and old man winter is showin his mug

Not bad today, but the rain that is coming down feels like it was snow 1000′ feet up: cold icewater falling from the sky.   Temps won’t drop low enough for snow to form at this altitude until late tonight, but the clouds are slated to roll out before then (and why the temps will drop so low, no atmo blanket to keep the heats in.)

My ‘juice’ came in today.   For the record, yeah, you can ‘ingest’ it: get that syringe as far back as you can, nearly down your throat and blast away.  Still gonna get some taste of it, but not gagging levels.  Probably not the best way to get it in the system, but I don’t trust me with needles and my own flesh.   I can do subcutaneous injections on the kats and they don’t mind (or seemingly so), but my skin,,,

I’m a wuss.  LOL

That should be a soothing thought to my fam and  friends: I won’t ever do drugs that require me to poke holes in meself,,,,   but most of those close to me know I don’t abide recreational drug usage (other than the occasional left handed cig type, I can’t see how that is much different than my taking a finger or two of Scotch or Bourbon afterwork.)

For those out there that may be getting hit with this bug, here is what HAS worked for me so far, that is ALL OTC stuff.   Not including what I rcvd today as that is ‘unknown’ at this point.

First off, the drips: saline washes.   I’m using A&H Simply Saline nasal mist.  Blow some up the schnoz, repeat on other side, then BLOW THAT HONKER,,,   what comes out will ASTOUND you.   The extra strength version I am using is a higher concentration of salt and helps dry things out.   AND this bug or the infection that it induced, does NOT like that salt water.   The bloody mucus that I was getting is much reduced now.

as for the crud in the lungs,,, Mucinex 1200 ER tabs.  one every 12 hours.

DRINK LOTS OF WATER,,, toss in some electrolytes every other or two cups to keep your system in balance.  You are going to be hacking up gobs of gunk and that takes water out of you; need to replace that

as for the pains of infections,,, my usual acetaminophen/aspirine/caffiene OTC pain meds.  Excedrin is the brand name but there are reasonable generics as well.  (250/250/50mg respectively.)  A pair of those and the ache receeds, sometimes goes away completely, for awhile.  (bump up the caffiene with a shot of coffee, bam! pain gone!)

Hope that helps someone.   Things are definitely improving since I started using the saline washes; drainage is down enough that I stopped using the benedryl (which I hate using anyways,,,)   Still, keepin on eye on the weather and watching how my body reacts when it gets warm out again.   Still thinking this was a minor bug topped with alergic reactions to pollen from overzealous trees thinking spring had sprung.

more laters,,,,