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

[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!]