drjuice

is your beloved drpepper as cool as this!?!?!

the other day as i said goodbye to my (favorite) coworker, agi, she asked about my weekend. i told her it was good despite the small problem i'm having with my tonsils. she put down her purse and came over to my desk quite seriously. she pulled out the chair in the desk next to mine and sat down. (i'm not gonna lie, i felt like i was in trouble.)
she asked with deep concern, "are they inflamed?"
"yeah, just a little, but it made for a pretty lame weeknd."
"you need to take medicine to remedy this."she reached in her bag and retrieved a box that said "drjuice" on it. i giggled a little both at the name of the medicine and the fact that she was carrying it around. she explained to me that i should take it two to three times a day, swishing it around in my mouth for one minute before swallowing.
"luckily, there is no taste to this medicine. it's like water."
i chased away the thought that it actually was water because agi's smarter than that.
we went into the teacher room kitchen and i watched her poor a teaspoon's amount into a tablespoon (to prevent overflowing). she delivered the spoon to me, reminding me a lot of mary poppins and her grool-ish meds. i swished. it tasted like nothing, well maybe a little metallic, but still pretty much like nothing. then she told me there is silver in this clear liquid and it will help maladies of the throat and mouth as well as anything else. she told me i will feel better in a matter of minutes, but that she can't stick around to watch. with that, she gave me the bottle of medicine, for a few days only, i'm pretty sure, and went on her way.
another teacher (aniko) came in and saw me. upon seeing the bottle she said, "oh. you too?"
"uh, agi gave it to me."
"do you believe in it?"

"i don't know yet; i just took some a minute ago."

she said, "you will" and walked away.
they're right! i haven't googled it yet or anything, but it seems to work pretty well. my tonsils, though still a tad inflamed and red, don't hurt. they actually stopped hurting before i got home that day - a fifteen minute walk.
i am now an advocate for the drjuice. i think someone may have squeezed a doctor and collect the drippings in a bottle or something. a good doctor, too. a really good one.
if you find out it's poison or something, don't tell me. if it is i'm lovin' this placebo effect.