only came on yesterday aftermoon. She has antibiotics which she hates and we are still giving calopol/nurofen to keep the temp at bay (shoots up if we forget).

They werent sure of the cause. Could be bacterial, hence the ABs or viral. We came home early as at least she has her own stuff here.

Oh, poor dd, EV! But how were you to know? I find it so hard keeping on top of multiple kids now, giving them meds, making sure you've checked temps etc. I'm sure she'll improve rapidly now, though.
God, having kids is such a worrying business. I just kept bursting into tears about ds3 this week as they nearly admitted him for breathing problems. Still on ventolin etc, doc reckons asthma. DS2 took turn for a worse yesterday with chest infection as I hadn't managed to keep up with all the meds for the 3 lo's.
jabber, you will laugh but dp and I at loggerheads this morning about whether to take ds3 in the bathroom whilst I had a shower, he read some rubbish on the net about bacteria from steam and we got into a big barney at 7am! We're just both tired and stressed.
Indith not replied to text, so she must be deep into house stuff. Whenever I think about moving next year (I hope!) I shudder but got to be done as you all know!

Poor EV and AQ and all the sick little ones

Sending lots of get well vibes your way.

AQ, can't imagine dealing with 3 on meds. Dh has taken over the whole med thing with ds2 when we are on it as I am traveling so much these days I can't keep up...

I hadn't heard about bacteria being a worry

Hope everyone is OK.

Or is it the Daily Mail thing that has everyone off?

Hello all.

I think EV may be on holiday agin ;)

Jabber - I'm not too impressed by the DailyMail stuff tbh. Primarily as I thought the MN archive had a shelf life and was deleted after a few years. It seems it doesnt and all of our posts will be around for ever.

Not sure how my children will feel about me discussing they illnesses and behaviour on the internet.

what daily mail stuff? don't get the new name, ladyS. God I'm so behind, ignorant and living in a vacuum! I need to go back to school. Is dd better btw, ladyS?
jabber, am sure you will take every precaution against SF unlike me
getting a little excited about going on hols saturday if I can somehow find the energy to make lists of it all and pack it in race against the clock saturday morning. Urghhhh, I hate it. I'm going to have to take about 20,000 items of clothing for the twins so I don't have to do 2 loads a day whilst away, they're such grubby little munchkins.

must go write a list or alternatively play a game on my iphone as I am now completely addicted

Hi AQ.

Lady St Columb was a character in my fave Daphne DuMaurier novel.

Try and get a good holiday list going. Takes all the stress out of packing and means you can delegate.

My DCs are all healthy now

Oh, good (re: dc's I mean)
Haven't ever read daphne du maurier, always meant to.
i do have a list, it's just 2 pages already and I'm bored with it now I'm avoiding it all because I'm stressed out about it.