Anyone else got "The Cold"?

It's been raging around here since before Christmas.

I saw it coming and started eating zinc + vitamin C lozenges before I got it,
so my symptoms haven't been as bad as others around me that have had it. It
has lasted longer than most colds, though: I'm on my eighth day today.
--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

Anyone else infected, or is this an Iowa thing?

Garlic is a great preventative; if you eat enough no one will get close
enough to you to give you their infection.

what ever it is... keep it in IOWA...

get well soon
BT

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:zuxCd.73156$k25.18664@attbi_s53...
Man, I got this bug a week ago, and I've never seen anything like it. I
lost my voice 6 days ago (The kids are loving it. Mary *was* loving it,
until she discovered that she had to answer all of my phone calls!), with
no sign of it returning.

I've slept in my LazyBoy the last six nights, cuz my lungs fill up every
90 minutes or so when I lay down, sending me into coughing fits that keep
Mary up all night.

Flying has been completely out of the question.

At Mary's insistence, I'm actually going to see a doctor today. (Who, no
doubt, will tell me to drink lots of fluids, take aspirin, get lots of
sleep, and charge me a hundred bucks...) According to friends in our
school district, this bug has been knocking people down in droves around
here for the last month.

Anyone else infected, or is this an Iowa thing?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Yep, I'm in the Boston area and I have it. It's like a nasty flu. First
time I've been so congested it actually causes ear aches. About
3/4 of my family has it also.



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:zuxCd.73156$k25.18664@attbi_s53...
Man, I got this bug a week ago, and I've never seen anything like it. I
lost my voice 6 days ago (The kids are loving it. Mary *was* loving it,
until she discovered that she had to answer all of my phone calls!), with
no sign of it returning.

I've slept in my LazyBoy the last six nights, cuz my lungs fill up every
90 minutes or so when I lay down, sending me into coughing fits that keep
Mary up all night.

Flying has been completely out of the question.

At Mary's insistence, I'm actually going to see a doctor today. (Who, no
doubt, will tell me to drink lots of fluids, take aspirin, get lots of
sleep, and charge me a hundred bucks...) According to friends in our
school district, this bug has been knocking people down in droves around
here for the last month.

Anyone else infected, or is this an Iowa thing?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Yeah, and I spend three days in the hospital because of it! I let it go too
long and didn't observe my physician's Three-Day Rule.



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:zuxCd.73156$k25.18664@attbi_s53...
Man, I got this bug a week ago, and I've never seen anything like it. I
lost my voice 6 days ago (The kids are loving it. Mary *was* loving it,
until she discovered that she had to answer all of my phone calls!), with
no sign of it returning.

I've slept in my LazyBoy the last six nights, cuz my lungs fill up every
90 minutes or so when I lay down, sending me into coughing fits that keep
Mary up all night.

Flying has been completely out of the question.

At Mary's insistence, I'm actually going to see a doctor today. (Who, no
doubt, will tell me to drink lots of fluids, take aspirin, get lots of
sleep, and charge me a hundred bucks...) According to friends in our
school district, this bug has been knocking people down in droves around
here for the last month.

Anyone else infected, or is this an Iowa thing?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Gail caught it flying the Northwest torch to Baltimore and brought it back
to California in the middle of December.

You are correct, that cold is a crystal witch.

Jim



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:zuxCd.73156$k25.18664@attbi_s53...

Anyone else infected, or is this an Iowa thing?
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"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...
It's been raging around here since before Christmas.

I saw it coming and started eating zinc + vitamin C lozenges before I got
it,
so my symptoms haven't been as bad as others around me that have had it.
It
has lasted longer than most colds, though: I'm on my eighth day today.

I got it over Thanksgiving. Got it bad. Got it so bad that I quit smoking,
even. Yup, it's been 7 weeks since I had a ciggy.

Anyway, a few days later, the wife started getting the same scratchy-throat
symptoms. I went to the local pharmacy and got her some zinc lozenges. She
sucked them as prescribed and, except for feeling a little "out of touch"
for one day, the scratchy throat was almost all she felt.

Bottom line is that I am now a zinc convert and have a supply handy for the
next symptom I feel.

--
Jim Fisher

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
3. Don't swallow phlegm; blow and expectorate

I've always know this but hardly ever heed it. Why, exactly, is this
necessary?

--
Jim Fisher

Crap. There goes my flyin plans for this weekend. We were looking for a
place to fly to and thought we'd head to Iowa for a visit.

Get well soon!
Jim

"Jay Honeck" writes:
Anyone else infected, or is this an Iowa thing?

I have relatives from California to Prince Edward Island who are
suffering from this cold -- not just an Iowa thing.

Chris
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