Yep--that odd furry feeling in my sinuses the other day has led to yet another item in the Insomnia Toolbox. Not only am I working on a honking great sleep deficit just from staying up to all hours, this stuff is making me cough all night. The bad thing is that there's no way to get it out. You know that science experiment where you put corn starch in a bowl of water, and if you hit it, it's solid, but if you let it pour real slow, it pours out of the bowl? That? (It's called a dilantant substance, by the way.) Well, the junk in my head's the same way--try to blow it out, and it's like it becomes the consistency of concrete. BUT, lie down at night, exhausted, and it starts tickling the back of your throat as it eases down for a stroll around your adenoids. You just get dozed off, and then HACKHACK. HACK. Doze. HACKHACK. HACK. Hack. WHEEEEEEEEZEHack. Doze. HUNCKACKHAAAAAACK. Repeat.
But aside from that, I feel just fine.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at June 20, 2005 03:16 PMSmetimes it helps to be propped up when you are in bed. Less hacking that way.
Posted by: Sarah G. at June 20, 2005 05:01 PMI've tried that--it seems to happen no matter what position I'm in. Although I haven't tried hanging from my ankles with gravity boots. Yet.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at June 21, 2005 07:48 AMBaby Jay and I have some goo, too. He seems to have gotten the worst of it =[ but he did make it through the night last night without any assistance from us, so he's probably over the hump now.
Posted by: Lenise at June 21, 2005 09:44 AMPoor little pooder--maybe he needs some chicken soup. I know it sure helped me. For about ten minutes.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at June 21, 2005 11:04 AM