"Fiffer scissors, flex your feet and straighten your legs." -Tony Horton- AbripperX
Now going on 4 days with a sore-throat, I've decided it's necessary to gargle salt water (something I probably should have been doing since the onset of the sore-throat). So after gargling repeated times, I'm still not cured, but perhaps if I do it regularly enough, it'll all go away. I was beginning to freak out a bit because the packaging on my chloraseptic says "If sore-throat lasts more than 3 days, see your doctor." But after looking up some info online, I've been informed that as long as I don't have blisters/puss in the back of my mouth, I likely don't have anything dangerous (IE: bacterial infection). Another wasted morning on the road to recovery.
UPDATE **05/03/2010 @ 2:45**
SCREW THIS SICKNESS. I'm doing stretchX if it kills me. I'm not going to tack on an extra day for a silly exercise stretching day! And who knows, maybe being a bit more active with speed up the recovery process! But I'm not going to sit on the side-lines, for a simple exercise, over a stupid sore-throat. BRING IT BABY!
Showing posts with label Sore Throat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sore Throat. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Day 52: Sore Throat Remedies Review
"This is P-90-X, it ain't some silly little class..." -Tony Horton- Legs&Back
So, what do we have here? I told you in the beginning I would review products that help me get through P90X. I haven't done a very good job doing that. In fact I think I can only remember reviewing just a handful of things to date. Well, here comes another - even if it's an odd one:
Chloraseptic vs Halls Sore Throat
Both products work, but they work in very different ways. Chloraseptic contains Phenol and Halls contain Pectin. Not knowing enough about the pharmaceutical properties of these drugs, I can only make an assumption that Phenols are more powerful "pain killers" than Pectin. I'm saying this only because I notice the relief immediately with the spray than from the lozenges. But lets break it down into pros vs cons.
Chloraseptic (spray)
Pros:
Immediate relief
More powerful pain-reduction
Leaves you with a euphoric numbness
Tastes like artificial cherries
cons:
Short lived relief
Sometimes difficult to target the back of throat (end up hitting your tongue)
Difficult to carry around with you (unless you have purse)
Can only be used every few hours (says packaging)
Halls Sore Throat (lozenges)
Pros:
Tastes delicious
Lasts significantly longer than spray
Can be used in public/easy to carry
Cons:
Generates lots of waste (individual wrappers)
Only reduces pain, not eliminate
Coats your tongue a delightful red/pink color
Hopefully, this will all be behind me by tomorrow.
So, what do we have here? I told you in the beginning I would review products that help me get through P90X. I haven't done a very good job doing that. In fact I think I can only remember reviewing just a handful of things to date. Well, here comes another - even if it's an odd one:
Chloraseptic vs Halls Sore Throat
Both products work, but they work in very different ways. Chloraseptic contains Phenol and Halls contain Pectin. Not knowing enough about the pharmaceutical properties of these drugs, I can only make an assumption that Phenols are more powerful "pain killers" than Pectin. I'm saying this only because I notice the relief immediately with the spray than from the lozenges. But lets break it down into pros vs cons.
Chloraseptic (spray)
Pros:
Immediate relief
More powerful pain-reduction
Leaves you with a euphoric numbness
Tastes like artificial cherries
cons:
Short lived relief
Sometimes difficult to target the back of throat (end up hitting your tongue)
Difficult to carry around with you (unless you have purse)
Can only be used every few hours (says packaging)
Halls Sore Throat (lozenges)
Pros:
Tastes delicious
Lasts significantly longer than spray
Can be used in public/easy to carry
Cons:
Generates lots of waste (individual wrappers)
Only reduces pain, not eliminate
Coats your tongue a delightful red/pink color
Hopefully, this will all be behind me by tomorrow.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Day 50 + 51: Sore-Throat (Skip)
"...I don't wanna hear no excuses from any o'you!" -Tony Horton- PlyoX
And here come the excuses...
Sunday and Today I have been plagued with a sore-throat. The illness came out of no where and is haunting my P90X routine. My original plan was to bump up a workout week to replace my rest week, but now that I am under-the-weather, I think I might as well just call this my rest week and take it easy. But then my Spain schedule will be altered... but that's okay. Do I really want to be wasting my very limited spare time up in Madrid with P90X? I think I'd rather go see things and explore the city than be in a hotel room doing Core Synergistics and KenpoX. So what you will likely see in the near future will be some additional days tacked onto the end of my 90-day calendar... Currently it looks like I will be adding about 14 days (12 for Spain and 2 for this week... so far). I'll call it P104X, because you know what... not everyone is perfect.
And here come the excuses...
Sunday and Today I have been plagued with a sore-throat. The illness came out of no where and is haunting my P90X routine. My original plan was to bump up a workout week to replace my rest week, but now that I am under-the-weather, I think I might as well just call this my rest week and take it easy. But then my Spain schedule will be altered... but that's okay. Do I really want to be wasting my very limited spare time up in Madrid with P90X? I think I'd rather go see things and explore the city than be in a hotel room doing Core Synergistics and KenpoX. So what you will likely see in the near future will be some additional days tacked onto the end of my 90-day calendar... Currently it looks like I will be adding about 14 days (12 for Spain and 2 for this week... so far). I'll call it P104X, because you know what... not everyone is perfect.
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