I woke up with it this morning.

 

Yep, had a head cold for a few days. Mostly sinus pressure, stuffed nose, sore throat and ear aches. Not feeling down and out like I have the flu, but this stuffiness is miserable. Nasal decongestant spray helps me some. Can't sleep without it.

 

It took my wife a week to get her voice back and the phlegm it produced would not stop for two weeks.

Ugh

 

It took my wife a week to get her voice back and the phlegm it produced would not stop for two weeks.

Ugh

You know you're ugly when your cheerleader wife is hocking loogies at you.

Hope all y'all get better fast.

 

I've had a stomach bug since Thursday. Today was the first day I've been able to eat anything and not immediately blow it out my a$$ two minutes later. It's been a fun weekend.

 

neti pot works great for clearing out sinuses. if i even so much as think i might be getting a head cold i start flushing my sinuses and it reduces the duration of the cold significantly.

 

Started the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Chills, fever, body aches, fatigue. Took about 10 days to kick the illness. I'm having to take a break at work now, legs are still sore and weak. This one was rough. Wife and one of the girls had it before me. Figure it was one of the B strains of the flu.

 

Wife was diagnosed with the flu tonight and I've got a cold. Lovely...

And the stepson was told that he has IBS today.

 

The flu has made quite an appearance in Winston already. There's also a virus going around similar to the flu but not quite as miserable just irritating.

 

Yech... Thanks for the wonderful news. How do you manage to stay well?

 

A shot in each butt cheek, and a copay later, I still feel like hammered dog shit, but I guess slightly better....

I frikkin HATE being sick. I think I'm going to try that neti pot thing diablos30 was talking about...

 

Neti pots are awesome. If you have a good health food store near you buy some infused sea salt for it. Barska is the brand I use. If your nasal passages are swollen shut you can double the dose. Don't do that with premixed packages from cvs. In use half a tsp every day. When I'm getting sick I up it to a full tsp.

You can also mix a half tsp of coconut oil in to help restore ph and soothe dried sinuses.

If you start getting a sinus infection a half tsp of honey mixed in with the salt acts like a bacteriostat. Works great.

I'm no dr these are my own recipes based on 15 years of chronic sinus infections.

 

Third day of the flu. Fever of 102.4 and uncontrollable shivering have passed. I maybe, just maybe, have this thing on the ropes. Been taking Airborne for the last two days along with Alka Seltzer Plus. It seems to have helped. If I have a relapse and expire.......Tsheaffer MUST not be allowed to contact my widow!

 

I'll take care of selling your guns for her so that she will have time to grieve. You know, because I'm nice like that.

 

I've had a minor head cold already. I only get sick when I'm around sick people, so I avoid people with sniffles and puffy eyes like the plague.

 

 

Half of my family with sinus infection-like illness, the other half with wcked GI bug. About 25% of my department at work with flu.

 

Went to urgent care last night and 3 hours later was diagnosed with an ear infection. The lady said they have been swamped since Christmas

 

Been fun this year two little ones sick with cold mess that turned into ear infections and wife and I have had the cold mess as well that no one can seem to get shake.

 

Shari works at a childcare facility.... Amazing she hasn't been sick. And of course, I never get sick when I have nothing to do...SMH

 

Petri dish

 

We've had some form or another of sickness in our house since early November. Mine has been all chest congestion. Started with slight chest pains. Turned into bucket loads of snot flem being shot up with every cough. Wife and our oldest had something resembling the flu. Youngest had a cold. Then the kids had the 48 stomach shits. Now the wife is wrapping up a double eye infection.

Gonna meet my deductible early this year...hooray?

 

I have the sinus crap.

 

Welcome to the club

 

TR...where can I buy peppermint oil? (Dumb question, probably, but consider the source.)

 

You should be able to find it at any natural foods store or vitamin store (Whole Foods, Vitamin Shoppe...). Barring that, Amazon. DoTerra or NOW are decent brands.

 

Me, grandson, both daughters and son-in-law. Fever, chills, vomiting, diarreah, body aches.
SIL and oldest daughter ended up at Urgent Care and ER respectively for IV Fluids due to dehydration. Grandson is at other grandparents house for a couple of days.
I'm beginning to feel better.
CF

 

Ooooh... yuc! So sorry y'all feel bad. Get better soon!

 

Welcome to the club

I'm trying the QlearQuil. 24 hour pill.

 

Good luck with that. I lasted as long as I could before I headed to UC.

 

Dammit. I came down with it this morning. I'm going to try tequila and green tomatoes in vinegar with habaneros

 

Oh my.... Let us know if that works for ya!

 

been battling the flu since Christmas day.... the rainy weather has my kids driving me BAT SHIT !!!!!!!!!!! I am pretty sure I died a couple times last weekend.........

 

Well, steroids and antibiotics seem to be helping, now I have this harsh, rattly cough and that has my chest sore as all get out....

But at least I don't feel like I did 36 hours ago....

 

I located a place that sells pure "medical grade" peppermint oil and not that aroma therapy stuff. The native american guy who also sells ear wax candle over on 53 across from the hobby shop. I'll be giving that a try at some point today at the suggestion of @Tomb Raider as well as a couple dozen private messages on facebook from trusted friends.

 

Y'all get well. Colds are a pa in in the dru atmosphere we create for ourselves by running the heat. Perhaps a humidifier by the bed might help and some saline spray for the nose.

Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional AND I didnt stay at the Holiday Inn Express last night.

 

Between the NetiPot relentlessness and sweating it out at the gym last nigt...I'm feeling mostly cured. There's still a little crud breaking loose and my sinuses are sore from the few days of constant pressure, feels like someone the same size as @1911gobang punched me in the face.