Word For The Day, Friday, May 20, 2005

May 20, 2005 | Argh

[patton]

Do you think if I move to my place in Herkimer, NY, my allergies will subside?

This place is killing me. I am lucky to grab the albuterol between sneezes.

[tioga]

you have asthma? and my allergies are bothering me this weekend, I doubt it's better up here. The daughter's doc always told us we should take her to the beach, safest place for her with her asthma.......all that fresh ocean air.

[Gabz]

Try living in this part of VA.........or MD or DE

[patton]

Yes, I have asthma. I didn't know it, until I was about 35 - I went to my Dr. one day, and said, I don't understand - I can't find the energy to stand up, I thought I was going to die, etc.

He says, sooo...how long you had asthma?

I said, what? I don't have asthma.

He says, do you drink a lot of coffee?

It seems caffiene is an asthma medication.

[patton]

Well, Tioga seems to think we should all live at the beach. You're closest - does that work?

[tioga]

our daughter has it -- she was diagnosed with in in second grade........ thank God for her doctor - she had a normal life, not one ER visit all the years she was growing up - which is good because the nearest hospital is in the next county or in Pennsylvania.......

[patton]

albuterol works.

[tioga]

yep. we used it in the nebulizer for many years to get the most effective results......

[Robert A Cook PE]

OK, so how much "asthma medication" can I charge off as medical expenses at the rate of 2-4 pots per day?

[patton]

My daughter had a real bad case - she scared the heck out of me, as a baby.

Three weeks or so in the hospital, over three different instances.

Then a year or so of home nebulizer treatments.

And in the last two years, nothing. Healthy as a horse.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Iffen ya move to Atlanta environs, you only have to suffer with 5000+ pollen counts in the spring.,

Rest of the time, pollen's not too bad.

[patton]

Ironically, all of it. Caffiene is a medication. Coffee is just a delivery system.

[tioga]

the dang dog wants me to walk her outside where somewhere on this hill is a mama bear with her cub........mmm, time to roust hubby from his recliner to walk the dogs with me.....

[patton]

Take hubby. yes.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Hmmmmn.

Need to cut wood, eh? No tool available....

Robt wonders what he could fax to her to fix da problem.....

Jig saws, power saws, 7-1/2" circular saws, sabre saw, regular 2x4 hand saw, moulding and trim saws, 4x4 power steel band saw, hacksaws, drywall saws, .....

Now, iffen only she'd ask fer some help!

(St Ronnie wonders why Robt has all that much stuff to cut things, but never seems to be able to put stuff back together....)

[Robert A Cook PE]

Only if ti can outrun hubby......

[Robert A Cook PE]

Flipped up at the edges "Hat hair" is the latest "boy" thing for hair cuts..

Least as far as I can tell from occasional visits to St Ronnie's zoo. (Er, classroom.)

[patton]

LOL. You don't have to outswim the shark...

[tioga]

LOL, back safe and sound......now to saw some wood.....er, get some sleep. I just finished a 24 hour shift so I am tired out. Later........

[patton]

Gruss Gott.