Cold Bug

I’ve been nursing a cold for three days now and it ain't easy if you're used to being well. But then, i’d rather get sick this early after already having paid for my airline ticket and all. I don’t know if I caught a cold bug or I subjected myself getting sick after drinking this overly sweet iced coffee I made using condensed milk and decaf coffee. For all I know, the next day I have a sore throat.

My DIY make up brushes holder
with salt and pebbles.

I haven’t had colds since last year. I think I’m really getting old. I had my temperature checked twice last night and at first it was at 35.7, which was normal. Then, hours later, after feeling too warm, I had my temperature checked again before I feel like combusting and this time around it’s at 37.9, hell yeah, I’m on fire and I meant that literally. I immediately grabbed some ice packs from the fridge for a cold compress and took Biogesic for my fever then my second Sinupret. I tossed and turned the whole night long feeling too uncomfortable. I so hate getting sick man! As soon as I’m in slumberland, I felt my cat prepping to sleep in my bed. My temperature might’ve attracted my cat who’s possibly yearning for warmth. So what? I’m a heating bag now? lol. I seriously love it every time my cat sleeps over like the first day I was feeling sick, he slept in my tummy and licked my hands with his sandy tongue. It’s an indication by the way that your cat loves you. I so appreciated that plus he came home yesterday with an almost dead bird which eventually freaked us all out.

I feel so weak that I needed to cancel my schedule for the whole week to spare some time to heal. I guess I need ample rest. I hate being stagnant so I decided to organize my make up table. I bought this clear plant container to hold my make up brushes. I used pebbles at first to hold my brushes but it was a little difficult because the pebbles my sister bought were a little bigger than what I had in mind. As a remedy, I instead shove some rock salt in the container then topped it with pebbles instead, problem solved. Now, if ever we ran out of salt, I know where to get one lol. 

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Do Whatever

I have been nursing a cold for five days now and yes I am self-medicating. I know it's wrong but I hate going to hospitals and wait in vain. So, what I do, I keep my old prescriptions and bear in mind which medicine works for me all the time.

During the first two days, my throat was itchy like hell. An itchy throat for days indicates an infection, and, this happens to me every time I indulge on sweets or anything cold like ice cream, etc. which I did when I went to back home to Manila the week before. Let me also mention that I get sick once exposed to the rain without any proper rain gear and the recent typhoon compelled me to get out of the house to attend to our dogs despite the heavy rains.

Going back, my sissy suggested that I drink ginger ale as it's a natural anti-biotic which I of course agreed. The ginger was such a good home remedy that my itchy throat subsided eventually although not as fast as anti-biotics in pill form which normally lead to not so good effects on me after taking them for days.

my homemade chocolate and peanut
butter cake :)

I prescribed Sinupret for myself which is vegan so it's safe as per majority of internists (I have consulted in the past) for my running nose and Sinecod for my cough, they're all over the counter drugs by the way. I'm on my way to getting better day by day with a little help from my twinnings tea and lime friends! I even got back to baking and consumed all my baking supplies. Let me also share that as soon as I'm a whole lot better I am considering to go back to driving (yay!) because I can no longer endure commuting in Manila quite frankly (sic). The population density brought forth shortage in public transportation and aggravated traffic jams. So my solution is to go back driving (which I haven't been in twenty years! (say huwaat??) yes it's been that long. Driving is a necessity of course in case of emergency and I'm planning to do everything that I can do while I still have the time because once I'm back working again TIME would be my major constraint for sure.

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i am radioactive.

    I am currently at the hospital as i am writing this bloggie finally (after it was re-scheduled today instead of last week) for my Radioactive Iodine treatment. i asked for RAI from my endoc because i am tired of going to the the doctor everytime and take medications yadda yadda. i just want to be well, illness-free for next month for me and my sister's birthday vacay. 

i have never been at the hospital since i was little due to diarrhea. i was well until i was diagnosed hyperthyroid. i hate the heart race, the throbs and the nervousness. i know it's hereditary but i think my resorting to fast way to lose weight might have triggered it because i did take numerous scary dietary products from brazillian coffee, orang juice to metathione. i DID lose weight but this is the drawback i guess, i was diagnosed hyperthyroid a year ago. not that i'm not aware of but things fire back if you didn't lose weight through exercise and proper eating i should say so myself. 

when people get older they get more prone and susceptible to medical conditions which of course i know is affected by their lifestyle primarily. we pretty much get a dose of our own medicine. 

i will be isolated for 24 houra and go home tomorrow with further precautionary measures such as keeping my distance from people most especially kids and pregnant women. my clothes should be segregated from others for a week. frequent showers preferred and drink lots of water so that the radioactive stuff gets flushed. i know this isn't normal. i am not normal neither thus the need for this alien thing.

i promised myself after this to detox and continue to eat clean so i would be well for my birthday vacay to cambodia next month. i don't wanna bring with me medicines except for vitamins in the plane. that would be really weird for me. 

anyways, good thing i have a health insurance provided for by my job which would pay for my hospitalization. so, i opted for a semi suite private room since i rarely get sick eh? i deserve it duh. 

i hope all is well because i hate being at the hospital ang answering questions regarding my condition repetitively haist. i don't know why i have to do so. i wish they keep tabs of my condition and just freakin' post it outside my hospiral bedroom's door. i think i may have answered the same questions over and over for the nth time now. gadh. good thing there's cable tv here and i have my unlimited mobile internet access to keep me company. 

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lemon is the cure maybe???

i may have caught a cold bug because i'm sniffing and sneezing for days. the company held this halloween party last friday but i was not able to go since i wasn't feeling well. when i woke up this morning my joints are aching, a bad sign i might be having flu. i've been drinking a lot of green and yellow tea. i need to bombard myself with vitamin C. i had my late lunch almost 2pm. i cooked some food for myself and had this blueberry flavoured bagel i got yesterday. my sister and i spent our boring Sunday watching Bangkok Haunted and Sweeney Todd, yeah, gore at its finest. i hope i feel better tomorrow and once i get a chance i'll take a long vacation because i need it badly.

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