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| Tuesday, September 07, 2010 |
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I personally favor a Nyquil coma. Buy two bottles and tell everyone you’ll see them in three or four days. Put some Ritz crackers and 7up by the bed so that you can get a little nourishment in the few moments of lucidity you have between doses. Seriously, if you get as grumpy as I do when I’m sick, this is the best way to make sure the people who love you continue to do so. Put yourself out of your misery. |
Chad Too, a coma sounds really good right now. It’s clear you know exactly what I’m talking about. |
Love potion # 18. It’s twice a potent as love potion # 9. |
You know that there is no cure to the common cold, right? It’s a virus, so there’s no medicines that actually treat it. So you really only have one option: mask the symptoms. A coma sounds like it ought to do it. |
Rest, liquids, and real sleep, which means no Tylenol PM or Nyquil, because the sleep those produce isn’t the restful kind. I had a terrible cold last summer that turned into pneumonia, and the doctor told me that because I’d been taking Tylenol PM for a week, I hadn’t had a good night’s sleep for a week. It sucks in the short term, but you get better faster and could prevent it from getting worse. |
Chad Too has it down. I always start the coma with a double shot. |
Liz, I am sorely troubled by your lack of faith. A cure for the virus is going to pop up right here in the comments. It could be as simple as Aaron Brown relating one of his missionary stories. Once it appears, we’ll make our submission to the Lancet. We’ll be heroes. |
My sadistic mission president advocated this formula for colds… it kicks the butt of sinus infections as well. Even if your nose isn’t stuffed up it helps sore throats. Get a big glass of hot water Get a plastic spoon and snort that stuff up your nose one nostril at a time. You’ll hack, cough and your sinuses will clear out (do it over a sink) Keep doing it until you can’t stand it anymore. Take a break for a couple of hours until your nose starts to stuff up again. Repeat. It’s sadistic, painful and it cuts through colds like hot knife through butter. According to the sadistic MP, it’s scientifically proven… but it works for me. You can also gargle this concoction for sore throats. |
Dude Chicken Soup! |
I use Zicam. Nyquil at night, but in your case, maybe 24/7. Zicam clears me up in 2 days, tops. Angry, In Russia they always told me to do that same thing. They would add glue to the mix. I never did it. Other than that, my mom always said a Sprite or another favorite beverage is best. It doesn’t really help, but it tastes good. |
(#8) We use this version in our house where we have many allergies and frequent sinus infections – NeilMed Sinus Rinse. You can find it at drug stores and WalMart, a little easier to use than the straw. |
(#11)I second the recommendation of the NeilMed Sinus Rinse. |
Two remedies: (1) Zicam inhalant (as much as you can stand), followed by zinc lozenges every three hours for 2 full days; and (2) Get your body temperature substantially above 98 degrees for a while. I do it by practicing hard yoga in a heated room, but other people do it with hot baths, steam rooms, saunas, sunbathing, etc. And one weird idea that works for me: do headstand for 5-10 minutes/day. Letting gravity help clear sinuses makes everything feel better. |
Get a few pints of hot and sour soup from your nearest Chinese restaurant. It’s not a cure per se, but it does a wonderful job of relieving the symptoms and making life a bit more bearable. The spicier and more sour the soup, the better. ..bruce.. |
You pansies. Just work harder and that will take care of it! (Or so said my second mission president.) |
Liz said: “You know that there is no cure to the common cold, right? It’s a virus, so there’s no medicines that actually treat it. ” Sounds like Liz agrees with Jason Mraz: The remedy is the experience. This is a dangerous liaison. ;-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb-73iU6ubQ Get Better, |
Chicken soup. Don’t you people know anything? |
Yup, I make chicken soup loaded with garlic. Airborne & echinacea helped me this last time as well. But mostly, I just lay around and whine. That seems to help me get better. |
Zinc lozenges. Start em at first sign. Generics are as good as Zicam. Cheap generic decongestant for when you’re stuffed up. Cheap generic antihistime for when you’re runny. Lots of liquids. Lots of rest. |
