On the Sick List - Pat Lang

I am suffering from my usual mid-winter heavy cold.  I went to my doctor today.  I got through the holiday season before it really got bad.  This is not pneumonia.  I have had that several times brought on by exposure over the years.  Bear with me for a while if I seem not on my game.  pl

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[pj33]

Hope you get your favorite cold fighting soup!

[Ramojus]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Your insight is needed now more than ever...

[turcopolier]

pj33

I have run out of Virginia Gentleman. pl

[crone]

Take care of yourself... really appreciate your insight, hoping you are better soon.

[Ishmael Zechariah]

Colonel,
I wish you a quick, complete, recovery. Here is a get-well poem from Ogden Nash:
Common Cold - Poem by Ogden Nash
Go hang yourself, you old M.D.!
You shall not sneer at me.
Pick up your hat and stethoscope,
Go wash your mouth with laundry soap;
I contemplate a joy exquisite
I'm not paying you for your visit.
I did not call you to be told
My malady is a common cold.

By pounding brow and swollen lip;
By fever's hot and scaly grip;
By those two red redundant eyes
That weep like woeful April skies;
By racking snuffle, snort, and sniff;
By handkerchief after handkerchief;
This cold you wave away as naught
Is the damnedest cold man ever caught!

Give ear, you scientific fossil!
Here is the genuine Cold Colossal;
The Cold of which researchers dream,
The Perfect Cold, the Cold Supreme.
This honored system humbly holds
The Super-cold to end all colds;
The Cold Crusading for Democracy;
The Führer of the Streptococcracy.

Bacilli swarm within my portals
Such as were ne'er conceived by mortals,
But bred by scientists wise and hoary
In some Olympic laboratory;
Bacteria as large as mice,
With feet of fire and heads of ice
Who never interrupt for slumber
Their stamping elephantine rumba.

A common cold, gadzooks, forsooth!
Ah, yes. And Lincoln was jostled by Booth;
Don Juan was a budding gallant,
And Shakespeare's plays show signs of talent;
The Arctic winter is fairly coolish,
And your diagnosis is fairly foolish.
Oh what a derision history holds
For the man who belittled the Cold of Colds!

[Haralambos]

The Greeks have several wishes for this, Col.. One I like is ΣΙΔΕΡΑΝΙΑ. I imagine you know the meaning. Be well, and speedy recovery.

[Henshaw]

I trust SWMBO has issued appropriate orders.

[Jack]

Sir

I find hot toddy works wonders for my throat. Whisky, lemon, honey, a bit of cayenne and piping hot water. Sipped by a warm fire.

Please get well soon! We're in momentous times and your astute observations and analysis is much needed You've lived in the thicket.

Cheers!

[Fred]

How about Armagnac? I may open my bottle in sympathy.

[The Twisted Genius]

pl,

This one's for you from one of my favorite musicians:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHDdqubE7zQ

[J]

Pat, hope you get to feeling better.

[Cortes]

Just whisky, hot water and one or two cloves.

Get well soon.

[Lemur]

hope you get better soon, Col.

[DH]

Water, water, and more water. Feel better, Colonel!

[Cee]

Col. Lang,

Get well soon. I began drinking a shot of Braggs vinegar mixed with garlic, hot pepper, onion, oregano oil, tumeric,and ginger three years ago and haven't been sick since. Also a difusser filled with eucalyptus and tea oil may help your sinuses and lungs.
I just nursed my stubborn sister back from a two day 102.4 fever to reg temp and feeling almost normal in 4 days with the above, plus broth.
This season is nasty to people.

[ex-PFC Chuck]

I recommend some good Scotch. Best wishes and take care of yourself.

[Mac]

Hope you get well soon -

Feels like we are spiraling out of control.

The country needs you Sir.

Mac

[Croesus]

Chicken soup.

And a down quilt.

Hope you feel better soon.

[John Minnerath]

Get healed up Colonel, these cold winters make my old bones ache too.

[Babak Makkinejad]

أتْمَنّالکِ الصِحَّه وِالسلامَه

[YT]

https://paulinehwang.ca/2013/02/20/treating-colds-flus-and-coughs-with-tcm-a-ridiculously-well-kept-secret/

Col. sir,

祝您早日康複。

[Kilo 4/11]

Colonel, though you probably already know, better to err on the side of caution where health is concerned, so I'll tell you anyway: there is a vaccine for pneumonia.

Though come to think of it, if you were going to err on the side of caution where your health was concerned, you would not have had a career in the military.

Get well soon, please.

[David]

Sir,
Wishing you a speedy recovery.
David

[Jack]

I too have a weakness for Armagnac. My favorite are the Darroze bottlings.

[jld]

I would suggest a bit of Vitamin D, it's immunity enhancing properties are very understated.
It also seem especially relevant for trouble occurring in winter.