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Mother Who Knows
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Date: January 20, 2018 02:18AM
According to the news, we have only about 10-12 more weeks of flu season left. You are wise to stay out of public places. We made it through Christmas, which is the time of the year people gather close together the most, so I think the worst is over.
One of my last years in the cult, had a bout of a bad illness, and had to quit my Mormon callings, and take a leave of absence from my job. As I was recovering, and getting my strength back, the Mormons coerced me into teaching Primary, as an "easier" calling, than my other 4 callings had been--yes, 4 at once. Kids would show up in class, flushed and bleary-eyed with fever, and whining that they were sick. They would sneeze or cough on me, and 4 days later, I would get a cold. For me, a cold lasts 2 weeks. If I rest and take good care of myself, it lasts 14 days.
I would have to find a substitute, which in our ward was no easy task. The Primary people would tell me to come and teach, anyway, even while sick, but I didn't want to spread my germs to others. I would get better, and teach again, and few days after, I would be sick again. After about 3 months of this, I gave up, and quit the Primary. All of the diseases were weakening me, and my more serious illness was coming back.
I don't think I'm a hypochondriac or a germ-phobe. Fear of disease and death and disability are real fears. Germs and viruses are real--more real than the Mormon hocus-pocus blessings that are supposed to cure people.
I have quite a few Mormon friends who like to travel, and they plan very expensive trips, tours, and cruises. Some of them go scuba diving. If you get a cold, you can't dive. One Mormon traveler friend is a doctor, who advises everyone to NOT go to church for 2 weeks before a planned trip! He was specific about church. He still goes to work (around sick contagious people all day), but he and his family stay away from church. He thinks the facilities--the bathrooms, drinking fountains, door knobs and furniture--are more unsanitary than other public buildings, which are professionally cleaned.
If a grocery checker or clerk appears to have a cold, I will take my stuff and go stand in another line!
I grocery shop at Smith's, which has a self-checkout.
If I have to go to the doctor, or instacare, for me or one of my grandchildren, we wait in the car, and the receptionist texts me when it's time for us to go in to see the doctor.
I don't eat out at all. I have hand sanitizer in the car, which I use after shopping and touching the electronic buttons, the cart handle, pens, door handles, etc.
I wash my hands when I come home, with soap and water. Being obsessed--not just prudent, but obsessed--with doing this has helped me get fewer illnesses.
My GP doctor says that the only thing that really works is zinc losenges. Suck on those, the instant you feel a cold coming on, and continue for the first few days of the cold. For me, it makes the cold less severe.
My TBM daughter was called to the nursery, last October, and has been taking her toddler there with her. That toddler has been sick constantly, since October. My daughter and her other children have caught more colds than ever before--ever. I don't know how to get through to her, that the cult is not worth sacrificing your health (let alone your time and money and happiness.)
In the schools, a sick child is sent home.
I have seen sick children in sacrament meeting, lying down on the pew, with a blanket and a pillow, and parents asking for sympathy, and being self-righteous for not missing church.
Can't the Mormons learn anything? I think they don't give a darn about anybody else, and the cult comes first. If you die, then it's your time. What else would you expect from a tribe that doesn't believe in unconditional love.