Please, take this gift back! >.< (health) by r-a-blackpaws

So, I got a bit of a gift from work...namely, the upper respiratory bug that has been going around.

So much fun to wake up coughing and retching, only to actually feel better when you're upright.

And to have a sore, burning throat most of the day too? Mmm boy!

And to have glands that stab you when you touch them? Yippee!

stares out at you with bloodshot eyes

Yes, that is all sarcasm. I am sick. Legit sick. Sick enough that I might have to miss the family gathering for Christmas this year.

Hope to get better soon. Till then, I shall keep plugging along and find someone else to pass this off to. coughs loudly

Please, take this gift back! >.< (health)

December 21, 2015 at 14:13:15 UTC

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Feathergrove on December 21, 2015 at 15:46:04 UTC

Prop up the head of your matress with something, or sleep on your back on a stack of pillows under your head and upper back
Lots of hot lemony tea with honey
Buckley's cough syrup works, but is horrible. Their Jack and Jill formulae (for kids) are pretty good though
I had chronic bronchitus as a child, so I can really feel for you
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  r-a-blackpaws on December 22, 2015 at 02:02:24 UTC
  
  When it comes to respiratory bugs, it is A) rare that I do not get one when it makes the rounds and B) a lingering thing, taking me twice as long to get over it as other people.
  I plan on just babying myself for a while. Va-Po rub, decongestant and hiding under the covers (except for work).
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    Feathergrove on December 22, 2015 at 02:43:42 UTC
    
    sends a blanket with you to work
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Kritterfox on December 22, 2015 at 04:20:10 UTC

Errrf yuckola foxy you take it easy and hope it breaks fast X_X