"A Day without Starbucks is like... forget it, just kidding, I have no idea."
~Unknown
I haven't done a food review in a while, so...
This is the new drink at Starbucks. Think butterflies! First let me say, the photo I took doesn't do it's beauty justice! It's really pretty. Three layers of orange, pink and purple, which make the cup look like a missile bar, you know, that cool tropical frozen treat from when we were kids! The same bar had three different names, Missiles,Big Stick and Monster bars. I guess it was a regional thing. Anyway, the bars were cherry and pineapple flavored, but the Butterfly drink is made up of guava and passionfruit, poured over mango-pineapple pearls. There are three versions of the drink. I ordered the Tropical Butterfly Lemonade Refresher, which was quite tangy and sweet, but you might opt for the, Tropical Butterfly Energy Refresher, or the, The Butterfly drink, which comes with coconut milk or the milk of your choice. It was a little too sweet for my liking, I mean I have a sweet tooth, but this drink was a little too much. I think I will be sticking with my favorite drink, the Iced Tea Chai Latte. I love the spices, mixed with the milk. As I am not a coffee drinker, my chai latte is very pleasant any time of day.
Go try the Butterfly drinks, just know, it's a lot sweeter than most Starbucks drinks!
"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."
~Mark Twain
My work from home photography jaunts to my office continue. LOL. Don't let the happy little giggle just then fool you, I am NOT a happy girl! This cold of mine, as it turns out is not a cold at all. Nope indeed something worse lies beneath!
The symptoms weren't quite right. Low grade fever then outrageous fever then a low grade fever that goes away for a couple days, then mysteriously returns. No sore throat. Not that I am complaining. Sore throats suck! I had the bad mother of all sore throats once, Strep Throat, which felt like a collection of tiny stars that had been dipped in very HOT oil. YUCK. So, the absence of a sore throat is appreciated, but I have never had a cold that didn't include a sore throat.
Strange.
The next strange symptom came in the form of a cough. It was a strikingly unusual cough. It produced nothing or very little, but the cough itself was intense and intensely painful and fitful as well. Several times a day I begin to cough uncontrollably, to the point where I feel like some invisible entity has their hands around my throat. You know, like the mean spirited ghosts you sometimes see in movies and bad TV shows! It's deep, and again produces nothing, but literally leaves me blue from lack of oxygen. For several minutes a day, I can't stop coughing, and no air is getting into my body. Nothing. It feels like I had pissed my body off for the last time, and it is determined to choke the life out of me.
Okay, that's it! It was time for some tip-toeing through the web pages at WebMD and Kaiser Permanente.
Both medical information sites returned one distinct possibility!
Whooping Cough.
Great... I have a painful kiddie disease.
Make no mistake, while it is usually children who suffer from this, it is probably one of the toughest, painful, things I have experienced in my 50 odd years! I can't even imagine watching any baby or child go through the painful spasms of coughing I am experiencing, let alone if I had my own child experiencing it. I don't know how all those brave souls with children do it! I really don't!
I will find out for sure later today, well, almost. My usual doctor is out of town, so an associate will be calling me to interview me over the phone. If you could possibly have Whooping cough, they would rather you start with a phone interview. It makes sense, and besides, I don't have much energy. Every time I lie down to sleep, I wake up a short time later mid-spasm.
The final straw, the thing that made me finally call my doctor was the odd noise that tends to accompany the cough. WHOOP!
I will never make jokes about WHOOPING IT UP or MAKING WHOOPEE again.
Sigh.
But in the mean time, I have Popsicles and jello, and lots of nice cold water, and salty soup.
It's all good. Well, no it's not, but it's one step closer to being cured.
