Leaving on Weds ~ WHY now?!

[happybratpack]

Ugh. Yesterday evening my throat started feeling odd and sure enough, within 2 hours I'm completely congested, throat is killing me and I feel like I've been ran over by a truck.

My flight leaves Weds AM at 7:30 and I'm SO bummed about this. It's only my second time at WDW during the holidays - the first was several years ago and I spent most of the trip in the room w/ a high fever and feeling like death. This trip has been several years in the planning to get back there for the festivities and the thought of being sick the whole time, well,

I took Nyquil last night and I'm on Dayquil now because I HAVE to be here at work today and tomorrow since I'll be gone on vacation. PLEASE please let it go away before Weds, I don't care if it beats the snot out of me before then, just let it go away.

I'm done whining. (at least for now) Thanks for listening - I'm open to any home remedies if anyone has some ideas.

 

[Christine]

You should have started taking Zicam but it might be too late now. I swear that stuff works great if you start it right away. You should get the nasal gel and the throat spray. While it might be too late to "stop" it, you might be able to shorten the duration and intensity. Oh, and if you get a fever in the meantime, go to the doctor and make sure it is not strep before you go on the trip.

 

[happybratpack]

You should have started taking Zicam but it might be too late now. I swear that stuff works great if you start it right away. You should get the nasal gel and the throat spray. While it might be too late to "stop" it, you might be able to shorten the duration and intensity. Oh, and if you get a fever in the meantime, go to the doctor and make sure it is not strep before you go on the trip.

I totally forgot about Zicam - I know I've read great things on here about it. I'm going to go get some, it might be late but it can't hurt. Thanks!

 

[Chattyaholic]

It might be too late, but I'm a firm believer in zinc lozenges like "Cold Free" or "Cold Ease."

Last month I woke up with the sniffles and a scratchy throat one morning. I sucked on a couple zinc lozenges in the morning, a couple more in the afternoon and a couple more in the evening. Next morning - symptoms gone.

I really do think they work, but only if you start on them right away.

Like someone else said, if you do the Zicam now it may at least shorten the duration. I know it's not fun at all to be sick on vacation. Last January DH and I flew to Florida and I caught a cold from the plane. Didn't have a chance right away to get the lozenges but I do think they helped with the duration, I only felt really lousy for a couple of days. But at least by then we were in an ocean front hotel room on Daytona Beach!!

I hope you can get some relief, and have a good vacation!!

 

[gradtchr]

I swear by airborne.

 

[txaggiemomof3]

I would go to the doctor. If you have strep throat, you need to be on medication. Strep is going around like crazy here. My ds and I both caught strep 4 days before our WDW trip in September. We were feeling much better by the time we left for our trip because we had been on antibiotics for a few days. Ds caught it AGAIN last week We never had problems with strep until this year.

Hope you are feeling better SOON!