Anybody else got Captain Trips?

[darkemeralds]

I'm gathering that this cold/virus thing I've got is unusually severe, and that it's not just me. Anyone else got it? Is there hope?

I get colds once or twice a year, and they always follow the same arc of sore throat, chest tickle, snot-fest, cough-fest, and done. This one is different. It incubated longer, it's hitting in a different sequence (not throat-first), and its symptoms are practically operatic in their enormity and intensity.

It is, in short, a very uncomfortable experience. I've never in my life sneezed like I've been sneezing the last day or so, and I've never had a cold keep me awake two nights running, forcing me to resort to drugs in order to sleep a few hours. I won't even get started on the weird cycles of feeling cold and feeling hot, all without benefit of the slightest fever that I can detect.

What is this? Some virus liberated from the melting Antarctic ice? I'm ready for it to be done.

Comments

[tehomet]

God, that sounds horrible. You poor thing.

I was going to suggest that you make a big pot of onion and garlic soup and drink it all, but in fairness, you might be better off breaking out the whisky. If you're going to feel like crap tomorrow anyway...

Hope you feel better soon. ♥

[darkemeralds]

Onion and garlic sounds really good to me right now. Great suggestion!

The whisky is a fairly good cough suppressant, too. :D

[decemberleaf]

"I'm ready for it to be done"--I'll bet you are! Good luck. I'm sending you some virtual Lafroig in hopes that at least the thought of it will help.
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[darkemeralds]

Thank you! Virtual whisky sounds delightful, since the real thing isn't mixing well with my already stuffy and disoriented-feeling head.

[karen_jk]

There are bad, bad viruses going around. I hope you feel better soon.

Something meaningful to do: watch Queer as Folk Brian and Justin videos on youtube and then read the Only Time series by Xie.

http://xie-xie-xie.insanejournal.com/51270.html

[darkemeralds]

Aw, Brian and Justin. I love them! Thank you for the link. I haven't been linked to an InsaneJournal site for YEARS. I don't think I knew it was still there.

Cool!

[karen_jk]

You love Brian and Justin! OMG OMG.

I discovered them about 2 weeks ago; I've been mainlining vids of the 2 of them, and writing things about them on my LJ. I guess I should crosspost to DW.

I'm hooked, addicted, gone. It's my crack cocaine. Then I discovered Xie's fan site and fic and it has brought me a lot of joy; she writes so, so well. I read the whole Only Time series and a bunch of her other works.

[lyr]

I do not have this super-malady, but I hope you feel better soon!

[darkemeralds]

Significant improvement today. Maybe there's an end in sight after all!

[kis]

If it's the one I've got, it started 2 weeks before Christmas and is still with me. Such fun!

[darkemeralds]

That's kind of what I was afraid of. Coughs tend to stay with me longer than normal. But I'm vastly better today than yesterday, so I think I'll mend.

Love your icon.

[cat63]

That sounds horrendous. I hope it gets better soon.

[darkemeralds]

Thanks. I seem to be on the mend today. I think there's hope!