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SNT, plus, I have a 103 degree fever. Tell me some ways you make yourself feel better when yer sick. I got the "take medicine" part covered. Really, I'm just looking for some form of entertainment that won't make my eyes feel like someone is stabbing them with sharp stuff.

Posted by Matt on 07/08/2006. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 110 comments

A nice cold (or warm, whatever chokes your chicken) shower, a nice big dump, some medicine and tv and videogames. Oh and throw a nice nap in there somewhere!

Chestnuts roasted by PRSense @ 07/09/2006 3:14 PM

It is very, very extremely important that you pay attention to the color of the ‘Quil you are taking. NyQuil during the day is doable, so long as you didn’t have anything that needing doing anyway. But taking DayQuil and then trying to go to sleep? Especially with a fever? Spiders in the skull, man. Not pleasant.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 07/09/2006 4:03 PM

Hope you feel better Matt! How’d you get sick? You’re probably overworked! Take it easy, and get well soon.
-as for things to do when sick? i guess eat tomato soup and watch james bond movies.

Chestnuts roasted by Joker @ 07/09/2006 5:01 PM

Matt, when you say medicine, do you mean that Tylenol Flavor Creator stuff you mentioned a while back?

Chestnuts roasted by Destro @ 07/09/2006 5:04 PM

I went to see Dead mans chest last night, I enjoyed it very much so. I would have have a more enjoyable time if the little girl and boy sitting behind me would of shut the hell up and stopped asking their mom and dad "whats that?, whos that guy? why did he do that?" and if the people in front of me would have taken their children to the bathroom BEFORE the movie, instead of one kid at a time every 20 minutes.

None the less I had fun, my Bro in law and I did the whole pirate thing, but we went at the wrong time to dress as pirates but it worked to our advantage cause the workers saw us and and gave us free posters, and let us enter the contest without checking to see if we brought all the required things. After the movie they took our picture, they may use it for promo stuff. That would be fun, my face all over the theater.

My bro in law looked good, like I said before he had a real sword, he looked pretty realistic. Unlike me, we needed to bring an eye patch for the contest but I forgot mine, so I used a sticky note I found in the car and wrote eye patch on it.

Fun times! Ill see if I can get a pic of us to put on here lata!

Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 07/09/2006 5:39 PM

I had a really bad stomach flu 2 months ago, and it was probably one of the worst ones I had. I had to take sleeping pills to go to sleep because I was in a lot of pain. If you can’t keep anything down drink nutritional drinks, they have vanilla, strawberry and chocolate and have your daily dose of vitamins and calories (300 per can) I hated it that that is what I only had to drink but I made it through. The best thing about being sick though is at least 3 days afterwards you appreciate your health a lot more. I still feel that way, especially because I have a new job!! It’s 9 dollars an hour plus full medical, retirement (I am not planning to retire there, just sayin) and I really appreciate it ‘whew’ I do because I was so broke before. And I have been window shopping online for lots of stuff I have been needing/wanting.

That reminds me, has anyone visited http://www.freshchocodiles.com/ ?? you get fresh chocodiles, 40 of them for 30 bucks!! I think I might get some even though I should go on a diet…:-)

Chestnuts roasted by Goob @ 07/09/2006 6:40 PM

Goob: Don’t you think everything on that site is extremly over-priced?

Chestnuts roasted by Ragnarok @ 07/09/2006 8:33 PM

Watch the Cosby Show!

Chestnuts roasted by Hey, Guero! @ 07/09/2006 8:57 PM

Sleep and lots of Advil……

Chestnuts roasted by phunQsauce @ 07/09/2006 9:52 PM

Seriously do not mess with grapefruit if you are taking medication. There are ALOT of medications that do not gel well with grapefruit for whatever reason and can be life threatening even if mixed.

The best thing to do for a high fever is to take cool showers, keep ice on your forehead/back of your neck/wrists and other pulse points and drink LOTS of fluid. Water is best, clear juice is second best and ginger ale/sprite/sierra mist comes in third. Watch out for the juice though, too much sugar can be bad. Take tylenol regularly but if you are taking Nyquil check the ingredients to make sure that it doesn’t already contain a small dosage (most cold medicines already have the equivelant of one tylenol in it) so you can adjust your dose accordingly.

I’m a veteran of these things after being hospitalized for pneumonia a few times.

Chestnuts roasted by Kittycatgirl @ 07/09/2006 10:06 PM

yeah it’s overpriced, but it’s cheaper then driving to california and getting some. He has an ebay store with lots of great feedback, very fresh chocodiles. The cheapest you can get is .75 per ‘dile. I thought I would just throw that site out is all.

Chestnuts roasted by Goob @ 07/09/2006 10:10 PM

Well, I don’t know about the chocodiles…maybe it’s a good price for them. The Zingers, on the other hand, I don’t understand being $8 a box…

Chestnuts roasted by Ragnarok @ 07/09/2006 10:15 PM

…..Sprite doesn’t have caffeine???

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 07/09/2006 10:29 PM

This whole Chocodile thing got me thinking about that article Matt did about the Hostess outlet store. Anyway, I live in the San Fernando Valley, and for the longest time, there was a Hostess store near my house. It was kind of run-down, and it was weird because I would find stuff that I never saw in the grocery store (i.e. Hostess brand cereal). Also, it was attached to a fairly large warehouse filled with Hostess trucks, but I never saw anyone working there other than the cashier. The store has since gone out of business, but every time I pass by the building, I always think about the times I went inside and the vague feeling of depression I would have while inside. As a side note, it was down the street from an Anheuser-Busch brewery that used to be a Busch Gardens.

Chestnuts roasted by Thomas @ 07/09/2006 10:41 PM

Ragnarok

Yeah, I think that’s a complete ripoff, he is probably just putting it out there to see if the fishes will bite. You can’t blame him.

Chestnuts roasted by Goob @ 07/09/2006 10:42 PM

matt uuh dont die

Chestnuts roasted by dude @ 07/09/2006 10:57 PM

Sprite is caffiene free… what is it with all the sodas claiming to be all natural now? 7up has done the same thing… its weird. And DR pepper has 20 something ingredients? For a persoon as allergic as myself this stuff is scary.

Chestnuts roasted by Kittycatgirl @ 07/09/2006 10:59 PM

Thomas: There are a few stores like that around here, and I’ve never seen anyone other than a cashier working at one either. Kinda creeps me out…

Chestnuts roasted by Ragnarok @ 07/09/2006 11:21 PM

has anyone else searched their name in the blog? It was very interesting to see what stupid comments i have made through out the years and also some of those comments I posted when I was massively wasted and should not have been near a computer….good times!

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 07/09/2006 11:38 PM

When i am sick I like to watch monty python and the holy grail, sealab 2021, venture bros, or ofcourse ghostbusters. anything funny basically to take your mind off the sickness and laughing makes your blood flow better, gets you energetic fast.

Chestnuts roasted by Real Ghostbuster @ 07/10/2006 12:38 PM

As far as sodas are concerned…"All natural" is a total cop-out, and it makes things no healthier or better than their peers. I think it’s the book "Fast Food Nation" that talks about how "Natural flavors" are sometimes more dangerous than "Artificial flavors."

If you’re looking for healthy, natural foods, "Organic" is a better key word.

Chestnuts roasted by Spoodles @ 07/10/2006 1:16 AM

Got a pirate skull/magic 8 ball toy from McD’s last night that gives advice with a piratey flair. I’m sure I’m going to be there all week trying to get the rest of these toys.
I didn’t notice the comparisons between Empire and Pirates 2 before, but I’ve thought about it and I can see it…(mild spoilers)…the heroine’s affections divided, the rouge working further toward redemption, the cliffhanger ending. Next May is not going to come fast enough!

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 07/10/2006 10:27 AM

We’ve got a Hostess outlet store here, and they do have a lot of wierd crap in there. It’s the only place in the county where you can buy those vanilla filled pies.

Everyone carries the chocolate and cherry ones, but no one carries vanilla.

We also use to have a Mrs. Bairds bread outlet that sold bread that was past it’s guarnteed fresh date at a discount price. I think you could buy a loaf for less than a dollar.

Chestnuts roasted by Deuce @ 07/10/2006 10:58 AM

squee: Heck yeah. Pirates and Spider-man? It’s going to be nerd-tacular!

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 07/10/2006 11:34 AM

When you’re juuust well enough to be ambulatory, go breathe on the people you dislike. Sneeze on their doorknobs, cough on their pencils. Spread the Love, man.

phunq, look up "Melting Grimace" on Google. A lot of the refs are mine. I refuse to believe I alone was the only trauma’d child victim of that ad.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash also recommends 7UP+orange juice @ 07/10/2006 12:46 PM

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