I so sick of being sick!!

[Rhett&SarahsMom]

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have been, not helping here. Helped the kid though. Ahhhh youth

 

[rocktheflock]

STAY AWAY FROM SUGAR!!!
every time you eat sugar it takes your immune system 4 hours to get built back up. ice cream is double-whammy, dairy and sugar.
blueberries are chock-full of antioxidents (sp?). we eat frozen blueberries all the time and i think between all four of us we have had only like two colds all year, and VERY mild at that.

 

[Momma_Cluck]

There are so many different variants of the flu/cold that you can just keep getting em over and over..
BUT: here's a decent way to boost your immunity.

Like someone else mentioned, Activia yogurt helps immunity...
Also, a good HID light (Used for seasonal affective disorder) can help as can nasal irrigation.. just get a BUNCH of bottles of nasal saline, and use it 6-8x a day as directed on the bottle...

this with vitamin C, Zinc, B-Complex and echinacea (sp?) can help too... do NOT take all the vitamin C at one time! take a dose 3-4x a day... it is water soluble and anything not "used" gets wasted. Take vitamins with food... it helps absorption.

Eat a LOT of spicy foods-- it has been proven to shorten the legnth of colds and flu as well as boost the immunity... some chili's or cayenne in home-made broth works wonders!

If you aren't a spicy-food-fan, go with capsacin capsules-- capsi-cool is a good one that won't hurt your tummy-- and isn't real expensive!

Good luck!!!

 

[ksacres]

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Whhhhaaa??? No ice cream? I'd rather get the ice cream and put up with a cold now and again...

 

[rocktheflock]

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Whhhhaaa??? No ice cream? I'd rather get the ice cream and put up with a cold now and again...

i feel the same way a lot of the time.

 

[Birch Run Farm]

Wash your hands often.

Stop touching your face.

Stop touching door handles!

Few people wash their hands while using the bathroom and even those who do, if they have a cold and touch mucous and saliva they easily pass the germs on as soon as they touch something. Door handles are the worst. At work I use a paper towel to get from the restroom back to by desk/office all the time. Same in stores, etc, I wear gloves or use my coat sleeve to open doors. Sounds radical but it works. I hate colds as they go right to my chest with several months long bronchitis. I'd rather look like a loon using a paper towel to get back to my desk but everytime a co-worker is barking like a dog and miserable I just hold a towel up and laugh.

 

[ksacres]

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I love the honesty!

Do as I say not as I do

 

[farmertank]

Thanks for all your support. I have made it through 4 hours of work ..only 4 to go for today.

I do eat a lot of activia yogurt(i love the stuff). I tried Airborne that didn't work at all. Coldezz(sp?) will help to speed up the proccess a little. I am very active, but I get about 8-9 hours of sleep a night. I do like my sweets and was raised on a dairy farm so dairy products are like breathing to me. Hmm I'll try taking them out of my diet. I carry a little thing of Germ-x on me at all times and I also open the doors with my sleeve or a paper towel. The thing that gets me is the people that don't cover there mouth to cough or use their hand then want to hand you money or shake your hand. Grr.

I do the nasel saline thing lol my Dh thinks I'm wierd. I take One a Day womens vit.
I'll have to try the spicey food, I never knew it could help.
I now have a severe ear ache and will be seeing the Dr. after work tomarrow.

Thanks for letting me rant, I'm just tired sick and very cranky

 

[chickabator]

could someone tell me what is the best way to get rid of a sore throat? I am taking antibiotics but my throat is so sore and hurts so bad to swallow it even hurts when I breath.

 

[mychickensrock]

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1 cup of warm water mixed with 1 tsp of salt. Gargle with it, little bits at a time till it's all gone. It always helps me. Good luck!