This is the second time in a month that I’ve had a cold.
I’m going to protest.
I’m going to throw myself on the floor, pound my fists, kick my feet, and scream.
Wait. I don’t have the breath capacity to scream. I don’t have a voice to scream.
Maybe I ought to go eat worms.
What I would like to know, is what is it about colds that make it so you can’t breathe? What is it that makes your nose run even if it is so stuffed up you can’t breathe? What is it that produces so much lovely green mucous when you blow your nose — even if you can’t breathe? (‘m not really looking for answers. I’m just philosophizing here . . .)
I’ve been doing really good to get 7-8 hours of sleep each night. You’d think that would help so I wouldn’t get sick . . . I’m in the habit of taking vitamins and an extra vitamin C tablet. You’d think that would help so I wouldn’t get sick. . . . I’m trying to eat healthy. Drink plenty of water.
Colds. Bah!
Yuck. Feel better soon. (And take an extra zinc each night. Has to be at night or it makes ya wanna puke. It usually works in warding off the cold or shortening its duration. As soon as I feel the tickle in the back of the throat, it’s zinc, zinc, zinc.)
Um, I know you aren’t looking for answers, but I just learned something (was it from a commercial? Oh, the sad state of affairs, I think it was) that helped me understand the miserableness of colds. Apparently the stuffiness is not just from mucus, it is largely from inflammation in the passageways. So, your mucus can run easily through the little bit that is open without there being two kinds of mucus, i.e. the green runnies and the gluey stubborns. Interesting, huh? As a side note, I have found Airborne to be helpful in getting over a cold. Supposedly it has it all. Feel better soon!
Yeah, I knew that stuffiness was due to inflammation. Rats . . .
We were out of Airborne . . . but I’ll be getting some because Craig said his throat is feeling scratchy. Don’t want him to get sick. (I tell him if he’s not nice to me, I’ll breath on him. Pretty scary, huh?)
Lisa — zinc! I didn’t know that. I’ll have to stock up so that I can have some. It might be too late for helping this cold. But for the future . . .