Crap crap crap crap CRAP

[tzikeh]

School starts tomorrow, and I can feel myself getting sick. The bit where your throat doesn't hurt, exactly, but it feels *wrong*, and the insides of your ears are a little weird, and you just know it's coming.

CRAP. Frickin' frakkin' CRAP.

Also fuck.

Comments

[debchan.livejournal.com]

Quick, get water, Airborne and sleep.

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Can't sleep - and not because clowns will eat me either. Way too much to get done before tomorrow.

Fuck.

[theodosia.livejournal.com]

I've had good results (i.e. noticeably lowered symptoms) from Cold-Eeez gum and lozenges. They put the zinc right where it does some good. Alas, it will make food taste strange for the next hour or two, but worth it!

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Yeah - I've got some of that in the medicine cabinet. I expect to be downing it like candy for the day, along with water and orange juice (though yes, you can't really drink orange juice after you use Cold-Eze because blergh).

[ellen-fremedon.livejournal.com]

Sambucol-- elderberry extract-- has good results if you take it before you get symptomatic.

[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

This is a job for salsa! Seriously, I find spicy food, especially salsa or chicken soup with hot sauce and garlic in it, can beat back a cold at this stage.

[vickita.livejournal.com]

Vitamin C, Zicam (I swear by the little swabs -- all the benefits of zinc lozenges without the godawful effects on your tastebuds), plenty of fluids, and get some rest! Right now!

[tzikeh.livejournal.com]

Zicam! I have that in the medicine cabinet! I forgot! Yay - that with the cold-eze and water and a regular sleeping schedule might do it - plus tea and chicken soup....

[debchan.livejournal.com]

Yes! Or hot and sour soup. Good for you plus yum.

[cin1607.livejournal.com]

Seconding the Zicam. I use the little tablets, so they're nasty tasting, but they really do work. And tea never hurts. :)

[jackiekjono.livejournal.com]

Also - Gargle with warm salt water.

[kadymae.livejournal.com]

Emer-gen-C -- slam a few of those down. You need to be hydrated, and it might as well have 1000mg of vitamin C + B complex vitamins, too.

And Zycam. It. Works.

[lumenara.livejournal.com]

That *always* happens to me. If it's sore throat but no cough, and you have a tendency to lose your voice, make sure you don't get any cough drops with menthol in them. I use the Halls Vitamin C drops, though I've heard good things about the Ricola ones, if you can stand the taste. There used to be a Celestial Seasonings Honey-Lemon Chamomile throat drop available, but I haven't seen those for a few years now.