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Aaarghshefuy.
Fucking. Fever. Nose clogged up to my sinuses. (Dear sinuses, I hate you. You've made my life a living hell since I was 11. I thought you'd finally been subdued, but obviously not. You fuckers.) Shivering. Aching. Not good. Not going to work. Argh. Must stay up until 9 so I can call in. Debating wether or not to go to bed after.
Uuuuuuuuurgh.
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You should have seen my reaction this weekend when I found TEMPO TISSUES for sale in a Ventura County supermarket. I *love* Tempo!!! I used to buy a 48 pack whenever I was in Europe to tide me over (and carry those little packs everywhere). The tissue quality is so much better! People with nose problems know teh best tissues! :)
It's cranberry juice that's good for bladder infections; I once got rid of one (took longer but it worked) with just cranberry juice and tylenol. Blackcurrant juice - I don't know - I jsut know it's got a hell of a lot of vit c in it and it tastes good too. I'm still trying to find somewhere here to import it for me - I have to get to Trader Joe's again soon (they import a lot of different stuff). I'm also missing that Lindt chocolate with cognac. You can't get that here either; or the Italian chocolate with expresso inside. Yum. :) I don't eat a lot of chocolate but it's nice to have a bar of cognac chocolate in the fridge for those inbetween times...
Do you have adenoid trouble? I had those taken out when my tonsils were taken out back in 3rd grade (and then I actually got to go to school for weeks at a time instead of every other week). Can't they just do that as laser surgery these days? I remember my tonsil/adenoid surgery was done and then I was taken home to eat ice cream for a few weeks.
If you're coming to live in NY, you may want to get that surgery done. The air sucks in NY with the humidity and smog and sinus infections are rampant with the weather changes. You want to protect yourself as much as possible.
It's funny - I had to think about it when you said 'lemonade'. Lemonade there is like 7-up; lemonade here is a non-bubbly lemon drink, with or without pulp (like orange juice). So like that time I went to a British style pub here in LA and had Shandy (which I love) and my companion rad the menu and was freaking about "euw. beer and lemonade!" and I had to explain that in England lemonade is like 7-up... ANYWAY.
Ginger ale - well, if you don';t have it, you don't. YOu can always drink it flat though (no bubbles). When I was growing up and constantly sick,. I drank a lot of coke syrup (prescribed by the doctor). And I know people still drink flat ginger ale for tummy troubles. Just a thought for when you're over here....
I understand about sticking to herbal cures. I'm pretty much the same way. I do take a lot of Tylenol but otherwise, I'm a 'doctor, cure thyself' person. I also don't like gettign antibiotics cuase then I wind up with a female infection and I'm still not sure which is worse: the infection or the treatment. So I just avoid the whole thing.
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The thing is, it's a bit of a fight between my desire to be able to actually breathe for the first time since I can rmemeber, and my (strong) reluctance to have anything done to my body, medically speaking.
Yep, antibiotics are the thing I'm most strongly "opposed" to, so to speak. We had a rather level-minded doctor and my mum was always sceptical about need for antibiotics, so I've grown up with the "If it's not necessary, don't." attitude. I know a few people who've bred strongerr bacteria because their doctors prescribed antibiotics at every turn, and I'm not taking risks.