Sick numbers up

Last Monday Hubby came home with nausea and watery diarrhea . We thought he
ate some old ham...well the diarrhea stuck around, and this morning I woke
up with it and terrible nausea. Since I hadn't eaten since last night I
tested my blood at noon and it was 155.....I checked it again at three and
it was still 155. Then I made a run for the toilet and while sitting there
started vomiting...I will do any thing not to vomit....but my tummy had
other ideas. After cleaning up I tested my blood again and it had dropped to
130. Was it the food that was stuck in my gut or was it the stress of being
sick. I felt a bit better...but still have a headache and some nausea.

Sorry you and your husband are so sick, Jacquie. The higher numbers should
probably be expected under the circumstances. Hope you are both on the mend
soon!
--
Best regards,
Michelle C., T2
diet & exercise
BMI 21.5

"jacquie" <happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Last Monday Hubby came home with nausea and watery diarrhea . We thought
> he ate some old ham...well the diarrhea stuck around, and this morning I
> woke up with it and terrible nausea. Since I hadn't eaten since last night
> I tested my blood at noon and it was 155.....I checked it again at three
> and it was still 155. Then I made a run for the toilet and while sitting
> there started vomiting...I will do any thing not to vomit....but my tummy
> had other ideas. After cleaning up I tested my blood again and it had
> dropped to 130. Was it the food that was stuck in my gut or was it the
> stress of being sick. I felt a bit better...but still have a headache and
> some nausea.
>

On Thu, 22 May 2008 17:36:42 -0700, "jacquie"
<happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote:

> I felt a bit better...but still have a headache and some nausea.
>

Get well soon, the pair of you... sounds miserable!

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 100ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.6% BMI 25

On May 22, 8:36*pm, "jacquie" <happikat...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Last Monday Hubby came home with nausea and watery diarrhea . We thought he
> ate some old ham...well the diarrhea * stuck around, and this morning I woke
> up with it and terrible nausea. Since I hadn't eaten since last night I
> tested my blood at noon and it was 155.....I checked it again at three and
> it was still 155. Then I made a run for the toilet and while sitting there
> started vomiting...I will do any thing not to vomit....but my tummy had
> other ideas. After cleaning up I tested my blood again and it had dropped to
> 130. *Was it the food that was stuck in my gut or was it the stress of being
> sick. I felt a bit better...but still have a headache and some nausea.

Jacquie, I think the stress could indeed cause higher numbers.

I usually test in the 80s-90s when I get home from work. One night,
while driving home, I had a stomach ache...it never developed into
anything, a couple zantac took care of it, but when I tested as soon
as I got home, I was 140. This was without any change whatsoever to my
normal diet. I tested a few hours later after the stomach ache passed
and I was in the 90s.

John C.

On Thu, 22 May 2008 17:36:42 -0700, "jacquie"
<happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Last Monday Hubby came home with nausea and watery diarrhea . We thought he
>ate some old ham...well the diarrhea stuck around, and this morning I woke
>up with it and terrible nausea. Since I hadn't eaten since last night I
>tested my blood at noon and it was 155.....I checked it again at three and
>it was still 155. Then I made a run for the toilet and while sitting there
>started vomiting...I will do any thing not to vomit....but my tummy had
>other ideas. After cleaning up I tested my blood again and it had dropped to
>130. Was it the food that was stuck in my gut or was it the stress of being
>sick. I felt a bit better...but still have a headache and some nausea.
>
Have you been visiting Julie? <G>

probably a combination of the stress, any toxins from the bug and
dehydration from the diarrhoea and vomiting, reduced blood volume from
eliminating fluid quicker than you take it in will cause a higher BG
reading.

Sympathies anyway

<uploads Charmin>

LOL..Thanks for the Charmin. I was pretty dehydrated...not peeing as much as
I usually do. Can only drink diet coke now...Our water well went on the
fritz last night...Seems the ground pump died...we share with 10
families...hubby is carrying in pool water to prime toilets when
needed..this is really turning into a comedy
"Trinkwasser" <spam@devnull.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 22 May 2008 17:36:42 -0700, "jacquie"
> <happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>Last Monday Hubby came home with nausea and watery diarrhea . We thought
>>he
>>ate some old ham...well the diarrhea stuck around, and this morning I
>>woke
>>up with it and terrible nausea. Since I hadn't eaten since last night I
>>tested my blood at noon and it was 155.....I checked it again at three and
>>it was still 155. Then I made a run for the toilet and while sitting there
>>started vomiting...I will do any thing not to vomit....but my tummy had
>>other ideas. After cleaning up I tested my blood again and it had dropped
>>to
>>130. Was it the food that was stuck in my gut or was it the stress of
>>being
>>sick. I felt a bit better...but still have a headache and some nausea.
>>
> Have you been visiting Julie? <G>
>
> probably a combination of the stress, any toxins from the bug and
> dehydration from the diarrhoea and vomiting, reduced blood volume from
> eliminating fluid quicker than you take it in will cause a higher BG
> reading.
>
> Sympathies anyway
>
> <uploads Charmin>

"jacquie" <happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> LOL..Thanks for the Charmin. I was pretty dehydrated...not peeing as much
> as I usually do. Can only drink diet coke now...Our water well went on the
> fritz last night...Seems the ground pump died...we share with 10
> families...hubby is carrying in pool water to prime toilets when
> needed..this is really turning into a comedy

At least you have a pool!

Yep, and I thank God for that..especially now..LOL. We have water again at
the price of $3100.00

"Julie Bove" <juliebove@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:RmHZj.61$0R.17@trndny05...
>
> "jacquie" <happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:tMWdnXTQeY-Fq6rVnZ2dnUVZ_vqdnZ2d@earthlink.com...
>> LOL..Thanks for the Charmin. I was pretty dehydrated...not peeing as much
>> as I usually do. Can only drink diet coke now...Our water well went on
>> the fritz last night...Seems the ground pump died...we share with 10
>> families...hubby is carrying in pool water to prime toilets when
>> needed..this is really turning into a comedy
>
> At least you have a pool!
>

jacquie wrote:
> Yep, and I thank God for that..especially now..LOL. We have water again at
> the price of $3100.00

OUCH!

it better be good!


--
kate
type 1 since 1987
www.diabetic-talk.org
http://www.diabetes-support.org.uk/n...diagnosed.html

jacquie wrote:
> Yep, and I thank God for that..especially now..LOL. We have water
> again at the price of $3100.00

Yikes, I hope that cost is shared amongst the ten families!

We pay a maintenance fee every month plus split electric costs....thank
goodness we had enough in the maintenance account to pay it. The fee is
going up tho because we have to get a couple more storage tanks. This pump
that broke is the one actually in the ground about 500 hundred feet
down....so they had to hire a guy that had all of the tools to get to it.
The pump itself was $1900.00...the rest was labor.
Jacquie
"Ozgirl" <are_we_there_yet@maccas.com> wrote in message
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> jacquie wrote:
>> Yep, and I thank God for that..especially now..LOL. We have water
>> again at the price of $3100.00
>
> Yikes, I hope that cost is shared amongst the ten families!
>
>

"jacquie" <happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote:
> We pay a maintenance fee every month plus split electric costs....thank
> goodness we had enough in the maintenance account to pay it. The fee is
> going up tho because we have to get a couple more storage tanks. This
> pump that broke is the one actually in the ground about 500 hundred feet
> down....so they had to hire a guy that had all of the tools to get to it.
> The pump itself was $1900.00...the rest was labor.
> Jacquie
> "Ozgirl" <are_we_there_yet@maccas.com> wrote in message

We have a similar pump at our mountain place in Thailand, but only 200 feet
down. When the pump died, we called the only guy in the area with the tools
to pull it. He doesn't know when he'll be able to come out to pull it. We
dropped another pump on top of it for now. It's been over a year. New pump
works fine. We have a 3 stage filter for general use and an additional
carbon filter for drinking and cooking. I still want to get an RO filter
for the latter, but no spare loot. ;-(

--
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I've known US vets who served as far back as the Spanish American War. They
are all my heroes! Thank a Veteran and Support Our Troops. You are not
forgotten. Thanks ! ! ~Semper Fi~

On Fri, 23 May 2008 14:24:37 -0700, "jacquie"
<happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote:

>LOL..Thanks for the Charmin. I was pretty dehydrated...not peeing as much as
>I usually do. Can only drink diet coke now...Our water well went on the
>fritz last night...Seems the ground pump died...we share with 10
>families...hubby is carrying in pool water to prime toilets when
>needed..this is really turning into a comedy

Ye gods, squitters, vomiting and a lack of water, which gods have you
been offending?

Had you recently been to a hospital (or doctor's surgery)? That seems
to be where our worst infections are emanating from nowadays

MRSA

Clostridium difficile

Norwalk

and others I've forgotten

In article <cllg34tt35eb447g6loe9gjkbijgrr0kn9@4ax.com>,
Trinkwasser <spam@devnull.com.invalid> wrote:

> Had you recently been to a hospital (or doctor's surgery)? That seems
> to be where our worst infections are emanating from nowadays

Well, they *insist* on letting in all those sick people. If they were
only more picky about whom they would allow through the doors...

Priscilla

LOL..Really..How Dare They..LOL. I know at the AF Clinic where I go to they
have a big sign on the front door "If you think you have been exposed to
measles go to building such and such...DO NOT ENTER THIS BUILDING!" Our
County is in the middle of a measles outbreak...and are being very strict
about it. I know I never had the vaccine. I did have German Measles when I
was a Freshman in HS, but have never had Rubella.

"Priscilla Ballou" <vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:vze23t8n-789105.15503824052008@individual.net...
> In article <cllg34tt35eb447g6loe9gjkbijgrr0kn9@4ax.com>,
> Trinkwasser <spam@devnull.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Had you recently been to a hospital (or doctor's surgery)? That seems
>> to be where our worst infections are emanating from nowadays
>
> Well, they *insist* on letting in all those sick people. If they were
> only more picky about whom they would allow through the doors...
>
> Priscilla

On Sat, 24 May 2008 15:50:38 -0400, Priscilla Ballou
<vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote:

>In article <cllg34tt35eb447g6loe9gjkbijgrr0kn9@4ax.com>,
> Trinkwasser <spam@devnull.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Had you recently been to a hospital (or doctor's surgery)? That seems
>> to be where our worst infections are emanating from nowadays
>
>Well, they *insist* on letting in all those sick people. If they were
>only more picky about whom they would allow through the doors...
>
>Priscilla

I refuse point blank to wait in a doctor's waiting room. At
worst, I wait outside and they come and get me when it's my
turn. At best I've trained them like my haemotologist's
reception. I wait in a pub ten minutes away and they call me
on the mobile phone when the patient before me goes in.



Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
--
d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com

http://loraltravel.blogspot.com
Latest: Bangkok

That would be nice if every clinic had a pub or cafe right out their front
door Because of the heat here, waiting outside can be quite
uncomfortable, but when I am in the clinic I sit as far away from people
that I can...and go straight to the bathroom after I see my Dr. and wash my
hands. Most of the virus's I catch are from my Grandson. My daughter has
been told not to visit if he is sick...which she usually abides, but this
time she actually thought it was his allergies and not a cold ...after 48
hours I realized it was a cold, my son who also was around my Grandson came
down with the same thing as did my DIL. Then hubby came home with the
intestinal virus and it caught me too. I am over the trots...but still have
nausea...one good thing about this , is my calorie intake has been cut down
quite a bit

"Alan S" <loralgtweightandcarbs@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:gu9h34pdnukfiv3mvqm14bd0ashp4vetc7@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 24 May 2008 15:50:38 -0400, Priscilla Ballou
> <vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>In article <cllg34tt35eb447g6loe9gjkbijgrr0kn9@4ax.com>,
>> Trinkwasser <spam@devnull.com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Had you recently been to a hospital (or doctor's surgery)? That seems
>>> to be where our worst infections are emanating from nowadays
>>
>>Well, they *insist* on letting in all those sick people. If they were
>>only more picky about whom they would allow through the doors...
>>
>>Priscilla
>
> I refuse point blank to wait in a doctor's waiting room. At
> worst, I wait outside and they come and get me when it's my
> turn. At best I've trained them like my haemotologist's
> reception. I wait in a pub ten minutes away and they call me
> on the mobile phone when the patient before me goes in.
>
>
>
> Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
> --
> d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg
> Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
> http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com
>
> http://loraltravel.blogspot.com
> Latest: Bangkok

LOL...My Husband is an instructor at a local Community College, and he got
it first so he probably picked it up there. I had just gotten over a cold
type virus which I caught from my Grandson so my immune system is probably
not at its best when this next virus showed up..this is taking be some time
to get over...not so much the tummy problems as feeling weak and still have
the nausea...I'll feel better soon I'm sure
"Trinkwasser" <spam@devnull.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:cllg34tt35eb447g6loe9gjkbijgrr0kn9@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 23 May 2008 14:24:37 -0700, "jacquie"
> <happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>LOL..Thanks for the Charmin. I was pretty dehydrated...not peeing as much
>>as
>>I usually do. Can only drink diet coke now...Our water well went on the
>>fritz last night...Seems the ground pump died...we share with 10
>>families...hubby is carrying in pool water to prime toilets when
>>needed..this is really turning into a comedy
>
> Ye gods, squitters, vomiting and a lack of water, which gods have you
> been offending?
>
> Had you recently been to a hospital (or doctor's surgery)? That seems
> to be where our worst infections are emanating from nowadays
>
> MRSA
>
> Clostridium difficile
>
> Norwalk
>
> and others I've forgotten

On Sat, 24 May 2008 15:50:38 -0400, Priscilla Ballou
<vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote:

>In article <cllg34tt35eb447g6loe9gjkbijgrr0kn9@4ax.com>,
> Trinkwasser <spam@devnull.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Had you recently been to a hospital (or doctor's surgery)? That seems
>> to be where our worst infections are emanating from nowadays
>
>Well, they *insist* on letting in all those sick people. If they were
>only more picky about whom they would allow through the doors...

<G>

it wouldn't be nearly so bad if they didn't insist on making you all
sit together for hours waiting to be seen, some nice
cross-contamination going on there. Alan has the right idea . . .

On Sat, 24 May 2008 19:30:37 -0700, "jacquie"
<happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote:

>LOL...My Husband is an instructor at a local Community College, and he got
>it first so he probably picked it up there. I had just gotten over a cold
>type virus which I caught from my Grandson so my immune system is probably
>not at its best when this next virus showed up..this is taking be some time
>to get over...not so much the tummy problems as feeling weak and still have
>the nausea...I'll feel better soon I'm sure

Yes that might well be it. Mother remembers catching just about
everything under the sun when she started teaching but after a few
years exposure she had built up immunity to much of it. This seems not
uncommon in other jobs relating to large quantities of publics.

Keep hydrated (and milk it for all it's worth) <G>

I remember when my Grandson first went to day care, he constantly had a
cold. The Dr. told my daughter not to worry as long as nothing secondary
came along...if he gets allot of colds in day care it would cut down the
amount of colds when he went to real school...and it did. He hardly ever
gets sick. He still gets a cold once and a while but not often. His Dr. was
a really good Pediatrician. Unfortunately he quit his practice to study
under the Holistic Medicine Guru, Andrew Weil, at the University of Arizona
Medical Center.
"Trinkwasser" <spam@devnull.com.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 24 May 2008 19:30:37 -0700, "jacquie"
> <happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>LOL...My Husband is an instructor at a local Community College, and he got
>>it first so he probably picked it up there. I had just gotten over a cold
>>type virus which I caught from my Grandson so my immune system is probably
>>not at its best when this next virus showed up..this is taking be some
>>time
>>to get over...not so much the tummy problems as feeling weak and still
>>have
>>the nausea...I'll feel better soon I'm sure
>
> Yes that might well be it. Mother remembers catching just about
> everything under the sun when she started teaching but after a few
> years exposure she had built up immunity to much of it. This seems not
> uncommon in other jobs relating to large quantities of publics.
>
> Keep hydrated (and milk it for all it's worth) <G>

On Mon, 26 May 2008 18:52:47 +0100, Trinkwasser
<spam@devnull.com.invalid> wrote:

>On Sat, 24 May 2008 15:50:38 -0400, Priscilla Ballou
><vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>In article <cllg34tt35eb447g6loe9gjkbijgrr0kn9@4ax.com>,
>> Trinkwasser <spam@devnull.com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Had you recently been to a hospital (or doctor's surgery)? That seems
>>> to be where our worst infections are emanating from nowadays
>>
>>Well, they *insist* on letting in all those sick people. If they were
>>only more picky about whom they would allow through the doors...
>
><G>
>
>it wouldn't be nearly so bad if they didn't insist on making you all
>sit together for hours waiting to be seen, some nice
>cross-contamination going on there. Alan has the right idea . . .

My GP is only five minutes away by car, so his reception
used to ring me at home when the patient before me went in.
We got out of the habit because all of my appointments for
the past few years have been combined with fasting blood
tests, so I'm first cab off the rank at 9am.

Which is today. I've been up since six, it's now 7.45 and
I'm starving! Can't eat until about 9:30, and I know the old
DP will be creeping up the whole time...

To make it worse, the shop next door is a bakery, with all
those aromas wafting out. Standing outside the doc's door
waiting for them to open can be torture:-)

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
--
d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_s/
http://loraltravel.blogspot.com
Latest: Bangkok Grand Palace

On Mon, 26 May 2008 18:56:59 +0100, Trinkwasser
<spam@devnull.com.invalid> wrote:

>On Sat, 24 May 2008 19:30:37 -0700, "jacquie"
><happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>LOL...My Husband is an instructor at a local Community College, and he got
>>it first so he probably picked it up there. I had just gotten over a cold
>>type virus which I caught from my Grandson so my immune system is probably
>>not at its best when this next virus showed up..this is taking be some time
>>to get over...not so much the tummy problems as feeling weak and still have
>>the nausea...I'll feel better soon I'm sure
>
>Yes that might well be it. Mother remembers catching just about
>everything under the sun when she started teaching but after a few
>years exposure she had built up immunity to much of it. This seems not
>uncommon in other jobs relating to large quantities of publics.
>
>Keep hydrated (and milk it for all it's worth) <G>

I believe that one reason I'm not catching things despite
travelling the world with hypogammaglobulinemia is the 17
years I spent in Taxis, accepting dirty money, being sneezed
or sniffled at, and being exposed in a confined space to 20
to 50 different people daily.


Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
--
d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_s/
http://loraltravel.blogspot.com
Latest: Bangkok Grand Palace

On 5/26/08 2:47 PM, in article orbm34d18tofcf4om794dee4gcbaggi9o8@4ax.com,
"Alan S" <loralgtweightandcarbs@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 26 May 2008 18:56:59 +0100, Trinkwasser
> <spam@devnull.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 24 May 2008 19:30:37 -0700, "jacquie"
>> <happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> LOL...My Husband is an instructor at a local Community College, and he got
>>> it first so he probably picked it up there. I had just gotten over a cold
>>> type virus which I caught from my Grandson so my immune system is probably
>>> not at its best when this next virus showed up..this is taking be some time
>>> to get over...not so much the tummy problems as feeling weak and still have
>>> the nausea...I'll feel better soon I'm sure
>>
>> Yes that might well be it. Mother remembers catching just about
>> everything under the sun when she started teaching but after a few
>> years exposure she had built up immunity to much of it. This seems not
>> uncommon in other jobs relating to large quantities of publics.
>>
>> Keep hydrated (and milk it for all it's worth) <G>
>
> I believe that one reason I'm not catching things despite
> travelling the world with hypogammaglobulinemia is the 17
> years I spent in Taxis, accepting dirty money, being sneezed
> or sniffled at, and being exposed in a confined space to 20
> to 50 different people daily.
>
>
> Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
> --
> d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg
> Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
> http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_s/
> http://loraltravel.blogspot.com
> Latest: Bangkok Grand Palace
>
Boy to I relate to that belief. My grandmother always said a child has to
eat a peck of dirt in his life. I subscribed to it with my kids and they are
very seldom sick. I should include myself in that too.

I had a doctor who believed the best place to catch a cold or flu was on a a
crowded bus. Especially in the winter time when it was pouring rain and the
windows were closed---buses hot and steamy and everyone jammed together.

--
Martha T2 Canada
1500mg. Metformin, 4mg. Avandia

That would do it
"Alan S" <loralgtweightandcarbs@gmail.com> wrote in message
newsrbm34d18tofcf4om794dee4gcbaggi9o8@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 26 May 2008 18:56:59 +0100, Trinkwasser
> <spam@devnull.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 24 May 2008 19:30:37 -0700, "jacquie"
>><happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>>LOL...My Husband is an instructor at a local Community College, and he
>>>got
>>>it first so he probably picked it up there. I had just gotten over a cold
>>>type virus which I caught from my Grandson so my immune system is
>>>probably
>>>not at its best when this next virus showed up..this is taking be some
>>>time
>>>to get over...not so much the tummy problems as feeling weak and still
>>>have
>>>the nausea...I'll feel better soon I'm sure
>>
>>Yes that might well be it. Mother remembers catching just about
>>everything under the sun when she started teaching but after a few
>>years exposure she had built up immunity to much of it. This seems not
>>uncommon in other jobs relating to large quantities of publics.
>>
>>Keep hydrated (and milk it for all it's worth) <G>
>
> I believe that one reason I'm not catching things despite
> travelling the world with hypogammaglobulinemia is the 17
> years I spent in Taxis, accepting dirty money, being sneezed
> or sniffled at, and being exposed in a confined space to 20
> to 50 different people daily.
>
>
> Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
> --
> d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg
> Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
> http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_s/
> http://loraltravel.blogspot.com
> Latest: Bangkok Grand Palace
>

On Tue, 27 May 2008 07:47:57 +1000, Alan S
<loralgtweightandcarbs@gmail.com> wrote:

>I believe that one reason I'm not catching things despite
>travelling the world with hypogammaglobulinemia is the 17
>years I spent in Taxis, accepting dirty money, being sneezed
>or sniffled at, and being exposed in a confined space to 20
>to 50 different people daily.

You make it sound such an attractive career choice :P

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 100ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.6% BMI 25

On Tue, 27 May 2008 13:57:31 +0100, Nicky
<ukc802466929@btconnect.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 27 May 2008 07:47:57 +1000, Alan S
><loralgtweightandcarbs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I believe that one reason I'm not catching things despite
>>travelling the world with hypogammaglobulinemia is the 17
>>years I spent in Taxis, accepting dirty money, being sneezed
>>or sniffled at, and being exposed in a confined space to 20
>>to 50 different people daily.
>
>You make it sound such an attractive career choice :P
>
>Nicky.
>T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
>D&E, 100ug thyroxine
>Last A1c 5.6% BMI 25

Actually, although I fell into it, sort of, I thoroughly
enjoyed much of it. Apart from Friday and Saturday nights,
picking up drunks for a living.

After working in an office, no matter how senior I got, life
got pretty humdrum. And there was the safety net of
benefits, holidays, pensions and all that.

Working in an industry where my income was half the take on
the meter, plus tips (Aussies don't tip), with no other
benefits was a different world. No security, no pension, no
holiday pay, no medical - no nothing except the cash you
took. You worked or you starved. And totally competitive;
every other driver wanted the same fares I did.

I started in the days of steam radio; if a job went "open",
with no-one on the rank, the operator would call it and the
first "radio number" of a cab that the operator could make
sense of, from the hundreds that answered, got the job. My
number may have been "Don four oh", 140. So I would hit the
mike and yell that. If I got lucky, I would hear "the Don"
when I let go the PTT. So that cut out 90% of the others.
Then I'd try for "the four" and finally "the oh."

My first night, in a 12 hour shift, I took $15. That meant I
took home $7.50. Three years later I owned two cabs and was
managing the radio company, controlling 1000. But I didn't
enjoy that a lot, and went back on the road after less than
a year. Freedom.

Later we computerised, of course, and those frantic radio
calls disappeared. But the feeling of accomplishment of
winning a good job, and eventually regularly taking home
good money using that system is difficult to describe. Of
course, I eventually ended up working 120 hours a week
before I saw sense and started investing in other things.


Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
--
d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_s/
http://loraltravel.blogspot.com
Latest: Bangkok Grand Palace

On Tue, 27 May 2008 07:45:14 +1000, Alan S
<loralgtweightandcarbs@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 26 May 2008 18:52:47 +0100, Trinkwasser
><spam@devnull.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 24 May 2008 15:50:38 -0400, Priscilla Ballou
>><vze23t8n@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>>In article <cllg34tt35eb447g6loe9gjkbijgrr0kn9@4ax.com>,
>>> Trinkwasser <spam@devnull.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Had you recently been to a hospital (or doctor's surgery)? That seems
>>>> to be where our worst infections are emanating from nowadays
>>>
>>>Well, they *insist* on letting in all those sick people. If they were
>>>only more picky about whom they would allow through the doors...
>>
>><G>
>>
>>it wouldn't be nearly so bad if they didn't insist on making you all
>>sit together for hours waiting to be seen, some nice
>>cross-contamination going on there. Alan has the right idea . . .
>
>My GP is only five minutes away by car, so his reception
>used to ring me at home when the patient before me went in.
>We got out of the habit because all of my appointments for
>the past few years have been combined with fasting blood
>tests, so I'm first cab off the rank at 9am.
>
>Which is today. I've been up since six, it's now 7.45 and
>I'm starving! Can't eat until about 9:30, and I know the old
>DP will be creeping up the whole time...

Keeping my fingers crossed that your jaunt round the world hasn't had
any untoward effects.

My results should be due tomorrow. I managed to go from about 10 pm
until midday without eating or drinking anything except water (largely
through being asleep <G>) so they'd better bloody well be worth it!

>To make it worse, the shop next door is a bakery, with all
>those aromas wafting out. Standing outside the doc's door
>waiting for them to open can be torture:-)

Stop it, I'm droooooling . . .

On Mon, 26 May 2008 22:39:46 GMT, MI <quilchenapark@shaw.ca> wrote:

>
>
>
>On 5/26/08 2:47 PM, in article orbm34d18tofcf4om794dee4gcbaggi9o8@4ax.com,
>"Alan S" <loralgtweightandcarbs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 26 May 2008 18:56:59 +0100, Trinkwasser
>> <spam@devnull.com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 24 May 2008 19:30:37 -0700, "jacquie"
>>> <happikat694@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> LOL...My Husband is an instructor at a local Community College, and he got
>>>> it first so he probably picked it up there. I had just gotten over a cold
>>>> type virus which I caught from my Grandson so my immune system is probably
>>>> not at its best when this next virus showed up..this is taking be some time
>>>> to get over...not so much the tummy problems as feeling weak and still have
>>>> the nausea...I'll feel better soon I'm sure
>>>
>>> Yes that might well be it. Mother remembers catching just about
>>> everything under the sun when she started teaching but after a few
>>> years exposure she had built up immunity to much of it. This seems not
>>> uncommon in other jobs relating to large quantities of publics.
>>>
>>> Keep hydrated (and milk it for all it's worth) <G>
>>
>> I believe that one reason I'm not catching things despite
>> travelling the world with hypogammaglobulinemia is the 17
>> years I spent in Taxis, accepting dirty money, being sneezed
>> or sniffled at, and being exposed in a confined space to 20
>> to 50 different people daily.
>>
>>
>> Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
>> --
>> d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg
>> Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
>> http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_s/
>> http://loraltravel.blogspot.com
>> Latest: Bangkok Grand Palace
>>
>Boy to I relate to that belief. My grandmother always said a child has to
>eat a peck of dirt in his life. I subscribed to it with my kids and they are
>very seldom sick. I should include myself in that too.

Hehe, yes recent research has come up with a not dissimilar concept.
And grandmas never needed grants or expense accounts to come up with
this stuff . . .

>I had a doctor who believed the best place to catch a cold or flu was on a a
>crowded bus. Especially in the winter time when it was pouring rain and the
>windows were closed---buses hot and steamy and everyone jammed together.

I used to believe in getting it over quick when there were winter bugs
around, take a couple of days off and not only feel better but avoid
spreading it to all my colleagues.

Alan S wrote:
> On Tue, 27 May 2008 13:57:31 +0100, Nicky
> <ukc802466929@btconnect.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 27 May 2008 07:47:57 +1000, Alan S
>> <loralgtweightandcarbs@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I believe that one reason I'm not catching things despite
>>> travelling the world with hypogammaglobulinemia is the 17
>>> years I spent in Taxis, accepting dirty money, being sneezed
>>> or sniffled at, and being exposed in a confined space to 20
>>> to 50 different people daily.
>> You make it sound such an attractive career choice :P
>>
>> Nicky.
>> T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
>> D&E, 100ug thyroxine
>> Last A1c 5.6% BMI 25
>
> Actually, although I fell into it, sort of, I thoroughly
> enjoyed much of it. Apart from Friday and Saturday nights,
> picking up drunks for a living.
>
> After working in an office, no matter how senior I got, life
> got pretty humdrum. And there was the safety net of
> benefits, holidays, pensions and all that.
>
> Working in an industry where my income was half the take on
> the meter, plus tips (Aussies don't tip), with no other
> benefits was a different world. No security, no pension, no
> holiday pay, no medical - no nothing except the cash you
> took. You worked or you starved. And totally competitive;
> every other driver wanted the same fares I did.
>
> I started in the days of steam radio; if a job went "open",
> with no-one on the rank, the operator would call it and the
> first "radio number" of a cab that the operator could make
> sense of, from the hundreds that answered, got the job. My
> number may have been "Don four oh", 140. So I would hit the
> mike and yell that. If I got lucky, I would hear "the Don"
> when I let go the PTT. So that cut out 90% of the others.
> Then I'd try for "the four" and finally "the oh."
>
> My first night, in a 12 hour shift, I took $15. That meant I
> took home $7.50. Three years later I owned two cabs and was
> managing the radio company, controlling 1000. But I didn't
> enjoy that a lot, and went back on the road after less than
> a year. Freedom.
>
> Later we computerised, of course, and those frantic radio
> calls disappeared.
I found that after we computerized that a lot of the fun went out
of driving, after about a year I gave them up after nearly 20 years.
Nice to see they didn't give tips in Melbourne either I thought it was
only Queenslanders that were cheap. :-) I did better than you my first
night I think I took about $25 for a Friday night. Of course we only got
a 25c flagfall and 15c a mile lots of jobs under a Dollar if I remember
correctly.

RodS

But the feeling of accomplishment of
> winning a good job, and eventually regularly taking home
> good money using that system is difficult to describe. Of
> course, I eventually ended up working 120 hours a week
> before I saw sense and started investing in other things.
>
>
> Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
> --
> d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg
> Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
> http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_s/
> http://loraltravel.blogspot.com
> Latest: Bangkok Grand Palace
>

On Wed, 28 May 2008 08:02:39 GMT, RodS <fred@fred.com>
wrote:

> I found that after we computerized that a lot of the fun went out
>of driving, after about a year I gave them up after nearly 20 years.
>Nice to see they didn't give tips in Melbourne either I thought it was
>only Queenslanders that were cheap. :-) I did better than you my first
>night I think I took about $25 for a Friday night. Of course we only got
>a 25c flagfall and 15c a mile lots of jobs under a Dollar if I remember
>correctly.
>
>RodS

Sounds like oats would have been a major cost for you. Did
you drive a two-horse hackney cab or a single?

I started in '85; flag-fall was $1; 10c a bag in the boot,
about 60c a mile and 30c a minute waiting. On long waits the
ticking of the old Argo meter could drive you mad (I've kept
one somewhere as a souvenir:-)



Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
--
d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_s/
http://loraltravel.blogspot.com
Latest: Bangkok Grand Palace

Alan S wrote:
> On Wed, 28 May 2008 08:02:39 GMT, RodS <fred@fred.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I found that after we computerized that a lot of the fun went out
>> of driving, after about a year I gave them up after nearly 20 years.
>> Nice to see they didn't give tips in Melbourne either I thought it was
>> only Queenslanders that were cheap. :-) I did better than you my first
>> night I think I took about $25 for a Friday night. Of course we only got
>> a 25c flagfall and 15c a mile lots of jobs under a Dollar if I remember
>> correctly.
>>
>> RodS
>
> Sounds like oats would have been a major cost for you. Did
> you drive a two-horse hackney cab or a single?
>
> I started in '85; flag-fall was $1; 10c a bag in the boot,
> about 60c a mile and 30c a minute waiting. On long waits the
> ticking of the old Argo meter could drive you mad (I've kept
> one somewhere as a souvenir:-)
I found out if you kept them wound right up the waiting time ran fast,
there was one that responded to thumps,every time ya thumped it dropped
again.... made a lot of money with that meter :-) Remember when the fuel
for a whole shift was less than $10 ?


RodS

>
>
>
> Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
> --
> d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg
> Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
> http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_s/
> http://loraltravel.blogspot.com
> Latest: Bangkok Grand Palace
>

On Wed, 28 May 2008 10:22:21 GMT, RodS <fred@fred.com>
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