Gluey.

[changeling]

I'm awake, and sick again. I haven't been this sick, nor has it gone on for this long, since I had glandular fever, two years ago. I've gone vegan in the interim. That helped.

So far tonight I've slept for about two hours. Then (after lying there) I got up, came into our lounge, made myself a cup of hot water, and finished reading Living the Good Life. Then I went back to bed. And lay there. And got up to go to the lav, and put a bucket under the tap to our worm farm and opened it (because it has rained an awful lot tonight), and switched on the internet, and made myself another cup of hot water, and also a teapot, and lit the tealights beneath it to keep it hot, and sat down at my laptop. I have now been awake for about three hours, and I'm feeling rather not-sleepy.

This probably has to do with the stupidly sore throat I have, which is made worse every time I sneeze - sometimes great fits that stop me breathing.

In any case, it's three-quarters of an hour later, and I'm finally feeling tired again. If I'm lucky, I just might sleep for a bit longer.

Comments

[chn-breathmint.livejournal.com]

Try putting honey in the tea? It's an emollient and will help soothe the painful throat. A little lemon might help too.

- Mel

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

I did. Steph made me hot water with lemon & honey earlier that night, and there were a few drops of the lemon left. Steph and Nat went to the markets today, so now I have a freshly lemony herby tea. :)

The honey water worked better than the Difflam throat spray I had, funnily enough.

[burningskyfire.livejournal.com]

Other remedies for sore throat:

Cayenne pepper in water, gargle, swallow if you can stand it. Makes your eyes water and can sting but immediately makes sore throat feel better. I didn't believe this until I tried it a couple of months ago!

Gargling salt water.

Gargling apple cider vinegar, as strong as possible and swallow if you can stand it. This will help if you have a bacterial infection, as bacteria can't live with high acidity. Rinse your mouth out afterwards as the acidity can errode the enamel of your teeth.

If you have a viral infection the apple cider vinager isn't as likely to help, but still worth trying cayenne. :) If it's too strong by itself, try adding a pinch to lemon honey tea.

[nys.livejournal.com]

Hope you're feeling better soon. *hugs*

[chn-breathmint.livejournal.com]

Ugh, Difflam. That stuff is vile, it tastes like window cleaner. I discovered the lemon honey tea thing after I was prescribed Difflam and couldn't abide the taste of it.

Glad you've got some more fresh lemony tea.

- Mel

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

I'll certainly be trying those. :)

It's nice to have non-pharmaceuticals in one's arsenal.