Summer colds suck!

[nuliajuk]

I got a nasty one last year, also while on vacation. The hostess at the bed and breakfast offered me a drop of oregano oil to put under my tongue. She insisted it would shorten the cold. Well, it possibly did, but what a horrible taste! Still, it did relieve the symptoms for a couple of hours at a time.

[lovelygamer]

I tell you what is it with summer sickness this year? I got a stomach bug yesterday and I thought I was going to die. I'm in one piece today, but barely. I think summer sickness is the worst. I can tell you, I"m not on my bike. It's 100F here.

[OakLeaf]

Ugh. Feel better. And at the risk of repeating myself for the umpteenth time, black elderberry extract.

[ny biker]

I just use lots of Cold-Eeze when I get a cold, and rest until the exhausted feeling goes away. I used to push through it, but the cold goes away faster if I rest.

[zoom-zoom]

I spent half of my honeymoon with some sort of flu...I had fever, chills, and horrid respiratory garbage. I almost certainly caught something on the flight. It should be illegal to get sick on vacation!

Hope you feel better really soon!

[katluvr]

I am having the worst cold of my life! Left June 8th on a trip to Minneapolis for a conference. So airport travel. Then 7 days in "foreign" city and climate. 6 of those days sitting in air conditioned conference. Last day I felt "stuffy" with "dry cough". I thought maybe allergies, but also thought--"nope, I'm getting sick". Another plane ride home. Arrive for work (at the hospital) last week, with scratchy throat and dry cough. Survived the weekend but my days off I spent with the worst cough, sneezing, congestion, sinus headache of my life. Actually went to a walk in clinic for "antibiotics" for the sinus infection I was enduring or about to endure. Finally back to work with still a cough and congestion, but MUCH better. I get winded walking 2 flights of stairs! I had not run (or biked) for a week. Vacuumed 1 room of my house--again I was winded! This cold has kicked my butt!

[ny biker]

Well, it's my turn. I've been sick for a week now. I think it started while I was out riding my bike last Sunday. I felt utterly miserable with stomach problems and a sinus headache, and really struggled with the heat. Some of that might have been more from a food allergy test I did the night before. But by Monday afternoon I was definitely sick -- exhausted and sneezing with a sore throat. I called in sick on Tuesday.

Luckily, I haven't had any coughing or other lung problems. But I've been really tired all week, and I haven't gotten any exercise. And I'm really bored by now.

I managed to go for a walk tonight, just because I had to get out of the house. I feel okay, so am hoping I've put this behind me.

BTW I tried the Cold-Eeze as usual but this time it really bothered my stomach, so I gave up after a couple of days.