My Most Fervent Wishes

[cjsmith]

1. For the pain of my sore throat to diminish to the point that Chloraseptic will mask it.
2. For the coughing to slow down enough that a cough suppressant will let me sleep.
3. For the fever to break. (Better today: 99.4.)
4 - 99. More stuff about me me me.
100. World peace.

Apparently when I am sick I am very selfish.

Comments

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

When you're sick, it's natural to be selfish. One must get better in order not to be selfish later.

I can't stand Chloroseptic - it tastes like the xylocaine used on the swabs at the dentist before getting a lidocaine injection, and doesn't work well on me, either.

*continuing the get-better vibes, and feeds virtual chicken soup* :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

It is truly nasty stuff, isn't it? Second only to Robitussin. [TMI ALERT] I threw up when trying to take Robitussin this morning. That stuff is the vilest slime from the bottom of the muck-pits of Hell itself.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

I think I've developed a tolerance for Robitussin. It doesn't do much for me, noticeably, anyway, as an expectorant, but it's a good soother. I'm not big on the taste, mind, but I can handle it better than Chloroseptic.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Guaifenesin doesn't do much for me except in somewhat larger doses, so Robitussin DM and CF (which have other ingredients limiting the dosage) don't have much of an expectorant effect. For that I'll just take the plain guaifenesin. But gawd, the taste. That is unspeakably awful.

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

I hate Robitussin.

If they can make the cough syrup that has codine in it taste good then why can't they make Robitussin taste good? I just don't get it.

And I'm being highly selfish right now. I think when you're sick/in pain you're allowed more leeway ;-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

No kidding. Kids' cough syrup is way way better than that Robitussin crap. I wonder if Robitussin is single-handedly responsible for the fact that I refuse to eat anything "cherry flavored"!

[jtidwell.livejournal.com]

Weird. I've never had a problem with Robitussin or any of its kin. Taste is a funny thing. (OTOH, don't try to make me swallow GU -- either I won't get it down or I won't keep it down!)

It's okay to be temporarily selfish. My sympathies. I've got a nasty cold now too. Sore throat, no voice, cough, sneezing, stuffed sinuses, overall blah-ness, etc., and it aaaaall happened today! All at once! Ick. Must go sleep now...

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

What's GU? (A few days into any cold/flu and I get like that with Robitussin, too. Either I won't get it down or I won't keep it down.)

Yuuuuck, it sounds like you're on the Accelerated Plan. I hope that means you get over it more quickly, too. Bleagh! (And with all that stuff going on, I hope you CAN sleep. That's the worst for me right now: can't really sleep.)