I’m just coming off a moderate cold I’ve had for the last week. All the classic symptoms — runny, stuffy nose, congestion, slight headache, yellow phlegm — but oddly enough, barely a hint sore throat. It’s been unpleasant to say the least.
A little while ago, Tiana wrote “I look in the bowl after to see how impressive it was. I’m pretty sure you do too”.
This cold has made me realize that I not only look in the bowl (I’m sure Freud would diagnose us as being fixated in the anal stage of psychosexual development), but I open my Kleenex after blowing in it as well, to check for discoloured mucus, phlegm, blood, or bits of brain that may have escaped through my nose.
I always check for blood in my facial tissue. I never had nose bleeds until I moved to Ottawa and I was convinced I had brain tumors.
I always get a random thrill if the texture of the mucous is slightly thicker, almost solid. And if it’s green I see if I can blow out more. Until my head hurts, and what comes out is bloody. Then it sucks.
@Tiana — Weird. And very X‑Files-ish. I find Ottawa to be very dry from the weather, that may have something to do with it.
@maeko — I get a kick out of thicker mucus too. I think it’s the idea that this disgusting thing is coming out of your body. It’s like a cleansing.