More coughing, more rain, Calgon ... take me away

I tried a couple of different homeopathic remedies during the last week. They caused my coughing to change, but not really go away. Then my sister thought of causticum. I read the Materia Medica and it struck a nerve on a lot of fronts, so I went looking for it. I couldn't find it in local stores, so I ordered it. Thank goodness for "Homeopathy Works". I've been using their online store for several years. I think they filled the order in record time.

I took a dose of causticum this past Thursday night and started coughing more again. I was moving in the wrong direction! It didn't keep me from sleeping, but I started coughing again when I woke up Friday morning and all day long. I ended up needing cough medicine so I could sleep last night, which I know wasn't good for the homeopathic meds, but I really couldn't sleep. I didn't take any more causticum because I had such a strong reaction.

But I woke up this morning feeling pretty good. I don't want to jinx it, but I coughed very little today. I'm thinking I'll hold off on the next dose of causticum until Monday morning. I'm doing pretty well today, so I'll see where this first dose takes me. Boy, I hope this works. 6 months of coughing ... enough already.

Also, I had a cup of regular coffee this morning and have been jittery all day. I'm wondering if it was partly the causticum too since one cup of coffee doesn't usually affect me like that. I just started feeling "normal" a little after dinner. That causticum is potent stuff -- at least it is for me.

And, of course, it's raining buckets today. Which is better than snow, but I'm sick of gray, dreary days and blizzards and crappy weather in general. We did have nice weather last weekend. I even got out to the driving range to hit a bucket of balls. But I'm thinking that all this snow and rain is going to make for a very bug-infested spring. At this point, I just want spring. My feet are tired of being in shoes. I want my flip flops back.

I'm still hanging in there with my new exercise routines and eating habits. It has definitely paid off and I've been happy with my energy level and how I feel. I'm a lot less sluggish. I find that I get up right away when the alarm goes off and I don't dawdle as much. All good things. I'm actually getting to work earlier. And I'm into some jeans that I had to stop wearing. Granted, they WERE my fat jeans as my girth grew, but NOW they are my skinny jeans. It's all a matter of perspective. There's another pair that are a better size. I don't know if I'll ever get back into those. I'm just happy having gotten this far. But this isn't a diet -- it's my new routine, so we'll see where it takes me.

So life on this side of the hill has been a little better lately. I know that I'm still on the bad side of the hill and that this feeling that I'm improving is kind of an illusion, but what the hell. I'll take it. If it feels good, it feels good. Don't look that gift horse in the mouth.