The Plague is Uponeth Me

[ellyssian]

Fever around 102 and everything all stuffed up.

A nice, rattling cough, implying that my lungs are filled with fluid.

To quote a cute doctor, as she called out to me across the waiting room in what seemed to be moderately dirty tones: "We have to thin your secretions."

I go *thunk* now.

Comments

[elisedevescy.livejournal.com]

Sorry hon...feel better soon.

*hint* hot tea works wonders on that particular crud!

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

I've practically had tea by IV - from about Friday night. Hopefully this stuff is on its way out!

[wolfette]

hot ginger tea for the crud.

raw onions and brown sugar to make a syrup to clear the lungs.

(slice onions, lay them on a plate, cover with brown sugar and leave overnight. next day discard withered onion slices and bottle the sugar/onion juice syrup and take two spoonfuls whenever required)

Won't interact with any prescribed drugs.

[patrixa.livejournal.com]

Never heard of the onion-sugar mix, but sounds reasonable --onions have vitamins C & B as well as minerals; the soothing of the syrup is a plus. Ginger tea or in ginger chicken broth are not just good for colds, but also stomach upsets. Flat ginger ale also works.

I find homemade aids as helpful or more so than OTC stuff -- most come to us after many years of trial and from many ethnic groups.

[wolfette]

the onion/sugar syrup thing is something my Gran taught me years ago - it rarely fails.

She also gave me a recipe for something that gets called "herbal napalm" by my friends, for a cold with sore throat.

1/2 of fresh root ginger, grated finely
2 juniper berries
1 teaspoon of dried camomile flowers

add a mug of boiling water, and steep for at least 5 minutes. Strain, add honey to taste and drink. The first sip will feel like it's scorching your throat raw, but after that the throat will feel much better.

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of squeamish about the onions and sugar - but hey, since this stuff always tends to linger longer than I'd like I'm willing to give it a try.

Deb will be doing a shopping trip later today (well, for the onions, which we're out of; and the ginger tea.)

[rainnxonxme.livejournal.com]

:-\ Feel better!

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I did feel a bit better last night, but I'm down and out this morning - I'm hoping its on its way out.

[rainnxonxme.livejournal.com]

Ugh, hopefully. I hope you're getting some rest.

[opakele.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Are you first in the household?

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

Rachel and Mr. B also seem to have it, simultaneouslike. With me, though, even a mild cold tends to root itself in my lungs and cause larger problems.

Mr. B has the same cough; Rachel's is lingering, but not so bad.

Lots of folks at the office have it - most of my team has had 1-5 sick days in the last two weeks.

[opakele.livejournal.com]

I hope you shake it off soon.

[patrixa.livejournal.com]

Wish I could say move north as it's too cold for germs, but that's just wishful thinking.

I've had a head-cold nearly 3 weeks; today it seems gone. Mostly I slept and talked like Lauren Bacall. Others have had that stomach thing -- what used to be called La Grippe but now seems to be "norovirus."