post-reno health: how's yours?

[Bdshull@AOL.COM]

Hi, Tom:

Combined dry air, ever-present cigarette smoke and closed quarters can't help 
but create conditions of respiratory tract vulnerability.  That hotel was 
nasty.  I am looking forward to a smoke free environment in Chicago - is 
there a chance of that?  I was also hoarse (caused not just by my CAUT 
teaching activities), and my lips couldn't get enough Chapstick, and still 
split up.  I almost went out and bought a humidifier, but with Fred Sturm and 
Newton Hunt rooming with me I figured that between the three of us there was 
enough hot steamy air....divide it up as you wish, but Fred kept the window 
open a crack at night.  After picking my son up in Sacramento, we drove the 
Tioga Pass and down US 395 - I don't know if I was sick, because it was so 
beautiful I didn't notice - actually I kept the Chapstick going the whole 
time, and my lips remained split until I arrived in the more moist southern 
California.   OK so far!   Great convention!  Go Ron Overs!

I hope you beat that pneumonia bug ASAP.

Bill Shull, RPT

In a message dated 7/18/01 9:44:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Tvak@AOL.COM 
writes:

<< 've had a fever of 102 degrees since arriving home from Reno.  I finally 
 went to the doctor today.  I described the symptoms to her: fever and a 
cough 
 that just started yesterday.  She asked me if I had been around any people 
 who were sick.  I told her no, but that I had just attended a convention in 
 Reno where I had come into contact with alot of people.  To my surprise, she 
 said, "You were in Nevada?  I'll bet you have pneumonia!"  So they gave me a 
 chest x-ray and sure enough, I have a very slight case of pneumonia.  My 
 doctor claims everyone who goes to Nevada comes back with respiratory 
 problems.  She theorizes it's the filtered air in the hotels.  
 
 So, I'm wondering...anybody else have any health problems since returning 
 from Reno?
 
 Tom Sivak
 Chicago
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