All Drugged Up And No Place To Go
Today was one of those days when I got up and just didn't even try. You know what I mean?
Part of the problem was that I woke up late. And that was due to the fact that I was out late at the pharmacy the night before, getting cough medicine, because I have had a hacking cough for what is starting to feel like a million years. (I think I actually have an abdominal six-pack forming, thanks to the cough. Unfortunately, no one can see it because of all the healthy food I don't eat. Oh well.)
Anyway, we were out of Robitussin last night. So there I was at the pharmacy somewhere between 10 and 11pm, wandering the aisles and coughing my head off, doubtless causing other customers grave concern ("gee, I wonder what SHE has, sounds bad, maybe it's bird flu, what is she doing out in public, spreading a pandemic around!").
By the way, it is quite amazing, the variety of cough medicines that are available to the health-impaired consumer. I stood there in the "cough and cold" aisle, staring at medicine for coughs, for colds, for sore throats, and for multi-symptoms (cough, fever, pain reducer, sore throat, headache, stuffiness, runny nose, death--ha, just seeing if you were paying attention). Then there were the drowsy/non-drowsy versions of all of these. Which really bugs me, because why can't they just make something that does not effect your wakefulness one way or the other? You'd think with all the technology at our disposal we could come up with a cough medicine that would help you stop coughing while also not making you drowsy OR wired. But no. Where's the money in that?
So I was forced to buy non-drowsy Robitussin DM to get me through the work day as well as a night-time formula because for the love of everything holy, I just had to get some sleep, and the cough was making that just a tad difficult. (The girl at the pharmacy counter actually felt so sorry for me during a particularly bad attack which hit me as I waited to pay that she gave me one of her own personal cough drops. I thought that was awfully nice of her.)
All of this to say that I woke up late this morning because that night-time cough formula more than did the trick. Talk about knocked out. Wow.
I forget where I was going with all this. All the cough medicine is probably killing my brain cells.
Hopefully it kills the bird flu cells while it's at it.
Part of the problem was that I woke up late. And that was due to the fact that I was out late at the pharmacy the night before, getting cough medicine, because I have had a hacking cough for what is starting to feel like a million years. (I think I actually have an abdominal six-pack forming, thanks to the cough. Unfortunately, no one can see it because of all the healthy food I don't eat. Oh well.)
Anyway, we were out of Robitussin last night. So there I was at the pharmacy somewhere between 10 and 11pm, wandering the aisles and coughing my head off, doubtless causing other customers grave concern ("gee, I wonder what SHE has, sounds bad, maybe it's bird flu, what is she doing out in public, spreading a pandemic around!").
By the way, it is quite amazing, the variety of cough medicines that are available to the health-impaired consumer. I stood there in the "cough and cold" aisle, staring at medicine for coughs, for colds, for sore throats, and for multi-symptoms (cough, fever, pain reducer, sore throat, headache, stuffiness, runny nose, death--ha, just seeing if you were paying attention). Then there were the drowsy/non-drowsy versions of all of these. Which really bugs me, because why can't they just make something that does not effect your wakefulness one way or the other? You'd think with all the technology at our disposal we could come up with a cough medicine that would help you stop coughing while also not making you drowsy OR wired. But no. Where's the money in that?
So I was forced to buy non-drowsy Robitussin DM to get me through the work day as well as a night-time formula because for the love of everything holy, I just had to get some sleep, and the cough was making that just a tad difficult. (The girl at the pharmacy counter actually felt so sorry for me during a particularly bad attack which hit me as I waited to pay that she gave me one of her own personal cough drops. I thought that was awfully nice of her.)
All of this to say that I woke up late this morning because that night-time cough formula more than did the trick. Talk about knocked out. Wow.
I forget where I was going with all this. All the cough medicine is probably killing my brain cells.
Hopefully it kills the bird flu cells while it's at it.
posted by grackyfrogg @ 3:11 PM
2 Comments:
At 4:36 PM ,
beccaline said...
Wait, you're sick? Geez Luiz you need better vitamins or something... ;) hehehe...
Although, I too need better vitamins, as with this continual cold weather I've sort of had this continual ebb and flow of cold symptoms. A co-worker told me to stop eating chocolate and I would get better. ;) Hmmm, i hadn't told her that I ate chocolate, how did she know? lol. So I actually did cut out all chocolate for a day or two and the continual flem and coughing lessened considerably. Feeling good as new now!
Oh, and I ran into the same problem with nighttime or daytime medicine last time I was at the drug store, but luckily found the one that has both in one box. Gotta keep an eye out for that.
At 6:26 AM ,
galensmark said...
Sorry you're feeling bad. Zicam nasal gel works incredibly well for turning mr virus around. Best early but I've had good luck with it a little later too. I have also never taken anything that allowed me to sleep without being drugy.
It's cold here, 10 deg wind chill this morning.
FMAO,
gm
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