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Weinermr

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 02:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh and Goddess, drink lots and lots of liquids, preferably water. Orange juice (Vitamin C) too.

Zachsmom

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 02:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hot toddy or blackberry brandy should clear it up..and you'll feel really really good too..

Weinermr

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 02:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That depends how hot toddy really is.

Goddessatlaw

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 02:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks,Lance, I'll keep an eye on it - I've never had my lungs feel so bad, even when I had pneumonia as a kid. I'm pretty sure it's not a good sign when you can feel your internal organs, and I can feel the bottom of my lungs right now. PS really don't like going to doctors, so if I suddenly disappear from the boards you might want to send over some paramedics to check it out.

Goddessatlaw

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 02:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Now, see, Zachsmom's hitting me where I live - I could head down to the BF's, hit the jacuzzi (jacuzzi steam is as good as shower steam, isn't it?) and guzzle the brandy. Of course, the jacuzzi would speed up the circulation so the brandy makes me feel better in pretty short order. I'm saying it might be a plan. Even if I didn't feel better, I'd forget that I felt bad.

Babyruth

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 02:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Robitussin DM is most often recommended for congestion/coughs. It has 2 medications: one to loosen and help liquify the congestion so you can clear it out, and one is a cough suppressant for that non-productive coughing.

Lance is correct about those viral upper respiratory infections lasting longer than the average cold. See the doc if it gets worse over time or doesn't go away after more than a week or two. You should also see a doc if your sputum is yellow or green rather than clear, if your breathing is worse, or if you run a fever.
Hope you're feeling better soon!!

edited to add: oops! Weiner already mentioned Robitussin, and extra water.

Goddessatlaw

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 02:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sounds like Robitussin DM is it, although it's much less fun than blackberry brandy and a jacuzzi. Thanks, Babyruth.

Zachsmom

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 02:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Goddess..my great uncle Bill swore by black berry (or was it cherry) brandy as a remedy. Anytime he had a tickle in his throat he'd drink a fifth of it and swore the cold/flu/sore throat was gone.

And yes..Jucuzzi is equivalant to shower steam..

Rabbit

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 02:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Babyruth, I dont know what color my sputum is. Will I need to shave somewhere to see it?

Fruitbat

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 03:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I know a little miracle cure. The doctor that I had for physiology told this to the class when he noticed that some had colds.

We need to make sure we get extra water when we are sick. It is not to flush anything out. That is a common myth.

All of our body systems use water to function. Even if you are sick your body will first send water to help the systems that maintain life, heart lungs, liver etc. Anything left over goes to the system fighting the virus.

We can only assimilate 8 oz's every 30 mins. Anything else is eliminated.

The cure: Drink 8oz's of water every 30 mins. You have to set a timer. There is no way you can judge this otherwise.

A day later those that followed his directions were well and having no symptoms, whatsoever. Those that thought they could do it without a timer or gave it a half hearted try still had their colds.

I have done this and it is amazing.

Zachsmom

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 03:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
hmmm Fruit..but can you do it with brandy?

Fruitbat

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 03:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am not thinking that would do it.

Zachsmom

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 03:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Darn..I was going to pretend I had a cold!

Goddessatlaw

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 03:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, maybe I could climb in the jacuzzi and gargle with brandy while I take vitamin C and echenaccia every half hour with my 8 oz of water and Robitussin. Am I missing anything here? This is starting to sound like a college party movie (and I'm just the woman for the part)

Fruitbat

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 03:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Don't forget donuts.

Weinermr

Thursday, October 31, 2002 - 03:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
and lots of pizza. (pick all the pepperoni off and just eat that, and it will be Atkinsated pizza)

Babyruth

Friday, November 01, 2002 - 10:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Rabbit, as long as you're not coughing it out, I don't think you'll need to shave it.
Now, turn your head and cough, please...

Rabbit

Friday, November 01, 2002 - 10:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
haaaawwwwwwpppppppttttttoooiiiieeee .... sorry had a little hare in there ..

Babyruth

Friday, November 01, 2002 - 10:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yuck. Did anyone else see that rabbit hawk in here?
rabbithawk

Goddessatlaw

Friday, November 01, 2002 - 03:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi, guys - in for the night nursing this cold. Not feeling as bad as last nite, but I've been nuking and hydrating myself as per the above suggestions. Actually, I'm writing to gripe - I made fried pork chops this evening that had a light dusting of flour on them, fried in real butter (per Atkins diet). This was not the problem - the problem was these porkchops created a mass of crunchies at the bottom of the pan. Now, those of you who were raised right know exactly where I'm going with this. Fortunately, I had no milk or potatoes in the house or I'd have made the swingingest cream gravy in the history of the world and poured it all over potatoes and pork chops, and stuffing too if I'd gone that route. Tonight's the first night I really felt a pang of carb-starve. Now I have hard-core crunchy anger. Crunchies gone to waste. This bothers me more than the thought of blowing my diet. Maybe I AM insane. Where's the bar, anyway?

Rabbit

Friday, November 01, 2002 - 03:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm more upset that you didn't send the pork chops to me. I would have barbequed them, eliminating the flour, butter and the crunchies. We all would have been happier then, right?

Goddessatlaw

Friday, November 01, 2002 - 03:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Can't have any barbeque sauce either, Rabbit (pout). Sugar, donchaknow. But if it made you happy, I'd have shipped them off to you and eaten raw lettuce for dinner. Wait, you'd have wanted my lettuce, too. Umm - ok, I'd have a protein shake for dinner. I'm sure you wouldn't have protein shake envy, would you?

Rabbit

Friday, November 01, 2002 - 03:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
nope

Mware

Friday, November 01, 2002 - 03:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Goddess, when you're sick, you only have to worry about the carbs if they smell good. If you can't smell them, they're not there. (Kind of like infants, you know?) Don't worry about the crunchies. If you can't smell them, I'll assure you that they're carb-free.

Goddessatlaw

Friday, November 01, 2002 - 03:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Now see - that's a theory I could subscribe to, Mware, and a dangerous one at that. Gotta stick with what I know, though - I'm back to a 37/25/36 which I haven't seen since I was about 29. This makes me happier than cream gravy and stuffed porkchops. My mom thinks I wasn't raised right for having this sentiment - I told her it was because I come from poor genetic stock. Ended the discussion right quick.