Showing posts with label sick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sick. Show all posts
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Tales From the House of Plague
Despite my best efforts to not get sick, I got hit with a doozy. It snuck in on Friday. I noticed I was coughing a bit more than usual, but I didn't have a sore throat and I always get a sore throat before I get sick. Not this time.
I did a lot of sleeping and tried a lot of over the counter remedies for various symptoms. I even tried some home remedies like drinking hot water with honey and lemon, and water with apple cider vinegar. The end result is that it's Wednesday night and I feel better, but I'd probably be feeling better by now even if I'd done nothing.
So some random thoughts: Are over the counter cough medicines worthless for everyone or just me? I tried two different brands and neither slowed the cough.
I tried a generic mucus drug for the first time and I think I'll give it a good rating as an expectorant. I believe that's helped me today as I finally seem to be coughing less, and for the past two days, it's been a very productive cough.
I also tried a new sinus spray and it worked awesomely on clearing out my sinuses so I could breathe. The negative, though, was that I coughed more because it really dried out my throat.
My last OTC experiment was with a cough suppressant gel cap that was supposed to last 8-10 hours. Did nothing for me.
To whoever invented Nyquil gel capsules, you deserve to be knighted and awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. God bless you.
I still feel like I was run over by a bus. My lips are chapped, my nose is sore, and my brain worthless, but I definitely am on the mend. I've tried to run around with disinfecting wipes to get all the surfaces that I touched while sick, but I know I'll miss some. We touch things all the time without thinking about them.
I did a lot of sleeping and tried a lot of over the counter remedies for various symptoms. I even tried some home remedies like drinking hot water with honey and lemon, and water with apple cider vinegar. The end result is that it's Wednesday night and I feel better, but I'd probably be feeling better by now even if I'd done nothing.
So some random thoughts: Are over the counter cough medicines worthless for everyone or just me? I tried two different brands and neither slowed the cough.
I tried a generic mucus drug for the first time and I think I'll give it a good rating as an expectorant. I believe that's helped me today as I finally seem to be coughing less, and for the past two days, it's been a very productive cough.
I also tried a new sinus spray and it worked awesomely on clearing out my sinuses so I could breathe. The negative, though, was that I coughed more because it really dried out my throat.
My last OTC experiment was with a cough suppressant gel cap that was supposed to last 8-10 hours. Did nothing for me.
To whoever invented Nyquil gel capsules, you deserve to be knighted and awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. God bless you.
I still feel like I was run over by a bus. My lips are chapped, my nose is sore, and my brain worthless, but I definitely am on the mend. I've tried to run around with disinfecting wipes to get all the surfaces that I touched while sick, but I know I'll miss some. We touch things all the time without thinking about them.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
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