day 3, midday

[serinde]

I am feeling an interesting combination of better and worse. Better, in that I have more brain and a little more energy; worse, in that the pressure in my head has increased in a weird way - my ears are blocked up still, but somehow, at the same time, they're more sensitive to the higher pitches, so e.g. dishes clattering is piercing and painful. I don't even know what to do about that. And, surprise guest star, explosive toilet experience (though that could have been the clam chowder I had for lunch; sometimes my body doesn't love a lot of milk/cream).

I have applied Vapo-Rub™ and so far it has just made my nightshirt sticky. I have also snorted olbas oil steam, which helped in the moment but also I didn't shut my eyes fast enough when putting my head over the bowl and ow.

Temperature maintaining at a stable 99.0 without fever reducers, which is not great (my usual resting is about 97.9), but I'll allow it.

Comments

[dreamtigress]

I highly recommend mullein tea for the congestion, if you can get your hands on some. It helps me immensely.

[lillilah]

For me, trying to sleep while drowning in snot is always the worst part of being sick. I hope that this passes quickly.