Hacking Again

Cough, Cough, Cough.
Do you understand the nightmare of the endless cough?

A person slips into magical thinking...
Maybe if I lie on this side it will stop.
Maybe if I turn over it will stop.
How about if I walk around thinking about Hawaii?
How about if I stop breathing? Now that could really help!

The cougher will try all the tricks in the book....
Think about something else!
Turn on the tv...LOUD.
Sit very, very still.
Go shopping.
Nothing works.

These things may or may not work...
Blow your nose.
Blow again.
Drink tea. Have toast with tea
(cinnamon toast! maybe with blackberry jam!)

Have soup. Have toast with soup.

Go outside, especially if it's cool and damp.
Go inside into a steamy bath.
(steam up the whole bathroom first, devil may care about mold!)
Take Tylenol. Take tylenol with psuedophenefphrinamraminieneneine.

TAKE YOUR GOSH DARN INHALERS!
Take albuterol until you are shaking like a leaf!
And your heart is racing, but at least you may stop coughing.

Now, if you're not completely wired, go to bed and sleep!
Sleep for days if necessary.
Maybe the end of the coughing will come while you sleep.

It could happen!
It could.
May as well try, the coughing just goes on and on.

I think I'll go make soup.
And tea.
And toast with nutella!