Feel better soon, Arakana
I'd try some tea- it always seems to help me. And, yuck. Nasal spray? I couldn't do it. That and eye drops. Haha.
And I agree, Vero, I hope things improve for you, and I'm sorry about the work situation. I'm having the hardest time finding a job as of late... No one seems to want to hire right now.
Keep us posted!
And now for my update.
Last year, I lost my grandmother to lung cancer(on my fathers' side).
It was in February.
Now, about a week ago, we get a call. My mothers' mother has had Alzhiemer's for about 13 years. Anyone who knows about Alzhiemer's knows that it's extremely advanced at this stage, and many functions are severely hindered, if not lost. She cannot speak, except to mumble at random intervals. She cannot sit up; her motor functions are nearly nonexistant.
Clearly, my grandfather could not take care of her himself; it's a very expensive- not to mention taxing, for all- disease. So the family all pitches in to keep her in a close-to-home nursing home.
One of the nurses, during a routine checkup, found a lump on her breast.
The usual course would be a mammagram. Seeing as how she cannot even sit up, that's out of the question. Then they suggested surgery, but the medication she has, and how fragile she is, also make it highly likely the anesthesia, paired with invasive surgery, would kill her. Next choice was chemo/radiation. In short, that also could kill her. So then we have the ability to just let it go, and hope that it's benign.
Nonetheless, things are rather... hard around here.
So pair that with not being able to find a job, having a car, but no money to get it up and running, and no job for the money.... vicious circle... and it's just, well, awful.
Now I'm just whining. I just felt like I could get it out on here, as no one else ever listens.
I think that's about it.