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11-19-2023, 02:07 PM | #36782 |
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When I'm sick with colds of flus... and now covid... my sinuses always take a thrashing. My eyes are usually extra light sensitive and constantly watering. TV and reading is usually out of the question. Audiobooks to the rescue!
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11-19-2023, 02:31 PM | #36783 |
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Hmm. I've never been so sick I couldn't read at least for a little while. TV now... I don't watch it even when healthy, so I don't miss it when sick.
I also can't spend all day in bed even if I wanted to, as I live alone and there's no one else to take care of cats and laundry, prepare food, take out the trash or even fetch medicine from the store. So I have to get off my ass a few times a day, no matter how dreadful I feel. Fortunately I've never been so sick as to be unable to move at all. |
11-20-2023, 01:52 AM | #36784 |
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When I had covid in 2022, I slept in late (as usual) but always got up, showered and sat on the sofa to go online, watched TV or read. The first couple of days my sinuses were too drippy to sleep (coughing from drip into my throat).
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11-23-2023, 02:17 AM | #36785 |
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I like to cross stitch in bed at night. For that I need good light, so I have a clamp light on my headboard with a LED bulb with 3 brightness settings. It's got an E27 socket and those bulbs are sold in 3000 kelvin (cooler warm white), 2700K (warm white) and 2200K (extra warm white). I tried all three and liked the 2700K best.
Next weekend I'm moving in with my sister and I don't have a bed there where I can use my clamp light. But there are some shelves over the bed (not ones that can take a clamp) so I wanted a not too big desk lamp to use as cross stitch lighting. But all the smaller light fixtures have an E14 socket. And whilst that bulb is sold with an E14 socket it's currently only available in 2200K, which is way too warm a colour. I know it was available in 2700K when the manufacturer introduced the bulb; we sold them in the store. So yesterday I called them, asking them if they maybe had one laying around. They looked for me, but didn't find one. Yes, I could use a different bulb, but this one is ideal for what I need it for and the three settings are great (higher setting for when I stitch during the day and a lower setting for when I stitch at night). So the hunt for a smaller desk lamp, but with an E27 socket continues. |
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Watching lots of 60s Star Trek episodes while sick and feverish (enough that I couldn't even focus on reading) leads to some very strange dreams.
Granted, a lot of those episodes were kind of fever dreams in themselves.... Last edited by ownedbycats; 11-23-2023 at 08:33 PM. |
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I had another fall.
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And my streak of bad luck continues. I've developed an ear infection.
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As this thread appears to now be old folks sounding off about their ailments... I've managed to tweak my back again doing who knows what.
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Mostly we suck it up. Only when it gets really too much do we even mention it. Well, except for Ms. Hitch whose months long bout of shingles made even my gout sound good! At least I can hit the gout with a round of prednisone to get it under control. Nothing really did much good for her. |
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