Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
I am recovering from a bad bout of the crud. I’m sure I caught it from last week’s cruise as first symptoms were 48 hours after disembarkation. It ramped up last night with a 103 fever. No fun at all!
I’ve been hammering it with Emergen-C, vitamins, NAC, and ivermectin as soon as I felt the telltale sore throat. I’m on day 3 with a low grade fever but finally feel like I can make some real food.
Advice from retired RN mother. If lungs are affected, take 3 deep breaths per hour, followed by 3 deep coughs. Will help prevent pneumonia. Mucinex and lots of fluids also.
Hope you get better very soon. No fun being sick!
Thank you! I really do feel much better although I dozed off during training on Teams today 😂This is my second bout of being really sick in less than 2 months and I’m not happy. I used to be outside a lot and never got sick. Job has been stressful with too much overtime and I’m sure led to this.
Glad you are on the mend. It’s also my second time getting sick in the past few months. It’s my own fault. I got slack on taking immune supplements, elderberry and vinegar lemon & ginger concoction. Stress can do a number on us for sure. Take it easy. I know all about overtime my husband works his share. I’m always trying to make sure he’s getting the right food and supplements.
I also had something like this, but without the fever. As I have severe COPD the crapola on top of it is not to be recommended but thanks to NAC, IVM and Vit D K2 its gone. Nice sunny weather helps with a deckchair out in the garden.