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Oh! Thank you echo! That was on my list of things to do and I kind of forgot about it.
At our school they teach the kids to cough into the crook of their elbow.
I need to use the neti pot more regularly. If I wait until I'm congested, I'm too blocked for it to work. I don't get any flow at all.
So, one night I decided to look for Bohemian Rhapsody parodies on YouTube. I came across this:
Nintendohemian Rhapsody - full parody feat. Pat the NES Punk & brentalfloss - YouTube
It's pretty awesome.
Gut, I've found that it will work, but it you may have to do it more times, initially, than you usually do, or shorten the lengths of time between the first and second usage. Having a vaporizer doesn't hurt, either.....warm steam, not cold. Do you freak the kids out and tell them about the neti pot? I can hear them eeewwwwing and oooohhhhing now!Originally Posted by Gutmutter
I'm also a big hand washer. When I go out, especially grocery shopping I always use those wipes available in most stores to thoroughly wipe down the handle & basket & upper sides of the cart. Then, when I leave I grab one & wipe my hands. When I do other shopping, I use one of those little bottles of Purell when I get back to the car. I keep one on my purse & one hanging in my car.
I never get flu shots. Many, many years ago, the first time the Swine Flu came around, everyone, young & old lined up at a city auditorium & got the shot. I got sicker than all get out shortly thereafter. I've never gotten a flu shot since. It's been over 30 years.
I almost never get sick. On the rare occasion I do, I never go to the Doctor. I just let it run it's course. I use those old methods my Mother tought me: Wash your hands very frequently, keep wrapped up warm & rest, drink loads of water, drink more water, drink lots of hot tea with a lot of lemon juice in it, use Vicks Vapor Rub, eat chicken soup, put eucalyptus oil on your nose openings. They work just fine.
I figure I've built up all sorts of natural antibodies that way.
We've been dealing with Symbius Medical on transferring my husband's c-pap supplies to another company because Symbius isn't providing supplies in our area for Medicare patients any more. In 3 weeks, we received NO calls back in spite of numerous voice mails, e-mails, and even filling out a form on their website. The operator even began recognizing my voice (probably because I would say, "I want to speak to a LIVE person; please do not put me onto a line where I will be asked to leave a message"). I can't imagine how people who are not as persistent as we are can manager to make this change happen.
They have provided excellent service over the past 3 years, but once they decided to stop offering service to our demographic, we felt like they shoved us off the end of a cliff and said, "Good luck finding a parachute on the way down. Bye!!!"
When you get a cold, I don't think there's much you can do but ride it out. You may feel miserable, but generally most people can tolerate it, but with the flu, I think it can be very dangerous for certain people, such as the elderly and those with compromised immune systems. As a Type I diabetic, I have weighed the benefits and basically been told I would be very unwise to not get a flu shot. I decided not to take my chances.
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