Now in the three weeks since I've foresworn alcohol I've been feeling decidedly under the weather. At first I thought I was getting the flu but that turned out to be a cold (the first since I gave up smoking several years ago) and then I got the runs, which lasted the best part of a week and now I've got The Shoulder and a vague, fluey, tired thing going on. And I'm wondering to myself if it wasn't the gin that was keeping these plagues at bay.
I mentioned it to the postman this morning,
Y'know something Sven? Since I quit drinking I haven't had a well day.
Says he,
That'll be the toxins leaving your body.
This is what I'm wondering. Is my current poorly form the result of toxins leaving my body or, did the gin actually provide a health benefit? There is only one way to find out. I shall have to continue with this experiment in abstemiousness for a longer time.
One good thing is that I've lost three pounds since taking the pledge. But then, a couple of days ago, I fell, like a savage, to the office mint Yoyos. I thought they might ease The Shoulder. They did not.
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Sweets are a good cure for all.
Liza Doolittle on gin and illness:
Eliza Doolittle: Yes, lord love you. Why should she die of influenza, when she come through diptheria right enough the year before. Fairly blue with it she was. They all thought she was dead. But my father, he kept ladling gin down her throat. Then she come to so sudden she bit the bowl right off the spoon.
Eliza Doolittle: Now what call would a woman with that strength in her have to die of influenza?
First you had me laughing, then Ronnie, now if I can get the fireplace going I'll be set for the day.
Nelly, I think that Gin was just the tonic for you! ;)
I'm staying off the gin until Christmas. Peanut butter cured the shoulder!
LOL "Peanut butter cured the shoulder"
I need your recipe, please, my shoulder has been aching for weeks...
Ah Brighid it was just the comfort food treatment. I didn't rub it on!
Weeks! I don't think I could bear it going on that long. I hope yours gets better soon.
Soooo, I'm thinking, if I rub the PB on Himself and he disapears, the pain will be gone.
Nurse opinion: Methinks you are having a wee bit of withdrawal - Yeah, the toxins are leaving your body. Hang in there, you should be feeling better soon. Have a nice cuppa tea and a piece of really good chocolate, dear.
Sore Shoulder Epert opinion:
If you can't get your elbow above shoulder height, sideways, without pain, we're talking tendonitis.
Anti-inflammatories help but exercises to strengthen muscles in the shoulder and back are the long-term fix. Gentle exercises.
I have placed my physiotherapist on a pedestal, far all to marvel at.
Thanks for all the advice. I'm filing it away for future reference as my shoulder is greatly improved. Yippee!
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