Throat lump
Woke up with a bitchin' bad scratchy throat yesterday and by this morning swallowing felt like gargling gravel. I think the swimming pool is just a huge blue bowl of germs. This throat thing gets me every summer.
Funniest thing the doc asked me this morning: "Are you breast feeding?" And I wanted to say, "No, what should I feed them?" But I couldn't croak it out.
I shall recline in a shady room now. Outside it's over 100, with "red air warnings," which sounds like something Ray Bradbury put in The Martian Chronicles.
The homeopathic theory would be that my closed-up throat is the result of my not being able to say what needs saying (see entry below). But I'm hoping it's just a bacterium that will be zapped by the $35 Z-pack of antibiotics.
If you have home remedies, I'm game to try anything.
I'll leave you for today with this line from a recent Conan O'Brien monologue: According to a new campus study, iPods are now more popular among college students than beer. Experts say the trend won't last unless iPods make ugly people look good at 2 a.m.
posted by writer @ 3:49 PM
8 Comments:
You American lot call it 'nursing' instead of 'breast-feeding', right? Was the doctor from outside the USA?
I like your response, though :)
1. spoon of raw horseradish (not the creamy dreg - real strip the paint stuff) in morning & at night. Will open sinuses like a blowtorch.
2. Swig of apple cider vinegar before bed (not a sip - a John Wayne swig). Changes throat pH for the overnight bacterial rebound.
3. Gargle three times a day with warm salt water. Use enough salt so that it is strong enough to make your gag reflex kick in. Eliminates the gravel feel.
4. Honey & Southern Comfort. Just don't get carried away. It is "medicine". And it makes you sound like Mercedes McCambridge.
Hope you feel better soon. Swim with your mouth closed.
- Rosencrantz
Strong tea with lots of lemon, a bit of honey, and a very large dollop of brandy.
wait a few days??
Try some DanActive. The S/O was sick for a week and when he started getting over it, I started coming down with it. I was feeling crappy, in that way way you do when you are just getting sick, but had to go grocery shopping. I saw the DanActive in the yogurt section and remembered the commercial about how it was suppost to boost your immune system, and I thought I would give it a try. Two days (and two drinks) later, I felt great and never did fully get sick.
Many great ideas... I also recommend sucking on as many vitamin-C drops as you can stand. they help kick my colds in the butt.
and i *love* your imagined retort to the doctor...
WOW!!! All of my friends and family including myself have had this freakin' sore throat thing the past several weeks....Whatever it is, it's going around - and it's horrible. I found (at Walmart unfortunately) that Tylenol makes "Sore Throat" pain relief. It's a blue liquid and it really works. I had never seen something specifically for sore throats except lozenges and sprays - I highly recommend it. Gargling with salt water works too but I can barely stand it....also, I like drinking unsweetened HOT Starbucks passion tea - but the idea of doing that at this point in the year is highly unpleasant. I feel your pain, sore throats suck - Hope you feel better.
Slowly chew/suck on candied ginger. you can get it from whole foods or central market.
At night try my grandfathers "Remedy"
2 oz Apple juice
2 Oz Dark Rum or Bourbon or Brandy
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1 spoonful of honey.
Heat it up and drink it as hot as you can stand it.
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