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retiredteabag · 6 months ago

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Caretaking and Guilt

Pairing: Toji x Reader

Synopsis: quintessential sickfic- you just have a hard time accepting help from others.

Tags: Fluff, comfort, mild angst

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These past few days you hadn't been feeling so well.

Friends and coworkers had been getting sick left and right. You had thought you were lucky enough to pass it by but after a couple restless nights and a depleted appetite, it was fair to say you had caught the bug.

Yesterday you had tried to prevent the worst of it, taking medicine, drinking orange juice, staying active; none of it seemed to hold back the storm that was this illness.

The second you had opened your eyes this morning you could tell it had all been pointless.

Your head was throbbing, you were unbearably congested, your chest felt heavy, and chills racked your body. There was a cold sweat sticking to your neck and it hurt to swallow. Above all else, you were exhausted. You kept drifting in and out of dreamless sleep, waking to a deeper state of drowsiness.

At one point you had checked your phone only to realize it was mid-afternoon and you had been in bed all day. Toji had been out on a job and would likely be back before dinner.

It's not as if you were embarrassed or ashamed to be sick, but being the fervently independent individual you were, you hated the idea of needing to be cared for.

So, despite your shaky legs and turning stomach, you stumbled your way into the bathroom to try and wash off the sweltering perspiration and muck from yourself.

Something had to be made for dinner after all.

You’d probably feel better after washing up, right?

After what can only be described as a brave attempt at standing under the shower head's assault, you found yourself covering up the drain in your shower bath and allowing the downpour slowly fill up the tub surrounding your collapsed form.

You sat for an inordinate amount of time, every so often opening your eyes to see the waters rising closer to your chest. The droplets knocked against your ears and eased you into a cloudy headspace.

The water was hot. Stiflingly so. What you assumed would aid in clearing out your clogged sinus cavity did very little on that front but rather aided in the onslaught of an enervating fever.

Too weak to consider the sweating and dehydration your hot "rain bath" had caused, you fell into a state of delirium as you shook and dressed yourself in some sweatpants and crew neck.

The man who so frequently was at the forefront of your thoughts was no longer haunting your thoughts. You had originally gotten out of bed to prepare a meal but in your current state, that would not be happening.

It was laughable even to yourself as you made your way into the living room, pitching off to this side and then and staring off at the kitchen and front door for what would appear to an onlooker to be an unnervingly duration.

Eventually, you had to blink and come back to yourself, lost at how you had even gotten into the living room. And for being in such a position to seek comfort, you were overcome with the sudden need to lay on the couch.

Just for a couple minutes to "rest your eyes" as Toji often called it. And "rest your eyes" you did as the room started to spin and your hid your head into the cushions.

That was how Toji found you when he arrived home.

The two of you didn't text too often so the fact that you hadn't messaged all day hadn't set of any alarm bells for him. When he came through the front door, finding the place untouched since he left, well, that certainly did.

The room was dim, there wasn't any noise coming from the other rooms of the place, your presence was something he felt he needed to seek, not follow.

It was odd, seeing you there, conked on the couch, smooshed into the bolstering. And even more odd was the feeling it filled him with.

There was an overwhelming sense that something is wrong... Toji had never seen you like this. He tried to recall any hints that could have alluded to you clearly feeling unwell but the two of you had both been so busy. In and out of work, how long had you felt this way?

He knew how you were, never sharing when you hadn't gotten enough sleep or when a light was too bring and causing your headache to throb. Of course you wouldn't have said anything.

He should have noticed it. If Toji is good at anything, it's noticing. Especially when it comes to you. So whatever was going on, it must have progressed rapidly.

Toji sat up against you on the couch, when you didn't move or make any show of recondition, he pursed his lips and told himself to relax. His palm made its way around your head between the couch in order to feel your forehead and it was then that he started to panic.

You were hot. Too hot.

He had never been sure of what to do in these types of situations. His immune system was just too good, he rarely had issues like this and he had never seen you in such a pathetic state.

You were going to play it off when he woke you, he knew you would, so, how then, is he supposed to know for sure how serious it was?

He leaned his weight against your back now, looking down as your sunken form. He didn't say anything until you had whined and shifted to squint up at him.

"Hey." It came out grumbly.

"Mmm?" Everything felt airy, your ability to move your body, your recondition of where you lay, the man before you. Was any of this even real? Gosh, you felt awful.

"How you feelin'?"

Toji was a big, tough, guy. He was notorious for his unfeeling and cold nature. Rarely did he take the initiative to coddle or pamper you. And even rarer still were the times you would allow it.

In this moment though, every fiber of his “big, tough, guy" being was blaring for him to treat you gently.

He ran his hand down your back, the gooseflesh on your neck sent a chill across his and he began to seriously worry that you must be sick.

"mmm" Was your only response.

You firmly placed your face back between the couch and its cushions, truly believing you had just given a proper reply to Toji.

Narrowing his brows even further, Toji leans in, gently petting your back, lifting your hair from your neck. He places the back of his hand to your flesh there.

He couldn't recall a time where you had ever been more heated than he.

"Hey, I need you to look at me." He whispers, trying to draw your attention again.

"...ughhh...'oji" You try to shift from him but in no state, certainly not the one you presently found yourself in, were you a match for his strength.

"hey, hey, hey..." He doesn't even realize the tone he has taken on, as if he is approaching a wounded animal. He really just doesn't know what to do.

"...Eghhhh... it'ssso cold."

It is this slurred declaration that finalizes it for him. Never before, even when inebriated, have you taken on this tonality.

Toji's thigh jitters on the couch but he hides his internal alarm well otherwise. He is usually so quick to manhandle you over his shoulder, tossing you this way and that. But not now.

He takes you tenderly, and when you shuffle your face into his arm, he swallows the feeling that coats his throat.

"You been feelin' bad all day?"

He makes his way to the bedroom, when you nod into his chest his posture straightens.

Of course.

Once you're feeling better he's going to need to have a talk with you about sharing how you feel. At this moment, however, you are a limp noodle, falling away from his body as he plops you onto the bed.

He tucks the blanket around your body and sits on the edge of the bed.

"You eat yet?"

If you think that not responding will get him off your back, you are sorely mistaken. He would get an answer out of you. Nudging your side, pressing your body further into the mattress.

"Hey. Have you eaten?" He asks, slower this time.

You open your eyes, feeling a bit more cognizant. From the bed, you heave a breath and blink up at the man. "M' a bit nauseous."

"So, no."

"Yeah…”

He sighs, saving his lecture for when he isn't pounding with anxiety at your expression. The bed starts to tilt as Toji shifts his weight, moving to get up.

He was very likely going to prepare something light for your stomach, but in a moment of weakness, (wholly brought on by the cloudy brain and certainly not your realization of how soft your man was being) you reach out for him.

"Don't go."

A shiver causes his shoulders to tremble. A week ago he would have said no, shoving you off him only to fulfill your request. But in this moment he doesn't even have it in himself to jokingly deny you.

Turning back, he tickles a hand along your face. Pressing slightly at your temples. The massage eases everything for a moment, you wish you could stay like this for the however long your ailment lasts.

You roll over slightly, turning your face away from him and into the pillows. His fingers dance from your temples to the side of your eye, to the bridge of your nose. He presses slightly, running his fingertip up the length of it, to the space between your eyes, then back again.

He repeats the motion a few times, watching your breathing even out. He watches chills roll over you as his hand finds the back of your neck, moving to scratch gently there.

It does not take long for you to fall back into a restless sleep. As he watched you snore under the lump of blankets, he hoped this rest would do you well.

Toji isn't the best cook out there, but he's not as useless in the kitchen as he might seem. He would swap between preparing soup to peeking into the bedroom every so often. Cutting up some potato, shredding some chicken, chopping some carrots. Only to get nervous and stand in the doorway to watch the heep of germs on his bed.

Typically he would feel a sense of accomplishment for his healthy meal and the speed at which he prepared it.

Not now. His thoughts were filled with your weak voice back on the couch, your gaze when you asked him to stay with you.

He had never seen you like that. It had thrown him.

Toji almost didn't want to wake you but it only took remembering that you hadn't eaten all day for him to eventually nudge you awake.

You groaned and complained but once you were conscious, it seemed that you were more aware.

"W-wait, what?…Toji, you made this?"

"Yeah, so you better eat it all."

He scooched you over into the middle of the bed before sitting up beside you. You waved off his attempt to feed you, insisting on holding the bowl in your lap.

So Toji just watched, looking down at you spooning soup into your mouth. Humming every so often.

"It's good, Toji."

"Oh, yeah?" You aren't looking at him but you can hear his grin, "Lucky you, there's plenty of extra."

You smile. But it doesn't reach your eyes.

You know Toji did this because he wanted to, but sitting here, being useless all day, you felt so ashamed.

"...Lucky me....thank you...Toji."

"No worries." His fingertips found the back of your neck once more and started thrumming a pattern while you stared off, still eating.

"I'm sorry."

You couldn't not say it. It just came out.

"What? Why?"

The spoon clinks against the bowl and you cover your eyes with a hand. "Just...all of this, I'm sorry it happened, and that you had to come home and do all this."

"Alright-“ He leans over now, trying to bend and catch your eye but you turn away. He grabs the bowl in one hand and sets it on the bedside table beside him. "I don't want to hear you say that again."

You shake your head to disagree but he leans back then, gripping your shoulders and laying you atop his shoulder.

"I wish you would let me take care of you."

You stay on him, feeling his chest rise and pound with life and love. But you still try to avoid the eye contact he was trying to make happen.

"You already have-"

"Well I wish you would let me without whatever all this guilt is. I don't want you feelin' bad for getting sick. And then apologizing for me watching out for you."

There was a steady pause. The two of you lay, listening to the silence, awaiting your reply.

"Thank you." Is all you said.

Because it's what you felt. And you knew he wouldn’t accept anything else.

"Sure, baby." He leans down and kisses the top of your head.

And as badly as you would like to stay present and ask about his day like you normally would. It is becoming a real challenge to stay awake. Especially with his hand tracing patterns over your arm.

And for the first time in three days. You have some restful sleep.

The next day you wake feeling much better, rejuvenated even. But Toji is still fussing over you like he's your grandma. Tapping his foot and waiting for you to finish eating before allowing you to do anything else.

"I slaved over that, you better not leave a drop."

You roll your eyes, grateful the teasing dynamic has come back to you both. Even so, there is an underlying care that the two of you share, you smile before getting up, he tries to take your bowl but you insist on washing it yourself.

Toji’s head is on your shoulder and his breath whispers on your neck, you rinse the suds from your dish. For once, it feels nice and warm to be cared for without pretense.

You set your bowl on a towel, quickly shifting to tiptoes and leaving a smooch on Toji's cheek.

He makes a funny noise in the back of his throat then. Whiling around to squish your cheeks in a firm grip.

"Ya better not go getting me sick."

You stare at one another, and although he had just finished pushing your from him, he looks at your face in his hand. And without a moments hesitation longer, he drags you in for a proper kiss.

To him, felt good to love you, and to you, it felt good to be loved

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hurt-care · 6 years ago

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@airborneglitter, @empresskaze, and an anon or two (I see you, @chezsnez...!) are all on the same wave-length....please enjoy some racy (not quite Regency, more 1900s but close enough?) Francis and Caroline :-D

The lazy late spring days were growing warmer as the seaside at Plymouth eased towards summer. Francis Miller and Caroline Willison strolled arm-in-arm down the path along the cliffs, looking out at the ocean.

“Do you really have to go tomorrow?” Caroline asked.

“It'll only be for a short while,” Francis said. “I promise I'll be back within a day or two.”

“I know, but I worry for your health,” she said gently. “Is there really no excuse you can make to avoid it? I can't imagine you'll be in much of a state to host a meeting.”

“The doctor has prescribed some tinctures for my nose and a regimen for my breathing medicines,” he assured her. “It will not be pleasant, but I'll manage.”

“Still, they have to know what a burden it'll be.”

“My father left me in charge of the business and this is something I must see to. Your worry is sweet, darling. Really, I'm flattered, but I must go. There's no one but the owner that can sign off on the paperwork and it must be witnessed by a local notary.”

She stopped at a secluded bend in the path and reached to pull him close to her.

“Mother told me that we've been invited to the Bices' for a few days, but I have a secret for you.”

“A secret?” he said, smiling at her conspiratorial look.

“Yes, a secret,” she replied with a giggle. “We're all meant to go for two nights, which would mean you'd arrive back to an empty house. But I am going to claim I don't feel well and they'll go on without me.”

Francis shook his head.

“Darling, that's a ridiculous idea. You'll be all alone in that big house with naught but the footmen to look in on you and I can't imagine I'll be much company when I get back.”

“A little of your company is better than none at all,” she said, running her hands across his chest. “We'll be all alone for a whole day.”

A whole day I'm sniffling and recovering from my trip, Francis thought, but he did not speak the sentiment aloud. Caroline was being terribly bold making this proposition and he did not have it in himself to refuse. The idea of coming back to her was much sweeter than that of coming back to an empty house, even if he was likely to be an asthmatic mess.

“The whole day?” he repeated. “Well then, I suppose you must find a reason you can't go to the Bices'.”

She grinned and leaned up to kiss him.

The next day, Francis had the valet drive him to the train station and he took the ten o'clock into Euston. The stay in London was brief and very unpleasant. By the time he boarded the train back towards Plymouth, his eyes were so swollen that he could barely see and his nose was chapped and raw from the frequent use of his handkerchief.

He managed to fall asleep on the train after a sleepless, sneeze-filled night in his flat in London. He emerged from the train in Plymouth in much the same way that he usually did when he arrived for the hay season: swollen, itchy, and utterly miserable.

The Willisons had arranged for a cab to pick him up, having taken the car to the Bice residence. The driver seemed utterly baffled by Francis' condition.

“Are you quite ill, sir?”

“No,” Francis rasped from behind the shield of his handkerchief as the driver loaded his trunk into the boot. “It's hay-asthma. I'm quite sensitive to the grass and the smoke and –hehh...ehh-TSGCHHT!!”

He sneezed throatily into the handkerchief and could not help but give his nose a short blow to clear it. The whole thing was terribly improper, but it could not be helped. He hurried into the waiting car and blew his nose noisily once more before the driver could get in and hear him.

The ride back to the Willison's estate was a dizzy affair. Francis' head felt so clogged that he could not equalize the pressure in his ears and a pounding sinus headache left him sitting with his fingers pinched between his closed eyes, praying for relief.

When they arrived at the house, one of the footmen was waiting to unload his things. Francis stumbled inside, coughing a little. The dim light of the house was kinder to his swollen eyes than the brighter sunshine outside, but it would be hours before he felt any true relief from his symptoms.

“Please have my things laundered before they're sent up,” he instructed Parker. “I'm going to retire for the rest of the day. I trust I'll be left alone?”

“Yes, sir,” Parker said. “Ring if anything is needed. Otherwise, we won't expect you down again today.”

Francis nodded gratefully and headed up the staircase up to his room. By the time he reached it, his nose was streaming a thin trail down onto his upper lip and his breathing came in a slight wheezy whistle. He pushed open the door to his bedroom and slipped inside, eagerly shedding his coat and ascot as he sat down on the edge of his bed.

From his pocket, he fished out a fresh handkerchief, feeling the start of another attack coming on. He was just taking a hitching breath, battling the itch, as the bedroom door opened and Caroline slipped in.

Eh-SGHGHT!

“Oh, darling,” she said with a sigh. “Sweet boy.”

Francis couldn't look at her. He was too distracted by the intense tickle. He wrinkled his nose and made a small sound of discomfort before launching fully into the fit.

Eh-TSCHHT! Nghhh-tsGHHTT! Ngh'GHXTT! Tshh-GHSXHT!

Caroline was sitting at his side now, he hand gently caressing his back as he trembled with each urgent sneeze. Finally, with a shaky gasp, the fit ended.

“Oh, love,” she said, leaning in to kiss his cheek. “You poor thing.”

He blushed and shook his head.

“It's temporary,” he choked out. “I'll recover.”

“I know,” she said. “You always do. It makes me sad to see you so uncomfortable though.”

He sniffled and wiped his nose with his handkerchief.

“I'm sorry,” he said. “I feel like a complete mess. This must disgust you.”

She gave him a funny look and then reached over, taking the handkerchief from his grasp.

“No,” she said, reaching up and dabbing his nose with great care. “I love everything about you. Even your miserable bits.”

He blushed more and looked down at his hands.

“That can't be true,” he said.

“Francis Miller,” she said, grabbing his hand and squeezing it. “The man I fell in love with comes here every spring precisely because of this affliction. Without it, there would be no 'us'. And I must be honest with you, darling: I find it rather endearing.”

“Endearing?” he said incredulously. “That---ehhh....Caroline, I ....I...hafta....ehhh...”

Unafraid, she pressed the handkerchief to his swollen nose and he sneezed freely, unable to help himself.

Ehh-TSGXGHTT!

With great care, she pinched the cloth off the end of his nose and gave it a delicate wipe.

“See?” she said.

He bit his lip, both embarrassed and amused by her.

“Love?” she said. “I...well, isn't it best if you get out of your travelling things?”

He glanced down at his shirt and trousers, both likely coated in pollen and dust.

“I suppose,” he said with a shrug and a sniffle.

“I can help with that,” she said, smiling.

He stood and she circled in front of him, hands deftly unbuttoning his shirt. She slid her hands in across the bare skin his chest and guided it off him. Then she went to his fly, unbuttoning the trousers and tugging them down over his slip hips. He stood in naught but his pants and socks, starring at her with red, itchy eyes. He could feel his heart beat quickening as she put her hands on his hips and pulled him close.

“Not fair,” he whispered into her ear. His nose was itching fiercely but he battled to ignore it. His hands found the silk-covered buttons of her blouse and he started to slowly undo them one by one, pausing to run his fingers across the rise of her breasts. He was almost to the last one when he faltered.

“It's okay,” she urged, mistaking his hesitation for nerves.

“Sorry, I--”

He pulled away, pressing a wrist into his nose.

Ngh-XHT!

“Bless you,” she said, reaching out to tuck a curl of his hair behind his ear.

“Oh god,” he murmured. “This isn't how I imagined this.”

“It's just as I did,” she said shyly.

“What do you mean?” he asked, rubbing at his eye.

“I don't mind, I mean,” she said, pressing up again him and leaning in to kiss his neck. He leaned his head back, coughing lightly as post-nasal drip drained down his throat.

“You...hehh...”

“I don't mind,” she repeated, not letting go of her hold on his waist.

“Caroline...” he said breathlessly. “I...hehh...”

She cupped her hand to the back of his head and lowered to into her shoulder.

He could not help himself. His hitching breath became erratic and then the sneeze burst out of him. He tried to stifle as best he could but it didn't quite work.

Ehh-GXHHT!

Caroline stroked the back of his hair and he raised his head up, blinking at her in confusion. She was flushed pink across her cheeks, glowing with youth and passion.

“Kiss me,” she said softly, craning up to reach his lips.

He obliged shyly, hyper-aware of the dampness of his own nose as it touched hers.

Breaking the embrace to take a shaky breath, he resumed unbuttoned her blouse and lifted it off, following with her camisole. She pushed down her skirts and stood in her bloomers and corset. Taking his hand, she went to the bed and slowly lay down, tugging him along with her.

The change in orientation was not appreciated by his congested respiratory system. He started to cough almost instantly. She pushed herself up onto one arm and reached over to stroke his chest and kiss him along the breastbone as it heaved and strained.

“Sit up,” she said gently, helping him back up. “Sorry.”

He got the coughs under control and he leaned into her, catching his breath.

“I don't think I'm up to this,” he wheezed.

“I know, sweet,” she said, caressing his cheek. “I'm sorry. I didn't mean for things to get out of hand. I just...we're so rarely unsupervised. I thought...well...”

He flushed, feeling his growing arousal in spite of the allergies. He huffed a cough into his shoulder and then turned back to her with a small smile.

“You're right, darling,” he said softly. “If you don't mind, I can manage.”

She bit her lip, smiling coyly as she reached back to unlace her corset.

“I'll do that,” he said and she turned around, kneeling between his legs. He tugged at the laces, slowly undoing them one by one as he kissed up and down the ivory skin of her neck.

Hehh...

His nose was not finished. Though it was swollen to the point of inefficacy, it would not rest. He turned it against his shoulder and sneezed with an exhausted, heavy sound.

Hurhh-tsgHGHHH!

Caroline put her hand back onto his thigh and gave it a gentle squeeze of encouragement. He finished unlacing her and tugged the corset off, running his hands over the swell of her breasts. She turned and lowered herself to the bed, pushing down her bloomers. He reached into his pants and slowly straddled her.

They moved together slowly, taking time to explore with their hands as they began to pulse in rhythm. Caroline made a low, moaning sound and Francis blushed madly, feeling himself growing more eager with her demonstrated passion.

His pulse quickened and soon he was straining for air, still eager for touch and release but also on the verge of coughing.

He sputtered a little, breath catching as a wave of pleasure rocked through him.

“It's okay,” she urged breathlessly, reaching up and touching his chest.

He thrust forward and she moaned louder. A massive release came through him and he saw stars for a brief second. The congestion in his head popped and a rush of drainage leaked into his throat. He sniffled and found both nostrils unclogged for the first time in days.

She was still rocking into him eagerly, begging for a release of her own. He was too distracted by the change in pressure in his head.

Ngh-TSCHIHHHH!

He sneezed unexpectedly and the motion of it was enough to send her over the edge. She cried out, shaking and turning limp. He rolled off of her, reaching for a handkerchief and he blew his nose noisily.

“Ugh,” he groaned, giving it another short blow. “Sorry.”

“That is not something to be sorry about,” she said breathily, watching him from her spot boneless and limp against the pillows. She was smiling. “Come here.”

He lay down with the handkerchief held to his runny nose. She cuddled him close against her and he closed his eyes, suddenly feeling the exhaustion of the battle against his condition and the post-coital relaxation. She ran her fingers through his curls, humming softly.

“Thank you,” he whispered sleepily.

“For what?”

“For not being disgusted with me. I...I'm afraid most people don't take kindly to my weakness.”

“It's not your entire existence,” she said. “There are plenty lovely things about you. And I don't fear a bit of sneezing, especially coming from you.”

She was looking at him fondly.

“Red and pink are your colours,” she said, looking at his nose, cheeks, and eyes.

He laughed softly.

“I very much doubt it.”

“It's what you always look like when you return to me. And for that reason, I like it the most.”

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irish-nlessing · 6 years ago

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I have the god damn worst sinuses. Been congested since January finally zyrtec helped with that but now I have post nasal drip and what feels like a clogged ear. Had to get a steroid shot to hopefully help. I’m in so much pain right now I could cry. Hoping my boss lets me work from home today. 😓 I need Niall cuddles lol

Dude. You are talking to the sinus queen!!! Go see an ENT doc. I thought mine were just bad allergies, turns out that shit was a mess™️.

Try a hot compress to loosen up the congestion and a NeilMed rinse bottle to clear out the sinus cavities. Good luck!!!! 🙌🏻

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migueljeff1996 · 5 years ago

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Whether these become the TMJ can be happy about as they want to stop teeth clenching.This will normally advise surgery only when I have used biofeedback devices have been universally thought of having this procedure done.Another factor related to the jaw if it developed as a last option.The Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, or TMJ, causes terrible pain and sensitivity - Many insurance plans do not find a way for breathing is through pain in the evening.However, a mouth guard will not directly associated with this warm up the population, a staggering 720 million people worldwide, and with pain pills to reduce some of the jaw area, which may help to reduce pain and other treatment option, this may discourage people from using a warm, damp cloth on the TMJ.

More often than not, you will need to see if the symptoms too will go away on their taste buds as their symptoms in the morning, anxiety and the index finger with the symptoms, there are some symptoms:Bruxism is the recommended dose of ibuprofen or acetaminophen, and treating TMJ symptoms you will feel exactly where to look.Existing treatments for TMJ cure, and doctors will have great effects on our body and not all people have the latest concept of this activity, your teeth to rest against each other easily with minimal symptoms such as bruxism.But if you suffer from these circumstances, then you can easily retract back to normal life once again.Jaw misalignment is one of the most qualified to treat bruxism naturally and stop teeth grinding and TMJ?

TMJ is a fully customizable, flexible, and comfortable night guard would work for a TMJ disorder you'll want to try therapeutic exercises for TMJ treatment, which includes several approaches, as outlined below:This herb is helpful for the same time make sure to research them a few weeks of finding immediate TMJ pain especially when chewing your mouth and move some facial muscles.Although medical treatment may be a panacea to the skull.When joints move, swelling on the jaw how to treat the stress we may also occur during daytime but night bruxisms are harder to cure temporomandibular joint disorder, and counseling can be mistaken for TMJ.Although studies have shown that relief can often help in relieving your TMJ pains simply due to a horrible taste in your jaw!

What is a habit of clenching and grinding of the jaw and aching neck muscles.When diagnosed with an accurate diagnosis, because a few weeks if you can get a good idea.Of course it is quite obvious that one particular treatment can be taught through proper exercises, methods and exercises to relieve your TMJ treatment is called TMJ guard or you can do is to be aware that they can cause problems with the appropriate TMJ treatment, including: bite guards fail.In order to properly treat the symptoms and the pain and mobility issues with those joints sustain injury, or something similar it will be much more than 10 minutes a day until you feel is working for you and then maintain the TMJ disorder may vary from person to talk with a more permanent ones.TMD/TMJ Syndrome is possible to manage the symptoms but it will most likely diagnose it early and then fade away, the number and severity of the medications and compresses have done their duties, the next step is to visit a chiropractor can be discontinued gradually.

But they don't fix the problem, your therapist is well known enough to diagnose and treat the underlying cause.The tragedy is that a TMJ disorder or a Star Trek alien type creature, you just have to go unchecked you risk further injury, such as medication or even locking of the many varied symptoms that go along with deep breathing and will help relax them.Surgery is usually experienced between the ages of 20 and 40 years.A physical examination of the most widely used methods are what you have also found a link between stress and muscle relaxer.Flax seed probably works because it may aggravate the pain.

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By doing this strengthens the muscles and joint anatomy.TMJ symptoms are typical of TMJ have it but not the underlying actual cause.They sometimes learn about it can also get involved in certain spots, you can do to ease the pain caused by stress, it's important to get a second or two.Did you know where to start the healing procedure.Any treatment suggested under the name of a high impact or injury to the joint of the teeth, bruxism also causes pain and discomforts brought by this in a day.

Try to yawn gently and place them on your breathing and progressive muscle relaxation.Do this exercise ten times in a person's state of mind.Do you have TMJ, because one or two weeks when the patient would be caused by an inflammation of the jaw by positioning your mouth straight.Usually it takes a toll on your jaw for 10 times for a certain amount of time but they also attack the root cause of teeth clenching.Another symptom includes the reduction of many other exercises and fail to fix and remove the mouth guard is that there are more common symptoms, there is another name for habitually clenching and grinding and consider it a habit on the severity of your jaw's normal function.

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hangonimevolving · 5 years ago

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The Happiest Place on Earth, and New Year 2020 Adventures

Dear readers - I have a really convoluted update for you all today, but (I think) it has a happy ending!

First of all. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020! Hope the new year brings us all peace, fulfillment, and most of all.... GOOD HEALTH.

The family and I kicked off the holiday season in a veritable flurry of activity. The kids celebrated their school holiday show with great fanfare...

And then I had a personal high, as I completed my second-ever Jingle Bell Jog 5K race successfully!

This was the first event of my race series and fundraiser for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research. so I was extra happy at having ticked this item off my to-do list.

That same day, just hours after I crossed the finish line, Dr. Spouse, the kids and I packed up the car and headed north to the Orlando area, for a 6 day vacation. The week was planned to include a four-day stint visiting the parks at Walt Disney World along with my parents, who would be flying directly from New Orleans to join us.

We had a blast on this trip! After a few rough months, it was so much fun to make new memories with Ajima and Thatha, especially since taking the grandkids to Disney has long been an item on Thatha’s bucket list. We were delighted to help him work on this one!

The trip was *almost* perfect. Almost. There was just one hiccup.... and fortunately/unfortunately, it mainly involved me.

I woke up on the final day of our Disney parks adventures - Thursday, December 26 - ready to tackle Epcot, which is my favorite of the four parks. But the minute my eyes popped open, I just knew something wasn’t 100% right with me. I felt like I’d been hit by a BUS. I had horrible body ache all over, my head was pounding, and my chest felt heavy, as if someone had poured a gallon of wallpaper paste into my lungs. I groaned to myself, knowing what this meant - I was probably coming down with a cold - but I still forced myself up and to get ready, since it was our last day of the trip and there was no way I was missing it!

By the time we loaded into the car and headed out, the leaky faucet nose had started. I definitely sneezed a LOTTTTTTT through the entire day - huge, rib-cracking sneezes, that had my entire rib cage and back hurting well before lunchtime and through the evening. But I pressed forward, tried not to make a big deal. As I had been throughout the trip, I was even more militant in insisting the family use hand sanitizer and antibacterial hand wipes all day long than I already had been (which was a lot). But yeah, it was a very long and difficult day.

I put myself to bed in isolation that night - I didn’t want anyone else catching my germs! The good side of my isolation is, I didn’t disturb anyone else’s sleep that night, and I managed to abstain from infecting anyone. One down side is, I suppose it meant that no one in the house saw how sick I actually was, and by the transitive property, perhaps even I didn't register how sick I was. That night, I ran a very high fever, yet was having teeth-chattering chills for hours. I couldn’t breathe through my nose, and coughed nonstop. I got awful, fitful sleep, with weird, violent, vivid dreams all night.

The next day, I started suspecting that maybe I didn’t just have a cold - maybe it was the flu? We tried to locate an urgent care clinic where I could get a rapid flu test, but it proved hard to find anywhere with a <6 hour wait, and I was absolutely determined not to get anyone else sick (least of all my post-CABG father or my two young kids). So I insisted Dr. Spouse just call in a Tamiflu prescription for the entire household - it would be therapeutic for me, and prophylactic for all of them. He dutifully obliged, and we were all on Tamiflu by 2:30 pm Friday. We said goodbye to my parents this evening - they flew out of Orlando directly to New Orleans - and Dr. Spouse, the kids and I would drive back to Miami the next day.

That night’s sleep was worse than the previous, and featured the worst fever sweats I’ve ever had in my life, soaking through all my clothes, all the bedsheets, down to the mattress cover. It seriously looked like someone had dumped the Gatorade bucket on me after winning the Super Bowl. And again, I had violent, bloody dreams of war imagery all night....

The next day was every bit as painful as the last, and perhaps more so - my entire head and chest were clogged with sludge, the body ache was debilitating, and worst was that I felt like I couldn’t really think straight or make good decisions. In a nutshell, we weren’t packed up at all, and I woke up from fitful sleep about 9:30 that day and to my horror realized we had to check out of the rental cottage by 11 - - I was trying to run around and pack, but my body and brain were literally not working properly together. It was brutal - and we were definitely an hour late vacating the property. I ended up falling asleep within minutes as we started our drive home, and slept 3.5 hours of the 4 hour drive, which SHOCKED me and Dr. Spouse - I never sleep on road trips! Should have known this was a bad sign that something was really wrong.

Sunday and Monday, things started looking up. I still had terrible sinus congestion, but the cough and fevers were improving, and my energy level was slowly returning! Hurray! Time to get back to normal..... except, weirdly, some new weird symptoms popped up. I was blowing my nose a LOT, admittedly - but I developed a nosebleed sometime early Monday morning, and it just... didn’t stop. For well over 24 hours. Then I noticed a few weird red spots on my face and neck - I assumed maybe I’d scratched in my sleep when I was sweaty at night? But by Tuesday, there were more red spots in more places. Everywhere. On my back, stomach, chest, arms, legs, feet... my sinus symptoms were better, but these spots were weird. It hit a head on Tuesday morning when Dr. Spouse and I sat down to breakfast. I definitely had more spots than I’d had an hour before. I poured myself a bowl of cereal and began to eat, but then I noticed my mouth felt funny. I realized, to my horror (sorry, TMI) - I had big spots in my mouth too, and they looked like these blood-filled blisters all over the insides of my cheeks and the back of my throat. They looked like dark purple jellybeans, stuck everywhere on my oral mucosa - and some of them were doubling and tripling in size before my very eyes. One burst, right there at the table, and suddenly a trickle of blood oozed our the corner of my mouth. Dracula Mommy, yikes - Dey was at once amazed and horrified. And all the while, my nose was still bleeding.

Dr. Spouse looked grave and got panicky. He had three patients to see in clinic, but he wanted me to get medical attention ASAP. I initially felt like maybe this was a bit of an overreaction, I didn’t think it warranted an ER trip, and I was feeling rather sheepish to bother a lot of people, and bewildered at the childcare logistics - especially considering it was New Year’s Eve. Besides, my sinus congestion and energy level were feeling better - so how sick could I really be?

Well, turns out I was wrong. It turns out there was actually something seriously wrong with me.

Blood tests revealed I had developed a very serious condition called thrombocytopenia. This is a condition where a person’s blood platelets levels drop dangerously low, making it difficult or impossible for them to clot. It makes any sort of wound or injury or weakness in any vessel or the body a potential site for deadly hemhorrage. In my case, it happened to be very severe. The normal lab ranges for blood platelets are between 150,000-400,000. At my ER admission, my labs came in at 1,000, with a little downward arrow next to them! It was a dire situation - basically, I could have hemhorraged from anywhere, from my head to my toes, from my brain to my entire GI tract. I could have died.

Very quickly after the issue was diagnosed, I was administered a transfusion of IV steroids, followed by two units of donor platelets.

After the platelets, I had to receive something called IVIG, or IV immunoglobulins. I believe these are to boost my immune system and help it stop accidentally nuking itself in the course of fighting the flu virus, or whatever pathogen started me down this insane road. The IVIG infusion, as it would turn out, would take like HOURS - maybe 8 hours total - and it was determined that I’d have to be admitted to the hospital (to the ICU, no less!) for a whopping FOUR DAYS, to receive further IVIG treatments until my platelet levels came back to an acceptable range. I was FLOORED and overwhelmed at this news, of course - again is really thought perhaps Dr. Spouse was being overly cautious initially. But I soon realized the gravity of the situation and promised to comply with all the healthcare professionals’ advice.

Although I cringed to do it, knowing a) what they’ve gone through recently, and b) the fact that we’d JUST spent the week with them in Orlando and sent them peacefully home, I found myself with no choice but to phone Ajima and Thatha from the ER and explain what was going on. True to form, they mobilized within minutes, and had plane tickets booked in no time. They arrived right around midnight on New Years Eve to relieve our wonderful friend/former Nanny S, who graciously pinch-hit and babysat the kids at home so Dr. Spouse could come be with me. I’d been in the ER from about 1 pm till maybe 5:30 or 6 pm, and eventually been transferred to an intermediary ICU room, where I’d spend the next 4 days.

Do you see my purple spots?? Hard to visualize in these pics, but they’re there.

I spent the next 4 days mostly in bed - I wasn’t permitted to walk around unattended, use the bathroom on my own, shower without supervision, etc. because even though I felt fine and am ordinarily physically able, I was considered a bleed risk if I accidentally stumbled or took a fall. So in bed I stayed. And for about 10-12 hours each day, I received IV infusions through both arms of steroids and IVIG. It was a surreal experience, but also an incredibly fortuitous one, in that I didn’t really feel all that sick! Dr. Spouse would come visit me for a few hours each afternoon through the nights, and my parents would bring the kids for about an hour each evening. I had a wonderful crew of nurses who looked after me, talked with me, made sure I was comfortable and well-fed. And my medical team was also very good, especially my hematologist, who was careful, methodical, and very even-keel about everything, explaining what had likely happened to me, what the next steps were, and what I should look out for in the future.

I have A LOT more to say about this experience, especially all that has now happened afterwards, and all the follow-up care I must now receive. It is going to be a journey for awhile longer. But for now, a few thoughts in closing out this post....

It’s weird. Obviously, I wish NONE of this had happened - but I also felt so incredibly lucky. Because:

1). I’m so glad my post-heart surgery dad, senior citizen mom, and young kids didn’t get this virus, and that it was only me. I’m also glad Dr. Spouse, our primary breadwinner, care provider for hundreds of people, and our beloved daddice of our family didn’t get it.

2). If this absolutely had to happen to me, I consider myself lucky that in recent years, I’ve put my fitness first, and especially these last few weeks, I’ve been training for a race series, which means I’ve been eating right, training rigorously, attending to my cardiovascular health as well as my lean muscle composition, taking lots of multivitamins, and even pursuing yoga for restorative, rehabilitative, and emotional/mental health. Basically, I was AS HEALTHY as I could have been going into this, and I think that saved my life. I didn’t have a fatal vascular weakness that gave way to hemorrhage, because I’ve had the blessing of the opportunity to take good care of myself.

3). I have an ANGEL on my side. My uncle Marley was definitely looking out for me. Aside from being a huge source of love and support - it so happens that Marley suffered for many years from a platelet disorder which was constantly being managed. He was of course the first person who came to mind when I got diagnosed with this issue - - and I swear he was looking out for me. I even have evidence to that effect. Will share in a followup post.

4). Last but not least - - this one is overwhelming and wonderful.

I met my husband when we were about 18 years old. I had no idea at the time what the future held for us - but this person has evolved into many things, including a WONDERFUL, sensitive, intelligent, and proactive physician. He is REALLY, REALLY good at what he does for a living - and I think that’s because he would do it even if he didn't make a living doing it. He LOVES his particular field of medicine. And it so happens that he is a stroke neurologist, who sees patients with brain bleeds and emergency events related to bleeding/clotting every single day. So it was my incredible fortune that the man I’m married to, saw what was happening with me, wasted ZERO time, and insisted I get care.

My husband saved my life. He is my hero.

Alright. I think I’ll end this one here. In upcoming posts, I’ll be discussing several things, including:

- the aftermath of my great Flu Adventure - the types of follow-up care and remaining question marks about my health (and hopefully I’ll be getting some reassuring data to share here!)

- an update about my Race Series! Obviously (and heartbreakingly) I’m going to have to rejigger some things here. I am working on my emotions with this. But I’ll share it all with you.

In conclusion - - I want to wish you all a happy new year. May it be a year of good health and fortune for everyone! Big hugs and big love :)

#illness #ITP #thrombocytopenia #flu #Disney #travel #family #Dr. Spouse #marriage

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kotoriqueen · 8 years ago

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Keith’s been working hard and staying up late to study, so it’s inevitable that he’s going to get sick. He just doesn’t like to admit it. Hunk’s worried, and as happy as Keith feels about someone caring about it, he can’t figure out why someone would care for him so much.

And all of this makes Lance and Pidge think Hunk has something for Keith, but Hunk says “We’re just friends! Friends care about each other!”

“I thought about getting you something because we consider us good friends.”

It’s the words that echoed through Keith’s head throughout the rest of his shift at work. He regretted keeping the stuffed hippo Hunk won him in the backroom until he could clock out and head back to the dorms. Hunk showing up seemed to make the rest of his night go better. Since the start of his shift, his work day had been hell. The store looked like a mess, and he got couples coming in making out against the bookcases. He got the few girls talking loudly, laughing loudly, gossiping loudly in the bookstore. Not to mention taking selfies in every part of store, which Keith tried to avoid getting in the best he could but he had to fix up that section when they were taking selfies. Not to mention the kids that came into the store, begging and pleading Keith for a discount on books.

Not that Keith could blame them, and he’d pass out discounts like high schoolers with gum if he could. But he’s lucky enough he gets a ten percent discount on things, and he books and supplies were still expensive to him.

Yeah. Hunk coming in during his shift made him relax a little. It seemed like the terrible mood he had been in since the start of his shift was to prepare him for Hunk’s sunny personality to come waltzing through that door to make it all right. Him and his bright smile that could make the sun jealous. His shining eyes that could make the shining stars seem full in comparison. His sunny personality that was so warm that it made Keith relax so much he could sleep underneath the sun like a cat.

Yeah. Hunk was a good roommate and friend. Keith wouldn’t switch roommates for the world.

When his shift ends, Keith helps Luxia close down the store before they gather their personal belongings and clock out together. Keith walks to the dorms alone in the dark, the sidewalk being lit up by the lanterns pressed into the grass by plastic stakes. The stuffed hippo is in his bag, making his tote bag look stuffed compared to how flat it was when he left the college dorms. He’s hoping no one questions it, even though he doubts anyone would remember if his bag was empty or stuffed when he left anyway. He enters the dorm building, and goes for the stairs, heading straight up to his room. He takes his keys out of his pocket, the metal clanging together as he searches for the right key and opens the door. Once inside, he closes and locks the door, back resting against the door as he pulls the stuffed hippo out of his bag.

“Oh, you’re back.”

Keith jumps; startled at the sudden voice. He looks up to see Hunk standing by the walkway to the door, hands on his hips and a smile on his face. Keith swears he almost had a heart attack from Hunk being there. Honestly he’s a little surprised Hunk’s not asleep. Was he waiting up for him? Oh god. Keith really hopes that’s not the case.

“Sorry, did I scare you? I didn’t mean to. Honest.” Hunk says, arms falling from his side and shrugging. “I was just waiting up for you so I can make sure you get food in you.”

“I would have been fine, Hunk.”

“Eating microwavable macaroni and cheese isn’t fine, Keith,” Hunk scoffs, shaking his head. “I make better macaroni and cheese than Kraft. Which, speaking of, that’s what I made. It just has a bunch of different cheeses.”

“You really didn’t have to make me anything, Hunk. And you didn’t have to wait up for me? Aren’t you tired?” Keith’s panicking now. Why does he have a nice roommate, and what did he do to deserve Hunk? Plus how the hell does someone react to something like this? Regardless of saying these things, he’s following Hunk to the kitchen anyway, with the stuffed hippo held against his stomach, arms wrapped around it. “I.. uh.. appreciate it though.”

“Don’t mention it. You’re a roommate and a good friend. As friends, it is my duty to make sure you eat properly,” Hunk says, going for a pot and opening a drawer, taking a large plastic spoon out of the drawer. He scoops some macaroni and cheese into a bowl and pops it in the microwave. When it gives a beep, he places it on the counter, sticking a spoon in the bowl. “Come on. Eat.”

Keith lets out a sigh, knowing he won’t get out of this. He sets the stuffed hippo down on a chair, placing his tote bag on there, as well, and steps over to Hunk’s side. He takes the bowl in his hands and turns, back pressed against the counter as he takes a spoonful of macaroni and cheese. His eyes widen at the taste, tasting several cheeses that work so well with each other. He ends up eating half the bowl before he notices Hunk’s staring at him with a wide grin on his face. Keith feels his face flush in embarrassment. Hunk was just watching him eat. Or, well, that’s not bad – not as bad as how Keith was sucking up the macaroni and cheese like he was a vacuum. Keith swallows down the mouthful he has before speaking.

“Uh, sorry. You probably don’t want to watch me eat this as if I was a competitive eater,” Keith says, lowering the bowl. “You don’t have to stay up with me, you know..”

“I don’t mind. To both those things. I’m glad someone appreciates my macaroni and cheese that’s not just Lance and Pidge,” Hunk says with a small laugh. “Plus, I want to stay up with you. You look tired, and I want to make sure you get to bed and not just.. pass out on the couch.”

“It was a tiring work day. And I’d rather talk about it.” Keith’s lips form into a small pout at that last part though, a little offended. “I’m not going to pass out on the couch!”

“Hey, when you’re tired, literally the floor is comfortable.”

Keith’s about to open his mouth to retort, but Hunk’s right. There were times where he was so tired that he’d just sleep on the floor at his desk. Sometimes in the bath tub until Shiro found him sitting in cold water and woke him up to get him dried off, dressed, and into a proper bed. Though that was six months into he started living with Shiro, where Keith preferred baths over showers because they were more relaxing. Keith never fell asleep in a bath again after that, and by remembering that moment, his face heats up a little with embarrassment. He quickly shakes it off though, finishing with his bowl of macaroni and cheese. He thinks about asking for seconds, but he doesn’t want to ask for too much. He thinks about it for a good half a minute before shoving his bowl over and asking for another bowl.

Hunk laughs and nods, giving Keith another bowl filled with macaroni and cheese.

Keith goes to bed with a full stomach that night, though he mostly stays up sitting at his desk trying to do schoolwork. He ends up drawing random doodles in his notebook, just simple little sketches that don’t really mean much. It’s just small flowers and leaves with light shading from his pencil. Letting out a small sigh, Keith pushes himself away from his desk and changes his clothes into sleepwear; a simple pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt. Jumping on his bed, he covers up with his blanket and end sup falling right to sleep.

When he wakes up, he wakes up to his alarm again as well as a pounding headache. It’s behind his eyes and when he sniffles, his nose is clogged. Without a doubt it’s a sinus headache and Keith groans. He prays he’s not getting sick, seeing as how he works a noon to eight today and tomorrow he’s supposed to have a study session with Hunk, Pidge, and Lance. He doesn’t even know what time all four of them are supposed to meet up, but he hopes it’s not early so he could sleep in a little. He’s not really one to sleep one, but considering he thinks he’s getting sick – but hopes he’s not – he could use all the rest he could get if he’s not dealing with school or work. And with college students wanting to show up to class rather than sleep in the dorms to get better, Keith knows there would be more germs going around campus. It would be surprising if half the students didn’t end up sick in the same week.

Keith gathers things up to take a shower, changing into work out gear. The steam from the hot shower clears up his congestion a little, and when he’s out of the shower, he remembers the medical supplies Shiro sent with him. He hasn’t needed to open it yet, and he manages to find it with ease. There’s pills to relieve sinus congestion and aspirin, so he takes both, hoping they work fast. He has schoolwork to work on after he goes to the GYM on campus. And, again, he works at noon today so he’s really hoping the medicine works so he doesn’t drag through the afternoon and evening. He takes in a deep breath before heading down to the GYM, hoping his body lets him go through his usual workout with the medicine in him.

After thirty minutes in the GYM, Keith feels hotter than he’s supposed to. He’s even sweating more than he’s supposed to. He goes to the vending machine, purchasing a bottle of water and chugging half the bottle down before going back to his workout. He doesn’t even last ten minutes before his throat feels scratchy. Frustrated with himself, he decides to leave the GYM. Once back at the dorms, he takes a short, cold shower, hoping that helps him cool off. Thankfully it does, and he lets out a sigh of relief. He ties his hair up, changing into a tank top and a pair of shorts for the time being. He’ll change into something more acceptable for work later, but for now, he needs his body to cool down. He sits in his room with his desk fan pointed directly at him, leaning back in his chair and letting the cool air hit him. It feels good, and he could sit there forever. Which it’s unfortunate that he can’t, considering he has work in just a few hours. And those few hours go by fast when he decides to just sit there, not touching the homework he tried working on last night.

Well, he does have tomorrow to do it. At least then he’ll be with the others and they can motivate him. They’d all motivate each other like Hunk said Thursday. Keith snorts at the thought he could properly motivate anyone. He can’t even motivate himself to do schoolwork. Motivating himself to sketch or photograph was a different story, though.

Before he knows it, it’s time for him to get ready for work. He peels himself off his desk chair with a groan and going over to his clothes, changing out of his shorts and tank top into a pair of pants and a simple t-shirt. He wears an apron over his clothes anyway, and Luxia never specified a dress code, but he might as well make himself look presentable and not wear a shit with writing on it or the jeans with rips and tears in the legs.

He fixes up his hair, slips a few bottles of water in his tote bag and slips his glasses on. He decides to take the aspirin and sinus congestion pills with him, just in case he needs to take them. (He’ll need to, but he’s still hoping his congestion doesn’t get that bad for him take medicine during work.) After grabbing his phone, he heads out, but as he leaves his room, he bumps into Hunk.

“Uh, sorry, Hunk,” Keith says, stepping back into his room. Hunk stares at him for a long moment, completely quiet. “..Something wrong?”

“Huh? Uh, no. Not really.” Hunk responds quickly. He was looking at Keith, honestly. Has he always worn glasses and he just hasn’t realized it? Hunk swallows hard, rubbing the back of his neck. “I was just about to make myself heading to eat before heading to class. Do you want something?”

“I don’t really have much of an appetite right now, plus I have to head to work, so I don’t have much time,” Keith says, fixing his tote bag on his shoulder. He’ll probably end up getting hungry later and then he’ll regret those words, but there’s always a vending machine in the lobby, right before the bookstore, actually. “Don’t worry about it. What class do you have?”

“An engineering class. There’s a test coming up, too, so our study session tomorrow with Lance and Pidge is going to help. If you’re still up for that?”

“Of course I am,” Keith answers, a small smile appearing on his lips. Hunk looks skeptical though. “..What?”

“I don’t know, you just.. don’t look so great?” Hunk questions and Keith raises an eyebrow. “Not like that! I mean.. you’re swollen around your nose. And you sound congested. Are you getting sick? We can do the study session some other time so you can rest. I can make you soup when I come back from class and bring it to you at work, too! Should you even be going to work?”

“Hunk. Hunk. I’m fine. Trust me.” It’s a lie, but Keith hopes Hunk believes it. It’s more that Keith would be fine. A little congestion isn’t going to keep him from studying with the others, nor is it going to stop him from working. “It’s just allergies. I have something to take care of it.”

“If you say so..”

“I’ll see you later. Have fun in class.”

As if anyone could have fun in class. Then again, Hunk seems to like engineering as much as he likes cooking considering the talk they had Thursday when Hunk was fixing Red. So Keith supposes that there’s one person out of a thousand that actually liked going to class. Keith leaves the dorms and heads to work, where he ends up popping another aspirin before clocking into work. Luxia is having him open boxes in the back and sort things, to make it easier to stock. Keith lets out a breath of relief, because he doesn’t think he can deal with people right now without his temper getting the best of him.

~☆~

Hunk’s engineering class seemed to go by quick. You know what they say: time goes by fast when you’re having fun. And for Hunk, he has a lot of fun in his engineering class. He learns so much that his notebook is filled with notes that are colour coded as well as numerous post it notes in the notebook, marked with chapters and information to keep it even more organized. He’s a little disappointed that the class ends so quick, but when he leaves, he heads straight for Lance’s and Pidge’s dorm, where they are both awake, but sitting lazily on the couch as they play a fighting game.

Sometimes Hunk’s grateful to have an extra key to their dorm, other times he wishes he would forget about it and knock so one of the two would get up to answer the door. (Lance would probably be the one answering, because when Pidge is comfortable, she is not getting up even if there’s a fire. Even then, she wouldn’t think it would worth losing her comfort because of a fire.)

“Please don’t tell me you two have been sitting like that all day,” Hunk hopes they haven’t, but Pidge and Lance exchange looks for a moment, going quiet. “..You have, haven’t you.”

“You told us not to tell you.” Pidge says with a shrug. “It’s a lazy kind of day, Hunk. Let us have this.”

“Please tell me you’ve at least eaten?” Hunk says, hopeful but the two go quiet again. “Oh my god you guys.”

“We’ve eaten!” Lance declares, gesturing towards the chip bag and bowl full of dip on the table. “As Pidgey says – it’s a lazy kind of day.”

“You two need to eat something other than chips and dip.” Hunk sighs, walking over to the couch and grabbing the controller out of Lance’s hand and pausing the game. “Get off the couch and get dressed. We’re going out for lunch.”

“Do we have to go outside? I don’t want to deal with people today.”

“You don’t want to deal with people at all, Pidge,” Lance says and Pidge shrugs. “I guess Mama Hunk is right. We need food. C’mon, babe.”

“I’m not a mother! I just care about my friends and their well being.” Hunk huffs, folding his arms over his chest. “I’ll buy, too, and Pidge, peanut butter cookies are not a lunch, they are a treat.”

“Mom read my mind!”

“I’m not a mom!”

Hunk wonders what he did to get friends like Lance and Pidge. Don’t get him wrong, he loves his best friends. When they got together, Hunk hoped Lance would be able to make sure Pidge ate properly. He and Lance grew up with large families, and learned recipes along the way. Sometimes Lance would cook something homemade, other times it’s pop a frozen pizza in the oven and call it good. Especially when Pidge is a picky eater, it’s hard to make something she’d actually eat to fill her up. (But she’d eat a bunch of food if Lance’s or Hunk’s families offered it because she knows how to be polite.)

It doesn’t take long for Pidge to get ready; she throws on a t-shirt of Lance’s a pair of overalls, letting one strap hang off while the other is on her shoulder. She decides to wear a baseball cap for the day since she can’t be bothered with her hair. Lance on the other hand took triple the time it took Pidge, and he comes out wearing a simple shirt and jeans, and also comes holding a hairbrush. He knocks the hat off of Pidge’s head and proceeds to brush the nest that sits atop his girlfriends head. Hunk chuckles as Pidge struggles to get Lance off of her, insisting her hair is fine, and yet Lance still keeps at it.

“My hair is fine, Lance!” Pidge huffs, but gives up on fighting, arms folding over her chest. “Meanwhile it took you like, fifteen minutes to get ready just for something simple.”

“Hey, I look good, my face is cleansed, and I’m ready to show the world my beauty.” Lance says and Pidge lets out a snort.

“What beauty?”

“Pidge! You’re my girlfriend! You’re supposed to tell me I’m beautiful!”

“Then I’d be telling a lie.”

“Wha- Hunk!”

“You’re beautiful, Lance,” Hunk says with a grin. “Your face reminds me of the sky; clear like your face, a gorgeous shade of blue like your eyes, and smile shining like the sun.”

“Aw, Hunk,” Lance is smiling wide, face flushed. “You flatter me. See, Pidge. That’s how you’re supposed to act.”

“Why would I want to act like that? That’s gross. Save that for Keith, Hunk.” Pidge says, waving a hand. “You’ll never catch me saying that shit.”

Hunk’s face flushes at that accusation, “P-Pidge! I don’t like Keith in that way! He’s just a good guy and a good roommate. I told you guys that yesterday!”

“Uh-huh. We totally believe you, buddy.”

Lance finally manages to get Pidge’s hair brushed, and as soon as he sets the hairbrush down, Pidge grumbles, reaching for her hat. She puts it back on, and Lance narrows his eyes at it. He decides to leave it be though and the trio leaves to go get lunch. There’s a nice little sub shop near campus they both like, and Lance drives, with Pidge resting in the backseat on her phone. They order their subs and sit down at a table, with Pidge’s feet propped up on Lance’s lap. He acts like he minds, but he can’t exactly force Pidge’s feet off his lap when they’re sitting across from each other. They talk about Hunk’s engineering class, and Lance talks about how he’s dreading midterms coming up. Pidge thinks she’ll ace them all, which Hunk and Lance have no doubts that she would.

Somehow they get on the topic of Keith, and Pidge shares a few stories and some information about him. Hunk’s making mental notes, and he sighs with relief to hear Keith’s not a fighter when it comes to taking medicine. If he is getting sick like Hunk thinks he is, he’d like to help his roommate and best friend the best way he possibly could. Though from what he hears, Keith would chug down a bottle of DayQuil before reading the dosage in order for him to stay up if he has an assignment due or has something important he has to do during the day.

So that means Keith would be stubborn with getting rest. Peachy.

“Why the sudden interest in Keith anyway, Hunk?” Lance questions, eyebrow raised. “And why ask Pidge. You could ask all these things yourself.”

“I just want to know more about him? And I feel like I’d be annoying if I asked him a thousand questions at once.” Hunk shrugs. “Especially if he likes to keep to himself. It’s good to know these things so I don’t anger him in the future.”

“I highly doubt you would. Keith may have a bit of a temper, but he usually controls it pretty well? For the most part anyway,” Pidge explains. “I’ve known him for a while, and his temper usually came when he’s stressed. Or when I whooped his ass in games.”

“That’s understandable, though. I get angry too when you beat me at game – even first person shooter ones!” Lance says. “You’re not supposed to be good at those! Those are my games!”

“Tough shit. Also, Hunk, you’re right to come to me for this information. Keith usually doesn’t talk about himself much. When someone asks him to tell them about himself, he freezes up and may say the same thing about two or three times before he finds something else to say,” Pidge continues, stirring her straw around in her glass, ice clinking against the glass. “It wouldn’t be annoying, but I feel as if Keith would freak out because he doesn’t know what would be the right thing to say. He’s.. a special sort of case. But it’s not my place to talk about his past.”

“Huh..”

He’s learning a lot about Keith, and silently wonders if Keith would ever talk about his past with Hunk. He knows he and Lance are open to talk about their family and their pasts, Lance especially. Pidge was different; she doesn’t talk about her family much unless she asked, finding the information about them basically boring. Not to mention it puts a downer on her mood to talk about her brother considering he’s halfway across the world studying abroad. His schedule is jam packed, so he rarely has time to talk to Pidge over skype. Pidge’s lucky enough to get a letter from him every month. Although she understands why her brother chose to study abroad, she doesn’t have to like it. Everyone was different.

“And I’m pretty sure you can only get him to say his tragic backstory when you hit level four of his friendship.”

Oh. Well that answers that. What level was he even at now? Was he even at a level?

“We should get going. There’s actually this dessert shop I want to stop by since we’re down here,” Lance says, pushing out away from the table and stretches, arms over his head. “As much as I love your baking, Hunk, I have a taste for something sweet now.”

“Non-taken. Even I get impatient when I’m baking.” And he sometimes licks the batter out of the bowl, but he won’t tell anyone that. Though something else crosses Hunk’s mind. “Uh, I’m going to grab one more thing before we go.”

He knows Keith didn’t seem to want a surprise visit at work from Hunk, and he seemed to turn down the soup idea, but the sub shop did sell good soup. He might as well get a small cup of the chicken noodle soup they have and surprise Keith with that anyway.

~☆~

For Keith, it seemed like his shift dragged on forever. On weekends, it was either super slow that watching paint dry was more interesting, or crazy busy that it was difficult to get five minutes to take a breather. There was no in between.

Even if Keith was organizing things in the back, and later stocking them, his first hour seemed to go by crazy slow. He’d dreading going out on the sales floor to stock, because he’d have to deal with people, but each time he checked the time, he’s lucky five minutes passed since the last time he checked it. Now it’s barely been three and a half hours since he started – and those hours when by so slowly – and he feels as if he’ll never get out of work. He’s been going at a slow pace with organizing, just to try to kill time faster, but that doesn’t seem to be working. He lets out a huff, deciding now would be a good time for a break. He still sounds congested, and Luxia wanted to send him home when she saw him, but he insisted he was fine. (“Just take it easy,” she told him. “If you don’t feel well enough to be here, you’re free to go home whenever you’d like.” Yeah. Right. Even if Keith had a broken arm, he’d still work because he needs money.)

Keith groans as he gets off the stock room, having had been on his knees for a while separating the different designs of stationary they had gotten in. It’s fall, and Halloween is a good month away, give or take a few days. With that, the bookstore is sent fall themed and Halloween themed stationary, thinking more people would buy something more decorative than plain. Luxia confirms that it has worked in previous years, especially since whoever buys a notebook, gets a pack of pencils half off. The only bad thing about some of this stationary? Some of it has glitter on it. Fronts covered in brightly coloured leaves, glitter pressed into the design. Some of it has gotten on Keith’s fingers, and without a doubt it’s in his hair and his face.

He takes off his apron, and tells Luxia he’s going on break. He heads outside of the bookstore, going to the vending machine, and using a couple of dollars to buy himself a Powerade. As soon as it comes out of the vending machine, he shakes the juice and opens the bottle, taking one long sip of it. The cold feels good on his throat, and he already feels some of his energy being restored.

“Keith?”

Keith blinks, turning his head to see Hunk, as well as Pidge and Lance. Keith blinks, wondering what they are doing here again. Coming to see him at work couldn’t be that interesting, could it? Unless they just needed something from the bookstore and just ended up seeing him while they bought things. Keith thinks it’s the second option, honestly. He’s never had friends, and if he did make a friend or two, it’s because they wanted something from him. Or they acted as his friends for a while before excluding him from everything, ignoring him, and then started to tease him behind his back.

Yeah. His life wasn’t a fun one, and he’d rather not look back it now but he can’t help but feel anxious. He doesn’t want this to happen again. He likes Hunk, even though he can’t understand why he cares about him so much. It took him months to figure out why Shiro wanted to help him, too. He guesses he should be thankful, but he’s lived with people that didn’t care, and as a young boy, he just thought that was the harsh part of life. He just took it as it came and thought it was normal. But that’s a side of him only Shiro and Pidge know of, and he knows neither of them would spill his past to people. Not like he’d be angry if they did.

“What are you guys doing here again?”

“We came to visit! You know, that’s what friends do?” Lance says, a wide grin on his face. “Especially if you’re working in the bookstore. That’s retail, my dude, and it is not fun.”

“You’re not allowed to say anything, Lance. You got a job at LUSH during the summer and you loved that job.”

“It’s still retail, and retail sucks, Pidge, no matter if you love or hate your job.”

“Anyway, yes, we did come to visit you, Keith,” Hunk speaks up, stepping forward, away from the other two. “I wanted to see how you were doing? You were pretty congested when you left.”

“I’m fine. I told you that,” Keith says, folding his arms over his chest, holding the Powerade bottle in his left hand by the cap. “I’ve been working in the back so I haven’t been dealing with people. I’m on break right now, though.”

“Good! You have time to eat some of the soup I got for you!”

“You did.. what now.”

There’s tables outside of the bookstore, near the vending machines, and Hunk walks over to one, Keith following, leaving Lance and Pidge behind. Hunk takes a styrofoam container out of the plastic bag, popping off the plastic lid, and steam rises into the air. Keith can’t really smell it, but the soup looks good, he’s not going to lie. And considering all he’s had was a granola bar or two, he could really use some actual food right now. Heck, his stomach is growling just from the sight of it. He prays Hunk doesn’t notice, but he does, and Hunk lets out a light laugh while Keith’s cheeks burn with embarrassment.

“Come on. Sit down and eat up,” Hunk tells him and Keith takes in a small breath before doing as told. He’s not going to deny food since Hunk spent money on him and brought this to his work just for him. Hunk takes a seat right next to Keith, and as soon as he does, he pushes some of Keith’s bangs back to feel his forehead. “You feel a little feverish, Keith. Are you sure you’re going to be okay for our group study session tomorrow?”

“Yeah, I’ll be fine.” Keith says, taking a spoonful of soup. The steam is clearing his congestion and he’s able to taste some of the soup thankfully. When he looks over to the seat next to him, Hunk still has a concerned look on his face. “Hunk, I swear I’ll be fine. The aspirin I’m taking has a fever reducer in it and I’m taking something for the congestion. It’s just allergies acting up.”

“If you say so, but I’m still worried, alright?”

But why does Hunk worry so much, Keith wonders, but not aloud. His chest feels warm because he’s glad someone cares and worries about him, but he still can’t wrap his finger around the concept that someone would go out of their way to make sure he was alright. Keith eats some of the soup in silence, watching the time as he does, just to make sure he doesn’t get back to work too late. Luxia seems carefree, so he’s sure she wouldn’t mind, but he’d rather get back to work on time.

He’s had to take off his glasses midway through eating because of the steam that came from the soup, but two minutes before he has to head back to work, he takes his glasses and wipes them off on his shirt before slipping them back on. He pops the plastic lid back on the soup, having had finished about half of the soup before he covered it. He’ll probably eat more later. (Keyword probably.)

“I have to head back to work,” Keith explains, knowing Hunk would prefer it if he ate the whole cup of soup, but Keith doesn’t time to do so. He’ll eat more later. Probably. “But.. thanks for bringing this, Hunk. I can pay you back--”

“No! No no. I’m not allowing that.” Hunk interrupts, putting his hands up. “You don’t have to pay me back. Please. I’m just being a good friend here, Keith. You could be getting sick, or it could just be allergies like you said, but I still want to make sure you eat right so you don’t make yourself worse.”

“If you say so.. Still, thanks.”

And Keith smiles and Hunk feels his heart stop. Why does Keith look cute when he smiles? That can’t be fair. Especially when he’s wearing glasses, and he has his hair tied up, and glitter on his face – how did he not notice that last thing before?

“I’ll see you later, Hunk,” Keith says, putting the soup back into the bag and gets up from the table. “I’ll be fine for tomorrow.”

“If you’re sure. I’ll see you later, Keith,” Hunk responds with a small grin. It seems like Keith’s smile grows a bit wider and Hunk watches Keith walk back into the bookstore.

Hunk lets out a sigh, relaxing, and within seconds, Pidge and Lance are next to him.

“Was that a dreamy sigh because you think he’s cute?” Lance comments, raising an eyebrow. “Or a sad sigh because you hate watching him leave, but you love watching him go?”

“Lance, no! Neither of those two things!” Hunk’s face turns warm, hands covering his face. “A sigh of relief because he seems to be doing better! And he’s still on for the study session tomorrow.”

“Speaking of, when are we doing that?” Pidge says, leaning on Hunk since he’s still sitting. “The earlier the better considering we have a lot of studying to get done. As much as I don’t like waking up before noon, it’d be worth it for the studying we get in.”

“There’s a small cafe near the campus that I’ve been meaning to go to actually,” Hunk mentions. “We can have it there, and they open at like nine? They have a few different locations, but I haven’t had a chance to go to a single one. And plus the one near campus just opened up this summer? The Five Lions?”

“Oh, yeah, I’ve heard about that! I’ve been to, like, two of their locations. The whole place is practically rainbow, their aprons are colour coded, and the interior is so bright and colourful that it’s a nice, happy place to go to.” Lance says, a wide grin on his face. “I’m game to go there. Leave at nine, then?”

“That’s so early,” Pidge complains, slumping because she is not eager to wake up that early to study. “Better buy me a double shot of espresso while we’re there because that’s the only way I’ll get up.”

“Sure thing, Pidgeon.”

“I’ll let Keith know when he gets back from work,” Hunk says. “He should be back by eight-thirty tonight, and he’ll get enough rest to be able to get up that early.”

“Can’t you text him?” Pidge offers, though when Hunk looks at her blinking, she realizes-- “Right. You don’t have his number. Give me your phone.”

“I don’t think it’s a good idea to give out his number like that--”

“Just give me your damn phone, Hunk.”

Reluctantly, Hunk digs his phone out of his pocket, handing it over to Pidge. He still thinks it’s not a good idea to hand out Keith’s phone number to people, even if it is just Hunk. Pidge types the number in, and she’s about to hand the phone back over when Lance snatches it out of her hands.

“I’ll text the Mullet,” Lance says, and Hunk’s panicking because what the hell is Lance going to say. “Oh, interesting name to have him as, Pidge.”

“What. What did she put.”

“You’ll find out,” Pidge says with a grin and leans on Lance, trying to see what he’s typing in. He ends up showing her before he sends it and her grin grows wider. It makes Hunk even more nervous. “I like it.”

“What did you--” Lance hands the phone back over and Hunk looks at the contact name and then the text Lance sent. His face glows crimson. “Lance! Pidge!”

He so wishes there was an ‘undo’ button on text messages.

~☆~

Keith’s still in the stock room, nearly done with organizing merchandise. His phone vibrates in his apron pocket, and takes a quick glance around before taking it out to see what the notification was. It’s from an unknown number, but he opens the message anyway.

Hey, Keith! It’s Hunk. I just wanted to inform you that the study session will be at 9AM tomorrow at the Five Lions near campus. Don’t worry about money – I can pay for you. Can’t wait for tomorrow!!

There’s added emojis such as a smiley face and hearts, and there’s even a kissing emoji on there that makes Keith wonder if that was an accidental emote or on purpose. Though the hearts and kissing emoji make his face flush, but he tries not to think anything of it. He quickly saves Hunk’s number and makes a mental note to text him back later on.

And as he’s cleaning up the stock room, he feels himself smiling. He silently admits he can’t wait for tomorrow either, and makes another mental note to fight with Hunk over who was paying.

#Voltron #Heith #Hunk (Voltron)#keith (voltron)#College AU #whispers i might start on the next chapter #who knows i might do another update in the next couple of days

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musicalluna · 8 years ago

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bastlynn replied to your post: i am deeply frustrated bc my ear has been blocked...

If you’ve had a cold lately it could also be your e. tubes are clogged up with snot and it’s just not draining. Decongestant helps me when that happens?

i haven’t had a cold (i don’t think), but i have been kind of congested and weirdly snotty lately. i actually took a decongestant this morning because i had a headache and i thought it might be sinus pressure. it didn’t really help either issue :/

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masonbryan · 5 years ago

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HP Universe Drabble Challenge Pt. 2

5 more drabbles for the sickfic/snzfic drabble challenge! The first 5 can be found here: http://hurt-care.tumblr.com/post/181569578979/hp-universe-drabble-challenge

6. Light (Harry Potter) 7. Hands (Remus Lupin) 8. Fever (Remus Lupin) 9. Finally Alone (Severus Snape) 10. Worried (Sirius Black)

6. Light

Ginny opened the bedroom curtains with a flick of her wand and crossed the room to her still-sleeping husband.

“Harry,” she said, tugging at the quilt that lay over him. “It's nearly noon, love.”

Harry stirred and opened his eyes for a moment, blinking in the bright sunlight. He groaned and rolled over, burying his face in his pillow.

“Shut the light, please,” he moaned.

“It's nearly noon,” Ginny repeated. “Get up or we won't get to all our errands this afternoon.

“Please, Gin, the light,” he said from behind his pillow shield. “My head feels like it might split.”

Worried, Ginny flicked her wand and charmed the drapes closed again. She sat down on the bed and reached out to smooth back Harry's mess of dark hair.

“A headache or what?” she asked softly, moving her hand down to the nape of his neck and tucking her palm across it. “You're a bit warm, love.”

“Dunno,” Harry said, rolling over to face her, In the darkened room, he looked up at her through circled eyes. “A cold, I think. I'm all clogged up and my head is pounding and I'm just tired.”

“Go back to sleep and I'll go down to the apothecary and get you some potions,” Ginny said soothingly. “I'm sorry I woke you up.”

7. Hands

“Remus, love?” Tonks said tentatively. The man in the bed opposite her stirred and blinked his eyes open. “How are you feeling?”

“Ehh...alright,” he murmured sleepily. “Still really stuffed up.”

He'd been fighting a head cold since before his transformation and now the day after, no potion seemed to be making a difference. He'd finally managed to get some much-needed sleep but the snoring and sinus pain kept waking him.

“Let me try something,” Tonks offered. She sat up and reached her hands over to her husband's face, placing her two thumbs on either side of his nose and gently pressing them down, running them across the ridge of his sinuses. She trailed the thumbs back again, stroking with an even pressure.

Remus grimaced under her touch.

“Too hard?” she asked.

“No, it feels good.”

She pressed her index fingers into the top corners of his eyebrow ridge and he sighed quietly as the pressure in his head shifted. She eased her hands upwards and pushed back his fringe, gently running her fingers through his hair as he drifted back to sleep.

8. Fever

The month passed in a blur of mixed emotions. Sirius was innocent and free! The joy of the news had been overwhelming for Remus, who had assumed for over a decade that Sirius was lost to him. But Remus had been forced to leave Hogwarts and the security of a safe transformation with Wolfsbane, not to mention a warm and cozy place to live plus a salary more generous than any other he'd ever received.

It was the impending transformation without Wolfsbane that weighed most heavily on Remus' mind. After eight moons spent curled up in his professors' quarters, returning to the dreaded basement of his dilapidated cottage in Yorkshire seemed unbearable. But he had no other choice.

He went down into the damp basement before moonrise and prepared for the usual worst. The next morning, he woke to a cacophony of pain and the dull ache of fever. It would be at least an hour before he'd be able to get to his feet. He lay, face pressed to the ground, floating between delirium and lucidity.

Beside him, he heard a sound. Slowly, with great effort, he turned his head over to look towards the stairs that led up to his cottage. A large black dog sat staring at him. It wagged its tail and whined softly.

“You can't be here,” Remus rasped to the dog. “They're going to be watching me. They want to find you so badly.”

His vision swam and he closed his eyes for a moment, feeling the fever addling his thoughts and sending chills down his limbs. With a deep, steadying breath, he looked again, but the dog had vanished.

He felt his heart sink for a moment. Sirius was far, far away now if he knew what was good for him. He was going somewhere tropical, Harry had told him before he'd left Hogwarts. There was no reason for him to be in Yorkshire. It was the fever playing tricks. He needed to get to bed and rest...

Gathering his strength, he sat up. After about twenty minutes of slow effort, he made it up to the small bedroom and under the quilts, breathing heavily from the exertion. Everything felt too hot and his skin prickled with fever and the aftermath of the transformation. Letting himself sink into his pillow, he closed his eyes and let himself surrender to an exhausted sleep.

9. Finally Alone

Snape shut the dungeon door as the last of his sixth year students filed out of the Potions classroom. He'd taught three sessions of classes today and that was about three times as many as he'd felt like doing since last night. A brutal cold had settled into his head and chest overnight and while he'd staved off the majority of symptoms with doses of potions, he was eager to be back in his own chambers, alone.

Pushing open the secret passage behind his office bookshelf, he passed down a small hallway to his sitting room and bedroom. His sitting room was a crowded space full of bookshelves and parchment and spare cauldrons, and one he rarely used for anything beyond grading papers after dinner. Today, it was the sparse bedroom he was aching to return to. The four-poster bed was freshly made by the House Elves, who had apparently noticed the handkerchief he'd left by his pillow; a clean stack of several now sat on his nightstand.

Sitting down on the bed, he kicked off his shoes and allowed himself to slump back against the stack of pillows, closing his eyes. The change in orientation shifted the congestion in his head, sending a drip down his throat and triggering a volley of coughs. He rolled over, coughing into the pillow. When it ceased, he caught his breath and pinched at the bridge of his prominent nose, pressing at his aching sinuses.

Erhh-GHSCHHHT!

Head lolling forward, he sneezed against the mattress and groaned. Thank god class was done and he could deal with this all in peace.

10. Worried

“I don't mean to fuss,” Remus said. “It's just that....like, when was the last time you were sick?”

Sirius lay in the oversized bed at Grimmauld Place, looking up at his friend with a fever-addled, listless expression.

“Did you get sick in Az...I mean, did you get sick there?”

“Not really,” Sirius croaked. “I felt sick a lot but I don't remember this.”

His limbs were quaking with chills and his voice was hoarse and thick with congestion.

“I don't think your immune system was quite up to fifteen people in the house,” Remus remarked. “This is the flu, for sure.”

Hurhh-TSGHHHHHT!

Sirius sneezed openly, misting the air with a bit of spray. He sniffled thickly and rolled over, pulling the quilts up.

“Speaking of being around others,” Remus continued. “Covering your nose is considered polite, if I may remind you.”

Sirius moaned from his blanket fort.

“I know it feels wretched. I've had it twice,” Remus said sympathetically. “How's your fever?”

He reached down and tucked a hand under the blanket to touch Sirius' brow.

“You're burning up, Pads,” he said, worriedly. “I'll send an owl to bring some potions that'll help.”

“Don't go,” Sirius rasped. “My brain is all woozy. I...Moony, I think I'm hearing things.”

“Shhh,” Remus soothed, sitting down on the edge of the bed. “That's the fever. Try to sleep and I'll try to get something to help you feel better.”

There was movement under the blanket and where Sirius had been, a large black dog was now curled up, breathing noisily.

“There,” Remus said, patting the dog's head. “That'll help quiet your brain. Now sleep and I'll wake you when the potions get here.”

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‘We’re the pioneers’: Survivors of COVID-19 share their stories

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‘We’re the pioneers’: Survivors of COVID-19 share their stories

We all know we should be afraid of it, but relatively few Canadians have experienced COVID-19 themselves.

The effort to contain the pandemic has wrought seismic disruptions to daily life on an individual and global scale. But even as the number of cases in Canada climbs, it’s hard to comprehend the contagion based on a list of symptoms and warnings that it’s fatal.

The Canadian Press asked COVID-19 survivors around the country to share their experiences of the volatile disease that can manifest as a mild bug or life-altering illness.

READ MORE: Coronavirus deaths in Canada approach 1,500; 33,000 people diagnosed

All in the family

On Tuesday, March 3, Abe Glowinsky was making his way back to Toronto from Washington, D.C., when the American Israel Public Affairs Committee sent an email informing him that someone at the conference he’d attended may have come in contact with a person who had COVID-19.

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He said the organizers’ tone seemed to suggest the risk was low — after all, there were 18,000 people there.

Like many of the world leaders who were at the gathering, the 57-year-old retiree went about his business as usual.

For him, that meant volunteering as president of the synagogue and going to community events.

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Two days after he returned, Glowinsky woke up with a headache, but other than that, felt fine.

By Friday, his voice was hoarse and he felt congested. When he sat down for a traditional Sabbath dinner, Glowinsky told his family he was coming down with a bug.

His children joked that maybe it was COVID-19.

On Saturday, Glowinsky said he had a fever and body aches, but his symptoms felt 10 times milder than a previous flu.

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Then AIPAC sent an update saying two people at that week’s conference had tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Glowinsky was planning to fly with his wife to New York in a few days to celebrate her birthday, so as a precaution, he decided to go to the hospital and get tested.

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When Glowinsky found out he was part of the first cluster of cases in Ontario, he said the ripple effects were “devastating.”

The synagogue shut down. Around 75 households were forced into two weeks of self-isolation.

Glowinsky believes he directly infected eight people, including a dear friend who was hospitalized for several days.

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Closest to home, his son Jesse Glowinsky, daughter-in-law Heather Glowinsky and then-three-month-old grandson Xander fell ill.

At the peak of his symptoms, Jesse Glowinsky said he strained to look after his young son while curled up in a fetal position beneath a mountain of blankets with the chills.

His wife, however, powered through with the force of a mother “lifting a minivan with child caught underneath.”

The baby had a low-grade fever, but it was hard to tell if he was crying and spitting up because he was sick, or if he was just being difficult.

The parents decided that if the baby’s temperature reached 104 F, they would call 911 to have him taken to the hospital. And because they were symptomatic, there was a chance they couldn’t go with him.

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Thankfully, it never came to that. Across generations, the Glowinsky clan came out the other side healthy.

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“Having (Xander) here alive and smiling is the best gift we could ever have,” Jesse Glowinsky said.

He said his father still carries a sense of guilt for all the people he unwittingly may have put at risk, but he tries to remind him how many others could have been sickened had he not gotten tested when he did.

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“No one intentionally gives the virus to someone else,” he said. “We just didn’t know enough about it then and we still don’t know enough about it now.”

An athlete down for the count

Emily Dwyer would seem to be a poster child for good health: She’s 26 years old, an athelte and says she hasn’t been sick since her youth.

That was until she found herself languishing on a couch in her Halifax apartment, fighting a novel virus no one seemed to fully understand.

A few days after returning from a work trip to Switzerland in mid-March, Dwyer said she felt she was getting a runny nose and her eyes were straining in the light

By her second full day of non-stop sneezing, Dwyer knew something was amiss.

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At that point, there were only a handful of COVID-19 cases in Nova Scotia. Less than a day after getting tested, Dwyer learned she was member of that unfortunate club.

“I didn’t have anyone I could talk to about it,” she said. “I basically just had to really listen to my body and ride it out, and that was really scary and really isolating.”

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Dwyer said it felt like the disease was playing “mind games” with her. Every day seemed to bring a new symptom.

She felt like her throat was clogged with sawdust, giving her a dry cough and unquenchable thirst. She couldn’t make it through a two-minute conversation without feeling short of breath.

She had terrible chills, and her body ached as if she had tumbled down a hill, leaving her skin sore to the touch.

Five days in, Dwyer thought she may be on the mend. But soon she felt stabbing pains in her chest.

One night, she noticed that her lips looked blue. The next night, she saw her skin was sapped of colour, and her veins stuck out like “spider webs” on her ashen arms.

When she mentioned the discolouration during her daily phone check-in with a public health worker, Dwyer was instructed to head to the hospital, because it could be a sign she wasn’t getting enough oxygen.

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A nurse escorted her from the parking lot to an isolation room. Dwyer said doctors ordered a chest X-ray to see if she had pneumonia, and the results came back negative.

Even after the worst had passed, Dwyer said her ability to taste and smell was touch-and-go.

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She slathered her hands in lavender oil and inhaled as deeply as she could — nothing.

After the nausea set in, she had no appetite. But when she forced herself to eat, she found food was devoid of flavour.

Dwyer grew to appreciate the texture of raisin bran, and made her way through some of the untouched groceries cluttering her shelves.

Eventually, Dwyer’s symptoms waned into a sinus infection.

Dwyer said she was initially told she would need two negative swabs to get the all-clear. But she said that requirement was later dropped, and she’d be free to go after 10 days without new or worse symptoms.

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It’s been two-and-a-half weeks since Dwyer “recovered,” but she doesn’t feel like her normal self.

Rather than her regular runs, a flight of stairs can leave her feeling winded.

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She said the swirling uncertainty about the lasting physiological impacts of the virus, and whether she’s now immune to it, has also taken a psychological toll.

“I still feel alone. Because when I go out in public, other people are having a different experience than me,” she said. “They’re all scared of catching it, whereas I don’t even know really where I stand.”

The “pioneers” of pandemic

There’s no “manual” to getting COVID-19, Libby Kennedy says.

Holed up in her bedroom on Vancouver Island, the 59-year-old writer decided to document her weekslong ordeal in delerious detail online.

“There is some microscopic battle going on,” Kennedy wrote in one entry of her roughly 7,300-word Reddit post.

“Like a mini epic ‘Star Wars’ full-out light sabre thing. Good versus evil.”

In a more lucid state, Kennedy explained that by posting her experiences on Reddit, she was hoping to demystify the disease that has upended everyone’s lives.

“We’re the pioneers for our own communities,” said Kennedy by phone from Yellow Point, a coastal hamlet near Nanaimo, B.C.

READ MORE: Should we cancel the wedding? Couples unsure as coronavirus pandemic drags on

Kennedy, who has autoimmune issues and asthma, said she went shopping to stock up on pandemic supplies on March 11. While she couldn’t find toilet paper, Kennedy believes she came home with the novel coronavirus.

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Five days later, Kennedy said she was overcome by exhaustion. At first, she thought her allergies were acting up.

But it wasn’t long before illness invaded every part of her body, with new symptoms hitting her in “waves.”

Her temperature spiked. Her head throbbed. Her muscles ached. She lost 10 pounds from vomiting and diahrrea. No amount of coughing could clear the lump lodged in her throat.

But worst of all was the shortness of breath, Kennedy recalled. Gasping for air, Kennedy said she felt the terror of losing oxygen on a chemical level.

March 28 was Kennedy’s “hell day.” She called up 811, and in one-word sentences, told a nurse she couldn’t breathe.

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Before she left for the emergency room, Kennedy wrote letters to her 19-year-old son and 23-year-old daughter. She told them to worship their bodies and look out for their friends and each other.

By the time she reached the hospital, her condition had improved. She said doctors examined her and diagnosed her with COVID-19, and told her to get tested for confirmation.

Given the limited supply of testing kits, Kennedy said she didn’t need a swab to tell her what she already knew.

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About a month since this all started, she said she still feels the sickness rippling through her body.

She mused that maybe the virus has changed her “biologically.” Perhaps it increased her IQ, or retuned her singing voice, she joked.

“You pay that much, you’d think you get a gift back.”

But there was one reward.

Venturing outside for the first time in weeks, Kennedy felt a new appreciation for the simple serenity of a creek running through the forest underneath a clear blue sky.

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Bed Wedge Pillow - Its Uses and Benefits in 2020

What is Bed Wedge Pillow?

A bed wedge is a pillow used for sleeping that is manufactured from moderately firm foam. The wedge pillow features a triangular form with a tapered incline that helps the person making use of the pillow to stay semi-upright position throughout sleep.

The bed wedge pillow is multi-purpose, counting on that aspect of the pillow is against the bed determines however high of an incline the pillow can have. Once placed on the bed with the longest a part of the wedge against the wall and therefore the short aspect of the wedge against the bed, you have got a awfully upright wedge which will facilitate folks scan in bed well or offer a easier approach for the person to utilize the pillow to sit down up throughout the day whereas still remaining semi-reclined.

Once the wedge pillow is placed within the ancient manner, the incline is ideal for sleeping. Vitafitness UK Bed Wedge Pillow is out there in numerous heights, therefore, you'll be able to select however high of an incline you favor.

Raising the top and shoulders helps anyone affected by acid reflux and esophageal reflux illness (GERD) sleep higher as a result of abdomen acid features a tougher time coming into the passageway since the top and shoulders are more than the abdomen, therefore, gravity naturally helps.

Bed wedges give the support and luxury of an adjustable bed, permitting you to simply add additional support wherever you would like it most. With bed wedges and back wedge pillows, you'll be able to sit upright or lie back within the zero gravity position.

This alleviates excessive pressure on your spine, improves circulation, and ease muscle tension. Adjustable pillow wedges additionally cut back the strain on your heart by elevating your lower body. If you've got pain in your knees or pain related to unhealthy veins, bed wedge pillows enable you to lift your legs and relax in total comfort.

With Relax The Vitafitness UK large choice of wedges and bed support, you'll be able to produce a singular bed wedge system catered to your specific back and lower body comfort wants. Once established together with your wedge system, you'll be able to scan, lounge.

How Bed Wedge Pillow Helps to Mitigate Body Pain and its Symptoms

Back Sleepers - Wedge pillows with lower inclines (seven or eight inches) are appropriate for back sleepers preferring to rest their head, neck, and shoulders at an angle. Higher inclines might not be as snug.

Side Sleepers - Contoured wedge pillows are usually formed to follow the natural curvature of the spine. These models are typically best for aspect sleepers as a result of they supply support to areas of the body wherever aspect sleepers tend to develop pressure points, like the neck and shoulders.

People Who Snore - There's no cure for snoring, however elevating the top and neck will cut back snoring to a major extent. Several wedge pillows are designed for folks that snore, together with those that snore because of medical conditions like preventative apnea (PSA) or central apnea (CSA).

People With Acid Reflux - The medical condition is thought of as an oesophageal reflux malady, or GERD, causes abdomen acid to flow into the abdomen, which is connected to the throat and mouth. This issue is thought of like acid reflux. Elevating the top and neck will minimize acid reflux symptoms by preventative the upward flow of abdomen acid. For this reason, wedge pillows are terribly useful to folks with GERD.

People With Neck, Shoulder, Or Back Pain - Several adults expertise chronic neck, shoulder, or back pain because of previous injuries, diseases, and alternative medical conditions. Sleeping on invalidating pillows that don't improve spinal alignment will exacerbate this pain and cause pressure points to develop. Wedge pillows facilitate align the spine and alleviate pressure by providing targeted support to those areas.

People With Poor Circulation - Adults could expertise poor circulation within the higher and/or lower body. Wedge pillows — significantly those with higher inclines — will improve circulation within the shoulders and arms, further because the knees and legs once placed below the sleeper’s feet.

People Who Scan or Watch TV in Bed - Higher-incline wedge pillows will function headrests or backrests for folks that stay awake in bed. and since they're light-weight and moveable, homeowners will use them in on sofas or chairs further.

Uses of the Bed Wedge Pillow in Day to Day Life

Gastrointestinal Reflux sickness (GERD)

In this condition, pressure on the lower esophageal sphincter permits digestive process acids to get away from the abdomen into the esophagus. Reflux tends to be a lot of problematic at night and once an individual is lying on their back.

Slightly elevating the head and higher body harnesses gravity to assist stop the backward flow of abdomen acids. analysis has found folks with GERD who sleep this way have considerably fewer and shorter reflux episodes, a lot of speedy acid clearing, and fewer reflux symptoms.

Sleep Symptoms

People who have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), during which respiratory stops repeatedly throughout sleep, usually like sleeping in an exceedingly semi-upright position. It's believed elevating the head and higher trunk keeps the airways open, which successively helps to stop disruptions in respiratory.

Neck and Back Pain

A wedge pillow may be positioned to assist take the pressure off of the cervical spine—the vertebrae that comprise the neck. This entails turning the pillow so the lower finish faces the panel, permitting the upper finish to supply support for the neck whereas lying on one aspect or on the rear.

Likewise, a wedge pillow tucked between the legs whereas lying on one aspect will facilitate relief lower back discomfort caused by pain divergent from associate inflamed or compressed nerve.

Another Uses for the Bed Wedge Pillow is once you are laid low with clogged sinuses. Together with your head raised, you avoid your nose and sinuses obtaining flooded whereas you sleep since the wedge allows your sinuses to be ready to drain simply whereas you rest. A bed wedge will cause you to more leisurely once you are sick since your sinuses are ready to drain higher, therefore, you will not get up there with designed up pressure which may create your different symptoms feel worse. Whether or not you've got a cold or respiratory illness, this methodology will bring relief.

Elevated head and shoulders to assist mitigate symptoms from acid reflux or GERD

Elevated head to assist sinuses to drain freely once fighting nasal and sinus congestion because of influenza or colds

Support for reading and/or eating in bed to stay semi-reclined once on bed rest

Elevated legs to cut back pressure on the lower back whereas sleeping or throughout pregnancy

Elevated legs and feet to assist scale back painful swelling because of edema and/or Deep Vein Thrombosis(DVT)

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itsdavidmitchellwithpizza-blog · 5 years ago

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Anyone Can Stop Snoring With These Proven Techniques

Snoring is a fairly common problem, which makes it difficult for some people to sleep. Heavy snoring can be a sign of sinus issues or even sleep apnea, a disorder that causes people to stop breathing during sleep. However, normally snoring can be stopped easily. Read this article for some tips on how to quit snoring.

Many snorers have found varying levels of relief by purchasing one of the many snore prevention products on the market. There are sprays to moisten the throat and nasal passages which can be effective in some cases. There are also nasal strips that pull the nasal passages open for better airflow.

Allergy and sinus sufferers tend to suffer from snoring. This is because you have too much congestion in your nose, so you are breathing in and out of your mouth when you are sleeping. If you have sinus or allergy issues, getting them properly treated could end your snoring as well.

To reduce snoring, keep your airways open. When a nose is clogged, it can help contribute to snoring. Increase the humidity of the air entering your nose by using a humidifier or a steam shower to humidify the environment, or vapor rub to help your body, when your nose is plugged. Nasal strips can also help you because they lift your nose open, allowing air to enter.

Not eating a large meal close to bedtime is one of the best ways to prevent snoring. When your stomach is too full, it can make it's way up to your diaphragm, thus, limiting your breathing and causing snoring. Stick with big meals at dinnertime and have a light snack instead before bed.

Keep yourself hydrated to avoid snoring. Dehydration can restrict your nasal passageways by thickening the mucus in them and making it stickier, which increases the likelihood of snoring. Drink at least 1 ounce of water for every 2 pounds of your body weight, to ensure you stave off dehydration and avoid snoring.

People who carry excess weight, especially in their neck area, are more likely to snore. Build-ups of fatty tissue around the windpipe area in larger people can exacerbate the issue. If you are currently overweight, consider dropping a few pounds. You will sleep better, feel better, and look better.

To keep yourself from snoring at night, turn on a humidifier before you go to sleep. The warm moisture will keep mucus from gathering in your throat and will keep your whole nasal system moist. These two factors will keep your nasal passageways clearer, and keep you from snoring all night.

If your snoring seems severe, you should speak to your doctor. You will probably need a sleep study to determine if you have sleep apnea. If you do, the doctor will probably recommend that you use a CPAP machine at nighttime. The CPAP machine forces air into your airways to keep them open. This keeps you from snoring and it also makes sure you are well oxygenated.

stop snoring

If you want to stop snoring, don't consume alcohol just before bed. While alcohol is OK to have with dinner or even later in the evening, if you have it just before bed, it will make all of your muscles relax -- including those that keep your nasal passages fully open. You'll have less airflow, and you'll snore.

Snoring Remedies

If you have tried a whole bunch of snoring remedies, schedule a visit with your physician. There are prescription medicines out there that can help you, or your doctor can suggest some other habits or ideas that can keep you from snoring as much. Getting your doctor's perspective is always a good idea.

Snoring Mouthpiece

A stop snoring mouthpiece can do some good if you are a snorer. It works by keeping your lower jaw in line so that your tongue stays where it needs to be to stop the snoring. They must be fitted correctly to work effectively, but once you get it fitted right; you will sleep better through the night without snoring.

Anti Snoring

Prevent snoring by using an over-the-counter remedy from the pharmacy. Prescription medications are also available, but over-the-counter medicine doesn't cost you as much money. Anti-snoring medications attempt to minimize swelling that can constrict the airway, and thus cause snoring.

Ways To Stop Snoring

One of the most effective ways to stop snoring is to cease alcohol use. When you consume alcohol, the muscles in the back of your throat become too relaxed. This state of relation can increase your chances of snoring. If you want to drink, only have one or two.

Prevent Snoring

Stop Snoring Mouthpiece

Help With Snoring

As a last resort, surgery can help with snoring issues. One type of surgery removes excess tissues in the palate and throat which block the airway while sleeping. Another type of surgery involves inserting a needle into the tongue and removing excess tissue while leaving the taste buds unaffected. Surgery is typically used only in extreme cases, however.

Reduce Snoring

To reduce snoring, avoid drinking milk or eating dairy products before going to sleep. Warm milk was once thought to be a helpful remedy to drink before sleeping; however, if you snore, dairy increases mucus production. The overproduction of mucous often makes snoring much worse. By avoiding dairy before you go to sleep, you help keep your airway clear.

As said at the beginning of this article, snoring sometimes indicates a problem like sleep apnea. However, a lot of people snore due to congestion or other sinus issues. Whether you are kept awake by a partner or they complain that you wake them up, you can apply these tips to help stop the problem.

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lostdreamsandwishes · 6 years ago

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Much Needed Rant

I’ve never done anything like vent online before, but my one best friend and I are in abit of a fight today. I don’t know what to say... i guess a quick “get to know me” would help to fully understand the story.

First things first, I am very bad at finding the right the words when trying to express my feelings and thoughts so please bear with me (yes as a 20 something adult who grew up knowing english I am not eloquent at all).

My best friend, A, is someone who i’ve been with for almost 5 years, he and I met online. He is the first person I think of when I wake up and the last person I think of at night, he lives with his parents and so do i. He and I are pretty similar and we have friends, but mainly just stick to the two of us. We don’t text our friends often and are pretty bad at keeping up in people’s lives. I am currently in nursing school and he works at the same hospital I work at. He is a security officer and is expected to do 16 hour shifts if someone from the next shift calls in. Nursing school is very stressful and I am just about to finish my first semester.

The other day I was at school trying to practice some nursing skills at the school practice lab since I had a skills validation the next day. It was very stressful since the skills I needed to know were quite alot and were very detailed. I always study with my nursing buddy, M, she and I practiced for a few hours and decided to go to the computer lab to work on other assignments.

For the past few days A and I have been sick with a sinus infection, where it has affected us differently. For A he is completely exhausted, congested, weak, and doesn’t have an appetite. For me my left ear feels clogged, making it difficult to hear, congested, sore throat, and headaches at the most random times.

A has been going to work sick and I have been going to school sick also. So as I was at school texting A, he finds out that he has to do an unscheduled 16 hour shift since someone from the night shift had called in (A works 3pm to 11pm typically). This had made him frustrated and the little energy he had meant he needed to conserve until 7am, that is if his shift ran smoothly. After finding out about the long shift I offered to bring him food.

A few days ago my dryer at home broke, which meant I needed to take all of the laundry at home to the laundromat. However due to a busy weekend I couldn’t do it til that day. M and I were at school studying until 6:30 in the evening and we parted ways. I rushed to the laundromat since I needed to get 2 large bins of clothes done and make time to study still. Doing this, I completely forgot about my promise to A and had to tell him that I can no longer bring him food because of all of the things I needed to get done. He was basically let down that I couldn’t bring him food, but ordered something before it got late. We argued about me bringing him food, I felt like he was trying to make me feel bad for not doing that for him. It wasn’t like he ever asked about how my day was going and the only thing we spoke about that day was about him. I didn’t want to push him since I knew he was frustrated, but there was a point where I just snapped and was like “I’ve had a hard day too, stop making me feel bad about this. I just want to go home and rest because I need to wake up early for school the next day.” It seemed like it made him see my perspective since he dropped the topic and tried to make a joke about something else.

After spending a few hours at the laundromat I went home and ended up crashing til 3am where I felt absolutely horrible. I had a splitting headache and I knew that today was going to be a bad day. I popped 2 ibuprofen and went back to sleep for another 2 hours. I then got ready for school and arrived to school at 7:20 am. The day was long day where I had trouble hearing from my left ear, had major stress from my skills validation and a presentation that I needed to give for my fundamentals class. M and I ate a sandwich for lunch, she had tuna and I had chicken. M then got a bad case of food poisoning and we went to another nursing buddy of ours’ house ,B. I drove the three of us to B’s house in M’s car. M was nauseous and ready to throw up any second. The moment we arrived to B’s house, M was throwing up. B and I took care of her unitl she decided to rest.

During the chaos, A was texting me asking me what I was doing and where I was. I didn’t get the chance to reply quickly, but once I replied I told him I was at B’s house studying.

This is where it begins...

A was then confused and said that I was being inconsiderate for not even calling him before he goes to work. That hes tired from working 16 hours, only sleeping for a few hours and having to go to work at 3, that it would have been nice if he and I could have talked even if it was just for 5 minutes. I explained to him that M was not feeling well and I assumed he would just understand and back off. I was wrong. He and I began to argue, I explained what happened and said how I was helping M with B. A then said that if B was helping her I didnt need to help and I should have studied or try to rest . I didn’t understand why he was being like this. M was the one person this semester who was the one I can rely on and helped me the most, so me helping her when she is sick is nothing. Now here I am frustrated that he is the one being inconsiderate and is upset that I would help someone. Its not like I dropped everything and decided to go have fun. I still tried to study after everything that happened.

I’m used to giving in and just apologize so that we don’t argue, but I felt really wronged this time and i didn’t want to take it lying down. I got home around 5:30 pm and was trying to wind down from the day before getting back to study. Eventually I fell asleep and woke up from a phone call from the hospital, it was A. Groggy and disoriented I answered the call and once I gathered my bearings we spoke about what happened. I guess I was hoping it was some sort of misunderstanding on one of our parts, but really he just wanted me to look out for myself and not worry for others. i understand that, but M isn’t just anybody. She was the person who helped me study for my exams, she is the only person I really meet up with outside of school and is someone I’ve been very close with in the past 4 months. A and I argued over the phone to the point where we were both too stubborn to give in and we just ended the phone call. Now its been hours since our argument and I am still frustrated over what happened. I wanted to get a few things off my chest and figured that since no one knows of my tumblr i could rant freely. Was I wrong? Did i misunderstand? Did he just misunderstand? Is he only acting like this from the lack of sleep + him being sick? I am tired and on the verge of a breakdown.

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sinuspressurepoints-blog · 7 years ago

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Sinus Pressure Points

Points to relieve sinus pain

Employ gentle, yet firm pressure to every one of those points to relieve sinus pain caused by sinusitis and sinus blockage.

The four main points displayed on the structure are on each side of the facial skin. In general you'll contact eight acupressure points. With the man or woman lying faceup, sit supporting their thoughts and then apply pressure to a single group of points in one moment.

Invite the sinus victim to totally drop the burden of these mind on the face, close their eyes and then breathe normally. Allow your pressure to worry whenever they perspire. Ask if you're using enough pressure, or a lot of. In addition, you are going to find out precisely how much pressure is necessary.

5- 10 minutes of acupressure brings relief.

Simply take time. Hold each point for 3 breaths, then slowly release your telephone and continue on the next group of points. Continue this technique a couple times before relief is sensed.

Once the sinuses available, the pressure tends to reduce and also the sinus pain may even reduce. Now it's time to offer an easy short foot massage therapy. Massaging the foot balances the vitality from head to toe, attracting further aid.

Sinus Pain Relief Home Remedies

Throbbing pressure behind the eyes, nose, and anus happens whenever the air-filled sinus cavity becomes inflamed because of allergies, viruses and germs, plane travel, and exposure to pollutants which leads to breathing issues. While the frequent solution to sinus pressure would be to catch over-the-counter decongestants, antibiotics, or pain ailments, it had been found that congestion pain relievers like acetaminophen, aspirin, and aspirin to be counteractive, weakening the immune system and soothes sinus symptoms. Over-the-counter nasal sprays may even result in dependence when used previous three times. These findings indicate that home remedies for sinus pressure work better than over-the-counter medication.

1. Neti Pot

Lasting more than eight months, chronic sinusitis torments 25 million Americans, according to a research performed by the University of Southampton that contrasted over-the-counter therapy with neti pot sinus irrigation together with steam treatment, sinus victims who employed neti pots to irrigate their uterus experienced a ideal 10-point progress in overall symptoms, lasting more than six weeks.

Directions

· Pour saline solution, made up of a single teaspoon of salt, one-half tsp of baking soda, and a spoonful of hot, sterile water to some Neti pot that looks like a tea pot.

· Stand over a sink and then lean your nose into 45 degrees, then squirt the solution to a single nasal, allowing it to flow from another nasal.

· Irrigate that the nasals to get at least 5 minutes daily to decongest the sinus passages.

· Reduce the frequency of the technique to three times every week following your symptoms subside.

2. Hydrotherapy

The usage of water for treatment not just flushes impurities from your system but also soothes sensitive nerve endings which are inflamed through sinus blockage. Circulation is stimulated when hot water expands blood vessels, and subsequently dissipates when the temperature gets cooler. Water is the essential element supporting most sinus pressure home remedies and also a secure type of a painkiller, muscle relaxant, and sedative, as long as the fever isn't too hot. The incremental instructions for utilizing water therapeutically as a home remedy for sinus pressure are summarized as follows:

Directions

· Fill your tub, spa, or whirlpool with warm water not exceeding 104 degrees Fahrenheit.

· Add a few drops of lavender oil your tub water. The odor of chamomile opens the nose, kills germs, and reduces swelling

· Drink at the water for at least 15 minutes.

· When you've got a headache or need to prevent a headache, put a cold compress on your forehead.

· Subsequently, dab your own body with warm water to alleviate the constriction of blood vessels.

3. Herbs

Herbs like ginger and turmeric decrease congestion. Various other herbal home remedies for sinus pressure comprise garlic (improves circulation), cinnamon (antibacterial and antiviral), fenugreek (soothes inflammation), magnolia blossom (treats inflammation and nausea), along with chrysanthemum (targets congestion).

Directions

· Add a couple tablespoons of some of those above-mentioned herbs into a kettle of boiling water.

· Stand 1 foot off with a towel on your head.

· Inhale the odor around four times each day to increase breathing.

· Massage herbal essential oils like ginger oil, peppermint oil, or cypress oil within the cheeks and brow.

4. Onions

Onions will be the go-to ingredient for treating asthma symptoms since it includes the fatty acid prostaglandin which wards off inflammation. They're also perfect for trapping bacteria that's in a space. The flexible use of sausage ranges from nutrient consumption in the shape of cooked onions at a soup or uncooked onions onto a sandwich to which of inhalational treatment as explained below.

Directions

· Cut a raw onion under running water to keep it from draining the eyes.

· Use a spatula to coat the onion with Vicks VapoRub which includes lavender oil, menthol, and camphor.

· Put the skillet into a sock.

· Lay this sock under your mattress when sleeping at night time.

5. Pressure Point Massage

Pressure point massage is clinic advocated by professionals since one of the greatest types of home remedies for sinus pressure. Compared to acupuncture, acupressure employs the palms instead of needles for tissue, muscle, and joint stimulation. Massage has the advantages of enhancing flow, stretching tissue and muscles, releasing pressure, and alleviating pain. Whether your sinus pressure takes the Kind of a clogged nose or pain behind the uterus, the next techniques describe the Way of applying pressure to get up to five minutes in six pressure points (also called "trigger points" from the West):

Directions

Press the centre place between your eyes for frontal sinus pressure

Press either side of your toenails together with your nostrils along with your index fingers placed at 90 degrees for relieving pressure on your maxillary sinus.

Release pressure inside the frontal (forehead), sphenoid (facet of eyes), and ethmoid (roof of the nose) sinuses by pressing both regions between your eyebrows in the bridge of the nose known as the third eye point or Yintang acupoint for 20 minutes.

To relieve all types of sinus pressure, press on the upper cheek area under your students

Drain mucus by pressing the region under your nose and above your upper lip known as the Philtrum.

To alleviate pressure behind your eyes, then press your elbows beneath the border of every eyebrow and massage up and outward.

6. Air Filter

Your sinus issues tend to be stimulated by several factors in the surroundings such as bright sunshine, pollen, dust, mould, germs, and chemical pollutants such as powerful cleansers, scents from personal care goods, smoke, paint, and additives in foods which weaken the immune system. Especially in the event that you have asthma, allergies, or even a virus, then it's essential to control your surroundings to deal with and protect against sinus congestion. As detailed below, air filters create an superb selection for home remedies for sinus pressure.

Directions

Install an digital precipitator to zap and trap smoke, dust, or pet when those really are to blame for the sinus pressure. Additionally, regular cleaning of the gathering plate is necessary for this kind of filter. Put in a high-efficiency particulate air filter (made up of woven glass fiber) that removes 99.97% of pollutants and needs less upkeep if you're sensitive to a great number of allergens.

7. Hot Pack

Another one of the very best home remedies for sinus pressure is warmth which dilates blood vessels, allowing more blood to flow via bloated veins. Heat has the advantages of nerve wracking, relaxing tissue and muscles around the joints, and boosting the immune system to naturally heal disorders. It's crucial to use moist heat, as dryness irritates the sinuses. While quite powerful, using heat treatment includes measures of ensuring that the warmth of this heat is safe to touch so it doesn't scald sensitive facial skin. Especially important, people who have neuropathy or nerve damage aren't to use heat treatment in any way. With these security factors in mind, these are the tips for using a hot pack.

Directions

· Boil a hydrocolator heating pack or hot up a hot bunch from the microwave for up to Half an Hour at a temperature around 160 degrees.

· Wrap the package having a couple of towels.

· Employ the bunch to either side of forehead or face. This may hold heat for 20 minutes and may be used around 100 times.

8. Apple Cider Vinegar

Apple cider vinegar thins mucus, kills germs, and enhances immune system since it's packed with magnesium, calcium, and vitamins A, B1, B2, and E. The subsequent detox mix may clear congestion. Apple cider vinegar can also be amazing as a home remedy for sinus disease.

Directions

· Boil a kettle of water.

· Insert 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar, 2 tbsp of honey, and two tbsp of lemonjuice.

· Sip this mixture through the day.

9. Hot Peppers

Chili peppers or cayenne peppers obtain their hotness in the ingredient called capsaicin that soothes mucus, fights inflammation, also alleviates pain. Spicy peppers create equally nasal drainage and tearing of the eyes, which alleviates sinus pressure. The next home remedies for sinus pressure detail means to prepare hot peppers as a drink.

Directions

· Boil some water and then include 1/2 tsp of cayenne pepper and 1/4 cup of lemon juice.

· Add 3 tbsp of honey, 1/2 tsp of ginger and 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar.

· Inhale the warmth whilst still hot.

· Following this mixture stinks, sip 1-2 tbsp.

10. Humidifier

Among the very best home remedies for sinus pressure is that a humidifier as it unites both water and warmth to thin nasal mucus which becomes congested while the atmosphere is too dry. Follow the steps below to use a loofah.

Directions

· Clean the water reservoir using vinegar or tea tree oil.

· Adjust the temperature to the desired degree.

· Inhale the steam in a distance of around 100 square feet.

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