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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 11:34 PM
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I've got THE BUG... And Elvis is dead on my toilet. Home remedies?
My head has been stuffed with alien goo, I can't breathe, I'm hot or cold, my skin hurts and I can't afford a physician.

I'm doing a combo of Aka Seltzer Cold Plus and Nyquil...

Which means, I still hurt, but I'm hurting from a land far, far away.

Help me with your best home remedies (I'm also stoking up my system with echanacea, vitamen C and Zinc).

Is decapitation a cure for the headache from hell?
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 11:35 PM
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1. Nyquil!
Edited on Wed Dec-10-03 11:36 PM by Catshrink
Cherry flavor, not the mean green stuff. Cures everything!

Poor baby. Hope you feel better soon.
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 11:37 PM
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3. Nyquil Shooters for everyone, Barkeep!
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 11:36 PM
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2. A good book, and a warm blanket.
Lots of water, too. The book makes it tolerable; how often do you get such luxury? And, stay home. Please. We don't need it.
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 11:39 PM
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5. I've got the Davinci Code and the latest Grisham waiting in my bedroom.
Trouble is, It's about impossible to read more than a paragraph w/out reaching for the kleenex or rectcling my herb tea.
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Blade Donating Member (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 11:37 PM
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4. These descriptions...
make me wanna go out for ice cream! JK. For me, I usually tough it out. I also sometimes take vitamin C drops with zinc.
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dweller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 11:45 PM
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6. Green Tea
Edited on Wed Dec-10-03 11:46 PM by dweller
by the gallon brew.
Aspirin with the V-C. They boost each other's efficacy. You can take more VC than aspirin, but could probably handle 500 mil. VC daily.
You are going to pee out the VC quicker than you absorb it. Aspirin helps absorb the VC, and the VC boosts the pain relief of aspirin.

and hard as it may be, keeping a positive outlook will do wonders. Remember what it feels to be well. Very tough to do when you feel like hell. But you have to try. And you have to have a head to do that...

get well billy_pilgrim.
dp
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 12:10 AM
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8. Thanks for the well wishes!
Sounds liek good advice.
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SlavesandBulldozers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 11:59 PM
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7. Zicam
its a nose gel, and it cuts flu and cold time in at least half, sometimes it completely kills it in a night.
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 12:11 AM
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9. I'll ask for it at the pharmacy tomorrow. Thx
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True_Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 12:12 AM
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10. Hot Toddy
Ingredients:

1 oz whiskey
1 stick Cinnamon
3 Cloves
1 slice Lemon
1 Sugar
4 oz boiling Water

Put sugar, cloves, cinnamon stick and lemon slice into a mug. Add the boiling water, stir and let stand for about 5 minutes. Add the whiskey and stir well.

I hope you get well soon.:hug:
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 12:14 AM
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11. Yum...
My version: lemon tea, honey, bourbon. Cures anything!
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 12:20 AM
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12. Man, that sounds like it might taste better than even the cherry flavored
Nyquil! Thanks!
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 12:23 AM
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13. There's a limit to how many Nyquil's one can buy at a time.
I found that out at Costco. The woman ahead of me wanted to buy two boxes of Nyquil capsules. According to Arizona law, you can only buy one a day or something like that. Something in it can be used to make meth.

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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 12:59 AM
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14. Get Well, BP.
I started sucking on zinc this afternoon myself.

Seriously, don't let this get too far along without seeing a physician! Don't fool around with this, Billy.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 01:07 AM
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15. My favorite remedy
Vick's Vaporub. Slather it all over your chest and back and keep repeating. Wear a sweatshirt so you get all hot and steamy. You could also throw a dollop in some hot water and take a towel and make a steam tent.

The stuff stinks and makes a mess but I swear it works.

Hope you feel better soon. :hug:
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 03:00 AM
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18. That's what my mother did for me when I was a kid...
It never got me "hot and steamy," though. :evilgrin:
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 01:58 AM
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16. The classic shot of whiskey and go to sleep! Seriously...
Edited on Thu Dec-11-03 01:59 AM by rezmutt
If you can get comfortable enough to fall asleep, that is the absolute best thing you can do. Sleep, and keep on sleeping.

And keep the liquids coming -- that'll eventually loosen up the log jam in your head.

Hang in there, bp -- sorry to her that you're feeling poorly.

:toast:

edit: several "dyslexic" typos!
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this_side_up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 02:49 AM
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17. buy some over the counter
guaifenisen pills.

This is the stuff in cough syrup but the quantity is
too small to do much good.

This stuff (along with lots of water) loosens the goop
so you can cough or blow it out.

One name is Humibid or something like that.

Ask the pharmacist.
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 03:02 AM
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19. Thanks everybody for all the advice.... I don't think I can do it all at
once though... The OTC stuff I'm taking at the moment has already got me in lala land.

Cheers, and I hope I'm getting this so y'all won't have to!

:toast:
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 03:09 AM
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20. can you send someone else to the pharmacy?
I sure hate to have sick people out and around and breathing germs.

Walgreen's has drive through, I think.

I'm practising extra hand washing after being in public places and staying home a LOT. Maybe I'll have my groceries delivered, too.
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Tom Yossarian Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-11-03 03:17 AM
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21. Lord, I wish I could.
I'll just throw on an old leather cowboy hat (to cover my unkept hair) and jacket and creep in and out with a three day beard sounding gruff as hell. I'll probably scare anyone off from getting too close. :-)
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