I'm mostly over my cold. In fact, I might not even have needed my day off. I didn't sneeze or cough much, I just spent most of it sleeping and surfing the net.
When I left Bob at work yesterday afternoon, I was the sickest of the two of us. By the time I came to pick him up four hours later, the tables had turned - I'd almost completely recovered, and he was all cold sweat and cramps.
This is as good a time as any to reflect that my boyfriend Bob is something of a biological anomaly. He's half-albino (yes, you heard right - HALF), he can bend in ways I'm not sure he's supposed to, and when he's ill, he gets "anti-fever". That is, instead of reacting like a normal body and upping the temperature to fight against a virus, his body temperature goes down. If he ever does get a real fever, it means he's REALLY ill.
Anyway, we took his temperature and sure enough, it's lower than normal. I checked my own temperature (to check that the battery was working) and either the battery IS working, or I have a really high fever even though I feel fine. Anti-fever or not, it didn't seem a good idea to lower his temperature any more, so paracetamol, ibuprofen and all other anti-fever meds were out of the question.
Which gives me a brilliant excuse to force him to use essential oils instead. We dug out the few mainstream meds he could take (a nasal spray and expectorant cough syrup), but obviously that won't be enough, so I did a bit of research and found the following anti-swine flu recipe from AromaZone:
WARNING: This recipe is NOT recommended for pregnant women, babies or young children.
In a clean brown (essential oil) bottle, mix:
- 1 part ravintsare essential oil
- 1 part eucalyptus radiata essential oil
- 1 part lemon essential oil
Put the dropper back on the bottle, shake. Put a label on it so you know what it is, and the date you made it - essential oils generally last about 2 years from their date of fabrication.
To use: put one drop on a sugar lump or in a teaspoon of honey, to be taken every morning, preferably with breakfast.
Test results n° 1: I tried it on a sugar lump. I accidentally put two drops on instead of one, my dropper is too big apparently. I expected it to be too strong, but it wasn't any stronger than your average polo mint or Airwaves chewing gum. It tasted pretty gross though. I recommend biting the sugar lump, chewing and swallowing it as quickly as possible, and following up with a drink. I guess that's why they recommended you take it with your breakfast.
Test results n° 2: The real test was to be on Bob. I gave him the sugar lump with a big glass of mint cordial. He managed to keep it down without making a fuss, so I guess it's a success.
Conclusion: Probably better to get some honey, so we don't have to chew.
When I left Bob at work yesterday afternoon, I was the sickest of the two of us. By the time I came to pick him up four hours later, the tables had turned - I'd almost completely recovered, and he was all cold sweat and cramps.
This is as good a time as any to reflect that my boyfriend Bob is something of a biological anomaly. He's half-albino (yes, you heard right - HALF), he can bend in ways I'm not sure he's supposed to, and when he's ill, he gets "anti-fever". That is, instead of reacting like a normal body and upping the temperature to fight against a virus, his body temperature goes down. If he ever does get a real fever, it means he's REALLY ill.
Anyway, we took his temperature and sure enough, it's lower than normal. I checked my own temperature (to check that the battery was working) and either the battery IS working, or I have a really high fever even though I feel fine. Anti-fever or not, it didn't seem a good idea to lower his temperature any more, so paracetamol, ibuprofen and all other anti-fever meds were out of the question.
Which gives me a brilliant excuse to force him to use essential oils instead. We dug out the few mainstream meds he could take (a nasal spray and expectorant cough syrup), but obviously that won't be enough, so I did a bit of research and found the following anti-swine flu recipe from AromaZone:
WARNING: This recipe is NOT recommended for pregnant women, babies or young children.
In a clean brown (essential oil) bottle, mix:
- 1 part ravintsare essential oil
- 1 part eucalyptus radiata essential oil
- 1 part lemon essential oil
Put the dropper back on the bottle, shake. Put a label on it so you know what it is, and the date you made it - essential oils generally last about 2 years from their date of fabrication.
To use: put one drop on a sugar lump or in a teaspoon of honey, to be taken every morning, preferably with breakfast.
Test results n° 1: I tried it on a sugar lump. I accidentally put two drops on instead of one, my dropper is too big apparently. I expected it to be too strong, but it wasn't any stronger than your average polo mint or Airwaves chewing gum. It tasted pretty gross though. I recommend biting the sugar lump, chewing and swallowing it as quickly as possible, and following up with a drink. I guess that's why they recommended you take it with your breakfast.
Test results n° 2: The real test was to be on Bob. I gave him the sugar lump with a big glass of mint cordial. He managed to keep it down without making a fuss, so I guess it's a success.
Conclusion: Probably better to get some honey, so we don't have to chew.
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