Hi all!

Hoping someone can throw some ideas my way. Woke in the night Weds. with a sore throat and stuffy nose. Went back to sleep and in the morning still felt cruddy -- here's what's going on:

-throat sore very far back on top of throat, as if from post nasal dripping which I have also (a little less now than earlier today)
-ears feel full and some pressure
-sinuses feel full and achey but nose not stuffy, nose very dry feeling inside
-very dizzy this morning
-dry, tickly cough sometimes when I inhale through mouth, a few deep coughs with some mucus (clear, faintly light yellowish brownish), try to cough sometimes (hear a slight rattle when I inhale sometimes so try to break it up) and it makes me feel like I'll gag, deep cough makes head hurt in back
-swallowing causes ears to hurt
-mouth has a slimey kind of feeling, like mucus coated
-not much thirst but drinking to soothe throat, mostly room temp. but had hot tea which is rare for me (but my mom told me to )
-haven't really eaten much but under extreme stress now and never eat much under those circumstances
-starting to feel like lungs may become involved but not sure yet (just getting that creepy crawly feeling like when you're coming down with something)
-nothing is really making me better or worse
-no fever at this time, but skin feels hot to me (but not to others)
-shoulder/neck muscles are sore and tight

I started to get a big headache this afternoon and took Bell 30. Headache went away and I did feel more energy even though symptoms were still there--kind of lost that coming down with something feeling. Repeated Bell at night when I felt bad again but just don't know if that's right. It's late and I'm tired so hard to tell about energy and this second dose.

Mentally things are a mess right now, I'm all over the place. I found out today-Thursday-that my landlord wants me to leave by Sunday and I'm pretty much freaking out (and yep, he can do this apparently, I checked). Was on the phone most of the day trying to figure things out, and paced the whole time on the phone, can't get started packing because I can't stop going from one thing to another.....sitting here typing this is the longest I've sat still all day, even considering that I'm not feeling well I just can't sit still (but I'm kind of always this way). I'm sitting here now with my knees pulled up to my chest, fetal postion style (not unusual for me either). Had to cancel my vacation because of all this sudden moving nonsense.

I REALLY can't afford to just ride this out right now if I don't have to, so if there's any ideas how to nip this thing in the bud I'd appreciate it.

Thanks,
Sunny

Dear Sunny,

How much of this cold can be blamed on the bad news and sudden shock? What came first?
Were there other stresses prior to the landlord's ultimatum?

In your repertory, look at Throat, pain, extending to ear, swallowing, on. It's a good place to start. Gels. is there(2)--a thirstless remedy, also an ailments from bad news remedy.

Think of Kali Bich because of the sinuses and it's in the rubric Coughing, inspiration aggravates. Post nasal discharge is also kali bich.(3) It's a 1 in swallowing hurts ear. I think I'm liking kali bich so far.

Feel free to take something. Don't wait for all of us to agree--heaven forbid, I think that may have happened once.

Snoopy

Snoopy, I disagree--it has NEVER happened!

What a horrible situation. I agree about the good questions asked...did you "know", on some level, that this ultimatum was coming? Was there some kind of confrontation with the landlord which led to it, that could have sparked the illness?

The Kali-bichrom. seems like a good place to start, for now. I think you are in a kind of shock and are not able to focus or centre yourself as a result...could this be the case? If so, then the right remedy will address that...so, to find the right remedy...

here's some rubrics:

1 MIND; AILMENTS from; bad news; mortifying, affects him very much: 1lyss.
2 MIND; ANXIETY; news, as if he would hear unpleasant: 1dros., 1chlorpr.
3 MIND; EXCITEMENT, excitable; General; bad news, after: 2sulph., 1stram., 1puls., 1phos., 1nat-m., 1nat-c., 1lach., 1kali-p., 1kali-c., 2ign., 3gels., 1form., 1cupr., 1cinnb., 1chin., 1calc-p., 2calc., 2apis

other things I'd consider in your situation: that you are restless and cannot sit still (pacing while on the phone); that you are in that fetal position while sitting; that you cannot focus on any one thing at a time, even though you know you have to pack...


So, post more information about exactly how you feel in this situation, and events which could be related to the physical ailment you're suffering, too.

Where do you live that this kind of eviction would be legal? You don't have to answer that...

Divina

[ 20 July 2001: Message edited by: Divina ]

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Hiya Snoopy,

The illness started before the bad news.
Other stressors - like MEN - and long term sickness (anxiety disorder and such) well, been handling them pretty well, for me anyway. I knew the landlord wanted his house back, but HE also knew that rental housing is tight around here and he said I could relax, take my time, he'd never put me and my daughter out on the street....guess he changed his mind!

Anyway, couldn't sleep last night for anything, ended up getting maybe 4 hrs., so that's not gonna help. Seems this sickness is settling on the right side-ear clogged/full/sore and a bit itchy inside, throat sore, cheekbone has almost swollen sensation. Left ear does feel like there's fluid in it, hearing a kind of bubble pop noise in it once in a while, and hurts a tiny bit, feeling like a headache may come again on top of head this time. All in all, I don't feel as bad as I thought I might feel today, you know how that goes when you're coming down with something, and then you wake up and that something has come

UGH, have to go start packing again, so we'll see how it goes. Actually, as I sat here typing, I felt the swollen sensation in my right cheekbone lessen and slowly move some of it to the left cheekbone, very strange to feel the movement. Oh well. You know, I slept with my head right side down, so maybe that's why it's all on the right now and it took this long to get things to start to drain back to center after waking up. Guess time will tell.

Thanks,
Sunny

Hey Miss D,

It's a LONG story, but to make it brief (yeah right, like I can do that ever )...

This landlord has caused me stress from day one, two years ago, when a process server came to the door AS I WAS MOVING IN, to serve papers to him about a lien on his property for not paying his homeowners fees. He then proceeded to not pay his mortgage most months, let it get behind 3 or so months, then would pay, then behind again 3 months, etc. Meanwhile, his mortgage co. kept coming here to leave notices for him, so constant worry about a foreclosure. He never changed his address so all his mail was coming here and I had to return it all...seemed like he was almost in hiding. On top of all this, he wouldn't EVER return one call of mine in 2 years. There is a violation against him since Dec. from the homeowners assoc. for exterior maintenance violations (probably that the wood around the box windows is dry rotting...or maybe that the fence is falling apart, or both). So, I've never known which day would be the day I'd get bad news about my living sitution for 2 years.

Now, he sent me a letter (no, not sent, he opens my mailbox with his key and goes in it, no respect for privacy) the first week of May, saying he wouldn't be renewing my lease which expired the end of June, so I had to be out June 30 (but we could extend it no more than two weeks if needed). I started looking and then realized how much of a shortage there was for rentals, and even the ones I saw in May were renting for August, obviously past my lease expiration. I called him several times, he didn't call back, then finally I left an almost hysterical message to which he finally responded. We talked, he apologized for being a rotten landlord, said don't worry, let's keep the communication open, let's keep talking, and we'll work together, I'll never put you and your daughter out on the street, blah blah blah, left it open-ended about when I had to leave, ending with saying he'd be here a certain day to put up a smoke detector......I waited all afternoon, he didn't show up or call....this was the end of May and the last time I heard from him until last week.

So he puts in my mailbox another letter last week, on the 11th, saying he misplaced my phone number, he hopes the move for the 14th is on schedule, if not to call him immediately, so....I called him immediately, told him we didn't agree on a 2 week extension, it was open-ended. He didn't sound happy, but told me to do this as fast as I could. Then yesterday, the 19th, I get his letter that he expects me out in full by the 22nd. I called him last night......surprise, he didn't call me back. So now HE LIED to the housing authority, told them I'm refusing to leave his property, "holding over" on a lease and they advised him to take me to court for eviction. I suppose he's giving me til the 22nd to get out or he will file a complaint...but I called the court yesterday and they said he wouldn't even get a court date for at least two weeks, so I have some play time if they're correct....but I'm trying to just get out ASAP, but don't see how it's going to be by Sunday.

So this IS my mental state. I'm angry at this idiot, at this situation. I have to put my things in storage and live with my mother in a one bedroom condo with my daughter for the duration (the up-side of this is that my mom loves to cook and I'll have a built-in babysitter for a time, a first for this full-time single mom). I have to pack and move a 3-story house alone. My boyfriend left this morning for Florida with his kids for 10 days, so no help there (although this situation has brought him around to realizing just how much he cares because he was VERY upset yesterday, so this could be interesting). Was supposed to leave for the beach this Sunday for 4 days to take my daughter on vacation, which is now cancelled, so I've got a sad kid. Should I mention the 22 year long anxiety disorder I'm still dealing with? Then I get sick right before I find out I'm in a real crunch now about moving. So you know, I'm not too happy right about now....but what can I do? That's life! Given all this, I'm a tiny bit excited about the whole thing, go figure. Maybe I like the drama or something, or just excited about SOME change in my life finally. However, you notice I'm sitting here typing instead of packing, so some major procrastination going on.

See...I can't keep anything short, so add that to the rep And yeah, I know getting out of this house and away from this landlord is the best thing for us, just not the easiest thing.

Sunny

sorry posted twice for some reason

[ 20 July 2001: Message edited by: Sunny ]

I may be very wrong in what I'm about to tell you, so you would do well to verify with your state rental laws. I think this information is available in small claims courts.

It is my opinion that "papers" to terminate a lease or rental must be mailed "registered" and not simply put into your mail box. I also believe that going into your mailbox is illegal. I think termination of lease is gernerally set at three months from date of notice. If your child is school age, it becomes even more difficult to evict even when non payment of rent is the causation of termination.

I think you have recourse in this situation. If you have a signed lease, check how it is worded. Particularly the termination of lease clause. As for sticking a notice into your mailbox, that's as good as not receiving any notice to vacate at all. He has no proof you ever saw it unless he admits entering your mailbox. Then it's a he said, she said situation and not legal, in my opinion. Entering your mailbox with his own key is possibly criminal.

You may even have the right to force the landlord to pay moving/storage expenses....but check it out. You may even have cause for suit against the landlord for non-fulfillment of contract or for harasment due to aggrivation of his mail coming to your home. It sounds very irregular and not terribly legal to me. Call the local Court Clerks office for direction.

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Hi GPM,

I thought all these same things, and I checked into it, and believe it or not, he's within his legal rights, and I don't have a leg to stand on.

He never changed his address with the post office, so technically this is also his address and as such, he can enter the mailbox at his will..lovely, huh? He also did give me appropriate notice, which he has in writing, and apparently just leaving it in the mailbox is OK. Allowing me to stay longer was a verbal thing, and THAT I don't have in writing, and this is the part he decided to lie about, so it's his word against mine, and he has all the power because of his letters. I'm screwed, anyway you twist it, although I did call the court and found that even if he starts eviction proceedings, he won't get a court date for at least 2 weeks, so I have some play time now. I could be a real *itch and drag this out maybe 4-6 weeks, but I'm not going to do that...although I'm not killing myself to be out by Sunday, either.


Anyway.....I'm feeling much better at the moment. I started whining soooo much about how bad I felt, how I didn't want to be sick, until even I was tired of hearing myself, so I took some Puls and there ya go, feeling better, so I'll see how this goes.

Sunny

Dear Sunny,

Seems you're a better homeopath than any of us here! Just remember to repeat the remedy!
We have a case on the board now of someone who got really sick after taking just ONE dose of the right remedy, and then going back to work! So, repeat the remedy 3 times a day, roughly, until you're sure you're well, or you see keynotes for a different state come up.

You're safest putting the remedy into a small water bottle and succussing before each use, because repeating the exact same potency when the previous one may still be acting has been known to antidote. It's happened to me.

Otherwise, I wish you luck, and let us know how you're getting on.

Snoopy