Comments: Not dead, just ill

Hope you both recover soon! Seems to be a lot of it around at the moment - lots of flu-like nasties in the Norf too.

Posted by Lois (three-legged cat) on 16 March, 2015 at 11:26 PM

Sorry to find out that you and Mr. BW have the flu. Erma Bombeck's rule of medicine is helpful at a time like this:

"Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died."

Posted by la peregrina on 17 March, 2015 at 2:32 AM

Thanks both.

La P - absolutely!

If more people kept away from doctors, there would be less illness around. Trouble is, many (most?) people believe that there is a medical/drug answer to everything - part of the Big Lie pushed by medics and Big Pharma that has resulted in people not feeeling that they are the ones in charge of their own health and own health destiny.

Rest, and hot lemon and honey (with added slice of root ginger if you like it), with paracetemol/ibuprofen (alternately) is the best cure for any viral illnesses (which is many of them).

Humankind has lasted for thousands of years without the need for the level of medical and drug intervention we have now.

Ever wondered why there is so much dementia around? Causal link to psychotropic drugs (eg anti-depressants, sleeping tablets etc etc) maybe? Drugs are control mechanisms for society. We're therefore not going to see research on this being widely publicised any time soon.

Posted by Bue Witch on 17 March, 2015 at 9:18 AM

There's a lot of it about at the moment. Just be grateful you haven't got the vomiting/diarrhoea one that is also prevalent.

Posted by allotmentqueen on 17 March, 2015 at 11:03 PM

Poor ol' you. Get well soon BW & Mr BW.

Posted by Bronchitikat on 19 March, 2015 at 11:39 AM

Here's wishing you both a speedy recovery.
There is a lot of nasty viruses doing the rounds. One of my work colleagues is in his fourth week of sickness after the virus he had then became a chest infection and then pneumonia. I'm based at a GP surgery and I am convinced it is the ideal place to ensure one catches something!

Posted by delcatto on 19 March, 2015 at 6:46 PM