Why I had sore throats

I had a burning sore throat, all the way into the chest, so I thought I was
coming down with something. I had a zinc lozenge, echinecea, and vitamin C,
and went to bed early. I was fine in the morning. Next day, by the end of
the day, my throat was sore again. More zinc, etc.

Today, I figured it out. It's not that I'm skirting a cold. It's the bad air
quality lately. It's why I've been short of breath just sitting under I-90
waiting for the traffic light to change, much less pulling up Dearborn under
I-5. (Doesn't bad air sink?) That's the source of my sore throat and burning
in my chest.

I'm going to hope for a good pineapple express to wash it all out. Well
worth it to ride in heavy rains and winds if it means I can breathe again.

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Claire Petersky
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One of the things I hated about cycling in El Lay was the way my throat
would burn, nuch as you described, especially after a long hard ride.
Eventually even "escaping" into the mountains didn't do any good!

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On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:26:43 GMT, "Claire Petersky"
wrote:

Today, I figured it out. It's not that I'm skirting a cold. It's the bad air
quality lately. It's why I've been short of breath just sitting under I-90
waiting for the traffic light to change, much less pulling up Dearborn under
I-5. (Doesn't bad air sink?)

The particulate matter does.

Furnaces are going full time. The fancy condos have wood burning
fireplaces. Those Presto-Logs sure add to the stink.
--
zk

Don't you feel it in your eyes first? Seems that when the air quality
geets bad I get sore eyes and tearing before anything else.

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:26:43 GMT, "Claire Petersky"
wrote:

I had a burning sore throat, all the way into the chest, so I thought I was
coming down with something. I had a zinc lozenge, echinecea, and vitamin C,
and went to bed early. I was fine in the morning. Next day, by the end of
the day, my throat was sore again. More zinc, etc.

Today, I figured it out. It's not that I'm skirting a cold. It's the bad air
quality lately. It's why I've been short of breath just sitting under I-90
waiting for the traffic light to change, much less pulling up Dearborn under
I-5. (Doesn't bad air sink?) That's the source of my sore throat and burning
in my chest.

I'm going to hope for a good pineapple express to wash it all out. Well
worth it to ride in heavy rains and winds if it means I can breathe again.

To err on the side of safety, get yourself checked out for bronchitis
by your doctor. The symptoms I get from such are a lot like the ones I
get!
richard

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 04:26:43 GMT, "Claire Petersky"
wrote:

I had a burning sore throat, all the way into the chest, so I thought I was
coming down with something. I had a zinc lozenge, echinecea, and vitamin C,
and went to bed early. I was fine in the morning. Next day, by the end of
the day, my throat was sore again. More zinc, etc.

Today, I figured it out. It's not that I'm skirting a cold. It's the bad air
quality lately. It's why I've been short of breath just sitting under I-90
waiting for the traffic light to change, much less pulling up Dearborn under
I-5. (Doesn't bad air sink?) That's the source of my sore throat and burning
in my chest.

I'm going to hope for a good pineapple express to wash it all out. Well
worth it to ride in heavy rains and winds if it means I can breathe again.

Go to your doctor and get yourself checked out for bronchitis. From
the symptoms you describe, it sounds a lot how I feel when I get it.
Err on the side of safety, Claire,
richard

Claire Petersky wrote:

Today, I figured it out. It's not that I'm skirting a cold. It's the bad air
quality lately. It's why I've been short of breath just sitting under I-90
waiting for the traffic light to change, much less pulling up Dearborn under
I-5. (Doesn't bad air sink?) That's the source of my sore throat and burning
in my chest.

:-(

I'm having the same problems here. I thought I had just gotten something
from the petri dishes I call my daughters.

I'm going to hope for a good pineapple express to wash it all out. Well
worth it to ride in heavy rains and winds if it means I can breathe again.

Ouch. I was kind of enjoying the *dry* cold weather personally.

--
Dane Buson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative."
-Oscar Wilde

Claire Petersky wrote:
I had a burning sore throat, all the way into the chest, so I thought I was
coming down with something. I had a zinc lozenge, echinecea, and vitamin C,
and went to bed early. I was fine in the morning. Next day, by the end of
the day, my throat was sore again. More zinc, etc.

Today, I figured it out. It's not that I'm skirting a cold. It's the bad air
quality lately. It's why I've been short of breath just sitting under I-90
waiting for the traffic light to change, much less pulling up Dearborn under
I-5. (Doesn't bad air sink?) That's the source of my sore throat and burning
in my chest.

It probably is the air, cold winter air is much dryer then warm summer
air, motor vehicle engines are less efficient when it's cold out, so
that dry air is more polluted as well.

W

The Wogster wrote:

It probably is the air, cold winter air is much dryer then warm summer
air, motor vehicle engines are less efficient when it's cold out, so
that dry air is more polluted as well.

Well, I think the air has been thoroughly scrubbed today. So hopefully
we won't have this problem for a while.

Excuse me while I go wring out my socks.

--
Dane Buson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g
Without coffee he could not work, or at least he could not have worked in the
way he did. In addition to paper and pens, he took with him everywhere as an
indispensable article of equipment the coffee machine, which was no less important
to him than his table or his white robe. - Stefan Zweigs, Biography of Balzac

"Dane Buson" wrote in message
...

Well, I think the air has been thoroughly scrubbed today. So hopefully
we won't have this problem for a while.

Yes, isn't it *excellent*?

Excuse me while I go wring out my socks.

We have a new secretary in our workgroup. She wanted to know why I had my
little desk fan on. "You're hot?!" she asked. I then pointed out how the
device was pointed at my bicycling gloves.

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Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky
Personal page: http://www.geocities.com/cpetersky/
See the books I've set free at:
http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky