Horrible cold, third day
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Horrible cold, third day
Headache, chills, sinuses plugged, sore throat, the whole nine.
This sucks, I've tried robitussin and all the rest and am just beginning to feel alive again.
It may be that being in the dumps didn't help any - but I've got to get up and get going again.
Any good ideas and/or country cures out there? I feel like a walking bio-hazard...
~Wolf
This sucks, I've tried robitussin and all the rest and am just beginning to feel alive again.
It may be that being in the dumps didn't help any - but I've got to get up and get going again.
Any good ideas and/or country cures out there? I feel like a walking bio-hazard...
~Wolf
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Don't have any....
I have heard raising the acidity level of the body is a smart move, and have dumped huge quants of lemon juice and tabasco down my neck.
At least the sore throat has begun to ebb....
I have heard raising the acidity level of the body is a smart move, and have dumped huge quants of lemon juice and tabasco down my neck.
At least the sore throat has begun to ebb....
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Vitiman C is water solulable. therefore not too many worries of overdosing as with some vitamins. I load up on Vitiman C via pills and citrus fruit. Between that and Sudefed, I'm much better within a couple days.
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Fluids! drink till you think you are going to pee your self to death, juice, tea, coffee, water, soups, lots of hot fluids work for me and spicy seems to help. Just go easy on the addition of alcohol, a little seems to help some but a little too much and you wake up feeling worse. Personally I don't drink at all, and this year I've been lucky no cold or flu (I'm knocking on wood ) and moving around allways seems to help me shake it off faster.
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I take a vitamin C tablet in the middle of the night, and reduce my caffeine intake to almost nothing. Dr told me years ago you will absorb more vitamin C in the middle of the night and caffeine cancels out vitamin C. Also years ago I had a really bad cold, and was servicing the AC at a tanning salon. They put me in a tanning bed for five minutes, by the end of the next day it was gone. From the vitamin D? PS cutting out the caffeine is almost as bad as the cold.
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try elderberry as well as cayenne and garlic. sounds awful but will clear you up in no time.
mom has always sworn by this.
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mom has always sworn by this.
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Hope your feeling better GreyWolf.
I had a bad bout a couple of weeks ago. It'll take you a couple of weeks to get back to normal.
Get LOTS of sleep, eat well all day, and drink plenty of fluids.
I had a bad bout a couple of weeks ago. It'll take you a couple of weeks to get back to normal.
Get LOTS of sleep, eat well all day, and drink plenty of fluids.
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Sports bottle of water with an inch of lemon juice is a real kicker -
That and bundling up has done a lot. Theres a potential witches brew of meds available here, but I think Robitussin won the day.
Tomorrow I go out...
If I don't get out and make things happen, I'll lose the battle I'm sure.
Sometimes you just have to get off your lazy behind!
That and bundling up has done a lot. Theres a potential witches brew of meds available here, but I think Robitussin won the day.
Tomorrow I go out...
If I don't get out and make things happen, I'll lose the battle I'm sure.
Sometimes you just have to get off your lazy behind!
Last edited by Greywolf; Feb 23, 2004 at 09:48 PM.
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