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May 27, 2009 23:50

I have of late been in Purdah, confined to quarters, so to speak, as I have been suffering a visit from The Gift That Keeps On Giving. By which of course, I mean a cold sore attack. Boy do I hate it when I get an attack. It's very rare (for me) these days, and usually only brought on by being either a) very run-down if not downright ill, or b) ( Read more... )

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teenygozer May 28 2009, 03:54:37 UTC

I've had cold sores on my lips since the age of six months... apparently someone at my baptismal felt the need to kiss the baby.

Do you want me to tell you what to take to stop a cold sore before it erupts in all its glory, or would that be lecturing on my part? I'm trying to pull back on the unasked-for advice-giving, as it may not be welcome!

patsyrant May 28 2009, 23:07:17 UTC

Dear Lord! Did they slip ya the tongue?

But fire away with advice. I already take the Aciclovir pills and L-lysine, both of which help tremendously. Usually I can feel an attack before it actually erupts, so take the aciclovir right away and it prevents the whole Mount Etna shebang. This time though, they struck in the middle of the night. But any advice is gratefully received...

teenygozer May 29 2009, 01:48:07 UTC

Man, it was an old people thing, kissing babies on the lips. *shiver* When I was a kid, I saw old people on both sides of the family pick up and kiss babies smack on the lips all the time, with their lips exaggeratedly pursed (no tongue!) It's from the same school of Supposedly Loving, But Deeply Creepy Behavior Towards the Young as squashing children waaay too intensely to one's bosom, grabbing a child's head and forcibly rubbing his or her cheek on one's five o'clock shadow (if a man) or heavily made up cheek (if a woman), and pinching a kid's cheeks. When I was wee, pinching cheeks was like a sport for the elderly -- they'd go to a wedding or a birthday party, anywhere children congregated in numbers, and see how many kids' faces they could bruise with their overweening love. Sometimes I wish I could go back in time to point a tiny finger and yell, "PERVERT!" at a few of my relatives, just to watch them jump back and give me my personal space. (Sadly for me, I was freakin' adorable ( ... )

parthenia14 May 28 2009, 19:46:35 UTC

I'm a complete baby about horror films, I don't do them. I can always be persuaded for drinks and anodyne romcoms, though.

patsyrant May 28 2009, 23:08:18 UTC

Shoulda thought of that. I recall you posting about seeing "Coraline" and then needing to be held.. :-) Can we persuade the others for drinks then?

parthenia14 May 31 2009, 10:42:45 UTC

Hmm, how about next week? Am confined to quarters this week. Nudge ravurian.