Of the things I left unsaid and the regrets I'm yet to have

[sovay]

Report from the frontiers of patent medicine: cough syrup with codeine is not a perfect remedy in that I still woke at least twice in the night, coughing badly, and my chest and throat still felt bruised when I got up. On the other hand, I didn't get up until I had stayed in bed nearly eleven hours, the vast majority of which I was not conscious for. I dreamed of attending some kind of museum exhibition in D.C. with a friend group who mostly don't exist in real life—gold coins and sirens—but I said something I shouldn't have at dinner.

Tonight spatch is for a wonder not working at the theater, so the plan is to eat ramen and see Stan & Ollie (2018) at the Coolidge. I feel absolutely useless. I am trying to divest wanting to see a movie from the weight of failing to write about anything, because I want the Protestant work ethic even less than I want TB.

Happy Candlemas. Have an invocation to St. Brigid: Emma Christian, "Vreeshey, Vreeshey."

Comments

[lauradi7dw]

I'd be happy to hear that you decided to stay in bed instead, but if you go to the movie, what I need is thumbs up/thumbs down, so that we know whether to go see it on a big screen or wait for Netflix.

[sovay]

but if you go to the movie, what I need is thumbs up/thumbs down, so that we know whether to go see it on a big screen or wait for Netflix.

Thumbs up. It is the kind of story that could have been conspicuously wistful or sentimental and instead it's just graceful and funny and deservedly sweet.

[kindkit]

Cough syrup with hydrocodone exists and, in my experience, is the perfect remedy that cough syrup with codeine is supposed to be. I was prescribed it when I had bronchitis and it let me sleep straight through the night, which I can never do normally even when I'm not coughing.

[sovay]

Cough syrup with hydrocodone exists and, in my experience, is the perfect remedy that cough syrup with codeine is supposed to be.

That's really useful to know: thank you. If the codeine keeps not helping enough, I'll look into it.

[shalpacafarm]

Waking up coughing is whooping cough. I’d encourage you to get antibiotics for the safety of any babies in your community.

[sovay]

Waking up coughing is whooping cough.

I appreciate the concern. I had whooping cough as an adolescent and it was nasty. I'm not making the characteristic sound, I was re-upped on my Tdap within the last year, and the doctor who saw—and heard—me on Friday felt solidly comfortable treating it as a viral cold with heavy congestion, nor did she suggest testing for whooping cough on the grounds that it was going around in the way that she double-checked for strep, however unlikely. If the illness worsens or does not respond or develops new symptoms, I will return to the doctor. There are other factors in play that make sense of the severity of the coughing for me.

[shalpacafarm]

I’m so glad you’ve heard of it. Many people, including those who work in hospitals, are oblivious to nighttime coughing and what it implies.