Thursday, November 25, 2004, 5:47:28 PM, Paul Stone wrote: PS> At 12:27 PM 11/25/2004, you wrote: >>Paul Stone: >> >>"If you are just sick, forget it. It's less of a problem to stay and >>home and tough it out for a few days." >> >>And that is a bad thing? PS> It depends on whether you HAVE to go to work or school and might infect PS> others. agreed -- our doctors would agree PS> In general, I think that you SHOULD tough it out, but some illnesses can PS> masquerade as the flu. A friend lost his sister to meningitis because, due PS> to the situation at the doctors and hospitals, a really bad headache and PS> projectile vomitting (I.e. bad case of the flu) was ignored and she died. That's bad medicine (clinical negligence), it could though happen anywhere. (I'm afraid I'm not surprised a bad headache was ignored, I am *very* surprised projectile vomiting was.) -- I agree with you re toughing it out; here we can ring NHS Direct, who will give an opinion the doctors will have to take into account; but also my local A and E is very good. -- Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html