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dr_tectonicIt's 4 in the morning and I can't sleep because my throat hurts. Can't get at the owie spots with lidocaine; can't take more ibuprofen yet -- it hasn't been 4 hours yet, and I've got heartburn, which might be first signs of overdoing it with the advil.
Today I filed away a huge number of emails from my inbox. Go me! One thing I noticed, going through them, is that there were a whole bunch of LJ threads that I meant to comment on that I never got to. My apologies to everyone (especially![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
drdeleto) that I never responded to; at a certain point, I just... run out of steam for debate.
We had a lovely running landspeeder battle in Jeff's Star Wars game this evening. Lots of fun, but I overdid it a little and was just wrung out by the end. The problem with not eating anything for several days is that I'm functioning just fine, but I don't have any reserves. I had a coughing fit in the car on the way home and almost burst into tears about it, because I just couldn't cope. But everything was much, much better once I came home and snuggled with Jerry for a few minutes.
Buddhism holds that desire is the root of all suffering. This is a dumb idea. It's the root of some suffering, sure, but I'm not currently awake with a sore throat because of an unfulfilled desire. It's because things aren't working the way they're supposed to. My body is using pain as a signal that something is wrong. Likewise, hunger pangs aren't the signs of an unseemly desire to feast, it's because you don't have enough goddam food. Pining for a Lexus? Suffering caused by desire. Miserable because it's too cold, even though you're sleeping on a steam grate? Suffering caused by not having adequate shelter. The former can be alleviated by letting go of the desire; the latter cannot.
And I think that I have run out of coherency now.
Today I filed away a huge number of emails from my inbox. Go me! One thing I noticed, going through them, is that there were a whole bunch of LJ threads that I meant to comment on that I never got to. My apologies to everyone (especially
drdeleto) that I never responded to; at a certain point, I just... run out of steam for debate.We had a lovely running landspeeder battle in Jeff's Star Wars game this evening. Lots of fun, but I overdid it a little and was just wrung out by the end. The problem with not eating anything for several days is that I'm functioning just fine, but I don't have any reserves. I had a coughing fit in the car on the way home and almost burst into tears about it, because I just couldn't cope. But everything was much, much better once I came home and snuggled with Jerry for a few minutes.
Buddhism holds that desire is the root of all suffering. This is a dumb idea. It's the root of some suffering, sure, but I'm not currently awake with a sore throat because of an unfulfilled desire. It's because things aren't working the way they're supposed to. My body is using pain as a signal that something is wrong. Likewise, hunger pangs aren't the signs of an unseemly desire to feast, it's because you don't have enough goddam food. Pining for a Lexus? Suffering caused by desire. Miserable because it's too cold, even though you're sleeping on a steam grate? Suffering caused by not having adequate shelter. The former can be alleviated by letting go of the desire; the latter cannot.
And I think that I have run out of coherency now.
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Date: 2005-02-03 01:02 pm (UTC)First off, sorry to hear you and Jerry are still sick. I hope y'all get better soon. However, if the spreadable lidocaine is not working, you may want to try Cepacol or Cepastat tablets. They also tend to have local anesthetics that may reach the areas of your throat that you can't with the q-tips. As a matter of fact, I think Cepacol contains lidocaine. Maybe not as strong as a standalone prescription, but still. Either way, unless you are also spreading local antibiotics on your tonsils, Cepacol or Cepastat can help a lot, because they are wide-spectrum disinfectants, they will make life harder for the little buggers that have been ruining your lives recently.
Buddhism holds that desire is the root of all suffering. This is a dumb idea. It's the root of some suffering, sure, [...].
ROFL! Thanks for that thought, I love it. It reminds me of "Everything is relative!" -- well, no, everything is not relative, as a matter of fact, "everything is relative" is an absolute statement... ;-)
And I love your last 2 new user pix, btw.