The best rough night I have ever had!

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Ibuprofen probably helped... with the fever, aches, swelling from this and that.  But technique helped more, I should think.  Then again, technique may have only been possible because I could think my way through to solutions.  What solutions?  Let me tell you.  It might even help you, if you catch something.  A cold or the flu, anyway.  I have it that China flu is not as... watery.

I did get to bed earlier.  No choice this time.  Definitely by 20:00, though I can't remember if that was the time I saw going to bed, or the first two-hour shift.  I woke about every two hours.  My nose would run, and being so terrified of having a bloody nose, it would wake me before any fluid made it out of my nose.  I did have a bloody nose twice, if that was probably along with a runny nose.

Initially, I just suffered it.  The second time, however, I tried a solution...  As with regular bloody noses, I started blocking my nose with tissue.  Well, after clearing as much of everything in there out, by blowing, as possible (even when I had a bloody nose.  Clearing, then blocking any possible remaining flow, then going back to sleep.  Plus, then I didn't have to worry as much about bleeding everywhere, should it become a bloody nose.

Every two hours, and very small change, I would wake and either clear and block the nose, or take the blockage out and also blow my nose.  It worked quite well.  And, half the time, I had clear breathing through my nose.  Plus, it never truly got congested, in spite of my methods.  It became so automatic that I started doing the process without waking up.  I just made sure I did any work over the trash pail.  It has a liner as well, so would catch anything that got by tissues.

Waking around 04:30, I wake rather rested.  I am guessing it was around 18:30 when I went to bed.  Fever wasn't as much as issue, if I think that was ibuprofen.  Which I will dose with again, this morning.  Oh, and I had just ordered C, D + else, and some other things, on top of the the regular stuff I had been taking.  I need to get back on some of the old things and some of the new things.  I am not convinced these will prevent anything, if I am pretty sure they will lighten the load.  Now, when you already have something, nothing really helps.  Good eating helps, right eating helps... if you can.  If help is marginal.  Still, I'll be on it soon.  Manganese and magnesium, daily vitamins, zinc, and potassium were already being taken, so...  Just a few extras.  Actually, I had been on vitamin b-complex but had run out.  No promises, just... from what I am seeing, these things decrease symptomatic china flu, and other illnesses.

 Now, to wake well enough to get the birds and bunnies at a bit after dawn.  My interweb routine, possibly something to eat... even a fatted coffee with that back on track a bit, and a bit of gaming.  Oh, I best feed the girls.  They are a bit upset.  I hadn't let them up with me last night.  I still have symptoms, and I have decided to continue with last night's technique... blocking, blowing, keeping it open, right on through the day.  Blocked, first thing... when that becomes annoying, I open, clear, drain, and let it stay open for a bit.  It really does seem to work.  And beats blowing my nose, uselessly, every three to ten minutes.

Good morning, and day.