and/or preventative meaures, since I’m flying out to read in New Jersey next week (Thursday the 13th here! At 7:00 pm!) and would rather not be sick, and also because I’m a big paranoid baby who hates any kind of physical discomfort:
Heating ginger ale in the microwave and drinking it with a little lemon juice and honey, and maybe–later–whiskey.
Every three hours or so, dropping one of those effervescent tablet thingies “into a small amount of plain water,” per the package instructions, and drinking that, too.
Trusting the warm ginger ale more, somehow.
Having Indian Tasty Bites for dinner (or, rather, since it’s just the one package, a single Tasty BITE, even though actually eating one requires lots of tasty biting), because they’re (it’s?) nice and spicy and thus my sinuses are happy.
Drinking tea when I’m not drinking goofy fizzy things.
Imagining that when I pee (which is often) I am flushing out the toxins, even though deep down I doubt toxins have much to do with my cold.
Going to bed early instead of writing a decent blog entry.
Just keep telling yourself “I’m not sick, it’s the change in the weather.” Repeat between sniffles.
Oh and a big dose of bad daytime t.v. while laying down on the couch with a thick blankie. Some Brady Bunch or Lost in Space does the trick for me. I can rate how sick I am if the Beverly Hillbillies comes on and I don’t even change the channel.
Just out of curiosity, is ginger ale still fizzy after it has been warmed?
Also, please, please, please come read in the Bay Area. Please?
Yes, it is still fizzy.
And I read in San Francisco back in June! Sorry you missed me! My tour is pretty much over for this book. I’m only making occasional special appearances.
I think remembering that toxin-flushing image is the most important aspect of healing. Seriously. You keep flushing and you’ll be ALL RIGHT.
😉
Get better soon, Wendy! It’s a snotty sneezy day, here in Madison as well. Take care, B
I just completed your book and this is my first post, although I have been checking Pound out for about six months.
Indian food is the best thing for a cold. And don’t let any one tell you Tasty Bites aren’t real Indian food. When I first started working my plan, I loved the way you could hide vegetables in them.
Sorry to hear that you’re under the weather.
For me, occilicoccum (I’m sure I spelled it wrong, but it’s hippy shit available at whole foods) works wonders.
Here’s to feeling better!
How about this:
Combine your top two cold remedies by “dropping one of those effervescent tablet thingies” into some heated ginger ale with lemon and honey and maybe-now (instead of maybe-later) whiskey.
Yes, that sounds good.
Knowing a company that manufactures such “effervescent tablet thingies”, I say the ginger ale certainly has more beneficial properties. 😉
Far be it from me to question your remedies, but I think if I were ill, eating Indian food would be a recipe for disaster.
Even the paranoid are watching you. Did you really think there was a cure for the common cold? Didn’t Granny on the Beverly Hillbillies have a “cure” – which required drinking it and waiting the requisite seven days? Also, I don’t think you should apologize for swearing: the swearing is the BEST part of your writing, not to say your writing is bad or anything.
Joan d’Arc
Paranoia Magazine
Oh no, Indian food is just the thing. Tasty Bites rule. YUM.