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[cjsmith]

That long break did wonders for me. I had forgotten what it was like to be this calm and relaxed!

Too bad I can't sit through a forty-minute meeting without having coughing fits. Sigh. I know this doesn't mean I'm still sick. A lingering uncontrollable cough long after an illness is just the way my body works. I expect it to last at least a couple more weeks. But it's disconcerting to my coworkers and disruptive in meetings. Plus I have to sleep in the guest bedroom until it subsides enough that someone (Rob) sharing a bed with me can sleep through the night. (Hey, at least we HAVE a guest bedroom now! Timing is everything!)

Pondering how to maintain this relaxed state... it sure is nice.

Comments

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

That long break did wonders for me. I had forgotten what it was like to be this calm and relaxed!

welcome back!!!

[joedecker.livejournal.com]

yay! welcome back!

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

I often get a chronic cough after being sick. I've found nasal irrigation to be a useful tool, if nasty to think about. If I don't want to do that, cough medicine with codeine in it helps (it's by prescription only, of course) but makes me sick.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Nasal irrigation helps with a cough? I confess I am a little scared to try it. It just seems... wrong somehow. Like it ought to hurt.

Maybe I need to do SOMEthing different, though. I think I'm developing an immunity to dextromethorphan. Besides, Robitussin tastes AWFUL. I get queasy just thinking of the amount of Robitussin I have consumed in the last week alone. Iiiiiiiick.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Many post-illness coughs are due to slight post-nasal drip that won't go away. Irrigation helps with that.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Can deep honking coughs be due to post-nasal drip? How do I do this irrigation thing? I suppose I'll try just about anything... once, anyways...

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Deep honking ones might just be due to having irritated lungs. The constant, repeated hacking ones after a cold do me in.

But at any rate, here are the best irrigation sites I know of:
- UCSD's site (http://www-surgery.ucsd.edu/ent/DAVIDSON/NASHAND/nasal.htm)
- about the traditional Indian method (http://indigo.ie/~cmouze/yoga_online/jalaneti.htm)

UCSD likes the "pulsatile" method, but people have been using the gentle pour method for hundreds of years. I use a rubber bulb syringe, and squeeze very gently.