WTB one Immune System

[Verdandi]

I think I was missing on the day they were passed out.

Also, WTB something to filter the caffeine out of my system after I drink herbal tea for my sore throat only to discover from the jitters and headache half an hour later that it was caffeinated. That'd be good too.

[Wyvernwill]

Sounds like a rough day

[Niami DenMother]

{slips Verdandi some ecchinacea, oil of oregano and some grapefruit seed extract} I got enough to share, and so far, it is keeping this whatever this is bug from doing more than threatening me and making my throat tickle.

[Verdandi]

*chases the bugs around Niami, flinging suspensions at them* Take that! And that!!

Yes, very rough day! I just needed to toss my frustration into cyberspace. Although today is better. The cold that started Friday faded fast thanks to (or in spite of) incessant consumption of echinacea, Airborne, Cold-Eze, Tylenol, yummy food from boyfriend who cooks (!), and lots of rest. But it left me with a sore throat that just wouldn't go away. When I started getting jittery and headachey on top of it yesterday I started to worry in earnest, until I remembered the tea!

However, a clever coworker suggested anti-allergy stuff yesterday and so far I've been sore throat free for about 15 hours. Durn pollen. So I was suffering not just from an inadequate immune system but also a self-destructive one. Thank Tunare for Claritin!!

[KyrosKrane]

I've been taking anti-allergy medicines of various sorts for as long as I can remember. Doctors can't quite figure out what it is I'm allergic to; it's either chicken, bread, or dust. Like that helps. =)

Seriously, though, there's this medicine with the hellishly long name of Oscillococcinum. It's a homeopathic remedy. I've got no clue what's in it or how it works; all I know is, it works. You take it as soon as you feel the initial twinges of a cold or flu, and it reduces the effects. A flu normally hits me for about seven days; when I take Oscillo, I usually recover in about three. It used to be available only in Europe, but as of about a year ago I started seeing it in the US. It may be worth looking into.