I’ve got a nasty sore throat and cold. And it won’t go away, damn it! I’ve had it since Saturday and am feeling lousy. Yes, I will go to the doctor if I don’t get better soon but in the meantime I need suggestions.
What are your best home remedies when you’re sick? What over the counter medicine always works for you? What are your comfort foods when you feel lousy? What else makes you feel better? Share, people, PLEASE!
Just don’t be telling me none of that “get well soon” malarkey. Cause that just makes me all grumpy and snarky and stuff. And if you do I’ll cough and sneeze all over you. BIG TIME!***
I’m not a happy camper.
UPDATE *** That paragraph was meant to be tongue in cheek, but obviously some folks are taking offense. I really do appreciate all your good wishes!
Don’t get well soon. Sit and suffer. (Is that better?)
Here is my all-time favorite go-to remedy, great for everything from congestion to nausea:
Grate two tablespoonfuls of fresh ginger into the bottom of a large mug, then brew a cup of tea (any kind will work, even herbal) in the mug, doctor it to taste, and suck it down. Slowly, if you’re feeling pukey. It also tastes good iced, but it works better when it’s hot.
I’m not being a smart a**, for me, if it’s virus? Only Time heals. If it’s an infection like Strep, only a doctor and their stash of prescription drugs work, hopefully. Over the counter stuff is crap – to me. No offense to anyone else meant.
Eating? Who feels like eating. Trying to figure out who gave me the freakin’ thing and plotting their death is the only pleasure left.
@ GW: I see your point
Good info, thanks!
@ Paul: I am pretty sure it’s a virus.
And oh yea, I’m plotting major revenge, (once I figure out who gave it to me!)
Oh Shut Up, Woman, And Get Over Yourself!!!
How about that?
I haven’t been sick at all in about 8 years. But if I’m feeling at all off, I use yoga. I use yoga for everything. That’s what works for me. GW’s suggestion makes sense, though. You don’t want gooey comfort food clogging your throat. Clear liquids are best. I’d say chicken soup but I hate chicken soup. Lots of people say it’s the best, though.
Mint tea. And Mucinex. And force yourself to eat something (even if you’re not hungry). Pizza. Chinese food. Something filling and not necessarily healthy.
sally tomato is sick too. you hussies been making out?
Sickypoo, here’s what you do:
- Eat a huge, fat, big ol’ Hoogie. That’s right, oil, meat, the whole thing. THEN veg in front of the TV watching your favorite shows. Drink coke, non-diet. It is important to eat foods that are bad for you. It sounds weird, but “fight poison with poison” so to speak.
Make sure when you walk, it is shuffled and dejected. When you answer the phone, do so pitifully. You have earned this right by being sick, and it helps in the healing process!
when I’m desperate, meaning I actually have to function at the office and can’t stay in bed and hide under the covers, Tylenol cold & amp; fly together with extra strength advil liqui-gel caps and lots and lots of sucky lozenge thingys
also, hot whisky with fresh lemon and ginger and honey
add some trashy movies and milk chocolate covered digestives and you should be good to go
Maggie sends her love
A powerful Multi-Vitamin as in a Pre-Natal dose if you can. I had a trainer in the Southwest who would recommend it because naturally, it has large doses of good stuff. Secondly, I agree with Golfwidow on the tea. I’ve always chosen Green Tea and used Honey in it. Accomplished two things: coats the sore throat plus it’s great to heal from the sinusitus or whatever is going on. Summer is awful to feel this way. Hope this helps, Lisa B!
I recommend hot tea with honey. Or if you prefer something cold, Fruit Chillers or any type of sorbet. Soothes the throat and is tasty besides!
Other than that, I got nothing. Most cold remedies don’t work for me. I need to take large doses just to get any effect.
Worst case, I suggest large amounts of alcohol. If you get your blood alcohol content high enough, it sterilizes the body and kills all the germs. It may also kill some brain cells, but only the weak ones.
Feel better Princess
Sneeze away from the screen please; I don’t want to catch anything!
Hope you feel better soon! Colds are SO freaking miserable, especially in the summertime!
I recommend Cold-Eze. Always works for me!
Awww, GET WELL SOON Lisa!!
Dont blow no chunks on me….I don’t look good in green
Two words, Nyquil, Dayquil. I love that stuff. I don’t feel like eating when I’m sick. However, applesauce is nice with a fever and a sore throat. Get tissues with lotion and get some DVDs and lay in bed and just be sick until it passes.
I do hope you feel better soon. Being sick is the worst.
I’m with Vince copious amounts of alcohol followed by a few quarts of chicken soup.
I agree- chicken soup, lots of it! Sudafed always worked for me, but thanks to the meth junkies, I can’t get my fix of it anymore
The sore throat is the hardest to get over. It’s the absolute ONLY time I ever crave and actually like, salt & vinegar potato chips. They soothe my throat somehow.
Tequila and really hot Mexican Food. It helps sweat out the poisens and if it doesn’t work the hangover will make you forget about your illness.
Break your big toe like I did today, and you’ll forget about the damn cold.
There’s this great fast food restaurant only in Tucson called Eegee’s that makes these great Icee’s. They’re not really Icee’s per se, but these terrific slush-like drinks that come in an assortment of flavors and are chockful of Vitamin C. It’s the perfect remedy for a sore throat! Of course, I dont know if you wanna fly all the way down here just to get better, but I’m tellin ya…it’s worth it!
Thanks everyone! I’m liking your suggestions… well most of them
Sorry, you’re feeling bad! You better get better soon. You’re not allowed to get sick! Huhgs!
My mom swears by Orange Zinger tea, but the important thing is that you have to add a liberal dose of triple sec or any other orange flavored liqueur to it.
I’ve got the plague, too. I think the change of weather did us all in. I’m on heavy doses of Tylenol cold, Zicam, and EmergenC.
I like Mucinex to help congestion, the doctor told me about it too. Sore throat? Throat medicine and a great excuse to drink hard alcohol. I’ve drunken illnesses out of me before… odd but can work.
i make chicken and rice and tarragon soup when my friends and family are ill.
when i am ill, i suffer quietly…..and tell everyone how quietly i am suffering.
I’m all about NyQuil, chicken soup, and ginger ale.
I really hope you get better soon, and feel better, and stuff… and I really hope you contaminate me so I can bang out sick for… mmmmm… life? Well… at least until after Labor Day.
I take Goldenseal & Echinacea supplement tablets… They reallly help with the sore throat. Chicken soup really does seem to work & if you have an upset stomach I like ginger ale & pretzels!
BTW I am a Jersey girl South Jersey to be exact. And nothing beats a Jersey tomato!
Feel better soon summer colds can be miserable!
When in the state you describe, I rely on Nyquil, Costco-sized boxes of tissues, a humidifier, hot-and-sour soup from chinese takeout and hot toddies made with good whiskey.
Digression: Can you believe that you have to ask nicely and provide ID to get original Nyquil from a pharmacist? Incroyable! I blame those lunatic meth lab operators. Feh!
Some good suggestions there; you have to choose what will work with *your* system. Almost any clear hot liquid will help (even plain hot water). “Fake” chicken soup will do wonders if you can’t get homemade. Echinacea works wonderfully for me; careful of the goldenseal at certain parts of your cycle.
And one of the best therapies? Knowing you have friends who care. You will be fine.
boatloads of water and crackers. once I can actually stomach anything else, I know I’m getting better.
being sick sucks. and not being sick for a long time sucks too because you just KNOW it’s coming any time now…lol!
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