Head Cold

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

... any one else got one?

nasty little virus, throat chest and NOSE irritated .... incessant sneezing ugh!

meanwhile sprog poor thing had REAL FLU as the doctor put it .... fever and delirium etc ... so i fell a cheat feeling sorry for meself [one of the things i am really good at]

[eighthobstruction]

One the boons of being anti-social is that I hardly ever catch anything....no grandkids, so no germs....

[Flosshilde]

My experience is that you have to feel sorry for yourself - no one else will feel sorry for you

I thought I was starting a cold on Sunday - it has developed but not into a real horror. Just enough to leave me feeling a bit lacking in energy, & with a slight but irritating cough. I thought I'd had my ration this winter, barely being without one from the middle of October to the end of December.

[BBMmk2]

Me got a bad chest with cold!!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

this cheered me up , didn't sneeze for at least couple of minutes

[salymap]

And I've had a very sore throat, aching ears and coughing fits that keep me awake in the night. But after about 12 days I'm fed upwith it. I rang surgery, was told to drink lots of water. Wow, I'd never thought of that.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

yep salymap, being patronised by children is galling innit?

[johncorrigan]

... any one else got one?

nasty little virus, throat chest and NOSE irritated .... incessant sneezing ugh!

meanwhile sprog poor thing had REAL FLU as the doctor put it .... fever and delirium etc ... so i fell a cheat feeling sorry for meself [one of the things i am really good at]

Sorry to hear it Calum - it won't cure but I really find Echinacea a real help - anything starting with me usually shows itself first in the throat and Ecky three times a day really helps sort me out. Seems to sort my daughter out too.

[Ferretfancy]

My experience is that you have to feel sorry for yourself - no one else will feel sorry for you

I thought I was starting a cold on Sunday - it has developed but not into a real horror. Just enough to leave me feeling a bit lacking in energy, & with a slight but irritating cough. I thought I'd had my ration this winter, barely being without one from the middle of October to the end of December.

I was beginning to feel smug last week, no colds this winter ! Then a little tickle began. Still, it isn't getting any worse I thought, and then came the onslaught, sore throat, wracking cough, painful chest, sleep loss and that awful soggy feeling of not wanting to be bothered with anything much. As I had no temperature I couldn't even tell people it was 'flu, and we should at least be able to do that if it feels awful!

I'm just about OK today after ten days of it. Off to the RFH for some Lutoslawski tonight, I promise not to cough.

[Flosshilde]

A recent Food Programme was about garlic, & one person said that his wife (not from the UK) swore by a clove of garlic used as a suppository overnight to get rid of colds. I tgried it, but can't say that it made any difference.



Didn't get any visits from vampires, though

[Richard Tarleton]

One the boons of being anti-social is that I hardly ever catch anything....no grandkids, so no germs....

Ditto being retired - no more catching things from people bravely struggling to work so they can distribute their germs fairly round the office

[Ferretfancy]

A recent Food Programme was about garlic, & one person said that his wife (not from the UK) swore by a clove of garlic used as a suppository overnight to get rid of colds. I tgried it, but can't say that it made any difference.



Didn't get any visits from vampires, though

Peeled ?

[amateur51]

Peeled ?

I don't think it matters whether you're naked or not, Ferret, just where you put it

[Nick Armstrong]

I don't think it matters whether you're naked or not, Ferret, just where you put it

Ho ho ho !!

Ditto being retired - no more catching things from people bravely struggling to work so they can distribute their germs fairly round the office

Ditto cycling to work...

The ability to not use public transport is a boon. It doesn't save one from office-based infection, but I think the fresh air and exercise help, coupled with vitamin C + zinc immune vitamins everyday.

The only cold I've had in the last 3 or 4 years was last August caught off an infected French person staying at home

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

hmmm suppositories are a French preference non?