A week before my trip and now I'm getting a cold.

[studog100]

what is/are airbourne?

 

[MagicKingdom05]

All,

Thanks for your concern.

I'm already downing orange juice big time, taking my cold caps, using my cold-ez and I'm feeling much better. This isn't the flu because I have no flu symptoms and it really is just my head being congested and my throat soar from the drainage during the night. Thank goodness I remember to get kleenex the last time I went shopping, becuase I'm probably going to go through two boxes. With the long 3 day weekend comming up, with all the rest I will get come Sunday or Monday I'm sure I will be back to normal.

 

[Iansmom]

Go to the store and buy Cold Eeze. They are lozengers. They really work and they shorten the length of your sickness. I caught a cold a week before I was supposed to go to WDW last year. I took that for a couple of days and it really worked. Try it!!

Similar to Cold Eze - try Zicam! This stuff is fantastic! If you can get your hands on the nasal swabs I HIGHLY recommend them! As soon as you feel your very first itch, scratch, or whatever else clues you in that a cold is starting, begin the Zicam program. It keeps your symptoms from getting too bad and really reduces the amount of time your cold sticks around.

Even if you don't have a cold right now, next time you're in the pharmacy, pick some up to have on hand. During cold season, Zicam can be very difficult to find. Buy it when you can find it. REALLY!!!

BTW, hope you feel better soon.

 

[trappednabox]

Jason,
At least your feeling better. You must have my luck, I always get sick or get a migrain at the worst possible time. Hope it all goes away soon! You wouldn't want to give mickey a cold!

 

[MagicKingdom05]

trappednabox,

Thanks. This three day weekend is going to be wonderful. I'm just going to sleep, rest, drink lots of liquids and think about what I will be doing at WDW next week.

 

[Disfreek]

Jason, you must have the same cold that I have......

I was home sick & thinking of calling in tomorrow as well. I feel horrible!!! I need to call my dr. tomorrow.

Keeping downing orange juice & thinking of WDW!!!!

 

[Nik's Mom]

Hope you feel better soon, MagicKindgon05. I've been following your threads and know how excited you are about your trip. You will have a great time, and I'm sure you will be better by then. You seem like an organized person, so I'm sure that you are all ready for your trip. Hey, while you are home sick, might as well start packing!

 

[MagicKingdom05]

Nik's Mom,

Thanks for the compliment, but I'm not that organized. I will start packing Tuesday night. I will have all the clothes washed and layed out, but will wait and pack. I have started to charge my AA batteries for my new canon powershot digital camera I bought for this trip. This way all the batteries will be charged and ready to go. The charger is small enough so I can take it with me and have a set of 4 batteries charging in the room while I'm out. I can't believe that next week at this time, I will be at my airport motel waiting for the next day so I can leave for WDW.

 

[westjones]

what is/are airbourne?

I am sold on Airborne too! After hearing Oprah talk about it on here show and how much she likes it, I went and got some. It save our cruise in December as two family members started to come down with colds. We have used Zicam before, and they helped, but Airborne has worked GREAT for me. I haven't had a real cold since I started buying it (I only use it when someone in my family starts to show symptoms of a cold or when I am traveling).

Here is the website that I got off the box in my kitchen:

http://www.airbornehealth.com/

Walmart sells it here, but they keep running out (I guess a lot of people watch Oprah). I have gotten it at Walgreen's also when Walmart is out. Walmart is just less expensive.

To the OP, I also recommend that you go get some of this and start using it. I keep some around here for anytime anyone starts to feel a cold coming on.

DJ

 

[swilphil]

I've been having a hard time finding Airborne too. I do have good luck taking Echinachea and zinc lozenges. It's good to get a lot of vitamin c, but the orange juice should take care of that.

 

[MagicKingdom05]

All,

I'm feeling 100% better today. I still have a little sinus issue, but doing much better.

 

[MiaSRN62]

I second Iansmom's suggestion for Zicam nasal swabs. The literature on it states that the cold virus actually lives and replicates in the nose. We've used them on and off since late September when the first cold hit. It's lessened and shortened the duration of the cold 3 out of 4 times we used it. I keep them stocked in our medicine cabinet now. Good luck and get well quick !

 

[DisneyFans4]

Jason!!
Great news! I'm so happy to hear this.
Thanks for keeping us posted.

 

[LibertyLover]

You have my sympathies. I did the same thing in January. About a week before we went, my DD2 and DH had colds. Then, just before we left for WDW, I got it. I spent most of the week taking cold medicine and hunting down tissue. Hang in there.

 

[DizBelle]

I've used the Zicam nasal gel. A little weird squirting a gel in your nose but it isn't uncomfortable and IT WORKS! It really shortened the duration of my cold. I was all better after about 2 days.