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[taimatsu]

I was doing very well this morning. Now, however, I am coughing so much and so hard I feel as though the inside of my throat will shortly be making a visit to the outside world. Drinking liquids is giving me trapped air in my oesophagus which then makes me cough ill I retch and then get rid of it again. My back, head, stomach muscles and shoulder muscles are starting to ache. My nose is thoroughly blocked. I can't manage to keep this up all night. I have zer chance of sleep. Robert is out cold on the sofa downstairs.

I don't think there's anything I can do at all. I am getting quite distressed.

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[wednesday]

Do you have any coedine in the house?

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[taimatsu]

no. nurofen. ibuprofen. beechams fluplus drink mix. maybe soluble aspirin smewhere. think tha's it. why? (now cannot reduce coughing to type, which i could before.)

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[wednesday]

Coedine will help calm down the coughing.

As usual, I'm not a doctor, *but* you should be able to successfully take Robitussin DM and one of Nurofen Plus or a para-codeine mix together.

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[taimatsu]

That would be lovely. It being nearly 4am, however, I think I'm still screwed for tonight.

Eventually I think my body will catch on that retching to no result really isn't as fun as actually throwing up, and since I did actually consume solid food today that will be less than entirely fantastic.

I think dying sometime right about now would be high on my list of possible outcomes..

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[wednesday]

I wish I had a car, dammit. I'd bring you stuff.

Send Robert out at 9AM on the dot, to the nearest chemist counter, and make him ask for stuff. It's not going to go away by then, and I can't think of anything else which isn't specifically doctorish. (I hear there are cough syrups with coedine already in OTC, but I don't know anything about them.)

[taimatsu]

I have jus sucked half a Decquacaine throat lozenge (my very last resort because I hate the things) and it has helped a little. It's go benzocaine in it. I may take two ibuprofen too.

Actually, it's not helped much after all. bugger.

God, I don't know how many hours more of this I can actually manage. I may go mad and start throwing things at the walls.

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[wednesday]

Whiskey?

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[taimatsu]

I barely drink, never whisky, and i think the mere thought of alcohol would kill my throat. nice try though.

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[wednesday]

So much for emergency knockout drops. Ah well. (Wasn't going to recommend it straight, which would be inadvisable. Toddy, however.)

Hot bath or other steam might help temporarily. I'm out of ideas otherwise.

[taimatsu]

how would one make toddy?

i would have bath but our hot water is intermittent and even a reliably ht shower is not possible.

turns out throwing things at walls does not help, at least not when it is newspapers and empty plastic drinks bottles. Frequent five-minute crying jags are, surprisingly, not actually making things much worse. I really think I will be a total nutter by 9am. Only 4.5 hours to go.

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[wednesday]

Toddy recipes vary. I forget David's; mine tends to be black tea, a lot of honey, a fair amount of lemon juice, and a shot of cooking whiskey. (I think his omits the tea and adds treacle to the honey.) The alcohol is optional, though generally recommended.

The crying jags may dehydrate, but, yeah... dig...

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[taimatsu]

might try it later. am going t try the bath thing. pan and kettle are heating.

thanks for the support. infinitely appreciated.

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[wednesday]

No problem. Good luck with the steamage.

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[taimatsu]

Well, it was a lukewarm bath. It didn't help in any appreciable way other than being a distraction. But even that is good.

Not so long to go now. I may even get to sleep somrtime if i get exhaused enough.

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