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I'm scared my friend will blame me if he gets sick.
I had a dinner date with a friend of mine tonight. As I thought he was a good friend, I felt comfortable opening up with him about getting sick on Sunday/Monday (by the way, fully recovered now, just not 100% yet purely from exhaustion/treatment side effects only). He expressed concern about getting sick, but continued to talk about it. I felt incredibly uncomfortable and it was hard keeping my composure. [more inside]
Dividing household labor
How do you divide emergency household labor when one person has a more flexible job, and the other person has a more rigid schedule? [more inside]
Does staving off a cold simply prolong it?
With Christmas almost a week away, I'm fighting off a virus. Is there a way to be strategic about this? [more inside]
YANMD, but I'm concerned — got a cough and loss of taste/smell.
This is not normal for me. Normally, I get colds and sore throats/coughs that go away within 2-3 days. This time, about two weeks ago-ish, I started having a persistent cough. About 5 days ago, I completely lost my sense of smell/taste, although the cough has healed somewhat. Been coughing up a lot of mucus and have a somewhat runny nose. [more inside]
What’s the Cure for the Common Cold?
I have a presentation in 9 days. It cannot and will not be moved. I will have three days of near nonstop talking. I would need to be on my deathbed to miss this event.
My cuddly plague rats (children) brought home a cold last week and now I have it. Post nasal drip, sore throat, and cough. What are your tips and tricks to get rid the cold fast? [more inside]
Cold sore? Zit? Who cares, will it ruin my date this week?
I went on a higher than average date with someone last week, which never happens to me. But as of Saturday I have developed a gross zit/cold sore/bug bite/red thing on my lip now, and I have a second date in 4 days. [more inside]
I swear I am an adult who is capable of dealing with consequences
I have a strong aversion to being in trouble or disliked at work and recent health issues have repeatedly put me in situations that lead to the former and give me concerns about the latter. Today is one of those days, and I am struggling to do what I need to do (rest) now that I know (per boss) I am going to be chastised for it tomorrow. [more inside]
Is there a Dr. House in the house?
A family member has two mystery ailments, one of which is excruciatingly painful (on the level of "how much morphine you got?" that may or may not be related. Docs at the hospital are basically ¯\_(ツ)_/¯and are going to discharge her. How do I find a Dr. House to investigate? Cryptic details inside. [more inside]
What's happening in my body when I'm sick?
I'm coming down with something. Out of curiosity, what is causing my symptoms? [more inside]
What was I sick with ?
Yesterday I got weirdly sick, but it only lasted for a day, but I have no idea what was going on. Any guesses on what was happening, based the description below? [more inside]
Taking care of someone that is being terrible to the caretaker
I am taking care of a family member who is recovering from surgery, and my family member is acting like a jerk. Help me cope. [more inside]
Over-exertion related sickness
All my life when I overexert myself, I end up sick. I can't really pin this down. It's starting to be a bit more bothersome. Would love any tips/tricks/anecdotes of what you feel/do when you over exert yourself. [more inside]
What happened to me? Poop edition.
Last night I got a single episode of sudden, unexpected (isn't it always), crampy diarrhea. Exclusively during my time on the toilet (none before, and disappeared within about 5 minutes after) I also broke out in hives on my neck, trunk, and hairline. The whole event lasted less than 10 minutes and outside of that brief window I have otherwise felt great. I have never experienced anything like this; what on earth happened to me? [more inside]
How to plan travel in the age of covid when you have a kid in daycare?
We’d love to plan a trip or trips by plane or train this year, but with a 14 month old in daycare we are all constantly catching colds (no covid yet, thankfully). How are parents in a similar position planning plane trips? There’s such a good chance that when the trip comes around, at least one of us will be congested, coughing, etc. [more inside]
What was wrong with this wine? or What was wrong with me?
I drank 2 glasses of red wine and then vomited three times in 30 minutes. When i emptied the bottle... [more inside]
Should cat go to the vet?
My 4-year-old male neutered DSH hasn't been feeling well lately. Vet visits are ultra stressful. Should we go? [more inside]
How to make the most of 2 weeks of mental health leave?
In another, non-pandemic time, I might seek help in a residential center, or travel somewhere. But I am in a covid hotspot, and those aren't options. How can I best support my medication changes and get some semblance of my life back with 2 weeks off work? [more inside]
Wait, Watch, Worry
I'm hoping I can get some direction on a very specific type of anxiety I've been struggling with. It revolves around the health of my family and those in my care. [more inside]
Singleton Sick Day Pantry/Freezer
I'm looking for nutritious foods requiring minimal prep that a single person can keep around for days when they are too sick to cook or go out. [more inside]
No, creamier! Creamier!!!
Can't find my favorite coconut popsicles, I'm a butt and don't like any other inferior coconut popsicles. Can any coconut popsicle enthusiasts help me find their equal near me? [more inside]
Disability, capitalism & COVID
My job is to conduct in-home meetings with elderly, disabled, chronically ill people. Management has stated that "we have an obligation to the client to continue meetings" during the COVID-19 pandemic. I have a disability, how can I get out of this? [more inside]
IVIG and hypogammaglobulinemia: What? How?? Help!
I've always gotten sick...a lot. Then this summer I developed a fever of unknown origin and in the process of crossing out scarier things the doctors uncovered that my IGG levels are extremely low.
In mid December I'm due to start IVIG infusions.
Please assume that I'm receiving excellent medical care, but I still have questions... [more inside]
Sick over the weekend- when to do chores?
So I’m sick this weekend- I was out of action yesterday and am trying to rest today. But I have a whole pile of chores to do. If I rest today, I will probably be more or less well again tomorrow. If I am well enough to go back to work, is it ethical of me to take the day off to do the chores? If not when am I meant to do them? I live alone and there is no one else who could step in.
Flying with congestion/cold?
I'm due to fly 3,000 miles back to the east coast tomorrow. A bit worried because I came down with a cold last week. I'm over the cold but am still congested, with thick mucus coming from my nose. Bonus point: holding my nose and exhaling on the flight might not work, because my nose is very raw from continuous blowing, and even the littlest touch hurts. [more inside]
Food Poisoning in Europe
I’m in Lisbon with my fiancé and he’s got a pretty bad bout of what appears to be food poisoning. Wondering what we should do, if anything—our flight back to the US is tomorrow morning. [more inside]
What's up with flu symptoms coming and going?
My fiancee's flu symptoms are sort of oscillating in a way that's concerning me: is it normal for flu symptoms to recede and then come back? [more inside]
Advice on recovering from (mild?) pneumonia
I had pneumonia for a while. I think not too bad as pneumonia goes. I seem to be recovering. I’ve heard stories about people having weeks, or months, of fatigue after this illness, and needing tons of rest. I’m not sure if that’ll happen to me, but it worries me. I’ve been advised (by online sources, and my doctor) to not push too hard. But I’m not sure what that means. I’m curious what I might expect, and what I should do, as I recover, and how to ease back into regular life. [more inside]
Neighbor's weed usage is waking me up due to the smell. Help!
My upstairs neighbor has started smoking weed in their bathroom on a regular basis. This often seems to happen in the middle of the night, and unfortunately it wakes me up and sends me to the bathroom to dry heave, which is the worst place to go because that is where the smell is coming down into on the first place! My fancy air filters don't help and neither does febreeze. What else can I do when I sense the onset? Tonight the smell is so thick I am considering going to my office across town to sleep in peace, so immediately implementable solutions are very welcome.
No interest in food except thin liquids. Help!
I was sick for the past week with a bad respiratory bug. I lost any interest in eating. It's been two days since the respiratory symptoms have left but I still can't get myself to eat actual food. WTF? How do I cope? [more inside]
Is it possible to have a "cold" without upper respiratory symptoms?
I've had a few bouts of illness this year that feel like a cold (fatigue, head ache-y, maybe some minor muscle aches, a bit of brain fog) without much (or any) upper respiratory symptoms like cough, runny nose, etc. or a fever. Is this normal? [more inside]
How to talk to the love of my life?
I’m in love with a man I’ve been with for six complicated years. My ten year old girl believes this man is her entire world. Honestly, he is our entire world. I don’t know that he feels the same way for me anymore. I think he’s interested in a woman he works with as I’m not allowed to visit his workplace even though I know many of his workmates for decades. I digress. Three weeks ago, my younger sister told me she has cancer. I found out two and a half weeks ago that I have cancer. It’s in it’s early stage, so I’m lucky. I don’t know if I should tell this man I love that I have cancer. I don’t think he’s in it to win it with me and I don’t want him prolong the relationship with me because he feels bad for me. He stayed with an old girlfriend for several years because he felt bad breaking up with her while her mother was dying of cancer. Do I bother telling him I have cancer?
Constantly sick after moving across the country
I moved from Chicago to San Francisco has summer. Since then, I have had a cold (not flu) five times. This is very abnormal for me, can I track down the cause? [more inside]
Why do I see weird shapes when I'm getting sick?
Sometimes when I'm getting sick, one of the first symptoms to manifest is perceiving recurring patterns of weird shapes in motion. Help me understand what's going on. [more inside]
Can You Have a Virus Without Sore Throat/Cough/Fever?
I’ve been sick the last few days, but with one catch: no sore throat, runny nose, or fever. The only symptom is that I feel completely exhausted, and can sleep for 10 - 12 hours a day. [more inside]
Frustrating head pain
Looking for perspectives on my headaches/dizziness/head pressure and stomach irritation (and possible connection), as the doctor has so far not been much help [more inside]
Can’t Stop Crying (Not Like That)
Husband and I have been sharing a cold. He’s had it worse as my symptoms have mostly been limited to a sore throat and watery eyes. Well, now my eyes won’t stop watering. [more inside]
Best remedies to avoid getting sick?
Mr. Circle and I leave in 3 days for the month-long European vacation of our dreams. I woke up this morning feeling like crap. Congested and exhausted. I blew it off as allergies and took some Flonase, but I'm feeling worse. What is my best defense to keep from getting sick, besides going home and going back to bed? [more inside]
Can't swallow pills
I have a bad cold. I need some relief but despite many, many attempts have never successfully swallowed pills. What is my best choice of OTC medicine to get? No pharmacist available. Usually I get children's meds but any other choice?
How do I cope with a near death experience?
You guys might remember my question from late last year mentioning the "worst asthma attack I can remember." So, it turned out I had improperly treated pneumonia, which turned into ARDS, sepsis, heart failure, and 79 days in the hospital (34 unconscious in the ICU.) I'm having some trouble processing this whole thing, and am hoping you guys have some useful input. [more inside]
Just cough it up!
Need ideas for supportive treatment for a chest cold/congestion. I am seemingly physically unable to just "cough it up," and this is limiting my job abilities! Sorry for grossness below the fold. [more inside]
I am sick. Do I cancel these gigs (freelancer/self-employed person)
I am a self-employed person, I am sick (Wuth what i think is some sort of cold or flu). I have some work in the next couple days I'd rather not cancel. But am I being crazy to do this? [more inside]
YANMD - but what is this mystery? And should I see a doc?
2 weeks ago, I thought I was coming down with a cold - one night, I started sneezing a ton & my nose started running. I went for a really intense sports massage the next morning and came out feeling very emotional & teary & tired. A few hours later I felt so tired and out of it that I went home - for approx 24 hours of vomiting & diarrhea and feeling awful. Complete with red rash on my chest. And then I was okay. Kinda tired & out of it for another day or so, but fine. No cold symptoms, even. I wrote it up to flu, or maybe food poisoning.
THEN THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED YESTERDAY. What? [more inside]
Break my daughter's heart or get sicker
I have come to the realisation that I can no longer safely or humanely look after the 2 cats my daughter grew up with. It is not fair to them, my neighbours, my landlord, and I am unwell and it is difficult for me. But my daughter has gone through so much in the past few years, bulimia, OCD, anxiety, depression, at least 2 rapes, her grandmother died, her father went to prison for a horrible crime. She can't take the cats on, she lives in a high rise on a limited income. There is no one else. I can't face telling her that I need to find a new home for them, and causing her more grief, but I can't keep doing this. It's too hard. I also love the cats but I'm not being a good enough kitty mama. What do I do?
My Colds Are Worse Than Your Colds
Why do I get such severe colds and is there anything I can do to relieve my symptoms when I get one? [more inside]
Has this been an unusually terrible year for colds?
I have had a cold for 12 days now. This is the third time this year I have had an almost two-week long cold like this. I can't remember it ever happening before this year. [more inside]
Should my pediatrician have visited us in the hospital?
We spent Friday through today in the hospital with my 6 week old, who was running a high fever. (Everything turned out fine.)
Our pediatrician is part of a bigger practice with a dozen other pediatricians, all of whom are affiliated with the hospital and are regularly at the hospital, on the same floor, to see new babies after they are born.
Am I wrong to be bothered that none of the pediatricians (neither the specific one we see, nor any of her colleagues in the practice), came to visit/check on my baby the entire weekend? [more inside]
Multi-day hike while recovering from a cold?
Is it a terrible idea to go on a multi-day hike in wintry conditions while recovering from a head cold? I've been planning to go on a 3-day, 3-night hike with a group this coming weekend, but at the end of last week I came down with a head cold which I'm still recovering from, and I need help deciding whether I should back out of the trip. [more inside]
Fruit tree disease
I have 4 fruit trees: apricot, nectarine, peach, plum. 2 of them appear very unhealthy in their foliage: apricot & peach. The other 2 are fine. What's wrong with them?
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getting sick before temp agency interview
Is this temp agency going to write me off as unreliable because I got sick? [more inside]
Sick, estranged parent and toxic family
Estranged parent is ill. Toxic family member has moved in. Advice on how to convey caring while maintaining safety is needed. [more inside]