I think it’s an NSAID? That’s a “use with caution” situation, then. The salt water gargle is something I forgot about. I’m glad I posted this question. It’s reminding me of all the stuff that’s helped before in case the coughing gets worse.
Yeah, I know any sleep I get with the booze, it won’t really help. I wish I didn’t know that, though. A hot toddy sounds nice, but…ah, well.
Oh, pineapple! Whew. I was like “i don’t think pine and orange would mesh well…but if I feel really sick…”
Spicy food does sound like a good idea!
Oh, duh, I even have an electric kettle and I’ve just been staring into space and sipping soda. I must be really out of it.
I should keep a pack of weed gummies on hand and keep them in a nyquil box for times like these
That sounds amazing
I remember reading an article years ago about how little good cold medicines actually do against the illness, so I’d already been mostly avoiding them. Except when I’m too congested or coughing too much to sleep. Then I miss them SO much.
They might distract me!
Cough suppressants and nasal decongestants, apparently? I can take antihistamines but I try to avoid them.
Hm, I do have whiskey, but I wonder if I still have honey left?
My family’s always been pretty open about answering family history questions. Even delighted I took an interest. The times when I was hesitant to ask it involved “scandals” like why a cousin is so much older than the rest of us. But when I asked, they’d just tell me. So I don’t have any suggestions if they’re always hesitant or angry about answering.
We used to look through old pictures when I was young. That was a good time to ask questions. Do they have any old photos you can ask about? You can say you want to copy some into a family album for yourself or future kids.
If there’s nothing interesting to look at, I just continue the plot of the story I’m telling myself. Some people just enjoy a meditative silence, but I’m not one of them, either. I might look like it though.
I wonder if they have any social interactions with each other, beyond mating and so on.
Personalization and identification, usually.
I always looked too much like my parents, but your concern sounds like something worth addressing. Would a dna test help?
No, I’m fairly certain the few dementia cases were Alzheimer’s. Anxiety disorders do run in my family, though! On both sides.
Thank you for the reassurance.
Just spent my dinner reading about prion diseases. Huh turns out if I had the genetic fatal insomnia, it’d start showing signs in the next few years.
Might get off the Internet for a while.
I wonder how many people would die before pharmacists and doctors adjust.
“I was backstage, and this is what I want to do,” Monáe continued. “And so I jetted back to, you know, the 2000s. And I was like, ‘I can have the musical, make the music, create the lyrics, and create community around transformation and being queer.’ And not even just in sexuality, but in how we see the world.”
Yes, slack-jawed reader, this whole thing is likely a creative little metaphor for Monáe’s own connection to Bowie’s music, and how it gave her the courage to embrace her own chameleon-esque powers of artistic reinvention and genre-smashing personal growth.
Well, she’s an alien from outer space and a cybergirl without a face a heart or a mind, so it makes sense.
Report and if mods and admins ignore it and it keeps happening, go into a lighter version of “I’m being stalked” mode and start a new account with no reference to the old one. They “win” and you move on with your life.
The first sleep paralysis episode I had I was convinced the whole time I had died and was in this weird ghost zone where I could hear people and see a bit, but couldn’t move. Fucked me up, too, though in my case I was scared of sleeping for a while. It doesn’t sound as bad as your experience, though, damn.