01-21-2007, 11:55 AM

well since i've complained to everyone else, i might as well complain to yous lol! i have the head cold of the century..yesterday the WHOLE day my head hurt so bad i felt as if i had the drunken spins, a sore throat where i can't even swallow, and congestion everywhere, and my whole body is sore..and all i want right now is an extra large tea from dunkin donuts ]=..

01-21-2007, 12:48 PM

oh noes!

Drink plenty of orange juice. Tropicana or Florida's Natural is the best (the only non-organic that is really 100% juice not from concentrate without any added stuff). I drink about a quart of OJ every day (3 cartons per week) and never get sick. 3000000% daily vitamin C will do that, I guess.

01-21-2007, 12:52 PM

Too late now to take echinacea. This works great as a preventive measure to catch those darn nasty flu bugs.

I used to catch every form of cold, flu, throat bugs leaping around in my city.

A nurse friend of mine suggested I take echinacea every 15 days out of the month in the critical period (October through April) and I followed her suggestion. Now I very rarely get anything at all. :girl:

Hope you get well soon, DVaris223.

01-21-2007, 04:55 PM

Thanks! I just can't believe how bad it is..I was waiting until the nausea caught on..but it never did (Thank the good Lord)..because that would have been the worst..

01-21-2007, 09:03 PM

Try Zinc tablets for soar throat. They work.

01-21-2007, 09:12 PM

Originally Posted by DVaris223

well since i've complained to everyone else, i might as well complain to yous lol! i have the head cold of the century..yesterday the WHOLE day my head hurt so bad i felt as if i had the drunken spins, a sore throat where i can't even swallow, and congestion everywhere, and my whole body is sore..and all i want right now is an extra large tea from dunkin donuts ]=..

Go down to the Apple store and buy something to cheer you up!

01-21-2007, 09:16 PM

I am coming down with some sinus drainage, icckk I hate it!

01-21-2007, 10:19 PM

Try Musinex.

01-21-2007, 11:10 PM

Originally Posted by DVaris223

Thanks! I just can't believe how bad it is..I was waiting until the nausea caught on..but it never did (Thank the good Lord)..because that would have been the worst..

i had that a couple weeks ago, couldn't swollow, was dissy all the time and was very nauseus. my nose was completly stuffed up (normally it is just one nostral). and every bone in my bod was so sore i couldnt even go out of the basement (couldnt go up the staires). i was really lucky i have a bathroom downstairs:p

01-22-2007, 12:19 AM

If you have the same strain that is going around here (Florida) then you must have it BAD!! Get well soon - you will be in our thoughts.

01-22-2007, 12:27 AM

I was sick about 6 months ago with a cold/fever. Unfortunately, it was during my trip to Japan.

Get well soon!

01-22-2007, 09:54 PM

Sounds more like the flu' though that should have fever too. Vitamin C in 2500 to 3000 MG's a day seems to help me get over it faster. Doc's say that lots of water rather than just fruit juice is helpful too. Newsweek recent issue published results of a long, multi-year study on people that showed echinacea (& St. John's Wort) actually did nothing. Under the age of 35 I never got sick either and never took echinacea or anything else other than good food and enough sleep. But what do I know, I once owned a PC.