Oops! Sorry about that:) Dear WJ,
Please instruct gmail to send this as plain text and re-send? The Christmassy graphics are balooning the size way past the meager 18k message size limit. Thanks! Mike D. (Who's going to go wash his hands RIGHT NOW! <grin>) Wow, I carry hand sanitizer around with me, Especially if I'm shopping. Money is just plain germy. So are shopping cart handles and store shelves. And door handles that hundreds of people have had their hands on. I wash my hands frequently during the day too. It's a hold over from being a nurse I reckon. I was ALWAYS a dragon about germ control. My coworkers thought I was a bit**, but NONE of my patients were infected by me. LOL, I've even bearded doctors about their nasty hands and God the ties! I never EVER went from one room to another without washing my hands! It's the cheapest most effective way to prevent infections. I didn't wear jewelry to work and my hair was always very short or secured. I always kept spare uniforms at work to change into if I felt there was a need. And if you wanted to see me blow my stack just let me catch a full dirty laundry hamper in the hallway, or used tissues and personal care items laying around for other people to touch or cough and sneeze on. Infections CAN be controlled and prevented, if the staff is not lazy! -------Original Message------- From: ch...@tx.rr.com Date: 12/5/2007 11:03:46 PM To: Silver List Subject: CS>Tis the season for colds! Hi, Mary, You're GRRRR got me laughing. I had the same problem when my kids were little except they weren't getting sick, just me. So I started looking and feeling their hands - they were nasty; probably hadn't washed them since leaving the house. Since then have asked my husband and kids to wash hands upon entering the house. Even make some of the kids friends wash too. Don't know if you remember hearing about people getting stomach virus on cruise ships. Heard of a line that requires everyone to use hand sanitizer before boarding the ship or entering a dining room. This has been very successful at reducing number of people getting ill. Same thing with hospitals - they are full of people, so they are full of germs. Hospitals that require medical personnel to wash hands upon entering a room or before touching the patient have seen infection rates reduced. But since you're gotten pneumonia I'd encourage you to purchase a nebulizer (try ebay) for use with CS. There are a ton on ebay and not too expensive. We have an older model purchased by insurance when my son was an infant - saw same unit on ebay a couple years ago for under $5. Picked up some new tubes and things incase we needed it at a pharmacy. Take care, Cindy p.s. Ian's idea keeps sounding better, and better! [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [mdev...@eskimo.com ] [Speaking only for myself... ]
