state of the liz update

[untonuggan]

my body

• GI tract is looking up! I don't have horrible!infectious diseases like Salmonella or anything. Yay!
• I ate solid food today again huzzah!
• Unfortunately due to the whole GI thing I have a horrible UTI, which means antibiotics, which means hoping hoping hoping I don't get C diff again. (good thoughts appreciated)
• Also apparently I picked up a cold in urgent care or something while my immune system was down; I've got a cough, sore throat, and runny nose and am hoping Vitamin C and Zinc will help ward it off. Ugh. *dislikes* (good thoughts also appreciated here too)

creativity

• I spun some yarn today. It was fun but tiring. I want to do more, the fiber is taunting me, but I'm trying to take it easy.
• I also, um, made some lotion out of beeswax, oil, and lavendar essential oil. it makes my skin uber soft!
• I have all the ideas for knitting but no energy to actually get the yarn and start the project. Whoops. Maybe soon I hope?

other

• if I don't go drink the ginger tea my partner made soon, I will be in trouble. :P

Comments

[sid]

Ugh, a cold was the last thing you needed. *hugs* I don't have one, but I've been doing a lot of coughing and sneezing the last few days. I probably just need to drink water, because the heat's on all the time in this frigid weather, drying the air out.

Hope the ginger tea was soothing!

[untonuggan]

the ginger tea was so soothing i fell asleep! heh.

[jelazakazone]

So glad you are feeling better and that it wasn't Salmonella or e Coli. Ugh.

Do you take any probiotics? You might want to do that with the abx. Just don't take them at the same time. You have to wait a couple hours so as not to kill all the probiotics. We use Culturelle. I swear by it.

[untonuggan]

I TAKE ALL THE PROBIOTICS

[bethctg]

*sends hugs*

[untonuggan]

*accepts gratefully and hugs back*

[anke]

*sends well-wishes*

What helped me last time I had a sore throat was honey.

[untonuggan]

good to know! i think this is also what partner's family recommends. :D

[anke]

At least one of my colleagues thought it was weird that I was eating honey with a spoon, but, hey, whatever helps XD

[sauscony]

Hugs and good thoughts.