"Sorry about that Porcupine"...an SPX recap and a question!

[colleenaf]

Before I SPX recap like a craaaazy mofo, let's play a game of TELL ME WHAT TO DO!

It goes a little something like this (hit it!)-my throat hurts something fierce and has since I got back from SPX

Comments

[mister_wolf]

I am so totally going to SPX next year. It must happen.

Anyway, I hate to choose the boring option, but three days of severely sore throat is pretty much go-to-the-doctor land. :P Don't make me link to gruesome photos of flesh eating virus victims!

[colleenaf]

Next year you NEED to come. It's not a request. It's a demand! It's totally the best show out of any of um, mocca included.

I've made an appointment for tomorrow morn which I'll cancel if I somehow wake up feeling spiffy, but for now it's cartoons and soup for me! Kinda like my dream date!

[colleenaf]

Also flesh eating viruses aren't that scary as long as I can control what flesh they eat. I've always been weirded out by the extra skin on my elbows!

sthrepth tetht.

[chrissigrl]

I have had strep exactly once in my life after never having it, ever.

Here's what I learned:

-if YOU feel fine, but you noticably flinch every time you swallow? Probably strep. (could also be a throat infection, but if it's bacterial, you need meds anyway or it won't get better)

-Go play doctor with yourself, take a flashlight into the bathroom and see if you can see spots in the back of your throat in the mirror. White ones = pus = eeew = strep or bacteriums.

-They give you a 5 pack of Zithromax and you feel better in 24 hours. Eating yogurt helps your stummy from feeling bad on the hard meds.

feel better and keep your tongue to yourself.

Re: sthrepth tetht.

[colleenaf]

After sleeping a butt-ton (aka a large buttload of time not to be confused with a button) I'm feeling so much better. Throat looks okay, so I guess it's not strep but craaazy colored things are now coming out of my nose. I'm feeling better, but I gots to keep a tissue up there.

Yes, I am INCREDIBLY sexy right now. I'll try not to makeout too much for a few days or lick the sides of people's faces on the train...two of my favorite hobbies of course!

[nedroidcomics]

Nahh, don't worry about the throat. It's all part of Becoming a Woman.

[colleenaf]

Ak! Does that mean I'm growing hair in there!

Like a reverse mustache!

[nedroidcomics]

Perhaps I was wrong, and you are becoming some kind of weird moth!

[colleenaf]

Sweet! Now I can FINALLY take on that large lizard that keeps being a jerk and smashing my favorite buildings.

re: death sickness

[haldash]

I got some kind of efficient German head cold while in Dortmund that would not go away for weeks. I actually put off going to the doc, because I'm trying to learn my body that antibiotics are not always the answer.

But I had a nose that was a beer nozel, but in stead of beer, lots of snot came out--like I've never had a nose that stuffed before. My whole face hurt from sinuses. And I had a bad throat. AND I had to go on a plane back from Germany with it. BUT I got to go first class because I had enough frequent flyer miles or something. Anyways it sucked. But it took like two weeks for it to go away. And I still have a slightly runny nose that doesn't seem to want to give up the ghost.

I vote no doctors. Gargle with salt water. Take advil for the swelling. Drink chicken broth soup. Drink tea with honey. Use Vicks (both the spreadable goop and the chewable tablets).

Re: death sickness

[colleenaf]

I can never get over how much you travel! German snot is totally worth a German trip!

Yeah I have decided to be all hardcore and anti-doctor for at least another day or two. I'm feeling better after sleeping a crazy crazy amount and then watching horrible tv, surely part of the cure.

I should totally do that salt water thing, though I always HATE doing that...can I just fly somewhere cool and stick my face in the ocean instead?

[colleenaf]

I promise to PERSONALLY come to Texas next year and drag you and Melissa there in a giant brown sack marked "Awesome People". Seriously! You have to come out for it!

Also the offer still stands if you ever want to do MOCCA my place is totally your crash pad...though SPX is so much more awesome. I love causing havok all over a hotel!

[colleenaf]

Oh man oh man oh man! That totally sounds like the best idea ever! Consider it DONE! I totally want to hang out on the farm for a bit!

I'm so excited now. I'm going to try and sleep until February to make it come faster! (I would sleep until March, but I got things to make for the show!)