TMI

[altariel]

I was going to spend some of yesterday writing achingly witty things back to people's comments about 'Journey's End', but I spent most of the day throwing up so I'm just going to make a low moaning noise and go back to consuming naught but daytime television. Where's Wimbledon when you need it? I'm going to have to start on Vanity Fair!

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[the-wild-iris.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sorry - that sounds awful. I hope it passes as soon as possible. (If it's girl troubles, Omega 3 and/or vitamin E are meant to help stem the side effects, according to Wikipedia. And dry rice cakes are a safe thing to try eating, though I know not everyone shares my taste for them.)

Vanity Fair sounds like good sofa reading.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I think this must have been a stomach bug acquired via M's office. Period pain has waited for last night and this morning, ouch! (Actually, I don't get it that bad, a couple of ibuprofen get it under control. Well, they get the stomach ache under control: the red haze of rage that descends upon me is another matter!)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

And, you are right about dry rice cakes. My austerity nibble of choice is toasted pitta bread.

[thanatos-kalos.livejournal.com]

::hugs:: Herbal tea? Feel better! Shall I send over some characters to ease your pain? ;)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Ooh, herbal tea is a good idea! I have some minty stuff in the cupboard. If one of those characters could be prevailed upon to nip over and put the kettle on for me...! :-D

[toft-froggy.livejournal.com]

Oh no, you poor thing! How horrible! Get well soon.

[toft-froggy.livejournal.com]

PS was it that Dr Who that did it? I'll 'ave 'im.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I must be getting better because I was able to look at All Your Delicious Pie and lick my lips.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, you too? It's going round and round our building like a bacterial rat...

{hugs - from a safe and germ-free distance} Wishing you lemon'n'honeyjuice, a quick recovery, and deliverance from daytime TV.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

This one has been going round mraltariel's office, I think: I usually end up with whatever goes round there.

Thanks for get well wishes! I have bravely turned off the telly and I'm now reading books. It'll never catch on.

[scottpearson.livejournal.com]

Yikes! Hope you get well soon.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm starting to think of the merest possibility of a bacon sandwich, which surely means I'm on the road to recovery.

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

I suddenly had a wild thought that throwing up might be exciting news, but from later comments it just sounds nasty. I hope you're much better soon, anyway, and Becky Sharp takes your mind off it.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

No, it was just common-or-garden throwing up. I'm feeling a lot better today, though a bit tired.

[greylin.livejournal.com]

Poor you. What a miserable bug to have. Something similar is going round at work and we've now reached the point where they're cancelling classes to try to stop the spread of infection. I hope you're feeling much better now - and there I was, thinking that you must be fanficcing Donna!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Yikes, I hope you manage to avoid it, it's not fun (although over quite quickly).

I love Minnie! Is that a tonic bottle, or gin?!

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear, I'm sorry. *sends virtual peppermint tea and zwieback*

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you! Those were ideal choices of drink and nibble!

[kendokamel.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

I hope you feel better!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I'm feeling much cheerier this evening, thank you! Love that icon!

[katlinel.livejournal.com]

I hope you are feeling a bit better, and low moaning noises helped. Reclining on the sofa sounds like the best policy. Tomorrow is also a day in which you can be achingly witty.

Hmm, Vanity Fair is another one of those books, for me, which divides women into the binary state of good-but-boring or bad-but-entertaining. It is a very long time since I've read it, though.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I lay in bed and watched The Daily Politics. That helped the moaning. And finished up a collection of short stories about mothers and daughters which has been gathering dust on the bedside table for months now. Not a bad day, all told.

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

At least Channel 4 had "The Ghost and Mrs Muir" on this afternoon, starring Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney, which I hope you saw as I think you might have enjoyed it.

I hope that you soon are 100% again.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Darn, I didn't see! I ended up reading the end of James Blish's Cities in Flight and having a nap. Not a bad afternoon!

And thank you for the well wishes :-)

[raspberryfool.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, sorry to hear that Alt, hope it's nothing and you'll be sorting out the Doctor-Donna in no time :-)

[raspberryfool.livejournal.com]

Hope it's nothing serious, i meant to say.

*mumbles* stupid keyboard...

[muuranker.livejournal.com]

The bacon sandwich thought is, I think, a good thought, but not (perhaps) one to be acted upon.

My patent anti-emetic is ginger beer. It also has water and potassium (needed if you are becoming dehydrated, but no sodium). If the bubbles are too much, you can add a little bit more sugar, and they will disappear. This works for champagne, too, I'm told, but I have never experimented (or seen why getting the bubbles out of champagne is a thing anyone would want to do).

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I wisely did not turn the bacon sandwich into reality. Ginger beer is a good idea: I usually have soda water. I wonder why something fizzy helps.

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

Um, herbal infusions to soothe your poor stomach and a bucket next to your bed, just in case?

Judging from my own experience, spending the day in bed with a tome to read is actually quite a good way to keep your mind off your upset stomach. Incidentally, it was when I was suffering from a major case of diarrhoea + nausea that I read Gone with the Wind for the first time.

But I hope you'll recover as soon as possible!

*shooes away the germs*

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I'm going to switch to herbal tea today, I think, although I'm able to drink coffee again for the first time since the weekend, yay! Stephen Fry reads Georgette Heyer in bed when he's not well, I should have pulled a couple of those off the shelf!

[metamorphosa.livejournal.com]

DTTV? You have my sympathy for both that and the throwing up thing. We'll look forward to hearing your witty replies another day. Get well soon!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Daytime TV is awful! Until Without a Trace comes on Channel 4. I've just discover Heir Hunters and it's dreadful. Thanks for the well wishes!

[(Anonymous)]

How horrid! I hope you feel better soon!

Dwim

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I followed it up with a really A-grade headache yesterday, but this morning I don't feel like I'm falling to bits, so I'm taking that as progress!

[edge-of-ruin.livejournal.com]

Yikes poor you! I hope you're feeling better by now - there's really nothing worse. (Not the time to start on Moby Dick</> I should think.)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Hah, no, definitely not Moby Dick! I'm a lot more cheerful this morning, can actually contemplate work.

[muuranker.livejournal.com]

I have a vague memory that soda water is alkaline and thus soothes an upset stomach?

And an even vaguer feeling about Epsom Salts. Also fizzy, also ?alkaline ?with sodium. I have a memory from childhood that it was used to treat stomach ache, not only because of the laxative effects, but also because the fizzyness helped.

Babies need to be 'winded' - do older people need this too, in some circumstances? The happy burp!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-)