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[sophiaserpentia]

I'm rather proud of this post this morning.

The chest cold has come back with a vengeance, and I fear that I am going to have to concede defeat and go see a doctor. Water, vitamin C, rest, and Robitussin kept it at bay yesterday, but I spent the night trying to sleep despite feeling fluid moving in my lungs with every breath. My ears are filling with fluid, too.

I must have had a fever for part of the night, too, as my dreams had that vivid/zany quality that fever dreams often have. They were populated with some of the stranger beasties from David Brin's "Uplift" novels, which I have been reading lately. (For those who are not familiar with this series, Brin's universe is populated with aliens that are very alien, biologically and conceptually remote from life as we know it.)

Anyone who's a fan of Sid Meier's Civilization games might find this amusing:

http://www.livejournal.com/community/civilizationiii/15580.html

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[heartwork.livejournal.com]

Yuck... hope you feel better soon.

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

::sniffle:: Thanks!

[alobar.livejournal.com]

I'll bet you 10 to 1 that you are not taking nearly enough vitamin C. Beware the doctors who prescribe antibiotics. Always rememebr the word "antibiotic" translates into English as "against life".

Bestr of luck in fighting the cold.

Brin's Uplift novels are great, aren't they?

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

So far I've gone up to 3 grams of vitamin C per day, which is triple my usual. It seems to be helping, but not enough. I could probably go up even from there.

Have decided against going to the doctor at this point, since I am feeling much better than I did when dragging myself out of bed this morning. Lack of sleep is probably the biggest component in feeling crappy at this point. Rest is what would do me the most good.

I read the first Uplift trilogy 9 years ago, and it blew me away at the time. I'm just now taking up the second one. I love the way Brin doesn't shy away from making aliens seem really alien, yet still understandable. I also like the way he doesn't shy away from sweeping scale. Another author I like in that regard is Greg Egan.

[alobar.livejournal.com]

Not meaning to put you down here, but 3 grams a day is pitiful. If ou weigher 150 pounds and made your own vitamin C (like most animals do) you would be making 10 grams a day. More when under stress. I take over 25 grams a day (I am older than you with more years of body abuse), and nearly 40 grams a day when I am fighting a cold. Buying ascorbic acid powder makes it a cheap habit, especially from the internet.

I am not familiar with Greg Egan.

You ever look at Tad Willaims and his Otherland trilogy? Fat books. Lots of time to enjoy the story unfolding.

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

3 grams a day is pitiful.

Well then there's definitely room for me to increase even more, LOL...


I am not familiar with Greg Egan.

I especially recommend Quarantine and Teranesia. I've been impressed with everything I've read of his so far.


You ever look at Tad Willaims and his Otherland trilogy?

No, I haven't... thanks for the recommendation!

[alobar.livejournal.com]

Ah! I read Teranesia a while back. I liked the reality he was playing with, but not the gloom-&-doom aspect of his fiction. I, for one, am trying to figure out how to activate the pre-cog mutation effect within myself.

I know cash is tight. If you have an nterest, I can loan you the Othaland books. One warning -- in one of the books I have there is chapter missing due to the book being mis-bound.