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I Have a Fever

Spaniel

20:28 / 16.04.04

That's right, folks. I'm at home on Friday night, burning up like a fucking backdraft.

So then, what to do for a fever?

I have a bag of frozen peas on the back of my neck.
I have the window open.
I've filled a hot water bottle with cold water.

It's all helping. A little bit.

Oh yeah, I've also taken some paracetamol.

So the question is: any advice?

Grey Area

20:30 / 16.04.04

Plenty of water. And rest. You've done the right thing with taking paracetamol. Maybe lying in a cold water bath?

Spaniel

20:34 / 16.04.04

Thanks, Area. Not sure I can face a bath of cold water, however.

Ganesh

20:41 / 16.04.04

Find the cause. It's usually respiratory or urological. Are you coughing or pissing opaque green?

Jester

21:03 / 16.04.04

A hot bath, plenty of ecchiacea (or however you spell it), and/or a ton of flu pills, depending on how pro or anti medicine you are. Sleep. Food. Plenty of liquids.

Be a man.

I always take a hot bath when I have fever. I have no idea if that causes brain damage.

Persephone

22:00 / 16.04.04

I always take a hot bath when I have fever. I have no idea if that causes brain damage.

Persephone

22:01 / 16.04.04

I always take a hot bath when I have fever. I have no idea if that causes brain damage.

The Puck

22:40 / 16.04.04

you need to get good and drunk and then sweat it out of ya.

but thinking about it i prescribe getting good and drunk for everything, maybe i have brain damage. i should have a drink and sort my head head out.

Goodness Gracious Meme

02:30 / 17.04.04

ignore persephone. who's obviously feverish.

Lots of water, vit C (fresh lemon/ginge/honey tea is goood, if you can get one of yr beaut flatties to make add Zinc, echinacea, paracetamol for ultra combi-turbo goodness)

rest, warmth.

that's it, really. you have to just treat yrself well and allow yr body to recharge. if you don't fancy eating, soup/bread/easy stuff. need to keep strength up.

make fraely cook soup.

Char Aina

02:37 / 17.04.04

and i can heartily reccomend making a weed capsule form ground up green and one of those wee plastic caps, gubbing it, and listening to black sabbath at a ridiculous volume. the slow delay dope and the heavy metal riffage will set off those rushes you get with the flu, but because you are doing it on purpose, it will feel awesome.

like real drugs.

it may sound like i am taking the piss, but i am not. it really works, and it really does make being ill all the more fun.

but yeah.
lotsa fluids, dont force your food but try to get something down each day, and dont whatever you do drink beer or coffee.
and you should send the valet for DVDs.

Goodness Gracious Meme

02:47 / 17.04.04

make toksik yr valet. send him for DVDs

Char Aina

03:53 / 17.04.04

only if ze values hir valets.
because i like to feel valid.
and wear velour.
and drive at high vel...oh, i'll stop, shall i?

Octavia

07:11 / 17.04.04

The French swear by raw garlic and a bottle of red wine. When I have a cold I eat mashed garlic on bread and butter (you may want to do this by yourself, and continue to be by yourself for a couple of days) - it doesn't taste as strong as you'd think because your tastebuds are buggered. Don't try and bring your fever down unless it's over 102 - your body raises its temperature to kill the virus - you can help it by having a hot bath.

Persephone

15:56 / 17.04.04

I'm *not* feverish! I have brain damage.

Hope you're feeling better, Bobossboy.

No star here laces

16:41 / 17.04.04

Oh god, toksik, I'm so glad somebody else does that!

For me it's hash yoghurts, and I don't listen to black sabbath, but eating weed and being ill is definitely a heavenly combo.

Spaniel

12:26 / 21.04.04

Feeling a lot better now, thanks, although the enemy isn't entirely vanquished. Bloody bugger of a virus - not been that ill in years.

Ganesh: I was pissing. Pissing a whole lot. It got really boring. The ponds of sweat only gushed from my parched skin after the fever abated.

Jester and Persephone ('slike they're married): Yes, I'm not sure whether fevers are best countered by hot baths. It may depend whether they are respiratory or urological. Ganesh?

Toksik and Jeff ('slike they're married too): You are crazy kids.

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