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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - 5:57 pm
I read it that way too jmm!!! I thought she said "my SIL in PA is an infectious disease."
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - 7:03 pm
LOL, so did I thinking "poor Spy". My mother had nasty sil's, too.
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Nynana
Member
05-31-2005
| Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - 7:06 pm
We use to use Cold-Eze every 4 hours and on the 2 hour mark <then every 4 hours> 1000mg of Vit. C. Now we use Airborne. At the first sign of a sniffle or being exposed to a cold, one Airborne every 12 hours. Should we actually get a cold, 1 every 3 hours for 3 days and it is gone. I swear by it. As for all the disinfecting, there is nothing wrong with wiping things down but not to go overboard, especially on hand washing with anti-bacterial soap. Some of the bacteria on our hands is good for us. 20/20 just did a thing on the anti-bacterial cleaners a couple of weeks ago. I'm glad we quit buying them a few years back.
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - 7:33 pm
I’ve really enjoyed reading all the different suggestions and comments and it is interesting that there are so many conflicting theories and opinions about this. For example, I have heard that some of the drugs like Zicam may have undesirable side effects. I have no idea if that has any merit anymore than I know if anti-bacterial cleaners may be bad for you in the long-term.
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Spygirl
Board Administrator
04-23-2001
| Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - 8:00 pm
Hahahaha, you guys! I love my SIL! She just works in infectious disease 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 12:08 am
My SIL works in biotech research and she's pretty big on the hand sanitizer after they come out of a market or costco. I use sanitizer before and after I work out at Curves, hoping not to spread my germs and not to bring any new ones home. My home is definitely NOT sanitary.. I mean Critter has food and water bowls on the kitchen counter. I never place anything I'll be ingesting on a counter anyway, but put down a paper towel .. wash hands before handling food, before eating, after bathroom or after cat stroking. I'm not fanatic. I've never used airbourne.. what is the format and where does one get that? I guess I should have some around. I've used Cold-eeze since they came out.. if I DO get a cold, I'll be using the lozenges, maybe ramp up my vitamin C from two to three grams a day. If it gets into my head, the virus, then I'll use nyquil/daycare and sleep more.. in the past 10-15 years I had one really bad virus where I should have gone in sooner and when I did, he did go with antibiotics because eyes and ears were very unhappy and antibiotic was actually needed (I have never ever had a doctor who just gave shots on demand). Last bad flu I had was in 1968/9.. wiped out about 5 weeks right over Christmas.. the Hong Kong flu.. ACK.. ex and I both got it though he was a bigger drama queen and quite irate to find out that mine was worse and had become bad bronchitis with suspected pneumonia .. he whined when he didn't get an xray.. I try to be very aware when I'm in very public places, like Disneyland, because I don't have children and am not always exposed to stuff, so at Dland or in airports I'll be extra careful about hand washing. And of course if you keep your hands away from those eyes/nose/mouth areas, that is the best thing. My mom was of the old school that if a kid put something in his/her mouth, as long as it was too large to swallow (say, a rock), not a problem. We had a neighbor kid whose mom literally followed him around and the instant he touched something she snatched him up and took him to wash his hands. My mom predicted it would be rough when he went off to school and sure enough.. 2-3 weeks into first grade (mom didn't send him to Kindergarten).. he was sicker than a dog. I guess I'd better be stocking some airbourne?
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 3:59 am
I stopped taking Nyquil back in the early '70's due to an incident that turned into pneumonia. I had a simple headcold with a lot of PND, and it was difficult to sleep through the night. I started taking Nyquil and while I started sleeping very soundly at night, my cold just got steadily worse until it was so bad I ended up in the dr's office. Exrays confirmed I had double pneumonia, and the dr blamed a large part of my predictament on the Nyquil. He explained that the Nyquil sedated me so fully that my body did not cough, bringing up the mucus that was running down the back of throat and seeping into my airways. He explained how important it was to cough, and that a cough suppressant used in conjunction with sleep inducing agents was a bad thing for a cold. He put me on a tussin type med (prescription only at the time) and counseled me to look for expectorants as opposed to cough suppression. Now whenever I get a cold I use a tussin CF (which works for chest and head)...and although I have to wake up to take it when it wears off because I start coughing, I don't mind. Its a minor inconvenience to the alternative!!!
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 4:10 am
Airborne comes in a tablet form (like Alka Seltzer) You drop it in a small amount of water and drink it. I comes in lemon lime or orange.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 10:48 pm
Thanks, Ginger! Less than a week, Ginger (for your surgery!!)
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 2:21 am
I have been sort of skimming this thread, but dh came home with a nasty cold yesterday so I guess I better go back and truly read it now!!!

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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Wednesday, November 09, 2005 - 10:24 am
I have only had maybe 2 colds my entire life but loved ones get them and I always tell them to lay off the sugar because I read somewhere that you should. Too bad I don't know why! lol My 20 yr old dd has a bad cold right now but she works in a call center where people always come to work sick.
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Buttercup
Member
09-10-2000
| Sunday, November 20, 2005 - 7:21 pm
I take Airborne at the first sign of a cold and keep taking it until the symptoms are gone--usually no more than two days. Love this stuff!
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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 1:54 pm
Sugar kicks the you know what out of your immune system and basically strip mines the body looking for the missing minerals it needs to digest it's white devil self!! We use zinc lozenges, chicken soup and Cold FX for colds and and oscillococcinum for flu Also elderberry extract (sambucol) - it reduces symptoms and shortens duration of flu types A & B, (according to a clinical study accepted for publication in The Journal of International Medical Research)
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Nancy
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 3:02 pm
blah nothing is helping me with this most recent bout of bronchitis 
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 9:38 am
I very rarely get a cold or the like. Many years ago (app. '72) just before going on a big trip to Switzerland, I came down with a cold. Oh, no! Asked the local druggist how to get rid of it. He asked if I was taking vitamins. No. He told me to take four multis per day to get rid of it and then two per day. That knocked that cold out in just a very few days. Ever since I've taken two multis per day and, as I said, I rarely get colds. When I do feel one coming on, I double up on vitamins. Sometimes I can knock it out before I get it full force. And I don't take expensive One-A-Days. Just buy the local store brand -- Target, Osco, Walgreens.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - 10:05 am
So my SIL recommends Airborne to my sister, who's husband was feeling po'ly. Airborne sounds good to sis, she goes out and gets it right away, packing it up for the BIL who's leaving on a trip. Unfortunately, sis and BIL didn't read the directions. BIL popped an Airborne directly in his mouth. Imagine the surprise of fellow travellers driving down the highway who see a 6'8" pissed-off man speeding down the highway trying to get to the airport with foam frothing, bubbling, and dripping from his mouth. He said he looked like a rabid clown by the time he could pull over. LOL.
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Kaykay
Member
01-21-2004
| Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - 12:52 pm
LOL GAL - i've seen that look on one of my co-workers. he was to stubborn to read the damn directions - we knew what would happen but he wouldn't listen - it crack me the heck up.... <it was MR. Smelly Onions so I didn't feel to bad about giggling at him>
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 5:24 pm
Don't know if we have Airborne up here. Haven't seen it. Woke up with a cold Friday night. After trying Dayquil, Tylenol Cold, Nyquil and Advil Cold & Sinus Plus -- with NO discernible effect on my cold symptoms (I only slept 4 hours on Nyquil, which is SO weird for me), I bought some Cold-FX today. Just took the first three tablets about a half hour ago. So far, no difference. Also been sucking on Vit C tablets, drinking OJ. And I'm still miserable. Going to brew some ginger, honey and cayenne tea now for my throat... blech
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 5:30 pm
Yankee go to the drug store they should have airborne. It is the best thing. Feel better sweetie
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 5:32 pm
No, didn't see it. Maybe they don't have it in Canada. Thank you, Gingiepie, and I hope you're bearing the snow OK...
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 5:32 pm
Years ago I came down with a cold shortly before going on a "big" vacation to Europe. Went to local drugstore and asked pharmacist how to get rid of it. He asked if I took vitamins? No. He told me to take four multis per day to get rid of it, then take two per day. That did it. Cold was gone in a short time and I now very rarely get colds. That was 30+ years ago. I still take two per day and double up when I feel a cold coming on. I can usually knock it out before I get it full force. I just take cheap store-brand vitamins -- not $$ One-a-Days.
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 5:39 pm
What chains of drug stores do you have? Do you have Walgreen's or Rite Aid or CVS, cause they also have their own brand of airborne, but I prefer the original. If you emailme your address, I will send you some for the next time you are feeling yucky
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 6:37 pm
we get airborne at trader joes.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 7:24 pm
Nope, nope, nope and nope. We don't have Walgreens, Rite Aid, CVS nor trader joes. LOL We have London Drugs, Shoppers Drug Mart, Pharmasave and my local grocery. And I've been to ALL of them in the past two days, I'm realizing as I type this! Thanks for the offer, Ginger. I'll likely get some next time I'm in the U.S. Off to make some cup'o'soup -- chicken noodle of course.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 10:56 pm
Ginger1218, they don't have a lot of stuff in Canada that we have in the U.S. But Yankee travels in the U.S. a lot and could probably get some for next time. Or I could run some up over the border for her. Except I am afraid of catching her cold. Yankee, next time you are coming through my town on I-5, get off at Sunset exit and turn left (east). There is a Walgreens about one half block away. Easy on-off. I have never tried Airborne.
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