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Brad Johnson

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Stupid $%#! cold.
« on: February 18, 2008, 10:06:18 AM »
Came down with a jen-u-wine cold this weekend.  Had the sniffles Friday but blew it off thinking it might be something in the wind.  Scratchy throat Saturday morning.  Oh, great.  Hit the zinc supplements and start guzzling even more water than usual.  Might as well prepare for the worst.  Saturday night it turned into a full-blown sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever, can't-get-any-friggin'-rest, cold.

Tried some off-the-shelf cold reliever.  Bah.  I might as well have been drinking Kool-Aid.  Wrenched my aching bod out of bed yesterday morning and got some real drugs - the go to the counter and register kind.  Between that and a lot of hot coffee ... much better.  I still have the sneezies and a little scratchy throat thing, but at least I can breath.  If it weren't for the intense and way-beyond-annoying itch deep down in my ears I could probably function semi-normally.  Ears are stopped up, too, but I can deal with that.  It helps me ignore people more than usual.

At least I'm on the downside of it.  I figure another day or two and I should be back to as close to normal as I ever get.

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Re: Stupid $%#! cold.
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2008, 10:19:01 AM »
Thera-flu and Green Death flavor NyQuil do it for me. 
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Re: Stupid $%#! cold.
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2008, 10:28:14 AM »
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At least I'm on the downside of it.

Hopefully so.  Round here the seasonal cold has been running one to two weeks per infection, depending on the individual.  Over the counter drugs did nothing to treat the symptoms of the bug, even the register your name, address and taxpaying unit ID # kind.  The only thing that made me feel any better was flushing out the nasal passages with a Neti Pot several times a day and drinking lots of hot peppermint tea.  After a week of that I can again feel air in my sinuses.

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If it weren't for the intense and way-beyond-annoying itch deep down in my ears...

Yep, thats the start of round 2 for this pest.  Hope ya got lots of tissues and chicken soup stockpiled.
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Re: Stupid $%#! cold.
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2008, 10:52:51 AM »
Quote from: Declaration Day on February 18, 2008, 09:19:01 AM
Thera-flu and Green Death flavor NyQuil do it for me. 

Did for me, too, until they took out the pseudoephedrine.  Now it's no better than the other non-narcotic sissy pansy stuff on the shelf.  When I feel this lousy I want something that's going to A) Make me feel better or, B) Screw me up so much I don't care how I feel.

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Re: Stupid $%#! cold.
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2008, 10:59:16 AM »
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Did for me, too, until they took out the pseudoephedrine.  Now it's no better than the other non-narcotic sissy pansy stuff on the shelf.  When I feel this lousy I want something that's going to A) Make me feel better or, B) Screw me up so much I don't care how I feel.

Drixoral does that for me. Dries out/reduces swelling in my nose and wipes me out so I can sleep. I cannot sleep at all with nasal congestion.
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Re: Stupid $%#! cold.
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2008, 11:02:28 AM »
For me, a good stiff triple shot of 100 proof Southern Comfort right before bed works as well as anything.
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Re: Stupid $%#! cold.
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2008, 12:03:59 PM »
Tried that last night.

Didn't work.

Still trying to cough up a lung.
 
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