They're ba-ack.

[mrissa]

markgritter went to Walgreen's for my prescription and a humidifier and to Byerly's for wild rice soup (mostly soft and easy to swallow, and now we have leftovers, so if my throat is still like this tomorrow I can choose among wild rice soup, egg drop soup, and the ever popular Roo-dubbed Bob Doup). Guess what the cough suppressant is?

That's right! The yellow spheres of death! Only this time they're ellipsoids. This is the stuff that says "Do not crush or chew." On my previous prescription of it, back when I broke my ribs coughing and lost a bunch of weight from my current norm and all that, the full reading was, "Do not crush or chew; may cause sudden death."

I told people that. I put it in my journal. But when I mentioned it later, Scott got really mad at me for not making it clear that I wasn't joking. Now, I ask you, people: how often do I joke about sudden death with you? When is the last time? This happens to me a lot: people think I'm joking, and I'm flat-out serious. It doesn't help that with people I don't know very well, I fall very easily into Scandosotan flat affect/delivery. But Scott knows me very well. Scott has known me for fourteen years now, and considering that I'm only twenty-six and he's only twenty-seven, that's awhile. So I really don't think he should have gotten all mad at me on the phone later. I told him about the death thing. Not like the time I actually did almost die and actually didn't tell Michelle about it. She had reason to get mad.

So anyway, it's a familiar Yellow Sphere O' Death, and I know that when it says "may cause dizziness," it means it.

In other news, gargling with salt water is in every way nasty and hurts to boot. Bah. But I had nice soft avocado with my soup and will have ice cream later. And I'm being a good girl and drinking fluids. I have my momma's voice in my head going, "Hydrate! Hydrate!"

Comments

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Oh, hork! I am amazed at the truly horrible cold remedies out there. Who said, "let's use radish syrup and see if that works?" I mean, the scientific method can go too far!

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

When I was little, my momma made me take yellow Triaminic when I got bad colds. Then once she got sick and Daddy was on a business trip and there was no adult cold medicine in the house. So she took yellow Triaminic. Then I didn't have to any more.

[dd-b.livejournal.com]

I gargle with salt water for really bad sore throats. I find it better than the alternative of *not* gargling with salt water when I have that bad a sore throat. Which is not to say it's exactly pleasant, no.

In addition or instead of, I drink lots of black tea with lemon and honey. And soups are always good, it sounds like you have a fine array of soups available.

I find that milk exacerbates a sore throat. Ice cream is most likely a special case though.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I don't do well with black tea (caffeine and I don't mix well), but I have a lemon chamomile tea I sometimes dose with honey, and that's good for what ails me, or at least feels as though it is.

I'm generally a milk drinker with all meals, but today I've substituted in big glasses of water and small glasses of juice to try to make things better that way. We'll see. It doesn't taste right and makes things slightly worse, but when I've had my worst sore throats, whatever caloric beverages I can get down have been needed. I'm not at that point, though, and hope to avoid it, so it's water and juice for now.

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

What are these "Yellow spheres of death" exactly? I didn't get to read the earlier entries...

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

They're a cough suppressant that (apparently, according to the packaging) should not come into contact with your upper respiratory system in full dosage strength.

All that stuff is in the October 2001 set of entries from my real journal (http://www.marissalingen.com/gazing.html).

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

Oh, so you don't use this journal for writing real stuff down?

Interesting. Should I check the other one for more on the Mrissa?

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Heh. Well, I'm just not used to thinking of this as my journal, is the thing.

There is indeed more on the Mrissa -- probably more than anyone could want -- on the other journal.

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

Hmm...well, I am interested in people, especially sci-fi geek chicas, so I may just take you up on that.

And markgritter is your husband? Interesting...he seems to have friended me. :-)

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Yawp, he are my lawfully wedded spousal unit.

He's occasionally a friendly type.