Bipolar check-in #70

Ohhh, my son-in -law is in the ER. Pneumonia. He had a fever of 105 and low sodium, whatever that means. Sounds like they are. Going to admit him.. I’m so strongly wanting to say to them that this would be a good time to quit smoking, but that would be mean. But it is what goes though my head. They both smoke and their whole family is always getting sick.

The thing with covid is for so many people it IS totally random and they never know where / who they got it from. Like I’ve said before all you have to do is walk past one person in a shop who has it - just one random person in a random shop - and then you suddenly have it. There doesn’t have to be anything else to it. Having said that being run down and eating too few calories would definitely make your immune system more vulnerable to catching it.

Did you guys in the US do all that contact tracing and checking in to shops and everywhere else with QR codes during the height of the pandemic? When that was happening people had a good idea where / when they caught it but they don’t do that anymore so we all just have to assume that anyone we come into contact with even for a brief moment could have the virus and pass it onto us.

I remember Thatcher all too well. Sure did not like her politics, but- she was a contender!

And that guy? Ha, he was such a creep. As the years went by I decided I was glad he didn't like me. Why would I want such an icky person to like me?

Low sodium (hyponatremia) can be very nasty and can kill you if not treated. I have a condition where I’m prone to it (as well as hypernatremia which is the opposite).

Thanks Fuzzy !

I’m so glad to see you around. Much Love

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@Fuzzybear, you are NOT a bad person. Also, you make great points in your recent post about moving on from conflict. Though sometimes we can't forgive right away (we need time for various reasons) or possibly ever, in some cases, not moving on ultimately hurts oneself and often others. Or the whole of a group. Clearly there's been a misunderstanding in recent posts. It's been cleared up, I hope sufficiently.

No one here at MSF has ever comitted any major crimes...even if some behavior has been mean in spirit and maybe self-centered. I believe even those in this world who have, are not "evil people" at their core. Some are miguided, some show displaced anger, some are also perhaps very unwell, psychologically.

A quote I like from a wise good man, lawyer Bryan Stevenson, is:

[I]"I’ve come to understand and to believe that each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done. I believe that for every person on the planet. I think if somebody tells a lie, they’re not just a liar. I think if somebody takes something that doesn’t belong to them, they’re not just a thief. I think even if you kill someone, you’re not just a killer. And because of that, there’s this basic human dignity that must be respected by law.” [/]

I am onboard with his thinking. That is not to say that those who wrong us should be regarded as a friend or take part in our lives. So, Fuzzybear, you're right that blocking can be a good measure. So can eventual unblocking. In any case, it's also best not to make ourselves perpetual victims of someone elses's wrongs (or perceived ones). Doing that long-term is a form of crime to oneself, and a figurative jailing.

I've quite often read posts by adult children of abusive parents saying things like ''I joined the army and never went back''.... that would not be for me. Joining the army I mean

I hope everyone's day gets better.

Much love

I really REALLY hope I'm not about to add COVID to the list of my troubles. I woke up feeling hoarse and achy, but didn't think much of it. I talk people's ears off with sales and I always wake up with some sort of ache and pain. I took appropriate medicinal measures (Aleve and cough drops), but it got worse, namely with the addition of loss of taste to my list of symptoms. Loss of taste isn't necessarily COVID, but it's not "not COVID" either. I left work early, went to the doc who gave me the swab up the nose test. I learn the results first thing in the morning. Here's hoping it's negative. Quarantine sounds like no fun!

Zipped up to my sil room with balloons and a card. He’s doing much better. Not only are the hospitals full they’re short staffed. The doctor he saw was several towns away. He saw the doc on computer, somehow connected the stethoscope and other stuff directly to her. Sil feels well enough now to be grouchy. I saw several rooms with blinking lights and only saw two nurses.

Zipped up to my sil room with balloons and a card. He’s doing much better. Not only are the hospitals full they’re short staffed. The doctor he saw was several towns away. He saw the doc on computer, somehow connected the stethoscope and other stuff directly to her. Sil feels well enough now to be grouchy. I saw several rooms with blinking lights and only saw two nurses.

I read that the flu season was going to be really bad like that this year. Apparently we're going to make up for the last few years of lower flu rates from masking and social distancing from COVID.

I also read that kids are getting RSV at a very high rate this early in the season.


I hope they are wrong.

I’ve read and seen the same on tv. Tonight they said pediatric admissions were up in 43 states. I never consider flu vaccines but I’ll be getting one for me and mom this year.

I've also read that it's really important that seniors get the senior dose vaccine. It's got more protection. My mom got hers from her doctor's office because not all pharmacies carry them and her doctor does them on a walk-in basis.


Just something to consider.

I need to go right now and register for my vaccine before I forget again.

I got the latest Covid vaccine in early September and flu a couple of weeks ago. I didn't want to get them both at at the same time. I had some side effects from the Covid one, but none from the flu.