Funnily enough this recipe dates back to when I was a kid AND my old man is a full on alcoholic. This may be the only time that alcohol is not involved in a home remedy of his.
You’re not wrong about living far from him.
Haven’t spoken with him in a few years and feel like I’m missing nothing.
I just stopped talking to mine a few weeks ago. I realised every interaction was basically him shitting on me and being amused by it, and that I’m in my 40s now, am I going to listen to this shit for another 30 years?
Maybe a humidifier/vaporiser if there’s an easy way to get one and mould isn’t 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 you’re 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 you’re not up to the shower.
Also easy foods so you can constantly keep eating while resting. Protein bars, Up N Go or premade protein shakes and salami/jerky if you can’t leave bed, tuna tins and soup if you’re more able to get up. Lots of protein. Lots of fluid and tea.
Also if you don’t 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 cough and spit into. Baby wipes and sanny. Bin nearby.
Hot water bottle for the chills and paracetamol for any fevers.
Edit: Also garlic and onion if you can eat them, especially in chicken soup
Source: Used to have frequent horrific bronchitis/chest infections
Humidifier and eucalyptus/tea tree oil. Just a bowl of boiling water and a towel over your head will do if you can’t get one.
Liquorice is an expectorant too.
I’m going to the chemist for more robitussin, any other chest infection things I should get?
My dad’s cure was hot milk with butter, honey and garlic.
It won’t not work.
I feel both our dads are kind of in the ‘fuck that guy’ 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 we’re talking.
Funnily enough this recipe dates back to when I was a kid AND my old man is a full on alcoholic. This may be the only time that alcohol is not involved in a home remedy of his.
You’re not wrong about living far from him.
Haven’t spoken with him in a few years and feel like I’m missing nothing.
I just stopped talking to mine a few weeks ago. I realised every interaction was basically him shitting on me and being amused by it, and that I’m in my 40s now, am I going to listen to this shit for another 30 years?
I feel you.
My mum left him 5 years ago and I don’t miss him.
He hit me up for money a few years back and Iaighed him off. Ain’t heard from him since.
Feel bad for my kids cause wife’s dad is more of a fuck up than mine.
Irish moss. Tastes like arse, will kill a cough stone dead so you can sleep
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.
Maybe a humidifier/vaporiser if there’s an easy way to get one and mould isn’t 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 you’re 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 you’re not up to the shower.
Also easy foods so you can constantly keep eating while resting. Protein bars, Up N Go or premade protein shakes and salami/jerky if you can’t leave bed, tuna tins and soup if you’re more able to get up. Lots of protein. Lots of fluid and tea.
Also if you don’t 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 cough and spit into. Baby wipes and sanny. Bin nearby.
Hot water bottle for the chills and paracetamol for any fevers.
Edit: Also garlic and onion if you can eat them, especially in chicken soup
Source: Used to have frequent horrific bronchitis/chest infections
Humidifier and eucalyptus/tea tree oil. Just a bowl of boiling water and a towel over your head will do if you can’t get one. Liquorice is an expectorant too.
Like in Crocodile Dundee.