Feels like I swallowed sandpaper
After a meal at a restaurant near our place on Tuesday night, I awoke in the middle of the night to find my throat all parched and dry. Don’t know if it’s the food from the restaurant (better not name the restaurant…wouldn’t want to be sued since it seems like the trend nowadays), though I have a feeling the chef was probably feeling rather generous with MSG that night.
Anyways, my throat has been feeling absolutely dry and sandpaper-y since then. I’ve been guzzling water non-stop to no avail. Gargling with salt water, Strepsils and dried licorice strips (recommended by my colleague…it tastes awful but it helps) provide only temporary relief. The weirdest thing is that it doesn’t really hurt, unlike a normal sore throat (and I should know coz I’m super-prone to sore throats). It’s just dry dry dry and it’s driving me crazy!
And now it’s after dinner and I can now feel the beginnings of a sore throat. Add to that overwhelming tiredness and a fuzzy brain…methinks I’m falling sick.
Sux.
Comment by geekchic on 27 January 2007 @ 11:15 am
Poor thing. Get well soon, babe. Try lots of OJ. Looks like you bumped into a friend of mine from uni days during your training
He approached you asking if you knew the author of the blog 
Comment by boo_licious on 27 January 2007 @ 11:40 pm
oh now. hope it gets better, I think it’s just the weather as it’s horribly hot and tnite it’s super windy.
Comment by merv on 28 January 2007 @ 10:53 pm
argh! get well soon mate! btw, drop the strepsils and go for something like diflam or a much better lozenges. just make sure you dont fall asleep with one of the stronger lozenges in your mouth. i did that once and couldnt feel my mouth for a few hours haha
Comment by carrot on 28 January 2007 @ 11:12 pm
get well soon!
Comment by sooyin on 29 January 2007 @ 12:00 am
Thanks, everyone! The throat’s better already, though I have a feeling a cold is now sneaking up upon me! Grrr…
Merv…haha…I DO go to sleep with a lozenge in my mouth whenever I have a sore throat! Will keep your advice in mind if I do try switching to a stronger one…*grin*