Domestic Geek

Well, my mouth is feeling better today. I used cotton swabs to scrape all the white spots off the roof of my mouth. I used a plaque rinse and really brushed my tongue and rinsed my mouth out with salt water. I steered clear of my morning mouthwash and avoided sugar today. I picked up some plain yogurt with live cultures on the way home from work and had it for a snack when I got home. Hopefully this will clear up for good soon. It makes me horribly thirsty, though. *sigh* Figures I write about this stuff just as I get picked for "blog of the day", huh? Too funny.

I've been really sick for a couple of weeks, so I've missed the last couple of weeks of Thursday Thirteen. In fact, I've been under the weather for well over a month. I haven't even really kissed Marcus much because we've both been so miserable. So, I'm going to vent a little about why I hate being sick.

Thirteen Things I Hate About Being Sick

1. Lack of Sleep - You need rest to get better, but all of your symptoms keep you from sleeping.
2. Coughing - I hate those dry, hacking coughs that get so bad they make you pee a little.
3. Sore Throats - There is no relief for a sore throat, especially if your tonsils are also infected.
4. Dried Phlegm in Your Throat - Your nose is stuffy, so you sleep with your mouth open and all that stuff draining from your nose dries in the back of your throat. Ick.
5. Fevers - I know they're necessary to kill whatever is foreign in your system, but I hate when you get so hot that you're freezing.
6. Dizziness - I hate being disoriented.
7. Sore Joints - What is it about being really sick that makes your knees hurt? I never understood that.
8. Not Being Able to Eat - Once again, you need nourishment to get better, but everything has no taste or hurts going down.
9. Puking - I hate it when you can't even keep a sip of water down. Ugh.
10. Missing Work - I lost a whole day's pay because I had to sweat out the initial fever.
11. Reforumulated NyQuil - It's still the best stuff out there, but the lack of a decongestant because of meth makers really sucks.
12. Crusty eyes - I hate it when your eyelashes fuse your eyelids together in the morning and you need a warm washcloth to get your eyes open.
13. Chest congestion - Especially when it gets so bad that you aren't getting enough oxygen. You can't sleep because the pressure in your lungs starts you coughing. Good times.

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Yep, Oral Thrush...a fancy name for a yeast infection in my mouth. Neat, huh? I'm prone to yeast infections. I get the vaginal ones every single time I get on any kind of antibiotic. A couple of summers ago, I got a nasty one in my armpit when the swamp coolers at work were broken and my deodorant couldn't keep up with my sweating. I've had painful white bumps on the roof of my mouth for the past two days. My good friend, the Internet, informed me that they were the aforementioned ailment. I guess they're the result of my illness the last two weeks. Of the several things they mentioned that could cause them, the mouthwash I was constantly gargling trying to kill the germs in my tonsils, the increased sugar intake from guzzling honey to soothe my cough and the lowered immune system from the illness are the culprits. Since I don't have the funds to go to the doctor, I'm going to try cutting back on the sugar, get some live culture plain yogurt and stop using mouthwash for a few days. Hopefully my body will get back in balance and I won't have to resort to expensive medicine.

I've had it with snow. I don't want to drive in it anymore. I'm tired of weather people making stuff up. Where are you Spring? How cruel that you tempted me with warm temperatures and melting snow just a few days ago and then make me scrape windows and take over an hour to get to and from work today. I'm tired of how stupid it makes other drivers. The snow is still here from mid-December. It's Denver...that is so rare here. I want to get my Christmas lights down. Is that all so wrong?