It's that season again!

[theweaselking]

Deck the halls with wads of tissue
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Tis the season of health issues
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Quaff we now our medication
Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la
Kill the virus infestation
Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la

Comments

[skiriki.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes it is. :(

I have some sort of Mongolian Pork-Avian Death Snuffles and I'm feeling miserable to the core.

[anton-p-nym.livejournal.com]

My condolences... I'm on the tail end of Throat Plague myself, which I think has been moving through the office given the emails I saw yesterday and certainly has been seen in local members of my LJ Friends list.

-- Steve's starting to think that Howard Hughes was onto something...

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I'm clear so far, I'm just SURROUNDED by people with the Hamthrax and the Oinkysniffles.

[torrain.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry.

[tsunami-ryuu.livejournal.com]

Gah, tell me about it. You post this right as I'm considering moseying over to the walk-in clinic because my latest bronchitis bout has made breathing rather difficult.

Winteeeeerrrr!

[publius1.livejournal.com]

As one who two years ago had their "bronchitis" become a near-fatal pneumonia: Take care of that!

[tsunami-ryuu.livejournal.com]

Yikes! That's exactly what I'm trying to stave off. Luckily, things seem to be improving now.

Glad you're okay. That must have been a horridly unpleasant experience, to say the least.

[publius1.livejournal.com]

I didn't even know what it was - I just thought my Bronchitis had gotten severe. I took a cab 2 blocks to the hospital (because I couldn't walk it) and walked into the ER. They took one look at my heart rate and O2 levels and shipped me off to the cardio unit and kept me there for 3 days. I hadn't planned on anything; didn't have my cell phone with me, didn't have contact info, didn't bring anything to read or changes of clothes... Yeah, it was awful. I wanted out of there ASAP.

Thankfully, it was a bronchial pneumonia, and they cleared it up very quickly. But man, I never want to go through that again.

[tsunami-ryuu.livejournal.com]

Yikes. Surprise diagnoses are always a blast, and by "blast" I mean "terrible experience". SURPRISE, YOU HAVE PNEUMONIA. Enjoy your stay.

Hope you stay healthy this winter!

(over the course of our comment thread, my bronchitis has mostly cleared up - hooray!)

[publius1.livejournal.com]

So far so good! -- and glad to hear that the bronchitis is taking care of itself.

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

Awwww. And feel better soon, I hope.

[gailmom.livejournal.com]

I'd offer you tea, but I'm laughing too hard.

[undeadbydawn.livejournal.com]

gonna spend this New Year in Moscow.

mildly concerned that I'm about to discover how cold the world can be.
I also basically don't travel, so it'll be interesting to see how my immune system holds up [I don't take medication unless I absolutely, unavoidably have to. Which isn't often]

[skiriki.livejournal.com]

Unsolicited advise: be sure that your shots are up to date, and be aware of the fact that Russia has some interesting strains of TB, so make double-sure that your shots are up to date.

Seasonal flu jab won't hurt, either.

[thette.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, TB shots don't work very well at preventing TB in adults. They're good against disseminated TB in children.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Moscow is a friendly and mild place with a reasonable climate.

[publius1.livejournal.com]

You're from the Frozen North.

[thette.livejournal.com]

Kill the virus infestation

I wish. It'd make everything so much easier.

[rev-ursa.livejournal.com]

*hork* Indeed. My office sounds like a TB ward. *snif*

[publius1.livejournal.com]

Oh, please tell me this headache I've got isn't due to an actual illness. Because OW OW OW.