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Tante, you never told us if you were feeling better! Would you like some soup? I'm making Beef, barley, and vegetable soup right now, if you'd like some. It's Kosher, too!
I am feeling MUCH better. I had diarrhea a couple days ago, and now the period cramps are hitting me hard, but the Midol is kicking in, and I had a snow day today, so I'm pretty much recuperated.
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Poor Romanylass! Have some soup, and Midol. I've heard that Sprite is good for some sore throats, but it depends on what kind you have. Feel better!
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Tinros, I thought I was coming down with the flu or something. It turned out to be a lupus flare-up, which has the advantage of not being contagious to the rest of my family and co-workers (and patients!). So, after a couple of days of shivering under the covers, I got up and went back to my daily routine. Now I'm feeling about 75% normal, but I have a funky face rash (and no, that's not me, just a picture of a face rash).
Romanylass, I'm sorry you feel yucky. Having a cold always makes your period feel worse and having your period always makes a cold feel worse. You know when you eat a pineapple, and you pick up the rind bit and try to nibble on the bits of pineapple flesh that are on the rind bit? And how that always lands up irritating the corners of your mouth? Well, in my experience, it is the nature of pineapple to do this, and that irritating effect can be put to good use when you have a sore throat. Sipping pineapple juice is soothing to a sore throat because the pineapple acts as a counter-irritant. Whenever I have a sore throat, I find myself wishing for pineapple juice. Oh, and jello, because it slips past my sore throat in such a cool and slippery way.
Otherwise, chicken soup is always appropriate. Rumor says that it will make you feel better. I like Aleve better than Midol for cramps because it works better and lasts longer. Sometimes by the time the Aleve wears off, so have the worst of the cramps.
And for snot, no one has come up with a better treatment than the nice Kleenex with built-in lotion. They stink for wiping your glasses, but, hey, that's what the hem of your shirt is for.
You have my permission to sulk under a cuddly Afghan for the rest of the evening, and send your family on errands of pineapple juice and Aleve. If they give you a hard time, you tell them that Tante told you to! Feel better, honey! Tsk tsk tsk (sympathetic clucking)
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