I am having a super duper sore and painful throat as I am typing now (together with a hint of flam-my cough). Could hardly sleep last night as I had to wake up almost every hour to have a sip of water (I was practically hugging my water tumble) and go to the loo, well what goes in have to come out right. To make things worst, I had a bit of temperature, 37.8’C. Not only I was getting up every hour but I was also tossing and turning the whole night as it was either too hot or too cold. My body was actually warning me yesterday morning with headaches and sore throat, tried to suppress it with lots of honey – but I guess it was too deadly this time.
Well it’s the time of the year again! The time that my immune system goes down and my ‘cold-cough-fever-sore throat’ visits me. It’s kind of like a yearly affair, ‘fever’ may drop by once in a while, ‘sore throat’ tends to pop by frequently, ‘cold’ likes to stay for a couple days and cough likes to bunk in for a summer holiday, yes …. 3 months, in Cantonese we call it 100 days cough.
Roughly the same time last year I had the similar routine / ‘package-deal’, visited the clinic every now and then, popping pills as if they are “kacang putih” (direct translation – white nuts). I tried exercising a lot, consume ‘healthier’ food (or at least try to) etc … well it didn’t exactly work but maybe it did else I could have been worse. I guess mental stress do play a role here too, I’ve been having a lot of ‘stuff’ in my mind lately – especially work, oh well that is life … at least I am identifying and acknowledging them, it’s a good start. Hahaha.
I sound so sexy, perhaps I could sing better now … or it doesn’t make any difference. Emmm
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1 Yuen // Nov 13, 2007 at 6:51 pm
aw….get well soon!! But erm…. doesn’t honey encourage flam?? i always thought it does. that’s y i rather drink ‘leong cha’ as i hate taking pills. yuck!!!!
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2 MicheGinny // Nov 14, 2007 at 12:53 am
well i am not sure about the flam part but honey did soothe my throat. If anyone know of any remedy that can get rid of cough EFFECTIVELY! do let me know!!!
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3 Lynn // Nov 14, 2007 at 7:31 am
Hey bud, hope ur cough gets well soon…and Yuen’s right. i recall my mom sayin honey “encourages” phlegm as well…lemme know if u need a ride to the docs
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4 MicheGinny // Nov 14, 2007 at 7:44 am
Thanks for the concern, i’ve in a way self medicated … i’ve got tonnes of medicine from my previous visit to the doctor (its the same anyway). I like honey lehhhhh, it soothe my throat else it feels like its burning and i couldnt sleep at night. What i probably need now is a nice hot vicks rub … any volunteer? GAGAGA
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5 Kai // Nov 14, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Sound sexy? Don’t sound like ah ma can already. muahahaha..
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6 MicheGinny // Nov 14, 2007 at 12:36 pm
ARlo arlo … please give face ya … the word is sexy not ah ma! meanie lar you … hng!
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7 MicheGinny // Nov 14, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Oh by the way, i went to pharmacy today again and got my self Esberitox . Esberitox is suppose to help chronic cough patient aka me, not to suppress cough but to build up the immune system. I shall wait and see if this works …
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8 Yuen // Nov 14, 2007 at 4:56 pm
muahahaha….yeah.. now i know my theory is valid. no wonder you always had slow recovery… simply put stuff in your mouth, hoping that it’ll cure you. *hint honey* Do more research b4 u take any non-prescribed med ya… otherwise, you r causing your own miseries.
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9 Arine // Dec 9, 2007 at 4:13 pm
well, i think it works for me to drink 100 plus…:P
I did not make a cents out of this…but it will some how soothe my throat..to prevent from coughing…mayb because it got minerals, like you gurgle with salts when u got sore throat…
pass few weeks a lot of people MC…and I’m one of it too…
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