tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post4294812752337638107..comments2024-03-25T16:44:35.555-04:00Comments on Sixbears in the Woods: Health IssuesSixbearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-20221250850656283412016-11-19T22:16:04.627-05:002016-11-19T22:16:04.627-05:00Thanks. I'll try that. Maybe I should wear a...Thanks. I'll try that. Maybe I should wear a down vest all winter long.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-61238516602764251292016-11-18T22:44:38.608-05:002016-11-18T22:44:38.608-05:00I have some of the same problems from really bad a...I have some of the same problems from really bad allergies and really good allergy drugs in my youth.<br /><br />I have found that keeping my chest warmer than what is really comfortable helps. Got a stash of sleeveless t-shirts that I pull on when it gets cold, colder it gets, the more t-shirts come on. That helps a bunch. Otherwise the crackles come back and I start coughing, which eventually leads to my back going out.<br /><br />Take care of yourself. We without insurance are hoping that something will Trumpify the health care situation.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-24695339522068134642016-11-18T17:19:10.370-05:002016-11-18T17:19:10.370-05:00We'll see what happens this winter. Odds are ...We'll see what happens this winter. Odds are that we'll be in the Gulf sooner or later. <br /><br />Maybe I'll be in good health the rest of the winter when this finally breaks. <br /><br />Could happen.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-61929216790832281622016-11-18T16:42:27.472-05:002016-11-18T16:42:27.472-05:00Get well, soon. Maybe you need to move south or s...Get well, soon. Maybe you need to move south or sail the Gulf of Mexico in the winter.Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-14948025999893764742016-11-18T16:35:56.742-05:002016-11-18T16:35:56.742-05:00Albuterol helps a tiny bit, but hardly worth the b...Albuterol helps a tiny bit, but hardly worth the bother. <br /><br />Every time I see a Dr. for the cough they want to x-ray me for pneumonia as that what my lungs sound like. However, the x-ray always proves it's not that. Then it's all trial and error. Frankly, I got tired of dealing with them.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-66329139159133502102016-11-18T16:33:17.244-05:002016-11-18T16:33:17.244-05:00Florida has some inexpensive plans. Might be wort...Florida has some inexpensive plans. Might be worth checking into. <br /><br />At my dad's park people would go north for the holidays and bring back germs to share with everyone.<br /><br />Nebulizers helped me in the past, but not a lot. Hardly worth the trouble.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-40304878082029169792016-11-18T16:29:41.911-05:002016-11-18T16:29:41.911-05:00I'll be fine. It just takes a little TLC. I ...I'll be fine. It just takes a little TLC. I don't even have to drag myself to work.<br /><br />You guys have it tougher than I do -not that it's a contest. <br /><br />I'm lucky that my wife is having a few good days right now. I hate it when we are both down.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-49078511004212218162016-11-18T16:27:56.420-05:002016-11-18T16:27:56.420-05:00I'll check them out, thanks.I'll check them out, thanks.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-77239084709654496452016-11-18T16:26:44.920-05:002016-11-18T16:26:44.920-05:00I'll have to see what herbs can do for me the ...I'll have to see what herbs can do for me the next time I visit my Maine friends. Something edible I think.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-26310852013176845492016-11-18T16:25:31.060-05:002016-11-18T16:25:31.060-05:00Unfortunately I have very bad reactions to any sor...Unfortunately I have very bad reactions to any sort of steroid. A doctor seriously overdosed me on them once and I react badly to them ever since. <br /><br />Maybe I'm just going to have to spend winters on a sailboat down in the islands. :)Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-66742766372472133002016-11-18T16:23:30.439-05:002016-11-18T16:23:30.439-05:00I'm out of Eucalyptus oil, darnnit! Will have...I'm out of Eucalyptus oil, darnnit! Will have to replace it. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-59959274049098701552016-11-18T16:22:52.010-05:002016-11-18T16:22:52.010-05:00NH has an exchange but that's about it.
I&#...NH has an exchange but that's about it. <br /><br />I'm taking it real easy. Drinking lots of fluids. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-79799854007703955242016-11-18T16:21:04.102-05:002016-11-18T16:21:04.102-05:00We used to have sweat lodge all the time,but peopl...We used to have sweat lodge all the time,but people have passed on. Such is life. I should build my own. <br /><br />I like Ricolas. <br /><br />Thanks WildflowerSixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-42195836290022468452016-11-18T16:19:34.404-05:002016-11-18T16:19:34.404-05:00Thank you Gorges. Steam does help.Thank you Gorges. Steam does help.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-49758416493900437052016-11-18T16:14:18.959-05:002016-11-18T16:14:18.959-05:00Nobody wants to die yet nobody wants to get older ...Nobody wants to die yet nobody wants to get older either. :)Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-75900541215721924442016-11-18T14:07:04.690-05:002016-11-18T14:07:04.690-05:00We (me, my wife & daughter) use Albuterol in a...We (me, my wife & daughter) use <i>Albuterol</i> in a nebulizer, it does a nice job of clearing up that nagging cough we all get about every year. Albuterol is a relatively inexpensive drug --less than a dollar per vial.<br /><br />Had an ol' buddy that had that cough syncope. He had a coughing fit one day while on the toilet, passed out and woke up on the floor needing stitches in his scalp. Dang!<br /><br />later,<br />-Moe<br />Moehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09464046406342523552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-39251259680665897312016-11-18T12:31:38.944-05:002016-11-18T12:31:38.944-05:00I always caught two "colds" per year fro...I always caught two "colds" per year from unresponsible people visiting because their "allergy" made them feel to bad to go shopping. Their "allergy" always went into my lungs and I'd have hell with my bronchitis. While they recovered nicely, mine would go on for so long that I eventually had to buy a nebulizer where I could breathe in the vapor along with something that caused the capillaries in the lungs to constrict. I would cough myself into nose bleeds like red water gushing.<br /><br />Since moving to Florida, the only people with colds are the snowbirds bringing their in, but I don't know any of them. Don't want to either.<br /><br />I have great insurance that is not accepted in Florida, so there's always a fly in the ointment.lotta joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12742978845913126675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-72107553483913152222016-11-18T11:15:36.113-05:002016-11-18T11:15:36.113-05:00I feel for you Bear !
My wife has COPD and lately ...I feel for you Bear !<br />My wife has COPD and lately she's also contracted some virus which ended up giving the poor woman bronchitis now... she's having a real hard time breathing now.<br />Bad enough that she's the sole wage earner since my accident. So she is still going to work even tho most folks would be flat laid out by the shit...<br />Now I've caught the same stuff from her.<br /><br />Makes a person start wondering how they'll deal, without the other and mortality.<br />So I can definitely empathize with ya bro about medical bills.Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689059709873763146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-74423013301633785012016-11-18T10:27:08.091-05:002016-11-18T10:27:08.091-05:00How about these folks for insurance?
http://us9.c...How about these folks for insurance?<br /><br />http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/?u=e1e237f779114897023fe5219&id=7add84248a&e=5c423aee36<br />Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13540366107857952203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-57576886429794269172016-11-18T10:24:34.302-05:002016-11-18T10:24:34.302-05:00Commend you publishing your plight. Many are in yo...Commend you publishing your plight. Many are in your same situation. Is there a Canadian cheap care solution, being so close there? Hope you have tapped into others firefighter community that are dealing with these chronic issues long term. They may have alternatives. Maine just leagalizes MJ so you may want to consider look at that alt science path in some context. Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13540366107857952203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-54559962538515852282016-11-18T08:08:41.132-05:002016-11-18T08:08:41.132-05:00When I catch the flu/cold I normally wind up cough...When I catch the flu/cold I normally wind up coughing for three months or more after. The only thing we have discovered that works to break the condition is Advair. The purple disk inhalator that dispenses a dosed steroid. Takes a while to work, but it does. Might be worth looking in to. Typically my PCP will give me a script with just a phone call so no visit cost are incurred. Mike Silviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10406468736304441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-35248027310895236652016-11-18T08:03:08.491-05:002016-11-18T08:03:08.491-05:00Two or three drops of Eucalyptus oil in a pot of b...Two or three drops of Eucalyptus oil in a pot of boiling water. Put a towel over your head and breathe in the steam. Hate when it goes to the lungs. Hope you recover quickly.Momladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11511742074910407321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-40662436211506257432016-11-18T03:33:44.632-05:002016-11-18T03:33:44.632-05:00Washington State offers health insurance pretty ch...Washington State offers health insurance pretty cheap for people on limited incomes, it covers the basics and that's about it. Does your state have something like that?<br /><br />You are unfortunately like me in that it never fails, when I get a cold it goes directly to my lungs every freakin' time and then lingers.<br /><br />Try the steam by all means. <br /><br />It reminds me of the old joke, guy goes to the Dr. with a cold, the doc gives him a prescription and says take these three times a day for two weeks and you will feel better or don't bother filling the prescription and you will feel better in two weeks.<br /><br />Hope you feel better soon.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-17797062285271384362016-11-18T02:04:07.036-05:002016-11-18T02:04:07.036-05:00millions of Americans are in the same hole you are...millions of Americans are in the same hole you are in<br /><br />"RICOLA" is an excellent cough drop<br /><br />put a tarp over a tipi frame and boil water within makes a quikie steam lodge<br /><br />take care stay alive<br /><br />WildflowerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-7283147496743814952016-11-18T00:34:53.426-05:002016-11-18T00:34:53.426-05:00I'd think about the steam room that Gary menti...I'd think about the steam room that Gary mentioned. Maybe something as simple as a native style sweat lodge. I'll be praying for you my friend.Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.com