The "I'm sick, poor me!" thread

AlexMack · #1 12-13-2006, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by greeklawgirl

I swear by both Airborne and Cold-Eeze. I prefer the orange flavor of Airborne. The lime flavor is just icky to me!

The Cold-Eeze doesn't stop the cold, but it reduces my cold from my usual 4 days down to 2. I've heard a lot of complaints about Cold-Eeze being uncomfortable in the mouth because the zinc in it can react to the metal used in dental work. I have no idea if that's true or not, but I have no dental work in my mouth and I've never had a problem using Cold-Eeze.

It hurt because it felt like it was ripping my tongue to shreds. I'm sensitive to food dye anyway but it was 10 times worse than a regular candy.

jwright25 · #2 12-13-2006, 03:48 PM

I've used that Cold MD "preventative" pill. It's a bunch of Vitamin C, Zinc, echinacea, and stuff like that. The week before my husband and I went on vacation he was really sick with a horrible cold - so were my parents and brother and people I was around all the time. I knew for sure I would be raging ill on my vacation. So I got the pills and took them immediately and throughout the vacation - never even sneezed! I took them again last week when I was going to be on airplanes and in NY. Stayed completely healthy! It may all be a coincidence, but since they are mostly vitamins and herbs, I figured it couldn't hurt me....

MJo19 · #3 12-13-2006, 05:26 PM

I have had a perma-runny nose since the beginning of November. As a teacher, I wash my hands so much they become dry and nasty. I just make sure I get lots of Vitamin C and as much sleep as I can. I also take the time to wipe off my desk and computer keyboard every night before I leave with a Clorox Wipe and the kids wash their desks every Friday afternoon. Sometimes I spray Lysol around the room after the kids leave to just try and do something to lessen the amount of germs!

PrettyBoy · #4 12-14-2006, 01:11 AM

I haven't been sick since May of 2005.

"knock on wood"

AlexMack · #5 12-14-2006, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

I haven't been sick since May of 2005.

"knock on wood"

You're so screwed now! I had that kind of record going until December last year. Hadn't been sick since early 2004. Then I got my dad's cold and had to sit through EMT refresher classes for 8 hours a day, freaking miserable.
On the plus side, I haven't had bronchitis or pneumonia in a long time, which is good because when I go down with that, I really go down, damn asthmatic lungs.
So knock on wood that I don't get that either.

dzfan · #6 12-14-2006, 12:41 PM

I am sickie too! I have been popping tylenol cold all day to feel better because I have my office party tonight which is goign to be lots of fun and then a friends party tomorrow -- dont want to be sick for them!

LaneSig · #7 12-14-2006, 01:14 PM

I was feeling really sick one morning, so I took some DayQuil. It's supposed to clear you up and keep you awake, right? Not me. I fell asleep while reading the kids a story during storytime. Seriously, I nodded off while reading to them. I woke up to a kid shaking my leg and going, "Teacher, wake up." I called the office, had them send down an aide to finish the day, and went home. My principal laughed about it for a couple of months.