Iâm going to the chemist for more robitussin, any other chest infection things I should get?
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Submitted â¨â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago⊠by â¨Seagoon_@aussie.zone⊠to â¨melbourne@aussie.zoneâŠ
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dumblederp@aussie.zone â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
Maybe a humidifier if thereâs an easy way to get one and mould isnât a problem.
Other than that maybe some eucalyptus oil (bottle or spray) so you can put a little on the shower floor and breathe the vapour in when and if youâre up to a hot shower. (Be careful not to slip or let pets lick the oil.) The moisture thins and loosens the mucous so you can cough it out more easily. Get some Vicks if youâre not up to the shower.
Also easy foods so you can constantly keep eating while resting. Protein bars and salami and jerky if you canât leave bed, tuna tins and soup if youâre more able to get up. Lots of protein. Lots of fluid and tea.
Also if you donât have anyone to gently thump your back lean over the edge of your bed so gravity can help you cough your airways clear. Plenty of tissues to spit into. Baby wipes and sanny.
Hot water bottle for the chills and paracetamol for any fevers.
Source: Used to have frequent horrific bronchitis/chest infections
MeanElevator@aussie.zone â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
My dadâs cure was hot milk with butter, honey and garlic.
It wonât not work.
dumblederp@aussie.zone â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
I feel both our dads are kind of in the âfuck that guyâ category. At least you live on the other side of the planet.
Replace the butter and garlic with fresh lemon juice and ~40% alcohol and weâre talking.
Eagle@aussie.zone â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
Garlic, horse radish and vit c if mucous is an issue. Will dry it out and stop the post nasal drip that makes you cough.
Catfish@aussie.zone â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
Humidifier and eucalyptus/tea tree oil. Just a bowl of boiling water and a towel over your head will do if you canât get one. Liquorice is an expectorant too.
dumblederp@aussie.zone â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
Like in Crocodile Dundee.
Taleya@aussie.zone â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
Irish moss. Tastes like arse, will kill a cough stone dead so you can sleep
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
Telemovie review. Burning Patience. A sweet movie about people in Pablo Nerudaâs village. My question is, did he become a poet because everyone in his village was a poet and they lived in a beautiful place or did they become poets after reading his poetry? Maybe a little of both.
Everything Iâve seem from Chile has been good.
I really recommend this. 4 hobbits.
wscholermann@aussie.zone â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
Look Uluru would be interesting to see. Problem is itâs not all that cheap to get there, nor is the accommodation or anything around it.
Out of curiosity I looked up flights from Melbourne to Alice Springs. The absolute cheapest was something like 678 dollars. Thatâs not far off the cost of an international return flight to many places in Asia.
If you have limited time and budget it just doesnât seem worth it to me.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
I went there back in 1991 - budgeted a weekâs stay in Alice and side trips to Uluru and Kings Canyon - both were mindboggling and a week wasnât long enough. If going, do it properly. Either fly or drive there, and reckon on spending at least 10 days seeing things in the area. Thereâs a lot to see. Some crazy good museums and art galleries too. If driving, take a 4wd or a VW Kombi - the roads are NOT good. I went in September, after the first fall of rain in several years. The wildflowers were off the planet incredible.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
The young Seagoons drove there from Sydney last year, said it was totes worth it. Itâs very very far.
wscholermann@aussie.zone â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
I must be getting old. The thought of such a long drive and I think I really canât be fucked.
calhoon2005@aussie.zone â¨1⊠â¨year⊠ago
Can confirm. The drive north from Adelaide is just amazing. I pulled over one night off the highway, drove about 1km west along very flat easy ground and camped for the night. The stars were just unbelievable.