tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post2753673514727838803..comments2024-03-27T03:28:56.209-04:00Comments on Ramblings on Romance Etcetera. Etcetera: Today's PonderingsKristie (J)http://www.blogger.com/profile/15743921647882733738noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-57677839060499649102010-04-01T04:05:45.814-04:002010-04-01T04:05:45.814-04:00LOL - I'm a germaphobe for sure but I hate puk...LOL - I'm a germaphobe for sure but I hate puking. Everything else, I'm okay but puking is way too much so I do live in fear of the 'flu' (I know people say the flu doesn't cause puking but I grew up thinking of the 24 hour flu where you puked your guts up) and I got my shots.<br /><br />I've had pneumonia twice in my life and the flu is the starting point for it so yes, I have bottles (Bob buys me them) of hand sanitizer and carry them in my purse and I also use paper towel to get in and out of doors.<br /><br />I truly believe I got the second flu/pneumonia from a Chapters keyboard. Isn't that just silly but there is it. It was while I was puking up my lungs that I had that memory of typing up a book title and realizing that everyone used that keyboard.<br /><br />That said, I find it funny that we wrap kids in bubble wrap nowadays.<br /><br />CindySCindyShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18349459903336460467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-35286257580795791232010-03-26T11:26:18.813-04:002010-03-26T11:26:18.813-04:00For me, it was when I got MRSA. :-\ If you'd ...For me, it was when I got MRSA. :-\ If you'd been through what I've been through, you would be germaphobic too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-23805947035506677352010-03-26T10:06:23.872-04:002010-03-26T10:06:23.872-04:00LOL - I'm always telling my boys to wash their...LOL - I'm always telling my boys to wash their hands. But it's usually after they've gone to the bathroom so I feel it's valid. :) <br /><br />When my son Ryan was in kindergarten (5yrs old) he was sick so much he missed over 20 days of school that year. But now (4th grade)when he does get sick it's not as bad and this school year he's only missed 4 days. So germs can be good, builds up your resistance.Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12055116610295076439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-65449636890884686592010-03-26T06:56:32.542-04:002010-03-26T06:56:32.542-04:00I'm with you, Kristy - how DID we survive?
...I'm with you, Kristy - how DID we survive? <br /><br />I feel the same way about antibiotics; I see folks taking them at the drop of a hat - and for viral infections yet, like colds, where they won't do a thing, at least not physically. ;-)<br /><br />There's a lot of things I don't do the way the experts say you should. It's a wonder I'm not dead of food poisoning!Carolynhttp://twooldfartstalkingromance.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-78658456077127600502010-03-26T05:03:42.843-04:002010-03-26T05:03:42.843-04:00OK, I use a paper towel to open the bathroom door,...OK, I use a paper towel to open the bathroom door, but that's because I have heard women leave the toilet cubicles and not wash their hands at all or not use soap.... *shudders* I think hygiene is important, but...our immune system does need some exposure to 'get up to speed'oranniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14007355589161084262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-53053870648740691882010-03-25T22:05:20.408-04:002010-03-25T22:05:20.408-04:00Amy: As I said to Sotheara, if I had first hand ex...Amy: As I said to Sotheara, if I had first hand experience, I'd probably be more paranoid, but even though I work in the health care industry, it's in an office building and not in a hospital. And I only use my own phone at work and I don't think anyone else uses it.<br /><br />Mayberry Mom: Back when it was making the rounds, that's all you heard - was how it was going to be the next big pandemic, but it didn't seem to amount to even close to what they predicted it would.Kristie (J)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15743921647882733738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-6611175495038774332010-03-25T21:52:51.732-04:002010-03-25T21:52:51.732-04:00*raising hand* I'm a bit more stringent these ...*raising hand* I'm a bit more stringent these days with hand-washing and sanitizing things. One night at work, I looked at one of the landline phones in our dept. and about gagged....ewww, ear crud! Ever since then, I routinely wipe down any phone I use. <br /><br />And you don't even want to see the dance I go through in public bathrooms, not touching the faucet with bare hands once they're clean, etc etc etc. Ugh! <br /><br />Sorry, but working in a hospital for 17 years has really made me a bit paranoid. LOLOLAmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03931747691173729051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-85144945821262560702010-03-25T21:25:55.586-04:002010-03-25T21:25:55.586-04:00H1N1 was overhyped Um, yep! I actually got H1N1 (h...<i>H1N1 was overhyped</i> Um, yep! I actually got H1N1 (how, I don't know, NOBODY else in my family got it, including my kids!)and I've been more sick with tonsillitis and stomach viruses. I did get a milder version, but other than lack of appetite and being really tired for a few weeks, it wasn't that bad.Tracy Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06538902832996197236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-11351724816587585462010-03-25T21:18:06.782-04:002010-03-25T21:18:06.782-04:00Carolyn and Lori: The coughing into the elbow thin...Carolyn and Lori: The coughing into the elbow thing is so hard to get used to!! And I figure unless someone with a really bad cold sneezes right into my face, after I smack them for doing it, or if someone with a serious cold sneezes or coughs into my phone right before I use it and I didn't know they did, I'm pretty safe. Mind you - I wouldn't want to be sitting shoulder to shoulder to someone coughing and hacking the day away, or like Sotheara, working closely with people with very contagious bugs - but other than that, I don't worry very much at all about getting sick. And if I do - I just figure I'll stay home and read between the times I nap :)Kristie (J)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15743921647882733738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-5048205170479073892010-03-25T21:06:27.266-04:002010-03-25T21:06:27.266-04:00Thank you for saying what I always think. What'...Thank you for saying what I always think. What's this sneezing into the elbow thing? Why did we survive all these years without sanitizing every minute?<br /><br />I refuse to be paranoid. And if a germ is going to get me, I doubt it'll be from a door handle.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603287422043758944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-3835523624086468162010-03-25T20:35:45.343-04:002010-03-25T20:35:45.343-04:00AL: Your welcome for the warning on the flu shot ...AL: Your welcome for the warning on the flu shot thing. Yep - once isn't enough if you start getting them. And having two sons, it was next to impossible to keep them from germs. They got colds the first few years when they first started school - and thus myself, but after that - not nearly as often.Kristie (J)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15743921647882733738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-21923554657143700252010-03-25T20:32:30.669-04:002010-03-25T20:32:30.669-04:00Sotheara: *g* If you see a lot of these things fir...Sotheara: *g* If you see a lot of these things first hand - and I hear hospitals are the worse places to catch a lot of diseases, I can see why you do them and I'd be more cautious myself. But in an ordinary workplace I find it puzzling.<br />And hopefully I won't disappear as long this time - but nothing much has been happening and I couldn't think of much to blog about. I do have quite a few books to do though.<br /><br />Phyl: I KNOW!!! I won't use the hand sanitizer since it dries out my hands like crazy and they are already dried and kind of wrinkled looking.Kristie (J)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15743921647882733738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-69628685072798980232010-03-25T20:03:31.883-04:002010-03-25T20:03:31.883-04:00I don't know what the certain age threshold wo...I don't know what the certain age threshold would be :-P but I know that I grew up thinking that "building immunity" was one of those things necessary to life. <i>Ergo</i>, a few germs and a bit of dirt would be good for you rather than bad. I raised my kids on that belief and so far *knocking on wood* seems to be working for all concerned.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />(And thank you for the tip on the flu shots, I didn't know you had to keep on having them after the first--I haven't succumbed to the pressure to get them and now I have a great argument for continuing to do so)aztecladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14857872357667370906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-75024744654289859182010-03-25T19:30:48.545-04:002010-03-25T19:30:48.545-04:00Kristie (J),
I'm a nursing student and will be...Kristie (J),<br />I'm a nursing student and will be graduating in two months, and I do everything you just described. LOL I've cared for patients with MRSA, VRSA, H1N1, etc. so I'm a little more cautious these days, and I make sure to wash my hands thoroughly. I'm not paranoid to point where I'm bleaching myself (yet). I've missed your updates so I'm glad you're back!Sothearahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373999237561676091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10897259.post-81795744304375640432010-03-25T19:26:12.085-04:002010-03-25T19:26:12.085-04:00LOL, Kristie! Those of us of a "certain age&q...LOL, Kristie! Those of us of a "certain age" certainly do wonder how the heck we made it through life this far without all of these precautions. I find myself deliberately avoiding the hand sanitizer (it dries my skin anyway). It's hard to do since I can't walk more than 10 yards at work without seeing one.Phylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14665665401551658932noreply@blogger.com