Feh

[legalmoose]

Staying home with the cold today. It seems to be fading, but this is why they give me sick leave, no? So I can stay home and not infect the rest of the office. :-p

Kytty, I looked up the saline solution thing in something else I have by Rodale Press (the folks who publish Prevention, as well as Men's Health) and it seemed okay. If nothing else it helped me get a lot of snot out of my nose (ewww!). ;-) It works by reducing the irritation in the nasal passages and therefore allowing the sinuses to drain normally so you avoid lovely thing like, say, sinusitis. Whee. (yeah, I'm a process person - gotta know why something works)

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[ex-chay844.livejournal.com]

Yuck! Then again I'll be asking for advice if this sore throat gets to be full-blown painful! ugh!

Different drugs

[legalmoose]

For sore throat you want a salt gargle, not a saline nasal solution (though you may need both if you have both a head cold and the sore throat).

[kytty.livejournal.com]

I like to know the how's and why's of it too :)

[ironmanjt.livejournal.com]

I'm the same way. I need to know WHY/HOW things work, not just that they do.

That said, after the recent cold from hell, I'm convinced the solution is:

1) Orange Juice (which I have to pass on)
2) Chicken Soup
3) Ecchinacea
4) Zinc + Vitamin C

[legalmoose]

I have all of those, save the Orange Juice. Boiling water for tea as we speak.

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[ironmanjt.livejournal.com]

Good Moose. Pat pat.

[italhorseman.livejournal.com]

hey Moosey...feel better babe...saline also keeps the atmosphere up there pretty wet. I use it constantly...

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[legalmoose]

I've been using it most of the day - it seems to help.

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[italhorseman.livejournal.com]

good boy...saline is the benevolent solution...and savior of all... ;-)