No Breathing and No Decongestants Make Megan Something Something...

[sidhedevil]

I had been warned that being pregnant *and* sick is a miserable experience, but I had NO FRICKING IDEA how bad it actually was...until 5 days ago. Now I'm on Day 5 of not breathing through my nose and I'm ready to murder someone.

Anyone want to send sacrificial jerps my way? Stabbing helps keep me from noticing that I can't breathe!

Comments

[stefhen19]

Is there anything you can take?

[sidhedevil]

I can take Tylenol, Mucinex, Chlor-Trimeton, Benadryl, Cold-Eez, but that's about it besides tea and soup. Right now I'm trying the Chlor-Trimeton/Mucinex combo which seems to help everything BUT my stuffy nose. The problem is that I can't take pseudo-ephedrine or phenylephrine because it screws up blood flow to the placenta, so the two best hopes of un-stuffing my nose are off limits.

I know I spelled a lot of those drugs wrong. I hope I made sense though! :P

[stefhen19]

Oh you poor thing!

I wish I could send you some homemade chicken soup!

[farawaypoints]

Yeah, all those are going to do is keep you from choking on your own excessive mucus production. Any decongestants are probably not going to be recommended for the abovementioned reason. I would suggest a breathe-right strip and spicy foods, lol.

[sooper]

Those breathe right things are a friggin' life saver. Sure, they look silly, but I for one am very willing to look silly if it enables me to breathe. :)

[stefhen19]

Hot and sour soup!

[joshwasta]

"It's sweet and sour soup, it IS an entree!"

-Wasta, sucker for a good Birdcage quote