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[stungunning]

Hello everybody, I was wondering if-

[Your usually cheerful broadcast from Milly is interrupted by a sudden burst of coughing and spluttering, and come to think of it, she sounds a fair bit croakier and stuffed up than she usually does.]

Excuse me. I was wondering if anybody's got any remedies for a terrible co-

[There she goes again.]

Cold. I hiccuped myself into a pond and I think made myself sick, and I've got far too many things to be getting on with- achoo!- to waste time being sick.

[Understatement of the century, it sounds like, as she's suddenly coughing and spluttering again.]

...my head hurts.

Comments

[deathsdoctor]

Cold remedies? Well, rest is the best way to kill a cold. As is staying warm and well hydrated. Chicken soup, tea with honey and lemon, and ginger ale are all good things to have. Steamy showers also help with the congestion.

Though if you can, come down to the clinic. We have plenty of cold medication.

[stungunning]

Oh I think a shower sounds wonderful right about now; are hot steamy baths good for congestion too? I do feel terribly achy.

I think I might come down tomorrow to get some medicine if I don't feel any better, but I'm sure a good day's rest ought to have me feeling as right as rain in the morning! That's what my-

[cough cough- wheeze- cough cough splutter]

What my mother used to say.

[deathsdoctor]

Yes, they are - as long as they're steamy. A long soak would do you good. If you have lavender or eucalyptus bath salts, they'll help ease things too. [Aromatherapy. It does help sometimes.]

It should help regardless. But if you're still feeling awful, we'll have things ready for you.

[stungunning]

[She sighs a little at the thought of that.]

A nice lavender bath would be just lovely, it might help me nap a bit too. I find sometimes that I just can't sleep in the middle of the day, my head gets too full.

I'm sorry, you probably think I'm being a great big baby over a silly head cold.