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08:06 AM - 09/14/2009

The topic: I hate colds

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I hate having a cold. You know why?

Because, with me, a cold presents strongly in the throat.  It starts out a little sore, then more sore.  Then it’s sore no more, but it leaves behind a tickle, that gets stronger and stronger until I have to cough to ease it.  And I cough. And I cough. 

I feel fine. No headache, no aches anywhere, no muscle pain.  Well, my back is sore from me coughing so much.

Just that infernal cough.

And it’s worse at night.  I don’t usually like cough medicine because it tastes plain nasty and makes my stomach turn.  But last night, I finally took some.  Because at 11:30, that tickle started.  I was coughing so hard my eyes were watering, just pouring down my face. I couldn’t catch my breath.  My head was pounding.

I took some Robitussen cough medicine. I think it was the nasty cherry version. But in a half hour, cough had stopped.  Directions say don’t take any more than four doses in a twenty-four hour period. That would mean it works for six hours.  It worked for five and a half. I took a second dose. 

I’m not coughing much in the day when I’m in an upright position, so I’m not worried about taking it when I’m awake. 

But damn, I hate colds.



I can sympathize!  I came home from FL last month with a cold.  Mine always start with sore throats, then I get the snot machine and finish off with that dreaded cough and hoarse voice.  Took me a good two weeks to get over it.  Coughing was the worst at night for me, too.

Posted by Lisa @ Monday, September 14, 2009 - 11:35:18 AM


You need the Robitussen cough gels, after so many nights of cough medicine spat in my face by my daughter, I started giving her those. When she was younger and pills/gels were hard to swallow with water, I’d hide it in a spoonful of whip cream and down it went!

Posted by Melanee @ Monday, September 14, 2009 - 3:17:21 PM

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