Sick, Sick, Sick

That's what I get for feeling smug.

I made it through a transatlantic flight full of children returning from Disney World and 10 days in London/Oxford without an ache or pain or illness that wasn't related to being out of shape and not used to walking a zillion miles a day. I really was feeling quite healthy, oddly enough.

Then *bam* halfway through the flight home, (which was full of sniffly kids headed TO Disney World), I felt a twinge in my throat. An hour later, it was a full blown sore throat. Fast forward a few hours, while driving on the turnpike to get home, the stuffy nose and the headache hit.

Sick, Sick, Sick. I am officially sick. And I am not a good sick person.

I do not like medicine. It either doesn't work or it makes me feel jumpy and gross. So instead, I whine. A lot.

My significant other has spent many years trying to find some sort of medicine I will take, without much grumbling, that might actually work (or shut me up because my sickly whining is problematic).

If there's a new cold or flu product, she's bought it - just for me. If there's a holistic product she hasn't bought in an attempt to heal me quickly, I would be very surprised.

There was this horrid tasting dual pump alternative therapy GOO that she made me drink in Atlanta one summer when I had some plague or another. That tasted HORRIBLE and it didn't help.

I know some of you swear by Airborne, she's made me try it and it doesn't help and it tastes bad.

She bought some Sudafed Shower Tablets last year that I had to blog about, (I get a lot of search engine hits for that product) - they remind me of wet dog and I refuse to shower with wet dog odor.

The woman even had the nerve to suggest some weird Bronchial Balsam remedy she purchased while we were in London,(Apparently you can't buy an over the counter inhaler in London.) She recommended this even though I watched her take it and heard her gasping at the horrid taste. She recommended it even though it has chloroform in it! I do not like the idea of ingesting chloroform, thank you very much.

Right now, she's trying to get me to take Sudafed because it's early enough that the jumpyness won't keep me awake. Hello! I don't like the jumpyness even when I'm not trying to sleep, so no, I'd rather whine to her about my stuffy head.

What over the counter medications do you swear by? Or are you like me and prefer the whine in misery bit instead?

~Denise
Flamingo House Happenings and Fast Times @ Homeschool High