bleah.

[ratcreature]

So the mildly sore throat I had for the last two days? That was apparently my immune system fighting a loosing battle against something, since as of this morning I have a nasty, somewhat painful cough that doesn't do much to dislodge the gunk in my lungs, my noose is completely clogged and producing disgusting amounts of snot, my throat still hurts, and generally I feel like crap. Frell.

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[ratcreature]

I don't have echinacea, because whenever I read about studies about it those seem to say it has no proven effect, so I never tried it myself, but I have been taking extra vitamin c (both in tablets and by drinking plenty rosehip tea) since I first felt that there might be a cold coming, and often that's enough for me to fight one of, but not this time.

I have no idea what zicam nasal swaps are, but my nose is somewhat prone to bleeding, especially when it produces snot, so frequently I get nosebleeds right now just from blowing my nose (though not nearly as bad as the occassional hours long nosebleeds I sometimes had before I noticed the pattern that they coincided with taking aspirin, since I'm apparently very susceptible to aspirin's blood-thinning properties or something). So I'm very reluctant to put anything more than a mild saltwater spray in my nose.