In which she discovers a new treatment for the common cold

[zeborah]

(Probably rediscovers. New to me, anyway.)

So I've had this bad chestcold for the last six days, and every night I've had trouble sleeping because my nose is all stuffed up.

Only last night it finally occurred to me that it might not just be gunk stuffing it up, but the actual nose tissue actually being irritated and swollen. As, for example, happens in my lungs when I have asthma. And I happened to be taking a puff of salbutamol then in order to reduce said swelling in my lungs, and I got this brilliant idea: instead of breathing all that salbutamol back out through my mouth as normal, what if I breathe out through the one nanometer remaining airspace in my nose instead?

Salbutamol is magic. Or possibly a brilliantly conceived placebo. I don't care, I just like being able to breath through my nose again; also sleeping.

Comments

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

Sending you virtual chillies. I find that hot dishes really go a long way in the magical cold cure department.

[poetrychook.livejournal.com]

Having a blocked up nose doesn't seem to have stopped me sleeping at all. I think I've been averaging eighteen hours a day the past week. At least I have stopped feeling nauseous, but now I'm feeling dizzy. I guess it's got into my ears.
On the other hand, according to the doctor when I went to get more Flixotide, my lungs are fine.
I really should get back to work on Monday. Have you been home all week, then?

[zeborah]

Blocked up nose means I have to breathe through my mouth which makes it dry as the Sahara; it's uncomfortable and makes for broken sleep. Which makes me that little bit more tired during the day. I went back to work for Wednesday and Thursday but was even more exhausted on Thurs than Wednes and told the boss that I wouldn't be in on Friday. Inching my way towards better but it's a stubborn thing.