OT Make me better, fast acting old wives rememdies wanted

Went to bed early last night feeling a little achy and tired. Woke up
at midnight, 1am, 2am, 3am coughing, drowning in snot and with a sore
throat.

So far this morning I've sucked half a dozen lozenges, drank 3 mugs of
bovril, had toast and honey and a raw garlic clove.

I *have* to be out at 8pm tonight, boss is taking myself and
colleague out to celebrate the report we've spent nearly a year on
finally being published.

What's going to make me feel less like crap between now and then?

 

lots of Vitamin C and Paracetemol, you daft bint.

And a couple of hot whiskeys wouldn't hurt.

 

G&T

 

Sex and chocolates

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Then sleep, more food, more whisky. Repeat.

 

If you're snotty then get some Otrivine - about £2.50 from your
local chemist/Boots/etc. Comes in a little squirty bottle.
http://www.superdrug.com/content/ebiz/superdrug/invt/178509/178509_l.jpg

This *works*. It stops your nasal passages from being swollen
so reduces the stuffyness, and also stops you producing snot.
Five minutes after, you'll be able to breath and won't be blowing
your nose.

It doesn't stop you feeling like shit, but it stops the symptoms.

 

Crystal Meth.

 

<shudder> I haven't had any alcohol since I got back.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lady Nina

Waaaaaaallll, there's your problem, right there!

 

Just taken a horse pill sized tablet.

I don't want top bring my temp down yet as that's what kills the bugs.

<shudder>

 

*boggle*

Never heard that one before, although there are quite a few old wives'
tales based on assumption that the body knows best how to heal itself.
And meaning no disrespect to old wives in general, most of them, like
this, are 100% cobblers.

If you have a raised temperature, your body will be less able to deal
with infection. Taking anti-phyritics will help the healing process as
well as making you feel much less shit in the interim.

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I was going to say this just before I spilt coffee over the feckin
keyboard.
When you start to feel shit like that, running a temperature, cool baths
will make you feel better, or lying beside an open window with a cool
breeze blowing through.

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as Ace has said, this is completely insane.

 

Lady Nina wibbled:

Actifed - I should know, you've got to be a bloke to be properly ill.

 

Contac 400 from your local chemist

They dry your nose up.

Used them many times when I've felt ill and had to work, and back when I was
in kitchens snotty noses were not an option!

You still have the rough cold feeling, but hey it's only fellas that REALLY
suffer the symptoms


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I'm a great believer in decongestants such as this - my favourite was
always Pseudoephedrine, such as in this, or Sudafed. It seems that the
majority of these have now changed from that active ingredient, as
it's been over-used in the production of Crystal Meth, so I don't know
if the new formulation's as effective (for me) or not.

So best skip the middle man and go with Ogden's suggestion. It _will_
make you feel better, guaranteed.

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Oh, and I forgot to say - there is a school of (medical) thought that
says that a runny nose is an active helper in ridding the body of the
virus, so stopping this process may prolong the course of the cold or
flu. I've never been convinced, but the logic of the argument seems
sound.

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Does that mean you haven't had a cold since 2001, when the name changed?

 

It's something that I find / feel to be true. If I don't take anything,
bar vitamin C, then I get over them quicker than if I dose up on stuff.

That said, when I really have to sleep and feel better the next day,
Nyquil does it for me.

 

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