AnnieP Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Why, oh why is it that women are so much better at coping with minor illnesses than men? Is it genetic, something to do with childbirth, are we really the stronger sex, or is it that men need to be mothered? (or of course, all of the above ) My OH (bless his little heart, I DO love him lots, honest), is in bed, as I type, groaning and moaning, and being generally pathetic, because he has a COLD!!! Admittedly, it sounds awful, but why are men's colds ALWAYS worse than ours? Anyway, I've done the loving wife routine: Made him a coffee, got the Nurofen cold and flu out, and retreated..... Any other tips? (.....I'm off to find that shot gun, I know its around here somewhere......most humane thing really....under the circumstances....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 (edited) errrrmm.......... definitely all of the above Annie! I would look out that gun as i can't think of any other way I think my OH must be an exception to the rule as he just gets on with it but - that can be equally annoying as he doesn't take anything to alleviate any of the symptoms and sniffs and snivels and coughs all the time. Can't you find any medicine with a strong sedative effect Edited September 10, 2005 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 If he keeps on definately shoot him, it is the only way .. Graham does not have colds ... only full blown flu, I think that says it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarea1 Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 My OH is never ill!! After 3+ years I have only once known him have a cold - and it wasn't a major one! I seem to get everything going and still soilder on with the aid of parcetamol, tissue and the occasional grabed nap (the joys of not having children!!) hot baths and early nights. Where's the justice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 I had a major op on my hip a few years ago and was recovering pretty well when LSH came home groaning about stomach ache. He was supposed to have been doing the weekly supermarket shop that evening and I just assumed he didn't want to go and was feeling a bit left out as I was getting all the attention. I didn't take a lot of notice, said a few "oh dears" and "there, theres" and left him to go for a lie down. After about an hour, he was writhing about in agony so I called the doctor. He had a kidney stone - in terms of pain, on a par with childbirth apparently!!! Tom, my 15 year old complained of trapped wind for weeks and ended up being rushed to hospital for an appendicectomy last year! I think this taught me that men, while being wimpy most of the time, do actually get really sick sometimes!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherhen Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Hot honey, lemon and brandy seems to work a treat on most men Just tell them that they can only have the first dose in bed and then they have to get up if they want any more Won't he be crawling from his bed to watch the cricket anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted September 10, 2005 Author Share Posted September 10, 2005 Won't he be crawling from his bed to watch the cricket anyway? No TV in this house: He'd never do anything!! Unfortunately, we do have a radio in the bedroom..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jangle Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 My OH doesn't get ill very often, but when he does he makes a complete meal of it and makes out that his cold (or whatever) is practically terminal. I'm not feeling very well disposed towards ill men at the moment. The only man in my office has taken 4 DAYS OFF with a sore throat this week and I had to do all his work as well as my own. I haven't had a day sick in over 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 It's about time you 'caught' his sore-throat Janet - four days off doing nothing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 Chookiehubbie frequently takes to his bed for days with 'lethargy and headaches' and expects to be waited on hand and foot with cups of tea and fried egg sarnies (no chance!) I, on the other hand, had to drive myself to hospital while in (mild, early) labour with my second child, and after my waters broke with my daughter. I also had to get back behind the wheel within a week of a c/section (twice), and worked for 4 weeks with glandular fever before going to the docs thinking I had tonsillitis! Who's the weaker sex??! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 I have to say that Paul is not a wimp at all (remember the thread about him slashing his wrist and driving himself to hosptital, blood spurting everywhere!!) The only problem is that he WONT go to the doctors until he is really ill (hence midnight dash with blues and toos when we were first married as he had food poisoning, which developed into his inability to eat gluten, resulting in him going down to 5 1/2 stone (yes REALLY!) before he would let me call a doctor I do have to say though the men in our department do tend to have "man-colds" - i.e time of work at the first sight of a sniffle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 This thread is turning into that sketch about living in a shoebox in the middle of the motorway (or in a septic tank)... Who did that sketch? was it Derek and Clive? I remember it well & often quote it (along with cheese shop/dead parrot etc) just to watch offspring go Which makes me think it was Monty Python? But then I wondered if it was just a bit earlier, perhaps the same peeps & then they redid it? Oh no, can someone answer this definitively? I won't sleep now, working it out. Well, I can't sleep anyway, cos I've just had 2 feverish colds in 3 weeks and can't stop coughing all day and night, I've obviously got TB, pleurisy, pnuemonia and consumption and may not survive...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Oh Sheila I hope you do survive ..................I thought it was Monty Python but you have got me thinking now just off to ask Jeff he is a big fan of MP............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 I thought it was Peter Cook and Dudley Moore (Derek and Clive) as well- but then, I do have a really defective memory these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 OH thinks it was to do with The Policemans Ball with John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson and (maybe) Michael Palin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Yes, I think Carl is right (as ever ) what a memory! Secret Policeman's Ball with John Cleese, M.Palin & others, then perhaps re done later. Very early'70s? What year!!?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Very early 70's??? Carl would have been 5 How does he remember things from then? Perhaps it was a bit later? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 To get back on topic I am on day 8 of a cold and chest infection and I feel absolutely miserable with it I haven't had any time off sick I was even in on Sunday. In fact I haven't had any time off sick in about 10 years and then I was in hospital on a drip so I am with you Shona who is the weaker sex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Poor Louise ... big Lemsip and hugs sent to the Borders. Please use the bath in the house .. don't want any extra chills ... . Hope at least I got a groan for the last comment. . Wrap up ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happymama Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 My H soldiers on, fortunately, and I never/may not get ill. But reading about the daft things women do just to get on with life, reminds me of the time I had had my left ankle rebuilt after a major bike accident and reconstruction. In lower leg lightweight pot, on long crutches, I got on a bus, went to a job interview, pegged back to the bus, and went home. Didn't get the job, and was so fed up after that I just went out in the car and waited until no-one was around before picking my crutches up and getting out. If I feel coldy, sore throated or stuffy, I just drink a bottle of good red wine and get a hot bath followed by an early night. Works every time so far. I'm under quite a bit of stress at the moment, and sleeping on the living room floor in sleeping bag on a Thermarest, and whatcha betting I get DS's cold next week, with big yellow blisters on my tonsils and impacted infection in my sinuses? I've already lost 3 lbs this week. More red wine ... hic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Have you got nothing better to do Dan?? Well done - was this the first time it was performed though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted September 12, 2005 Author Share Posted September 12, 2005 Classic! Dan I hope you were able to cut and paste that and didn't have to type it all out?.....but then again, no doubt, in true style, you will respond: "Cut and paste? Cut and paste? I used to dream of being able to cut and paste......" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sheilaz Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Oh, sorry to hear you've been feeling grotty Louise (me too). But laughter is the best medecine, so please let's keep the change of topic. Thanks Dan I'd forgotten the first part. Now I can quote the cup o' tea bit verbatim everyday! Well Lesley, perhaps Carl only saw repeats! I'm glad to find out that it was M.Python, but still think there may have been an earlier prototype. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Found it. I know, I'm like a dripping tap! At Last The 1948 Show, written & performed by John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Tim Brooke Taylor & Marty Feldman! Preceded M.Python, which later made the sketch famous. Don't know the year yet, couldn't wait to report back.....Not that anyone else will remember the original Apparently available on DVD. So that'll be on my Christmas hint list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
