i am a good little home remedier:
- i have taken my vitamin C. lots of it.
- it took me literally weeks to resort to cough drops (although now i can’t get enough of them, as the five minutes of relief (at the cost of a completely numb mouth, which i hate) is far better than five minutes more of sore throat hell)
- this morning i gargled with warm salt water (YUMMY!) and drank apple-cider vinegar in warm water (EVEN MORE YUMMY!). these are alleged to help, and indeed, each did seem to help, for about thirty seconds.
- my tea kettle is on, and the mint tea is standing by for hot water infusion. IME, mint tea loaded with ridiculous amounts of honey (about 1/4 c. per pot of tea) actually does work pretty well at least for soothing a sore throat, if not fixing the problem. (that’s what the delicious saltwater and vinegar cocktails are for!).
for the first time in a while, today i seem to actually possess other symptoms of a cold — mildly stuffy nose, mainly. (does crankiness count?) i don’t think it’s a viral thing or strep. but i’m just FREAKING SICK of this sore throat! seriously, it’s been like three or four weeks at this point. it needs to die, die, die. die die!! die sore throat die!
… aaaaaaand, i should have kept my mouth shut, as the symptoms seem to be multiplying. i’ve had two coughing fits (OW) and annoying sneezing issues. i think my cats are laughing at me behind my back. the worst part is that there was a show tonight i wanted to go to, a band i really like (and have really liked for about 14 years now, but have never gotten to see live) is playing up at martyr’s. but if i’m sick i can’t go. BOOOOOOO.
