So Damn Sick...

**snoboy** · 01-21-2009, 07:47 PM

of being so fucking sick. UGH!

WWMD for deep bronchial coughs that produce foamy phlegm, and make my chest hurt?

Been steaming my head every hour or so - helps. Thank goodness for Canada - Cough Syrup with CODEINE helps me sleep... any other good tips for me?

**basinbeater** · 01-21-2009, 07:48 PM

coca tea. Best stuff ever for any type of feel like crap.

**Tippster** · 01-21-2009, 07:52 PM

Stop smoking (if you smoke.) You'd be surprised how many people don't think of this. Just chew Nicotine gum for a while.

Take Mucinex - it works.

Drink lots of fluids - I like purple GatorAid.

Oh - and go to the doctor, you may have bronchitis and that stuff is easy to knock out with a Z-Pac antibiotic.

**Making a Pizza** · 01-21-2009, 09:31 PM

What color is your mucus? If what you are coughing up is clear, don't bother with the doctor, because they can't do anything about it. If it has a color, they can give you antibiotics

**pointedem** · 01-21-2009, 09:39 PM

i don't have much, but this should help your liver a bit:

http://www.poppies.org/news/96924960077672.shtml

**bklyn** · 01-21-2009, 09:45 PM

Onions and garlic.
The lazy way= swallow two small cloves of garlic whole , slice onions and place on the bottom of your feet put on socks and go to bed. If you have more energy, put 1/2 of a medium onion and a few cloves of garlic in a food processor, puree with some honey and drink.

You will be better in 6-12 hours.

**Nathan Explosion** · 01-21-2009, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by bklyn

Onions and garlic.
The lazy way= swallow two small cloves of garlic whole , slice onions and place on the bottom of your feet put on socks and go to bed. If you have more energy, put 1/2 of a medium onion and a few cloves of garlic in a food processor, puree with some honey and drink.

You will be better in 6-12 hours.

Everyone around you will be much worse, though.

**glenplake** · 01-21-2009, 09:55 PM

foamy phlegm... he's in heart failure!!!

Sounds like bronchitis. Warm, humidified air is your friend. And tea with honey... or maybe some of that fine maple syrup you guys are so fond of.

**BeanDip4All** · 01-21-2009, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by bklyn

The lazy way= swallow two small cloves of garlic whole , slice onions and place on the bottom of your feet put on socks and go to bed.

whaaaa? for real? i feel like this is just trolling to make me do something absolutely ridiculous and also get dumped

**str8line** · 01-21-2009, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by bklyn

Onions and garlic.
The lazy way= swallow two small cloves of garlic whole , slice onions and place on the bottom of your feet put on socks and go to bed. If you have more energy, put 1/2 of a medium onion and a few cloves of garlic in a food processor, puree with some honey and drink.

You will be better in 6-12 hours.

Really? I heard it was swallow a marble sized ball of wasabi and put ham in your socks. And if you have more energy down a shot of cod liver oil.

**ski_pdx** · 01-22-2009, 01:17 AM

Get better Snoboy. We are headed up there in a month, for a week this time. Lookin to make some turns with you this time around.

**bklyn** · 01-22-2009, 04:19 AM

Originally Posted by BeanDip4All

whaaaa? for real? i feel like this is just trolling to make me do something absolutely ridiculous and also get dumped

Yes, it really works. Better to have one 'fragrant' night than a week of hacking and coughing in bed and keeping your partner awake.

**warthog** · 01-22-2009, 08:50 AM

Originally Posted by str8line

Really? I heard it was swallow a marble sized ball of wasabi and put ham in your socks. And if you have more energy down a shot of cod liver oil.

No no no- THAT is the cure for CANCER. But keep it quiet.

**Rontele** · 01-22-2009, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by snoboy

of being so fucking sick. UGH!

WWMD for deep bronchial coughs that produce foamy phlegm, and make my chest hurt?

Been steaming my head every hour or so - helps. Thank goodness for Canada - Cough Syrup with CODEINE helps me sleep... any other good tips for me?

Did not read, but thanks for the update!

**snoboy** · 01-22-2009, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by Making a Pizza

What color is your mucus? If what you are coughing up is clear, don't bother with the doctor, because they can't do anything about it. If it has a color, they can give you antibiotics

That's something I've never heard before.

Garlic smoothie for breakfast coming up!

**Buster Highmen** · 01-22-2009, 11:26 AM

Yala Neti.
Neti pot.

Look them up. Do it.

**TeleHoar** · 01-22-2009, 11:48 AM

Bklyn speaks the truth as usual.

Garlic/onion = nature's antibiotics.

My system is to take Emerg-n-C packet everyday and wash down a garlic pill (Kwai)
Hardley ever gotten sick in 15+ years I have been doing it.

**BeanDip4All** · 01-22-2009, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by bklyn

Yes, it really works. Better to have one 'fragrant' night than a week of hacking and coughing in bed and keeping your partner awake.

earl's least favorite food is onions, and he also really doesn't like garlic. maybe if i attempted this i would couch it for that one night.

anyways i wish i got this info three weeks ago, i had a horrible hacking/cough phlegm (sp?) cold thing for about two solid weeks! despite lots of OJ and fruits and veggies it was very hard to kick.

**iscariot** · 01-22-2009, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by bklyn

Onions and garlic.
The lazy way= swallow two small cloves of garlic whole , slice onions and place on the bottom of your feet put on socks and go to bed. If you have more energy, put 1/2 of a medium onion and a few cloves of garlic in a food processor, puree with some honey and drink.

You will be better in 6-12 hours.

Garlic + Ginger + Honey + Tea (Rose Hip Hibiscus has lots of Vitamin C) = Similar results

**ljm** · 01-22-2009, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by BeanDip4All

earl's least favorite food is onions, and he also really doesn't like garlic. maybe if i attempted this i would couch it for that one night.

anyways i wish i got this info three weeks ago, i had a horrible hacking/cough phlegm (sp?) cold thing for about two solid weeks! despite lots of OJ and fruits and veggies it was very hard to kick.

Ugh, I'm going on 3 solid weeks of this... think its time to try the garlic/onion treatment.

**Art Shirk** · 01-22-2009, 01:48 PM

Dude, listen to Buster...Neti all the way. Or just snort warm salt water up your beak.

I have had chronic (pun intended) lung problems since I was a child and a nice steam with some eucalyptus loosens up the stuff.

I also stay extremely well hydrated until my cough turns dry, at which point I kill the remains with whisky. It works.