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post #21 of 35
11/17/08 at 2:23pm
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Well, this is what my list looked like too. The only thing that I disagree with, Spero, is that he can suck it up, and go to work with the flu.

He turns into an infant when he's sick.
post #22 of 35
11/17/08 at 2:30pm
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Originally Posted by ~Calla~ View Post
Well, this is what my list looked like too. The only thing that I disagree with, Spero, is that he can suck it up, and go to work with the flu.

He turns into an infant when he's sick.
Don't all men???
post #23 of 35
11/17/08 at 2:35pm
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Yeah, I guess! My father still askes my mother what he can take for a headache.

It's called ADVIL, Dad!
post #24 of 35
11/17/08 at 2:37pm
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Just for old times sake...........

I can't resist.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz6DktXFvg4
post #25 of 35
11/17/08 at 3:15pm
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He turns into an infant when he's sick.
Well,

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Originally Posted by MadameXCupcake View Post
Don't all men???
I guess if it came down to working with the flu vs. losing the job/house ... he's probably manage to suck it up, right? And the upshot is - if he collapsed at work from dehydration and HAD to take time off, they couldn't possibly fire him!
post #26 of 35
11/17/08 at 3:35pm
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That he might get so sick from the flu that he WON'T be able to work
(it's amazing what we can do, when we have to - mothers especially know this!)
That the vaccine itself WON'T make him sick
I'd have a couple of reservations about these two points.

Going to work while sick with the flu might put his colleagues at risk of catching it (or is the flu only contagious before symptoms?); it might put him or others at risk if he has to drive or operate machinery or make decisions requiring clear thinking; and it probably would deprive him of the rest he needs to recover, thus possibly increasing the chance of complications.

Is it an assumption that he won't react to the shot if he's had it before and didn't react then? I'm genuinely interested in knowing the answer to this.
post #27 of 35
11/17/08 at 3:41pm
my suggestion

extremely diligent handwashing

care about touching his face or nose after shaking hands or handling anything that might have been handled by someone else in the last few minutes

and all of the suggestions for boosting immune function

I usually use sodium ascorbate, elderberry syrup and echinacea

good luck!
post #28 of 35
11/17/08 at 3:52pm
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Going to work while sick with the flu might put his colleagues at risk of catching it (or is the flu only contagious before symptoms?); it might put him or others at risk if he has to drive or operate machinery or make decisions requiring clear thinking; and it probably would deprive him of the rest he needs to recover, thus possibly increasing the chance of complications.

Absolutely. And that is an issue to take to the employer who is demanding that the guy miss NO work no matter what.

My former boss steadfastly refused to miss a day of work. He prided himself on his perfect attendance, and scoffed at those of us who stayed home sick. He came to work with cold and flu symptoms - to our department in a basement office with no windows and semi-adequate ventilation. And yes, he infected us all due to his stubborn refusal to stay home when he was sick.

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Is it an assumption that he won't react to the shot if he's had it before and didn't react then? I'm genuinely interested in knowing the answer to this.
Yes, since the vaccine is different every year.
post #29 of 35
11/17/08 at 5:27pm
I should have edited above - I meant to say that I didn't find anything about the leaching, so I think I must have misremembered that. It was the heart disease - calcium connection that I was thinking of.
post #30 of 35
11/17/08 at 5:44pm
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I should have edited above - I meant to say that I didn't find anything about the leaching, so I think I must have misremembered that. It was the heart disease - calcium connection that I was thinking of.
Oh, okay. I think I will finish off my bottle of Ester-C and then switch to Acerola powder.

(Sorry, off topic I know. I'm done!)
post #31 of 35
11/17/08 at 7:09pm
The one time that I got the flu vax, I was out of school for a week immediately after...so if he were to have an experience like mine, the vax will definitely not be good if he can't miss work. I was beyond miserable.
post #32 of 35
11/17/08 at 9:10pm
A few more thoughts:

Elderberry is good for preventing and treating the flu (along with any other respiratory infections.) I'd recomend getting him to take elderberry daily this winter- one dose per day and increasing if he experiences any actual cold/flu symptoms.

Also, B vitamins are especially good for a stressed person. He's using up B vitamins more quickly right now due to the stress- I'd recomend getting a good B-50 or B-100 complex and taking it in addition to a multivitamin, elderberry, and some form of vitamin C.
post #33 of 35
11/17/08 at 9:25pm
My DH has never had the flu shot (or any boosters for anything since he became an adult and able to make his own medical decisions). He rarely misses work and even when the entire family gets sick he is the only well one.

Honestly, I'd make sure that your DH is getting a healthy variety of foods, supplementing with vitamins and minerals if needed. I normally give everyone in my house extra vitamin C. DH and I also take ginger supplements.

HTH,
Beth
post #34 of 35
11/17/08 at 9:28pm
Vitamin D, much better than a flu shot.

http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/newsl...2006-oct.shtml

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When you think about it, the flu and cold season is indistinguishable from the vitamin D deficiency season. Every autumn, as vitamin D levels plummet, the incidence of colds and flu skyrocket. After vitamin D levels bottom out during the darkest days of the cold and flu season, vitamin D levels rise again in the spring and the incidence of colds and flu steadily decrease until they virtually disappear during the vitamin D rich summer. It may be quite simple. Your body's innate immunity, especially the production of innate natural antibiotics called antimicrobial peptides, goes up and down every year with your vitamin D levels. (Acquired immunity is quite different, those are the antibodies you slowly develop after an infection or a flu shot.)
post #35 of 35
11/18/08 at 8:25am
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A few more thoughts:

Elderberry is good for preventing and treating the flu (along with any other respiratory infections.) I'd recomend getting him to take elderberry daily this winter- one dose per day and increasing if he experiences any actual cold/flu symptoms.

Also, B vitamins are especially good for a stressed person. He's using up B vitamins more quickly right now due to the stress- I'd recomend getting a good B-50 or B-100 complex and taking it in addition to a multivitamin, elderberry, and some form of vitamin C.
Yes, we're boosting vitamin B here. OT Ruth, but how is your ds?
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