Dark and stormies all round! Bluestocking piss up

I will chip off a bit of that nougat and let it dissolve in my mouth, if that's OK - I need something to soothe my throat and (hopefully) cough.

The infection has now settled on my chest (very unusual for me).

I'd like a hot elderflower drink, please. And a bit more of that nougat to soothe my inflamed tissues.

 sorry you're still suffering- I've been fortunate enough to only have had sinusitis once, it was grim.

I've just got back from a holiday in Athens (the city of the Goddess of wisdom, who inherited her brains from her mother) of so I'll contribute a bottle of retsina and a box of nougat.

Sinusitis still with me and I'm crawling to bed - as ever, if I don't make it, please take my ginger drink from my hand and drop a blanket over me.

Thank you.

Gentle music and hubbub welcome.

Several firms offer a decent pink ginger cordial - a bit like this one: www.amazon.co.uk/Thorncroft-Pink-Ginger-Cordial-Pack/dp/B00HFSNCPU?tag=mumsnetforum-21

Oh that sounds rough.
I've never heard of pink ginger -sounds intriguing.

bluetitsaretits - it's several abscesses rather than blisters and it's fellow traveller to sinusitis.

So, I'm hopping mad that somebody left out some veg. in a plastic bag in a warm area that I didn't detect going off tho' I knew something was wrong and I couldn't think where all the fruit flies were coming from. Put an oozy slime over other items and I have clouds of the things everywhere (I found it when I was cleaning).

I need a nice soothing, non-acid drink please. Maybe a pink ginger and honey this time?

My face is like a deflated beach ball and I've thoroughly fed up. But, a convivial atmosphere will lift my mood even if the throat precludes conversation on my part.

Hope you're on the mend arran -I had a lot of trouble with a blistered throat for quite a while, turns out it was acid reflux. Maybe worth looking at your digestion if it doesn't clear up.

Nipping in for a lunchtime bracer of something soothing after defrosting the fridge and freezer.

Maybe a little ginger and honey?

Rufus it is surprisingly hard to get through some books when you know you have to! Generally I know why some styles don't sit well with me and I can set it aside to read more analytically. I have only ever thrown two, maybe three, against the wall in disgust

silent

I can read fast when im enjoying the book

So i would be no good at any sort of job where i HAD to read

quentin i will oredr that book, the lady at the blood donation place recommended the tattooist of Auschwitz so ive just ordered that one as well

Sorry for ruining your tea Rufus

Sarah if you like the secret life of cows, try the cow book. About a fella who has to come home from his city job to look after the family farm after his dad falls ill. Not as naval gazey as it threatened to be.

Rufus reading books is a big chunk of my job (and I've just applied to another two review opportunities, what am I doing!). Do not ask how much is on my kindle, it's truly hideous - several hundred in just one category. But I read really quickly.

FiLiA is the big feminism conference in Manchester tomorrow (filia.org.uk), News From Nowhere are running the bookshop and at least four of the speakers are doing signings. If I come home with less than six books I'll be mightily surprised!

That's the one Rufus
Love it

7days

Oh gross

I'll never be able to have a tuna melt again!!!

silent

Got about 40 actual books and masses on that stupid bloody kindle, 100 plus at least

Whats filia? Or shouldnt i be told

Rufus I've always got multiple books on the go, six right now. My to-read pile is hundreds deep and I fully plan to binge at FiLiA tomorrow!

Arranfan so sorry you feel rubbish. My dh had a swallowing disorder some years ago and had to live off liquids for weeks - can you get your GP to prescribe some meal replacement drinks? I think it was Fortijuice we had.

Going back a bit - gosh, isn't a week a long time - but I remember the word melt being used in the West of Ireland as Whores melt, kind of the same sort of insult as the best of you ran down your mother's leg. Disgusting.

I would offer you sloe gin

It wont help the pain but enough glasses will knock you out

Oh my god that honestly sounds awful

Poor you

Why cant you eat solids arran?

Abscessed throat - it feels like it's been abraded with drain cleaner and wire wool. I've got a number of abscesses and it's bad enough swallowing my own saliva.

Sorry to hear that quentin

Why cant you eat solids arran?

This one?