At 11:31 AM 6/14/2003 -0500, Gumbie Tygress wrote:

>> Well, I'm rambling -- it's 5 a.m. or thereabouts, and I've been sick 
>> for
>> two days and had no more than two hours' sleep at a stretch and not 
>> much  sleep in total.  
>
>Oh, Darlin'!

Keys brought this cold home from work -- he was home almost all week with
it.  He is feeling much better now.  But Tuesday I got up with a bit of a
scratchy throat, and thought, "Oh, no."  I didn't go to arthroswim that
morning (Elizabeth and I go Tuesday and Thursday) because I didn't want to
spread it any further and though I felt good at that time, by midafternoon
I was feeling pretty rotten and was glad I hadn't gone.

It went from bad to worse and I ended up with a very sore throat and nasal
congestion the first night.  It was miserable because I was grabbing for
the box of Puffs every 10 seconds (or so it seemed) and my poor nose was
getting red and raw.  I kept dabbing it with Vitamin A&E cream (having
nothing to do with a cable channel ), which did help.  I was
absolutely miserable, though, because I can't take decongestants -- they
have a side effect of raising blood pressure, so my doctor has said NIX on
that.  Argh.  Made me bummed.  At least Keys can take decongestants, and he
was able to sleep.  I on the other hand got NO sleep Wednesday night or
last night -- well, I did finally manage to conk for about two hours.  I
was helped with the throat yesterday after I sent Keys down to the store
for some Vicks Vap-O-Rub.  I figured if I can't take the decongestants, I
can use the old-fashioned remedy that doesn't have to be taken internally.
It helped the nose but the thing that surprised me was how beneficial it
was on the throat.  A couple huffs of the Vap-O-Rub and my throat felt TONS
better!

I'm feeling better now, since my nose has finally stopped being so
productive and I'm not using the Puffs like there's no tomorrow, my throat
feels better, and my fever, which had reached 100.4 (and since my "normal"
is 97.6, that's like 101.4 in most folks) last night finally broke.  Yes, I
do feel better.  And I spent most of the day sacked out, finally!

So it's mostly gone, except for the cough, which has also finally calmed down.

Argh.  I'm so behind with dishes and laundry.  Yech.

Veloci--I hate being sick, but then what's to love about it?--raptor


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