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nvnvgirl · 12-10-2007, 07:57 PM

Brooke~ I'm so sorry you're feeling lousy! And I'm also sorry b/c I have not read all the replies, so I don't know if this is a repeat. I'm an RN and having worked in ICU forever(retired now thank the LORD!), I was ALWAYS coming down with a cold b/c of other people coming to work sick. And I always got it worse than anyone else did which is what made me so upset, LOL. One thing I can't STAND is to have my nose stuffed up and not be able to breathe thru it. I used to use nasal sprays, but after awhile, they burned the mucosa inside my nose, so I stopped using them (along with having patients who had gotten brain abcesses from using nasal sprays). An LVN friend of mine turned me on to NOSE DROPS. I think the kind I used initially were Neo-Synephrine II, but now I just buy the generic, whatever drug store or Walmart has as their "extra strength" nose drops. I swear by them. They last several hours and allow me to get some sleep. I may wake up and have to do them once during the night, but I'll take that over struggling to breathe thru my nose ANY day!
The rest of it, I just take cold eeze and drink lots of hot tea, water with lemon in it, and if I'm super miserable, at night I'll have a hot brandy and water with lemon and honey. And drink lots of water and thin soups during the day. I try to stay away from Nyquil b/c it knocks me out initially, but then I wake up in the middle of the night and can't go back to sleep plus, I feel even worse, like I've got a hangover the next day. Ibuprofen for aches and pains and just try to sleep as much as I can.
Sure hope you feel better quick; I know there's some bugs going around out there; sorry you caught one! Big hugs from Maxi dog and me!!!

12-10-2007, 07:57 PM	#26
nvnvgirl Lovin' to the MAX!! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Yorkieville Posts: 2,774	Brooke~ I'm so sorry you're feeling lousy! And I'm also sorry b/c I have not read all the replies, so I don't know if this is a repeat. I'm an RN and having worked in ICU forever(retired now thank the LORD!), I was ALWAYS coming down with a cold b/c of other people coming to work sick. And I always got it worse than anyone else did which is what made me so upset, LOL. One thing I can't STAND is to have my nose stuffed up and not be able to breathe thru it. I used to use nasal sprays, but after awhile, they burned the mucosa inside my nose, so I stopped using them (along with having patients who had gotten brain abcesses from using nasal sprays). An LVN friend of mine turned me on to NOSE DROPS. I think the kind I used initially were Neo-Synephrine II, but now I just buy the generic, whatever drug store or Walmart has as their "extra strength" nose drops. I swear by them. They last several hours and allow me to get some sleep. I may wake up and have to do them once during the night, but I'll take that over struggling to breathe thru my nose ANY day! The rest of it, I just take cold eeze and drink lots of hot tea, water with lemon in it, and if I'm super miserable, at night I'll have a hot brandy and water with lemon and honey. And drink lots of water and thin soups during the day. I try to stay away from Nyquil b/c it knocks me out initially, but then I wake up in the middle of the night and can't go back to sleep plus, I feel even worse, like I've got a hangover the next day. Ibuprofen for aches and pains and just try to sleep as much as I can. Sure hope you feel better quick; I know there's some bugs going around out there; sorry you caught one! Big hugs from Maxi dog and me!!! __________________ Seana and Max and Madison too! Come visit me at: celebritydogwatcher.com Last edited by nvnvgirl; 12-10-2007 at 07:58 PM.