I'm sick

mookiemookie · 10-04-08, 01:31 PM

I'm always a fan of eating the spiciest food I can when I'm stuffed up. Get some 4 alarm chili going.

Jimbuna · 10-04-08, 01:53 PM

I don't profess to know a cure, but whether it be a cold or man flu it's always my sinuses that block up and prevent me from sleeping.

I take Sudafed, it's a decongestant nasal spray and it clears the blockage every time.

I also eat a lot of hot and spicy Indian and Chinese foods whether I have the symptoms or not....which I believe helps me

Hitman · 10-04-08, 02:30 PM

My grandfather used to drink Cognac when he got a cold. Theoretically, the strong vapours help liberating yoru nose, plus the effect of alcohol relaxing you and reducing your sensitivity to pain helps. My wife mixes a bit of cognac with milk and an aspirine

and it hasn't killed her (yet), it's another old remedy.

I asked my grandfather long ago wether the remedy was effective and he replied: "Well, it doesn't take the cold away but helps you forget about it. And if I drink enough I even forget your grandmother, which is another positive side-effect"

Jimbuna · 10-04-08, 03:33 PM

LOL :rotfl:

We have similar anecdotal sayings here in the UK

SandyCaesar · 10-04-08, 04:15 PM

Ugh, I used get these things all the time. Still recovering from one, in fact.

Traditional treatment: lots of fluids, sleep like a sloth, and try to do something to make yourself sweat. The crap in the nasal passages is the worst part. Oh, and try to get in a mile-or-so run if possible (after the worst of the symptoms have passed). Works wonders for temporary decongesting.

DeepIron · 10-04-08, 04:42 PM

Just got over mine... very similar symptoms. I recommend lots of Vitamin C, Echinacea tea and Tylenol PM (contains a antihistamine to dry out the nasal passages) and lets you sleep more soundly.

Hope you feel better soon.

10-04-08, 01:31 PM	#1
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	I'm always a fan of eating the spiciest food I can when I'm stuffed up. Get some 4 alarm chili going. __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

10-04-08, 01:53 PM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,818 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I don't profess to know a cure, but whether it be a cold or man flu it's always my sinuses that block up and prevent me from sleeping. I take Sudafed, it's a decongestant nasal spray and it clears the blockage every time. I also eat a lot of hot and spicy Indian and Chinese foods whether I have the symptoms or not....which I believe helps me __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-04-08, 02:30 PM	#3
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,109 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	My grandfather used to drink Cognac when he got a cold. Theoretically, the strong vapours help liberating yoru nose, plus the effect of alcohol relaxing you and reducing your sensitivity to pain helps. My wife mixes a bit of cognac with milk and an aspirine and it hasn't killed her (yet), it's another old remedy. I asked my grandfather long ago wether the remedy was effective and he replied: "Well, it doesn't take the cold away but helps you forget about it. And if I drink enough I even forget your grandmother, which is another positive side-effect" __________________ One day I will return to sea ...

10-04-08, 03:33 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,818 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	LOL :rotfl: We have similar anecdotal sayings here in the UK __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-04-08, 04:15 PM	#5
SandyCaesar Chief Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: HMS Thanatus Posts: 325 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ugh, I used get these things all the time. Still recovering from one, in fact. Traditional treatment: lots of fluids, sleep like a sloth, and try to do something to make yourself sweat. The crap in the nasal passages is the worst part. Oh, and try to get in a mile-or-so run if possible (after the worst of the symptoms have passed). Works wonders for temporary decongesting. __________________ Vanvikan, Feb. 2009: ordinary human, KIA, night 4 HMS Thanatus, May 2009: ??? human, KIA, night 7

10-04-08, 04:42 PM	#6
DeepIron Sea Lord Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Too far from the Pacific right now... Posts: 1,634 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Just got over mine... very similar symptoms. I recommend lots of Vitamin C, Echinacea tea and Tylenol PM (contains a antihistamine to dry out the nasal passages) and lets you sleep more soundly. Hope you feel better soon. __________________ RFB / RSRDC Beta Tester RFB / RSRDC Modding Forum: http://forum.kickinbak.com/index.php RFB Top Post link: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=125529 RFB Loadout: RFB_V1.52_102408: RFB_V1.52_Patch_111608: RSRDC_RFBv15_V396

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