Meido Shirone Says Lingering Cold Has Her Heading Back to the Doctor

HACONECT — Meido Shirone of HACONECT opened an *asakatsu*, or morning stream, on Thursday Japan time by saying a lingering cold had left her with a stuffed-up nose and that she planned to go to the hospital again that day.

She said the runny nose had continued even though she was taking allergy medicine, which made her wonder whether it was autumn pollen after all. Mucus draining down the back of her throat was causing coughing, she said, and it kept waking her at night. She has been sleeping in a moistened throat mask, which she called surprisingly comfortable. A virus test she took had come back negative, she said, and she had no fever.

“I want to get back to my strongest soon.” — Meido Shirone, on her recovery

It was the second time in two months she had been unwell, she said. An illness in September cleared in about four days after strong treatment, while this month’s felt more widespread and slower to lift. Her voice was still not at full strength, she said, so long streams were out of reach for now. Shirone said ASMR had been the right fit, since it spares her throat: she managed four days in a row, including a stream of more than an hour.

About 11 minutes in, she read out the names of viewers who had been greeting her, as she does on these mornings, and later thanked four viewers who had sent Super Chats or Super Stickers. She also said the fog from the cold had made it hard to edit short clips of her streams. After making them six days running from late September, she said, the clips for now would come from her singing streams.

She ended the stream at 8 a.m. because a package was due and told viewers to look after their health. She said she would be at her agency’s office the next day and would see the doctor first. In chat, viewers wished her a quick recovery.