Codeine is good, although an NSAID might be better if you can take them.

I don't even know what that is. I'm on the stuff Mum gets prescribed for her arthritis. The only problem with it is I can't have a drink...and I'd really love a mulled wine right now!

My day - I'm watching 'the Russians are coming' hysteria with some amusement, although I won't deny that I've got misgivings about it myself.

You should have. The key issue is whether LJ will continue to be bound by US laws. At the moment they are, because the servers are in California. But regardless of whether SUP has a US subsidiary, if they move the LJ servers, then US law can't touch them on any practical level. And Russia's privacy laws are a joke.

I'd already decided to delete my journal, but if I hadn't, I would now. It's not hysteria IMO.