Sick, but not stupid.

[changeling]

Argh. It happened again. Every two or three days since getting this evil upper respiratory tract infection, I'll be much better. I'll be nearly free of it. Then, that night, the cold will conspire to give me the most evil night's sleep – the last two times it was my throat being incredibly painful and swollen combined with sinuses so jam-packed as to give me a headache. And, of course, prevent me from breathing.

This time it was coughing. The last couple of days the cough's gotten much worse; it seems as though it's my body trying to rid itself of all the leftover mucus. Whatever the reason, every time I got even close to dropping off last night, I'd have another coughing fit. Once I was in that state where you're very nearly completely asleep when it started off again and WOKE ME UP. I thought coughing was more or less a conscious act. Apparently not.

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Because it was a public holiday on Monday, I had twice as many newspapers to go through as usual. Apparently when Lynne Kosky has been telling us all that the City Loop is at capacity, she's been lying. The same number of peak trains are being run as in (?) 1975 before the loop was built to DOUBLE the number of services. Then a Department of Transport Official Excuser said that we couldn't run that many trains because we have so many people jammed onto the current services that the trains are having to stop for longer to let them off.

I wanted to reach through the paper and slap him. For goodness' sake, the whole PURPOSE of increasing the number of trains is so there are fewer passengers crowding onto each service, thus magically removing the problem you were complaining of. And by the way, can we have more trains on the Upfield line at peak? Trains every twenty minutes is not a peak service. It's what happens ALL day. Even just one more per hour would be dandy.

Comments

[nys.livejournal.com]

Most buses in Canberra run every 30 min during peak.

I wish Lynne Kosky could do a better job with P-T... They just need to buy more trains, and employ more drivers (and get a competent operator - assuming the government will never ever take back control of P-T)

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

That's a bit crap. Is it because there's a low population density?

Yeah. Sigh.

[sidherian.livejournal.com]

Have you tried elderflower tea? Hopefully you can find the dried flowers and make an infusion (add some honey if you like). It does wonders for me and I used to have terrible bronchitis and asthma. Tastes nice as well which helps.

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

I haven't tried elderflower tea, but I love elderflower cordial. I'll see if I can track some down. Thanks.

[melia-suez.livejournal.com]

I have had a similar experience with a cold lately. The pharmacist recommended Delsym. It is ONLY a cough suppressant and works for 12 hours. It is the only way I was able to sleep some nights. Don't know if you can get it where you are at, but you might give it a try.

[delirieuse.livejournal.com]

Thanks; I might look into that.