Cold head, warm heart
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j4I have a stinking cold. I am also stomach-crampy and hot and tired for the Obvious Reason. This is not interesting; stop reading now if you want 'interesting'.
Yesterday I subjected my cold to a brutal regime comprising: chilli (in a green Thai chicken sandwich); pure fruit juice (orange and raspberry); satsumas; decongestants; some kind of mad herbal cold remedy tablets; lemsip; coffee; Red Bull; and choc chip muffins (you 'feed a cold', right?). If I were a cold, I would be running away right now. I will be well by the end of this week, if it kills me.
The thought of going to a karate class last night in this state of health wasn't incredibly appealing, but I went anyway, and actually had one of the best lessons in ages. We went through all the set sequences that I need to know for my purple-belt grading at the end of November (I've been putting it off for Far Too Long, but I will do it this time), and I felt as though I was getting things right more often than not. I know all the moves, but there are times when I feel like I'm fighting against my body and times when I feel like it's working with me; this was one of the latter times.
I've spent a long time over the last few months trying to channel lots of hurt and anger and resentment into blocks and kicks and punches, which is great from the point of view of raw power but lousy for style or technique; it breaks everything up into pieces, divorces body from mind. You can't try to convert the emotional into the physical; you just have to realise that they're the same thing. Now I feel as though I've let a lot of the anger go, and suddenly everything is flowing more freely again, from the blood in my veins to the thoughts in my head.
Okay, so it would be nice if my sinuses would get with the programme; but let's not ask for the moon (on a stick): we have the stars.
Yesterday I subjected my cold to a brutal regime comprising: chilli (in a green Thai chicken sandwich); pure fruit juice (orange and raspberry); satsumas; decongestants; some kind of mad herbal cold remedy tablets; lemsip; coffee; Red Bull; and choc chip muffins (you 'feed a cold', right?). If I were a cold, I would be running away right now. I will be well by the end of this week, if it kills me.
The thought of going to a karate class last night in this state of health wasn't incredibly appealing, but I went anyway, and actually had one of the best lessons in ages. We went through all the set sequences that I need to know for my purple-belt grading at the end of November (I've been putting it off for Far Too Long, but I will do it this time), and I felt as though I was getting things right more often than not. I know all the moves, but there are times when I feel like I'm fighting against my body and times when I feel like it's working with me; this was one of the latter times.
I've spent a long time over the last few months trying to channel lots of hurt and anger and resentment into blocks and kicks and punches, which is great from the point of view of raw power but lousy for style or technique; it breaks everything up into pieces, divorces body from mind. You can't try to convert the emotional into the physical; you just have to realise that they're the same thing. Now I feel as though I've let a lot of the anger go, and suddenly everything is flowing more freely again, from the blood in my veins to the thoughts in my head.
Okay, so it would be nice if my sinuses would get with the programme; but let's not ask for the moon (on a stick): we have the stars.
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Date: 2004-10-19 03:30 am (UTC)Sudafed is great. It makes me happy, too.
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Date: 2004-10-19 03:41 am (UTC)I am definitely happy, but I don't think that's the drugs. ;)
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Date: 2004-10-19 03:52 am (UTC)I speak as a cold-stricken just-over-my-period sufferer. I can manage without paracetamol if I've got sinex.
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Date: 2004-10-19 03:59 am (UTC)I find Feminax really helps the stomach cramps. Unfortunately I forgot to buy some, & probably couldn't take it with the sudafed anyway as I think they both have paracetamol in.
GAH I AM SO BORED OF BEING ILL!
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Date: 2004-10-19 04:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-10-19 04:06 am (UTC)Bugger, so they do. Should have bought the Feminax. Except I'd've still forgotten, probably, as my brane is full of cold.
Ah well at least period pains do reliably go away within a couple of days. AND SO WILL THIS COLD GODDAMNIT.
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Date: 2004-10-19 08:25 am (UTC)What's in Feminax?
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Date: 2004-10-19 03:55 am (UTC)I do not get on At All Well with Sudafed - pseudoephedrine makes me panicky & physically overheated & other such.
Mostly my theory of dealing with colds involves going to bed with a mug of lemon juice/hot water/fresh grated ginger/smidge of cinnamon/hefty splash of whisky, & sleeping a lot.
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Date: 2004-10-19 04:05 am (UTC)I will try to get an early night tonight though!