A whiine!

Well,

I don't usually do this but here goes.  Tues. I came down with a sore throat, a sure sign for me of an impeding cold.  So, I did all my usual natural remedies--echinecea drops. lots of liquids and later in the day elderberry syrup.  And whoopee, I woke the next morning with NO sore throat, just a little swelling on the sides of my neck. Wed, Thurs and Fri morningI'm still doing good.  Boom, the other shoe drops, the sore throat is back Friday afternoon.  To make a long story short, I spent last night sitting  in my recliner all night , trying to get some sleep.  Yeah right--NOT!  I finally gave it up about 5am,  sore, achy and not a very happy camper.

I continue with all my remedies, now including chicken soup!  But I can see the handwriting on the wall.  These colds for me usually go on for 10 days or longer.  Rah rah!

Well, enough whinning---I'm going to take a nap---sitting up, of course, lest I start another tickly, coughing jag.

Yo-yo

Hi YoYo!

Please keep taking care of yourself...OK? This is also how influenza starts. Contrary to the common way the word 'flu' is used when anyone has stomach/gut problems and a fever, true influenza is respiratory. Watch carefully! Three grandsons (brothers) have gotten the true flu in the past week and the one thing he told my daughter was to watch out for them complaining of all over body aches. That's when he want's them brought in. OK, I know...if you have fibro how the devil do you know if you have all over body aches or a fibro flare? I have no idea on that one...so everyone please do take care if you get the congestion and misery that YoYo has!

Warm hugs and keep that chicken soup going,
Chutz

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your kind words.  Chutz, you are  right about body aches, how the heck ARE we suppose to tell when fibro gives us the same thing 24/7!?  Anyway , I will keep a good watch out for flu symptoms.  I was kinda hoping I'd fall into that "over the hill" group that is suppose to be somewhat immune because of previous exposures thruout my life time.  Maybe age is not such a bad thing after all!

Yo-yo