I’m still struggling with a deep lingering cough. Last night I had my first good sleep because I did some of the suggestions that my friends gave me for fighting a stubborn cold. My cough had gotten to the point where I had to carry a bucket with me in case I vomited (if you’ve ever been there you know what I mean.) My chest was painful, my head hurt from all the coughing, it was getting bad. So this is what I did.
Took a tablespoon of honey (which calmed the cough enough for me to)
Drink 32 ounces of water
Another tablespoon of honey
Another 32 ounces of water
Cup of hot tea
Cup of hot water with Emergen-C
I’m still coughing, but it’s not as deep and I’m actually having periods where I’m not coughing. The sleep that I was able to get last night (for the first time in weeks) helped so much. I’m going to do this routine again tonight and I’m very sure that by Sunday, I’ll finally be on top of this.
For all of you with lingering coughs and colds, truly, I feel your pain. Try different things to see what works (I’m drinking another Emergen-C this morning) and remember to follow the advice your mom always gave you when you were sick – work on getting some fluids in. Turns out she knew what she was talking about.
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Try Gatorade the poor moms pedi lite that helps with rapid hydration though there is a ton of sugar with thAt sitting with a friend who is dying in Duluth today so will send healing your way too
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Never really got into Gatorade (even for our athletes) but I do buy it on occasion when someone had a stomach bug. (sometimes I even break down and get a Coke or Ginger ale in that situation.)
Sorry to hear about your friend. Never easy.
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Lessons Learned from the Flock wrote:
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The nasty cold going around in Newmarket ended up with 4 adults all sick. All of us ended up going to Urgent care (on different days) with severe acute upper respiratory infections plus ear and sinus infections. The only child, 10 yo, seems to have had it bypass her. We were dealing with the sudden death of my oldest son, 43, and his funeral. A stressful time for us all and two of us up from Florida so we were changing our environment drastically. Yes drinking lots of fluids help, so does resting/sleeping as much as possible. When my husband gets sick he drinks Pedialyte and sucks on their popsicles. He matches those with equal amounts of water. It helps. I hope you keep improving.