I may have found a way to prevent the common cold … or not. Y’all will just have to try it for yourselves and see if it works for you.
I usually spend my winters sneezing and wheezing. I go from one cold to the next one. My time is spent bundled up in the living room (where everyone can see me and sympathize). I usually reek of Vick’s Vapo Rub (which is not a perfume, but it’s an excellent “kid repellent”), as I work my way through enough Kleenex to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
I’m sorry about all the trees that die for my Kleenex, but I’m not going to carry a handkerchief like my granny did. Washing out snot rags is almost as disgusting as laundering dirty diapers, as far as I’m concerned.
This year, I had a head cold back in November. I had tried SusieJ’s remedy for a chest cold. She uses apple cider vinegar and swears by it. Personally, I think that the gagging induced by drinking that stuff was much worse than the cold itself. It didn’t seem to make much difference in the cold.
At the suggestion of a client (who was tired of my sniffles), I ran to the local drugstore to get some Emergen-C flavored drink mix. It has Vitamin C and all sorts of mineral supplements that are supposed to make you feel good. Actually, it did! By the next day, I was almost feeling human.
I’ve been mixing up that powder and chugging it down all winter long, and haven’t had another cold since. Of course, I haven’t been around as many snotty-nosed rugrats children as usual, but I think it’s the powder. It isn’t delicious, and it isn’t inexpensive, but it sure tastes better than vinegar. I put it in a wine glass, and pretend it’s sangria. I’d mix it with sangria, but I wouldn’t want to ruin my taste for it (the sangria).
So you will know, this is NOT a pay per post, because I don’t do those. I think that writing those ruins your credibility, and I suffer from the delusion that I have credibility. If you know how to cure that delusion, don’t tell me. I live in a state of blissful ignorance.
[Actually, I live in the state of Texas. There are some folks who say if you use the words "Texas" and "blissful ignorance" in the same sentence you are being redundant, and repeating yourself. I have issues with that, but it's a story for another day.]
If you have regular head colds, you might give this a try. Let me know if it works for you. Do any of you know a home remedy that is cheaper … and doesn’t involve vinegar?
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My mom SWEARS by Emergen-C. She sent me boxes of it in Taiwan to keep the kids healthy. When we came to the States last summer, I left the boxes with grateful neighbors. It truly is wonderful stuff!
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I’m hoping that it is what is working for me…and I’m hoping that blabbing about it doesn’t make me come down with pneumonia tomorrow! Bwahaha! That’s about the way it works for me. Man, if your momma sent it all the way to Taiwan, she MUST believe in it.
We used Zicam at the onset of a cold in WA and it did seem to help. Will suggest Emergen-C to our son.
I’m with you on washing those things. My stomach turned just reading it,
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The Sweet Spousal Unit prefers Zicam…and he uses those (oh whaddayacallem) Cold-Eeze tablets. I figure that everybody’s system is so different that you have to just experiment until you find what works.
Since it makes your stomach turn, I promise I will never mention washing green snot out of handkerchiefs again…today.
No home remedies to offer (I like Advil cold & sinus capsules; they work for me), just glad you found something that works, and you’re feelin’ good!!
Have a great week…
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You aren’t kidding that it’s good to find something that works! One year, I got sick so often that I had “walking pneumonia” for months! Advil is good, though. I just like getting it before it gets started! I hope I haven’t just jinxed everything by mentioning it
I love “Emergen-C. The vitamin c is easy to digest, The body does not make its own vitamin c so it is impossible to get to much. You know when you have gone over your the limit…you will get the runs.
I use to work an hour away from home ( I live in the boonies). I would often leave work late at night. I would down an Emergen-C about 20 minutes before I had to leave…it would wake me up for the drive and allow me to sleep when I got home.
I carry it in my purse to cure hunger until I can get home or to a place I want to eat. Hungry for something and don’t know what it is try Emergen-C it will fill that hunger.
I take plenty of Emergen-C to prevent the cold in the first place.
I like the taste
Well like I said I love Emergen-C.
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Bwahaha! Now Sheila, THAT sounded like a pay per post. You made me giggle, but I’m so glad you are backing me up on it. I was beginning to think it was just my imagination that it was working. But, I do NOT like the taste — though it beats vinegar any day of the week. Which flavor do you get? Maybe there is one better than raspberry.
I love those packets too. When I have a head cold, I usually grab the Zicam… and my DREADED neti pot!
My kids were coughing last night, and they wouldn’t drink the vinegar, so instead, I put a compress of vinegar on their chest, and warmed it up with a rice bag on top. It was amazing! Silence!
I do hope you stay healthy this year Shelly!
I don’t want to hear about that neti pot again! I know it works for you, but the thought of it grosses me plumb out! I also know that the vinegar works really well for you, and that it does for other folks, too. I just can’t stomach it, though. Hope your kids are done with the cough. [and, I'm trying for healthy this year. I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired!]