[108]

as of thirty minutes ago, it hit me:

fever, headache, lethargy, body aches, sore throat.

wow. just came on like a rollercoaster.

might be the flu? people keep saying there's a flu going around. they might be right.

i have drunk about a gallon of cold green tea in the last twenty minutes to try to slow down this train and i don't think it's going to work.

discuss folk remedies for colds here please.
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[Churippu]

Vitamin C.

[108]

that's kind of ironic because i drank a vitamin C water thing at lunch time. it was supposed to have 700 times the recommended daily allowance or some shit.

secretary took my temperature, and i'm at 103

guzzling green tea over here
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[Hot Stott Bot]

I don't believe in folk remedies for colds once you get them.

You can stave colds off with vitamins and stuff, maybe.

But once you get 'em, just let them run its course... my general solution is to watch movies, and take lots of medication so I can't feel anything until its gone.

[Toto]

My Dad's friend has these pills he brings from India, which you take to nip colds in the bud, when you feel you might get one.
They really work!

[Churippu]

I had a cold/flu type thing earlier this winter. I was the only one in the house that took vitamin c and drank orange juice. I didn't take anything else. Everyone else in the house was telling me "That doesn't work!!! Blahblah" I kept my faith. I was sick only three days (My fever getting up to 106 at one time. D:) while the rest of my family was sick for about two weeks!

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[psiga]

I keep some of this stuff around, and take it if I even begin to get some symptoms of something:
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Kinda like Churippu, when I get sick these days, it comes on hard and fast then passes after one to three days.
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[gooktime]

I have a cold too, let us combine our strength and get through this.

[oligophagy]

water and ginger/black pepper tea and not green dehyderation tea

also: massive salads with but mustard to dress and like all the
spicy powders you can stand

bonus: sex

[Morden]

large quantities of water. Also some fruit juice and mint tea

also, the spiciest food you can find. a very hot shower and plenty sleep.

[Gironika]

[stotelheim]

I don't really get sick anymore.

Recommendation: try to stay away from people who are sick. It seems to be working for me.
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[Pijaibros]

I use a non-vegetarian friendly cure.

Chicken broth + miso + cut garlic + some scallions + finely cut jalapenos = delicious eats. I then eat a hard boiled egg so I can have a full belly before darting off for the morning grind. Protein is positive!

Also Ginger tea with fennel seeds and cinnamon (I have to find uses for the random spices I have laying around) tastes real nice.

Other than that I just snack on a ton of random fruits (fuck juice, too much sugar and cals), drink a bunch of water, and avoid dairy (phlegm thickening).

I then cap off the night with a shot of Nyquil since otherwise, I forget to sleep. Sleep is pretty important.
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[SplashBeats]

[remote]

Yeah, I've had a nasty cold and sinus infection all week. I've just been taking acetaminophen, vitamin c, chicken soup, etc., but last night I decided to go ahead a cut up a couple of cloves of raw garlic and add it to some hummus (with a sprinkling of basil to counteract the garlic stinkbreath), and it seems to have done me a world of good. I'm not back to 100% yet, but I feel better!
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[dmauro]

make sure to wear a creepy face mask.
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[Wilkes]

I never take ill.

[Focus]

SOUNDS like the flu.

Pretty much keep the fluids going (water, juices with not a whole lot of sugar) and get some rest.

Ibuprofen!
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[Wilkes]

alex we posted within the same minute because we are band/soul mates \(@_@)/

[PianoMap]

yeah i just make sure to take my echanatia now and then and that does wonders for the immune system.

other than that... chicken noodle soup is the closest thing to a 'folk' remedy I've ever heard of.

don't play videogames or drink milk
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[Wall of Beef]

Running the vacuum helps a crabby baby fall asleep.
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[108]

yeah this is definitely not just a cold . . . :(

i think it's the flu

fuck i feel fucking awful

i guess i'm not going to work today :(
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[Focus]

[Mr. Apol]

a mixture of about 5 grams of vitamin c a day and some fever reducer/antihistamine will do wonders. the vitamin c isn't going to get rid of the cold, but it will, most certainly, shorten the duration of it. this has been proven medically. it needs to be in high amounts though.

a couple of cc lemons should do it just fine.

we're talking being sick a week, and being sick a few days.
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[Broco]

[remote]

[108]

now i'm at work anyway

man

little bit of dayquil really kicked my ass

i am soooooooooooooo hungry, having not eaten anything since lunch yesterday.

tonight i will eat a giant pot of udon in kimchee soup, with fat chunks of tofu, and bean sprouts. and a fried egg.

oh man it's going to be a DELICIOUS SITUATION.

i guess i need to go to the supermarket first.
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[unhappy days]

I hate the guilt that comes with taking sick days.

:(

It's like a thousand daggers in my heart.

[108]

yeah i dont even need to feel guilty because my "job" just involves looking at the internet and shit, which i can do at home, and they all have my cell phone number, so hmmm

still, it felt so fucking weird to be taking a shower at one PM with a terrible headache and then stepping outside and going WOW -- beautiful weather

and then getting on the train and being able to sit down on the way to work

i'm going to make that udonnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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[Mokhir]

My cold got worse as I read this thread.

[108]

mine too

let us escape

!!
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[Felix]

i had that last week

find somebody to sympathize, you'll be upset when it goes away

[Mokhir]

[winkerwatson]

oh shit dawg word?
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