Under the weather

[elusivek]

Literally, I'm sick.

I've been having this sore-ish throat since a month ago and went to the doctor to "cure it before it strikes me down". The doctor said I wasn't quite that sick yet, but he'd given me some medicine to help. Seeing as I was being prone to getting sick, and I hadn't been running as much, I started to take vitamins daily as well.

The last few days I've been having this headache on the left side of my head, until today, I can actually feel my sinus being a bit swollen, on the left side of my face... and I can feel that the swell is pulling on my headache, heck, even the left side of my jaw/teeth feel a bit numb.

Took some painkillers, didn't abate the headache. Now I've started to sneeze a bit and the left nostril has started to feel sometimes blocked, and sometimes runny. AND I'm also feeling really hungry, despite having just eaten. So. Yeah. It's official. I've got a cold.

Took some flu and cold medicine, and I'm just gonna lie here in bed and hope it all goes away. Still going for badminton tonight. My theory is I need to exercise my upper respiratory track, so, I will still go badminton tonight! Maybe I'll feel better by then!

Why do I only get sick on the weekends? I don't mind getting sick on the workweek so I can use up my 6 days sick leave.

Comments

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

Feel better!

[notte0.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[mymimikyu.livejournal.com]

And of course since there is no cure for the common cold, you just have to manage the symptoms and use old wives' tales and cultural cures to heal faster. My go-to is always a hot tea with citrus and honey, or some mint. Hope you get over the cold very quickly!

[notte0.livejournal.com]

Thank you!
Cultural cures, there’s a whole lot of that, and all disgusting LOL.

Cut off the top of an orange, pile salt on it, then steam the orange in a bowl. (I have no idea how long to steam it though). Then, drink the juices (including the juice in the bowl) and eat up the orange. - tried that long long time ago, guess I put too much salt, it was sooooo salty that it was bitter.... yuck....

Boil red wine with garlic and drink it up - tried that too, and yuck LOL

Eat an entire steamed onion; including the water. - Never tried that, but I assume it wouldn’t be too bad, it’d be like onion soup?

For young kids: Shred raw carrots, and marinade (or is it cure?) it in sugar. Drink up the water that naturally comes out, - Mom said she tried that on me (and a couple colleagues said they tried that on their kids before) and it worked. I have no memory of it though! But it also sounds yuck.

[mymimikyu.livejournal.com]

I don't like onions or garlic, so I would hate all of those! Except the carrot-sugar-water, it just sounds like a sweet carrot juice?
My family is very American with Mid-West roots, and I remember a cure for a sore throat was to gargle warm water with a TON of salt in it. It actually is effective, but not something I enjoyed doing as a kid lol. Always somehow ended up swallowing big gulps of it, ugh.

[kurikuribebi]

Take care!

[notte0.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[deepseasiren.livejournal.com]

Take elderberry my friend I am telling you it does wonders! Get better soon and sending my best.

[found-world.livejournal.com]

Get well soon.