*bleh*

[wombat1138]

My cold has reached the stage of dehydrating the entire liquid contents of my body out through my nose into a pile of yicky handkerchiefs. Some notes/observations:

1.) Well-washed cotton handkerchiefs are much kinder to one's nose than tissue paper, and theoretically more eco-friendly due to the wash/reuse factor.

2.) Also, festive tie-dyed patterns help conceal stains, although once the handkerchief is just plain sogged out, it's time to pull out fresh handkerchiefs.

3.) If you decide to steam your sinuses by plopping your face over a large bowl of freshly-boiled water underneath a towel "tent" until the steam runs out, turn on a nearby radio and add some dried herbs to the water (lavender is nice) to make the experience less boring. Make sure the water level will not reach the tip of your nose, because that will hurt. Your cats may decide to help enliven the process by coming over to poke at the weird towelly lump on the table that's making congested noises and occasionally twitching if pounced on.

4.) By heb id cobbletely sdubbed ub.

Gah.

Comments

[qadgop.livejournal.com]

1. You're still trying to push those handkerchiefs off on me, aren't you?

2. Yep, definitely.

3. This sinus-car method sounds-- I dunno, I think I might be embarrassed if I were found drowned with my face in a bowl in the kitchen. People would assume I gluttonized one time too many. Sorry about your nose.

4. Are you certain it's a cold and not allergies? While I don't have any specific allergies I can point to, my year-round colds seemed to lessen when I started occasionally popping over-the-counter allergy pills.

I believe Philip Larkin has commented somewhere about people blowing your nose for you, but, er. Feel better.

[wombat1138.livejournal.com]

I got you to take *one* of them, at least. There are easily several hundred still stacked up in various corners of the wombatcave.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's a cold. It is icky. The CPAP machine isn't helping, since it pumps dry air through my lungs all night and makes my throat even more hurty. Thanks for the good wishes, though.

*honksplat*

[qadgop.livejournal.com]

There are easily several hundred still stacked up in various corners of the wombatcave.

And now they have a use. Good thing I didn't take them, eh? I'm sorry for the ickyness (if I spell it that way, maybe they'll nominate this post for an Oscar?).

Thanks for the good wishes, though.

Those are a constant. Consider them free background radiation.

Herself is off to a friend's for the weekend; I'll probably spend part of Saturday in a mad-dash vain attempt to make the place presentable, as I'll be meeting my folks the next day for a jaunt to the nearby Queens Museum--my father seems to be quite excited about a current Robert Moses exhibit--and there's always the possibility that they'll want to stop off.

Here, have some soup.

[recursive.livejournal.com]

I find those bottles of nasal saline spray (the generic is reasonably priced) to be lots of fun when my nose is clogged up.

except...

[happypete.livejournal.com]

sometimes it's like trying to push a rope...

Re: except...

[wombat1138.livejournal.com]

I've found larger-volume nasal irrigation to be helpful when my sinuses are in the gooey caked-up stage, but I'm not sure what it would do for the ears-blocked-up deliquescent stage. Could be worth a try, though-- not like it's all that troublesome/expensive; all you need is a ~8oz travel bottle with a tapered squirt nozzle (like on dish-handwashing detergent) and a solution of ~1/2 tsp salt in warm water.

(Tilt head forward over sink so that when you squirt the nozzle into one nostril, the fluid sloshes through your sinuses and out the other nostril instead of down into your lungs; switch back and forth between nostrils, and have a large handkerchief and/or towel ready to blow the last residual liquid into.)

Re: except...

[qadgop.livejournal.com]

...reading that description has just given me something very like a cold, I think.

[angelan-sama.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Hope you feel better soon.

[wombat1138.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Have been vastly cheered by EniKao smut :)

[angelan-sama.livejournal.com]

*grin* Glad I could help.

[infinite-nemo.livejournal.com]

yay kitties and awe, cold.
that's too bad.
my random cold remedy is always to gargle salt water.