a stye in my eye

So in the past two weeks, I have managed to get two awful, random infections of the face/head.
To start off the fun, I developed a stye. Now, I have had styes before. Small, infections on either lower eye lid, which created a small reddish bump. This time, my stye incarnated on my upper eye lid making it very large and red and swollen.

Stye home remedies:

1. Wet tea bag with hot water and place over your eye once it cools off a bit or don't wait if you're a masochist like me. Keep this on your eye with tape for several hours or if you want to add an extra sexy touch, you can use a chic headband with a flower - use the large flower portion sort of like a pirate patch and the headband will hold it in place.

2. Mix lots of salt into warm water, wait until if cools off (I waited this time) and wash your eye ball with this. Having a partner for this one really helps.

3. Homemade Pumpkin Pie

Within three days of these wonderful remedies, my stye went away. Went away? or maybe this little infection decided to mosey on down to my throat. Within a couple of days of the disappearing stye, I had a sore throat from hell. This time home remedies were not in order (or so I thought) and I made my way to the local doctor. For a painful $64, he informed me that home remedies WERE in order and that my infection didn't look severe enough for antibiotics. Well, I did beg to differ. I went to the chemist and stocked up on my doctor-recommended-home-remedy solutions.

SEVERE sore throat home remedies:

1. Put two or three asprin in a half a glass of water until it completely dissolves. Once it dissolves, gargle each sip before swallowing. This helps to coat the throat with the drug and also quickly absorbs it into blood stream.

2. Betadine gargle solution - for 30 seconds

3. Extra strong lozenges

4. Movies, veggie soup, and raw fruit/veggie juice stuff

5. If all else fails (or even if it all works), vodka and cranberry juice


Right now, as I'm finishing off my drink, it seems these infections have gone off to find someone else to bother (possibly my roommate). In my future, I can see vitamin C pills, extra fruits/veggies, and soap-free antibacteril gel at my side.