Note to my lungs

[pegkerr]

I do not appreciate in the least the tantrum you are having. I have things to do today, and I do not have time to pamper you to the degree you obviously expect to be pampered. Yes, you would prefer it if I spent the day in bed, breathing air from a humidfier, but that is simply not an option. R. is out of the office and so I have to be there to shepherd that Eighth Circuit appellate brief through the serving/filing process. Tough luck. Suck it up and deal.

I will continue to offer you cough drops and cups of tea until my kidneys are ready to float away. I also promise to have chicken soup at lunchtime. In return, I expect you to do your damned job instead of making my life difficult.

No love.

Me.

Comments

[beetiger.livejournal.com]

*hugs8 i have had this respiratory trhing for a week now and getting worse. I am giving in and goingto the doctor today.

[madlori.livejournal.com]

I really, really recommend Mucinex if you're having phlegm issues.

[aome.livejournal.com]

As a distraction - lupinslittlesis posted this low-fat mushroom soup recipe recently, and I just tried it today. It's wonderful. Definitely a Just-For-Peg dish, but I thought perhaps you might like to give it a try yourself, especially as weather turns colder. Not hard to make, and not too pricey, either. There's also a recipe for go-along turnovers, but I haven't tried those since I can't eat them. (As a side note: for the soup, I substituted plain yogurt for the half-and-half and merlot for the sherry to avoid "illegal" ingredients, but I also thought I'd mention it because it goes to show that the soup is a little bit flexible, for what you have on hand.)

Definitely halve the recipe, though, if you're only cooking for yourself.

Hope you feel better soon. Is this a cold/allergy issue, or asthma? I agree that Mucinex works wonders on general Guck, but I can't tell if that's your trouble, or constricted airways. Ugh, either way.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

It feels like the same kind of virus that gives babies croup. A tight cough, worse in mornings and evenings. Painful, and not very productive.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

And thanks for the recipe!

[naomikritzer]

I read sometime last year that theobromine, the chemical in chocolate, acts as a cough suppressant (and works as well as codeine to suppress a cough). I tried this out on my next cold and it works. Use dark chocolate (you'd have to eat waaaaaaaaaay more milk chocolate). I found that about four ounces was effective and the cough suppressant effect lasted for several hours.

I don't think they've studied it in combination with Robitussin DM or other standard over-the-counter cough stuff, but I figure, it's chocolate. If it killed you in combination with any common over-the-counter medication, women would be falling dead all over the place and we'd have seen the warnings in the newspapers by now.

[pazlazuli.livejournal.com]

I hope you are feeling better...

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Worse, actually. I'm home from work today, feverish and croaky. I hope I lick this soon.