On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:15:42 -0500, The Daring Dufas
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On 3/23/2012 6:51 AM, Han wrote:
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:38:25 -0500, The Daring Dufas
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On 3/22/2012 7:53 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On 23 Mar 2012 00:42:08 GMT, wrote:

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On 22 Mar 2012 23:54:29 GMT, wrote:

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On 22 Mar 2012 23:36:58 GMT, wrote:

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So what? How many dummies went long on tulips?

Now you are really going back centuries. But it is a good
example of speculators suckering people.

Nothing new under the sun?

See, it was always a solar thing ...

But my wife's hyacinths are in full bloom, and so is the
forsythia ...

Everything was about a month early here (my cherry tree bloomed in
mid-February). Earlier this week the pollen count was 9369! I
don't think I have allergies but I've been sick for three weeks
and Cefdinir doesn't seem to have done a thing.

According to google that's an antibiotic, so it shouldn't do much
if anything for allergies. Maybe you mean Zyrtec, or ceterizine?
I go and hand over my driver's license and get ceterizine-D. That
works for me, but my new doctor told me to watch out, it makes you
less careful, so check your reactions before driving ... Nothing
happened, but I did notice ...

No, I meant Cefdinir (I was reading the bottle ;-). I've never had
big problems with allergies before so the doc is treating the chest,
throat, sinuses, and ears, with the antibiotic, except that it's not
working. I only have a couple of days of it left. If it is
bacterial it's tough stuff and will love it when if I stop taking
the Cefdinir. If it's allergy, it'll last years longer. :-(


I used to get terrible sinus infections requiring antibiotics until
one day out of desperation, I took the hose from my Hover vacuum
cleaner and held it to my nose while running. I felt a couple of sharp
painful tugs under my left eye and my sinuses were clear. After that
day, I've never had another debilitating sinus infection. ^_^

No thanks. That sucks!

LOL!
To "treat" problems similar to that, when I take a shower, I sniff the
hot water up my nose and then blow. Gets "stuff" out, and relieves some
of the problems. Also gargling with Listerine-type stuff seems to help
in reducing nasal runoff into my throat.

Son-in-law had a bad cough etc a few weeks ago that developed into strep,
with high(ish) fever. First antibiotic didn't help. Second did, but he
was out more than a full week. He said he hadn't been this sick in all
his life. Remember that if an antibiotic is going to work, it should do
so within about 24 hours. If it isn't go back to a doctor.


I've spoken to ear, nose and throat specialists telling them about my
vacuum cleaner trick and they've told me that they have vacuum tubes
that they use to clear clogged sinuses which are inserted into the nose
of a patient. There are YouTube videos showing the procedure. ^_^

Having the EN&T specialist play around in there sounds a lot safer for the ear
drum, and some other delicate machinery in there, than a quick pass with the
Hoover.