Small favors.

[rivka]

I am not, not, NOT getting a cold just in time for alt.polycon 12. I am NOT. No. Not.

But it's good to hear from my midwife that, hypothetically, if I were getting a cold, I could take Sudafed. And Robitussin. And of course, the ever-useless panacea of pregnant women, Tylenol. And chicken soup. So at least there's that.[1]



[1] Thank you for not recommending (a) echinacea, which I have never found helpful; (b) megadoses of vitamins, which I would certainly take if I weren't pregnant but have been linked to birth defects and other fetal problems; or (c) herbal remedies which are not in any way tested or evaluated by the FDA and therefore, for example, have frequently been found in independent studies to be contaminated with heavy metals and/or not to include the ingredients and amounts advertised on the bottle. And which might have undocumented fetal effects. Thank you.

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[green-knight.livejournal.com]

I'm through most of a jar of a recently discovered secret weapon: Patak's Brinjal Aubergine pickle; which has the right degree of hotness for me (eg, not very) and can be taken with almost every meal. (I balked at the mere idea of cornflakes- but it works fine on bread; baked potatoes, whatever).

I like the stuff, although normally a jar lasts longer than ten days. On the other hand, normally cold symptoms last longer than that, too, and of the two, the pickle is by far the more preferable.