Gack. Sniffle. Cough.

[gridlore]

Still sick. Still not getting better than two good hours of sleep. So not taking several tons of truck and load out onto wet highways.

I may take desperate measures. Like drinking tea (which I loathe, but is supposed to be good for chest colds.)

Well, this gives me time to select a primary care physician from Kaiser. Boy, do I feel sorry for him/her! "Hi! I'm Doug, and here's volume I of my medical history!" THUD "The other portions will be along just as soon as we rent the U-Haul."

I predict much bad Nethack in my day. Or I may go all couch-lumpy and watch The West Wing DVDs all day.

There's no denying it, I'm a wimp when I get sick.

Comments

Hot lemonade

[capplor.livejournal.com]

is also good for colds.

Re: Hot lemonade

[kshandra]

Yes, but we actually have tea in the house.

[silverstorm2013.livejournal.com]

alka seltzer cold and flu is the best over the counter cold meds I have found.

and look at the bright side, you're doing better the 90% of the people with your medical history, their dead.

[prayer86.livejournal.com]

West Wing...definitely west wing.

[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Hope you feel better soon.
Hot Showers. The steam helps clear things up.
Eventually your medical record will be an e-file. Course yours will fill an entire hard drive. XD
And don't look now, but Big Harold is up to volume 3 at kaiser. All those hospital stays recently...
I'm only on volume 2 and that's because I had Mooseness at Kaiser Santa Clara. Don't want to think about Jenevieve - 4 complicated pregnancies at Kaiser.
Kaiser keeps everything from every hospital stay and doctor's visit...
May you remain the Now Basically Healthy Doug we've gotten to know again, and you file not grow significantly fatter (you're skinny enough already).

And get better soon!

[melchar.livejournal.com]

I second the Alka Seltzer Cold recommendation. In addition - drink gangs of fluids. What I drank was a lot of hot tea with honey; water and diet 7-up. Also consumed a lot of chicken noodle soup.

Is very important to get as much sleep as possible - and if sleeping in a partly-reclined fashion lets you sleep, then do that. [use lots of pillows or folded blankets to get a firm support.] Sleep WARM - lots of blankets on you. Dress warmly.

This was something that I broke out the Vicks vapo rub for and smeared all over me chest. Take lots of hot, steamy showers.

And remember that THIS nasty bug has an average 6 week recovery time, so don't overstress before you are fully recovered or you may relapse. [ucky!]

[kath8562.livejournal.com]

"And what medications are you on?"
Here's the list-2/3's of a page long....