Puking out of your nose

WARNING: Graphic content ahead. Do not read if you have a weak stomach!!

The body is capable of amazing things.

Example: I've been sick with the flu since Sunday. Symptoms of the particular type of flu I have, which hasn't been diagnosed as either Swine or Human, include, headache, sore throat, nasal drip, body aches, fever and chills. The flu this time around has also led me to find out a few things about myself.

1. I don't do "sick" well. Having your vacation ruined can lead to some very self-pitying thoughts. Luckily, I got sick while visiting my mom, so I have someone who will not just buy me chicken soup, she'll make it homemade for me, and she'll also take me to CVS at midnight and buy me Emergen-C, Theraflu and every other flu medicine on the market.

2. I can puke through my nose. I had no idea I had this super power. I had just choked down some apple cinnamon flavored Theraflu, which isn't terrible tasting, but it has this sort of fake sweet taste that sometimes leaves a film in your mouth. Being sick, I already had a phleghmy sort of feeling. Afterwards, I went to brush my teeth and a combination of coughing and sneezing, turned into me throwing up through my mouth and my nose. It happened so fast that I really have no idea HOW I did it, or if I could even do it again, but I do know that IT BURNED.

A lot.

Good thing all I ate today was soup. Double good thing that I didn't take my birth control right before I brushed my teeth. I took it out of the package, but a queasy feeling stopped me from taking it right then.

I've seen people shoot milk from their nose, even their eyeballs (those people are freaks though not super humans like me) but I've never seen anyone do what my body did tonight. I'm both proud and disgusted. Especially, because even though I brushed my teeth again and rinsed my mouth with mouthwash, I can still smell chicken broth mixed with apple cinnamon and stomach acid and it ain't pretty. Especially every time I sneeze.