Jewish penicillin
Jul. 31st, 2013 02:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
carbonelI've been feeling not-well for over a week now. First I had a toothache (and a root canal). Then I had a sinus infection, and my left nostril became a yucky faucet. I was on antibiotics for both of those, and kept thinking the penicillin would kick in and the drippiness would dry up.
Several days ago, I had to acknowledge that what I have now is a realio trulio coryza cold. I haven't felt particularly hungry (though that hasn't kept me from eating, alas, if food is put in front of me), but I've drunk a lot of tea with honey.
Today, I thought to myself, self, what I really want for lunch is chicken soup. I didn't have any of the good stuff in the house, let alone homemade, but I did have a can of Campbell's old-fashioned chicken noodle soup that I'd bought the last time I was feeling rotten. I nuked it and ate it -- kind of bland, but soothing on the throat.
And after that, I was finally able to pop my left ear, which has been plugged to a painful and hearing-impairing state for the past several days, despite all the tea and Sudafed I offered it. I still feel rotten, but my ear feels a lot better.
Honestly, I don't know if there's a connection, but I think I'll buy a couple more cans for future use the next time I go to the grocery.
Several days ago, I had to acknowledge that what I have now is a realio trulio coryza cold. I haven't felt particularly hungry (though that hasn't kept me from eating, alas, if food is put in front of me), but I've drunk a lot of tea with honey.
Today, I thought to myself, self, what I really want for lunch is chicken soup. I didn't have any of the good stuff in the house, let alone homemade, but I did have a can of Campbell's old-fashioned chicken noodle soup that I'd bought the last time I was feeling rotten. I nuked it and ate it -- kind of bland, but soothing on the throat.
And after that, I was finally able to pop my left ear, which has been plugged to a painful and hearing-impairing state for the past several days, despite all the tea and Sudafed I offered it. I still feel rotten, but my ear feels a lot better.
Honestly, I don't know if there's a connection, but I think I'll buy a couple more cans for future use the next time I go to the grocery.
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Date: 2013-07-31 08:48 pm (UTC)Several years ago, my mother called to check on how I was doing (I was sick), and said that she would make me chicken soup if I were in Chicago. I said I wished she could. We talked a while more, then rang off. About an hour later, the doorbell rang. It was a nearby Chinese restaurant, delivering egg drop soup and chow mein. I tried to refuse it, saying I hadn't ordered it, but he showed me the order sheet with the correct address. It took me a while to figure out my mother had used Google to find the restaurant and ordered for delivery (in my defense, I was sick at the time). I was really touched at that -- and the restaurant, which I'd never used before, has become my go-to place if I want quick Chinese takeout.
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Date: 2013-08-01 04:13 am (UTC)