I Got The Colds But It's The Medication That Gets Me Down

July 10, 2022

Sunday. A day of rest. Well, with my current condition, I need to rest. I have been having this cold for the third day now. I got stuffy nose. Occasionally, my throat would itch. But nothing more. I'm glad that I have no fever.

Hello again my dear read-cash family. I hope you are doing much better than I am today. I first felt the irritation in my sinuses last Thursday evening. Then early Friday morning, I woke up with a clogged nose. It made breathing difficult. I think I just put some vapor rub on my nose and drank some water. That was around 3 in the morning. I fell back to sleep after an hour or so.

I felt better the rest of the day... Until evening came. I started to feel my nose getting clogged again. I bought a decongestant after dinner. As you all know, decongestants have this side-effect that makes you drowsy. I fell asleep early.

Saturday

The next day, I felt a bit better. But I my throat was a bit itchy. Instead of having my coffee, I took an inch-long ginger and sliced it thinly. Put in my French press and poured hot water on it. Then I added a bag of mint-tea.

Tea can be a good substitute to coffee for my caffeine fix... but I it was not enough. I felt sleepy the whole day.

In the evening, my nose got stuffy again. I had to take another dose of decongestant.

Sunday

This morning, I felt worse than yesterday. I had to take another decongestant. Again instead of coffee I boiled a few sliced of ginger. I did not add tea this time. As a result, I fell asleep after breakfast.

That's one thing that I hate more whenever I get the colds. The side effect of the cold medicine. It render me useless.

I waned to write something more... but I took another medicine tonight...

So yeah...

I'm slowly slipping to dreamland now...