On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 00:00:04 -0400 Karen Rhodes
 writes:

> getting red and raw.  I kept dabbing it with Vitamin A&E cream 
> (having nothing to do with a cable channel ), 

damn, and I had this comeback all ready (all in the spirit of TLC =wink=)

> 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.  

wah
how about Vicks or somesuch? That menthol action sees me through a
few....

> 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 

speaking of Vicks....

> 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 keep a small jar of it in the bedside table....

And with your bp issues, you don't dare do my other home-cure of steaming
in as hot a bath as I can stand, either -- help stew those buggies for
easier corpuscle consumption.

> 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.  

huzzah!

> Yes, I
> do feel better.  And I spent most of the day sacked out, finally!

great!

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

Those malinger

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

And =stern look at your house-mates= what were your husband and daughter
doing all this time?

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

There HAVE been times that I thought about hospitalization with the aura
of an enforced vacation. But have sense enough to know when my mind goes
down THOSE alleys divertive action is required.

Glad, VERY glad, you're on the mend!

=HUGS= and the most efficacious chickie soup email can deliver; tygress


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