In article >,
Kathleen > wrote:


> > In article >,
> > "JonquilJan" > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I don't have a UTI but a severe cold/bronchitis - for the third time this
> >>winter season. Damm - and it's my birthday. 4th year in a row I've been
> >>sick on my birthday.

> My sister was always sick on her birthday and for Halloween. Late
> October in Missouri is a brutal time for asthmatics. I have pictures of
> the poor kid wearing a halloween mask over an oxygen mask in a hospital bed.

> Personally, I suspect that sis got better because she outgrew her
> asthma, our mom got better because she quit smoking (which no doubt also
> benefited sis)

Tracking this stuff down is sometimes hard. My BIL (wife's sister's
husband) always got sick on vacation. This happened for years. They
usually went camping, so he figured it was something about that. He
finally had a long talk with his sister, who has problems with wheat (or
maybe gluten), and she suggested a food problem. Well, he didn't eat
anything different. They kept talking, and he finally realized that the
only time he drank beer was on vacation! So he gave up beer, and he
wasn't sick on vacation anymore!

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA