A hair of the dog that bit you

It is with red wine, and a couple of other nasty concoctions, running through my veins that I sit and write this blog. I had no intention of being in this situation this morning, but that's often how these things happen. Most of my day has currently been spent in a supine position thinking about how to remedy my situation. It has also brought back many memories of years long ago (well before I married) and how I got through those days after.
'A hair of the dog that bit you' was always my male housemates' motto when it came time to recover. The last thing that I would ever want to do is to drink more of what is currently making me feel so terrible. Their hangover recovery would also be in combination with the greasiest breakfast that they could muster, which is where I would definitely participate. The very best way to replace all of those electrolytes is not with Gatorade... but with bacon! This remedy was tested many many times throughout my University days and I must admit that it really helps.
Now I did a little bit of research this morning to see what other hangover home remedies I could find and I came across quite a few. Firstly, the website I read confirmed that greasy food is really good for you - but the trick was that you need to eat it before you get drinking so that it coats the lining of the stomach and intestine and allows less of the drink to enter your blood stream. I guess that's all fine and good, but my wallet would probably take a beating as it would mean that you need to drink more to have the same effect.
One of the food items that I had forgotten about was bananas. Yes, you read that right - bananas. They are a really great day after snack because they replenish your potassium. One website recommended a banana and honey milkshake. Take 3 bananas, pour some milk and honey also into the blender and blend. It's supposed to be the major hangover remedy.
Another remedy that I read about was to drink a cup of black coffee with the juice of an entire lemon. It just makes me think of tequila and the lemon shot that you give yourself at the end. I can't imagine coffee and lemon being at all a good combination.
If you have a paramedic friend then you can ask her/him to let you suck back some oxygen or hook you up to an IV. I had a friend throughout university who would regularly help his friends out in this way - it definitely works but requires some payback at a later date.
My own personal hangover remedy is to take 2 tylenol or advil with as much water as you can get into yourself before heading to bed. In the morning repeat the tylenol/water combo and add some dry toast (without cinnamon sugar Em). Follow this with some greasy bacon and eggs and a good nap in the afternoon, you're usually golden by dinner time. Speaking of which.... I must get going. Blogging on a hangover day really does take all day long to complete..... I'll be better next weekend.