still sick...
I am so sick today. It's moved mostly from my head to my chest. complicated by the fact that I have asthma, it's turning into bronchitis. bleh. so I've been on my normal remedies. the annoying thing is that there is a huge difference between remedies for bronchitis and remedies for acute asthma attacks. trying to find one for bronchitis for people with asthma is actually difficult! heh. but since I've had this most of my life I've got my own things that work well from trial and error....
- warm tea. NO cold drinks. none. whatsoever.
- warm foods - no cold foods.
- no dairy AT ALL
- chicken soup
- eucalyptus in various forms
- rest - not moving around too much
- sleeping sitting up (I HATE this one, but if I lay down I will end up in the ER being too short of breath)
- nebulizer treatments (which I don't have right now b/c I rarely get this sick anymore... so I'm trying to deal with it without it)
- lots of vitamin C
I've tried various other remedies but these are the handful that work best for me. I'm sad that my family is stuck home from the New Years Eve festivities... but as soon as they cold air hits my lungs I can't breath. Same happens to Eli... so we're sitting this year out. maybe I will be well enough to get out some tomorrow.
for now, I'm lazy
and haven't done a thing all day. every time I attempt a chore I end up
wheezing and panting trying to catch my breath so I gave up. It's not
worth ending up in the hospital over.
