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Joe Nerve

Joe Nerve

Oct 7, 2000
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#1
Need suggestions.

I'm sick. I never get sick. Well, until now. I have a really bad cough that kept me up all last night, and a fever of almost 102. Have a gig on Friday too, which should be fun if this crap doesn't let up. Anyhow, I'm on tylenol, and cough syrup, and garlic, and oranges and tea.... and this:

vicks.jpg


Now while this may look simply like a Vicks container, what makes this thing unique is that I believe it to be about 35 years old, or older. I remember taking it from my parents house when I moved out decades ago, and being shocked at that time that it was still good, because it was so old. As it's true that I never (OK, rarely) get sick, I've used it over the years, and I'm astounded that it's still perfect! It smells as powerful as the day it was first opened, although there's just a drop left.

So I started thinking about today's marketing BS. Just bought a new Vicks. I wonder if it'll last the same amount of time? With planned obsolescence and all, is there any product left on the market that will seemingly last forever? I recently found out that raw honey is supposed to take over 200 years to go bad, so I'll add that - but mine always starts looking kinda funky after a few months.

That's all I've got. Remember please that I'm sick and need to be coddled, so don't post anything mean.

I'm so happy my wife is a nurse midwife.
 
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Just took my temp again, cuz the Tylenol is wearing off. 102.4.

How many other guys here get convinced they're dying when they get sick? I really believe that's a guy thing. Women get sick and act as though nothing is going on. I want my mommy!!!

This thing really came out of nowhere, too. I was fine up till about 1pm yesterday, and then bam! Started coughing my brains out. I don't like this. Tell me I'll survive!
 
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Joe Nerve said:
Just took my temp again, cuz the Tylenol is wearing off. 102.4.

How many other guys here get convinced they're dying when they get sick? I really believe that's a guy thing. Women get sick and act as though nothing is going on. I want my mommy!!!

This thing really came out of nowhere, too. I was fine up till about 1pm yesterday, and then bam! Started coughing my brains out. I don't like this. Tell me I'll survive!
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I had very similar symptoms last month. Felt fine and then the next thing I knew, I had a 103 fever and chills. For some reason, it never got to my sinuses or lungs. Just wiped me out, so weak that I could barely get up my stairs to go to bed. I drank as much fluids as I could get down (water, Gatorade) and was feeling better a few days later, just in time for a gig. The gig wiped me out, but I seemed to be on the mend.

Two weeks later, it happened again. Woke up feeling like I drank the night before (I hadn’t), and by the time my work day was done, I was wearing two jackets and shaking with the chills. Another 103 fever. Got home from work, surprised that I didn’t crash because I couldn’t see straight and I was shaking with the chills despite the car heater being on full blast, slugged down some Nyquil, and slept. A couple of days later I felt better. The first time I thought “this sucks”, the second time: “this is scary!”

I haven’t had a cold in two years, and it’s been 8 years since I was so sick that I couldn’t even get out of bed, but I’ve never had something like this where it just came back a couple of weeks later to inflict more suffering. Whatever it is, it’s a tough one.
 
#13
I've had the same Food Lion brand aloe gel since around 1995-ish. I've slowly been using it up each summer, but it still works just as well. In my family, we always laughed at expiration dates on powdered food, because we had the same stocks in our cabin for years and nothing ever went bad.
Here's a really good one: Back in the 70's, my grandmother convinced my mom there was going to be another Great Depression, and so my mom convinced my dad that they should be this giant stockpile of freeze-dried food, a huge skid's worth of it. There was a lot of it. We ate some of it, eventually, but about half the skid was still left, and still perfectly good (or at least as good as ever), for about 30 years until my mom finally donated it to a homeless shelter.
 
#14
I'll never forget the horror I experienced when my dad told me his mom used to give him Vaporub in a spoon and yes, right down the gullet.:***::vomit: And what is even more bizarre, she was a registered nurse!

When I was in my 20s, I got back at a girlfriend who I found out had been bopping my buddy with a dab of Vaporub on the end of my rascal wrapper. Her eyes got real huge, I broke out laughing, and she split. I had images of a dog scooting along on the floor as I heard her car screech away.

Man. That makes me sound like a horrible person.
 
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I used to get Vicks rubbed on my chest before I went to bed when I was a kid and not feeling good. I couldn't stand the feel of it, but I liked the smell.
These days, I think I eat enough hot peppers and spicy food that it keeps me from getting sick. I don't even remember the last time I was sick.

-Mike
 
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bluesblaster said:
go to doctor, get "Z pack" feel better, when you don't have time to be sick
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My medical coverage has a doctor app that I used. I gave a little bit of my medical history and then got a call from a real live doctor. He asked a bunch of questions and decided I have bronchitis. Said that's viral and antibiotics wouldn't do anything. Gotta wait this one out.
 

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