1) itchy ear canal
2) eyeballs that feel like your nose does when you need to sneeze
3) sore, raw nose
4) chloraseptic doesn't last nearly long enough

2/8/2009 6:29:04 PM

it really sucks when your ear gets clogged with snot that goes in and out of your throat/nose

2/8/2009 6:29:51 PM

5) still not being able to fucking speak

2/8/2009 6:31:14 PM

khcadwal so sexy

2/8/2009 6:31:35 PM

having to kick the furnace (aka zorthage) to be able to nap comfortably

2/8/2009 6:33:18 PM

having to walk the dog when the act of just walking is fucking hard

2/8/2009 6:38:23 PM

i think you have the flu

2/8/2009 6:39:26 PM

I am trying desperately to not get sick. I don't have insurance right now, and the last time I got sick was when I didn't have insurance. I got a nasty sinus infection and just had to tough it out for 2 weeks. It was fucking aweful.

2/8/2009 6:39:59 PM

good thing i got the flu shot!

2/8/2009 6:40:44 PM

you couldn't do like cobra stuff through your work (old work)?

not having insurance is the worst. that is when everything always happens.

2/8/2009 6:41:23 PM

yeah, if I wanted to pay $400 a month for insurance. no thanks

i've been taking Airborne 3 times a day

[Edited on February 8, 2009 at 6:42 PM. Reason : a]

2/8/2009 6:41:45 PM

6) missing work for something that isn't cool

2/8/2009 6:41:56 PM

^^ oh damn that is cray cray

airborne doesn't work yo!

[Edited on February 8, 2009 at 6:42 PM. Reason : .]

2/8/2009 6:42:30 PM

airborne has worked for me in the past, it's just no good if you try and use it when you're already sick...it's like cancer, gotta catch that shit early yo

2/8/2009 6:44:33 PM

no way it totally doesn't work!

http://www.nytimes.com/inc_com/inc1204579617407.html?ref=smallbusiness

i think the other one works though like zycam?? or something like that?

2/8/2009 6:45:34 PM

masturbation only half as enjoyable

2/8/2009 6:46:46 PM

runny nose, coughing, feeling weak.......blah

2/8/2009 6:46:54 PM

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"having to walk the dog when the act of just walking is fucking hard "

I hear you. Fortunately, in 4 years, this is the first time Z and I have been sick at the same time, so usually, we manage pretty well.

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"i think you have the flu "

Me too. I took part in a flu vaccine study this year (growing vaccines in monkey cells, instead of eggs, to circumvent the issues of supply and lead time). I have to report being sick Did it last year, too.

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"I am trying desperately to not get sick. I don't have insurance right now, and the last time I got sick was when I didn't have insurance. I got a nasty sinus infection and just had to tough it out for 2 weeks. It was fucking aweful."

For future reference, if you get sick, take decongestants like clockwork. They'll keep you dried out so this doesn't happen again. And if you do get a sinus infection, some urgent care places are only (LOL) like $70.
And should you be truly miserable: theraflu warming syrups. They're awesome. I have said this many times on here before, but they really do work, and this bears repeating: I barely remember having mono, due to the nighttime syrup

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"you couldn't do like cobra stuff through your work (old work)? not having insurance is the worst. that is when everything always happens. "

I've been uninsured for a longass time. It really changes your behavior

Quote :

"airborne has worked for me in the past, it's just no good if you try and use it when you're already sick"

Placebo effect.

^^I'd say "That too", but there comes a point where you go "masturbation? What's that?"

[Edited on February 8, 2009 at 6:48 PM. Reason : ldfkjg]

2/8/2009 6:47:16 PM

none of that stuff works for me

but i take shit tons of OTC medication when i'm sick to avoid going to the doctor...so it takes some pretty good stuff to make a difference with me

2/8/2009 6:47:28 PM

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"1) itchy ear canal"

apple cider vinegar

it works on tons of shit, zits too!

2/8/2009 6:51:05 PM

How the hell does that one work

2/8/2009 6:51:49 PM

zpack, advil cold and sinus/allergy/Nyquil liquid, and chloraseptic lozenges

2/8/2009 6:52:10 PM

put some on a qtip and swab your ear

2/8/2009 6:53:10 PM

the whole need to sleep/want to sleep, but can't sleep business

I'm a whiny motherfucker when I'm sick.

2/8/2009 7:47:25 PM

pissing out of your ass

2/8/2009 8:09:36 PM

Quote :

"aweful"

full of awe




I've not been deathly sick in years but growing up I got strep every winter, bad cases too. So I think I'm being made up for those shitty winters, or I just learned a valuable lesson in hygiene.

2/8/2009 8:14:54 PM

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"zpack, advil cold and sinus/allergy/Nyquil liquid, and chloraseptic lozenges"

joe, the next best thing to biological warfare. he's a vaccine resistant bacteria breeder.

2/8/2009 8:24:33 PM

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"itchy ear canal"

holy shit this has made me come very close to pounding an ice pick into my ear

2/8/2009 8:25:16 PM

hydrogen peroxide on a qtip and flushing out your ear works wonders. the bubbling will drive you crazy though.

2/8/2009 8:33:10 PM

makes me had to cum okie dok

2/8/2009 8:39:52 PM

^^doesn't work

The best one can go at any given momkent in time is more decongestants. Ithcy ear comes from goop being in places it shouldn't be

2/8/2009 8:47:23 PM

ah and a good sinus cleanse or neti pot works nicely too

2/8/2009 8:51:06 PM

I've already decided that when (not if ) I get congested, I'm figuring out a way to make a homemade neti pot, or some approximation of one, even if it's with a turkey baster.

2/8/2009 8:51:54 PM

Mucinex is good shit, that and sudafed.

I was always recommended saline shit to shove up my nose but I HATE nasal sprays so I never do it.

2/8/2009 8:52:42 PM

oh, I'll give you a saline spray alright...

2/8/2009 8:53:26 PM

goddamnit ambrosia mentions a turkey baster and guess where my mind went

2/8/2009 8:59:21 PM

2/8/2009 9:00:04 PM

SHAPED LIKE THE FIST OF JODIE FOSTER

2/8/2009 9:01:39 PM

nasal sprays make my nose bleed...

saline cleanses are totally different. they're slightly uncomfortable but the feeling of snot getting washed out and a clear nose... oh man its awesome when you've been stuffed up!

ambrosia if you do a homemade one, make sure you use slightly warm water.

i bought a kit for $12 at walgreens that came with 50 salt packets. there are prob better deals out there but when your head feels like its going to explode, the cost of relief is not an issue

2/8/2009 9:04:11 PM

booty dook

2/8/2009 9:06:30 PM

2/8/2009 9:09:16 PM

i don't really get sick, but allergies suck!!!

2/8/2009 9:09:48 PM

lol that's what it took for me to get better, i had a cold, then a sinus infection then some sort of flu thing, so bad it even put me out of work one day early due to total body pain. I'm one full week from the onset of the "oh shit" feelings and I feel near 100% again health wise. Only the second time I've taken anti-biotics for feeling shitty.

[Edited on February 8, 2009 at 9:15 PM. Reason : oh shit was the last one, whats up won]

2/8/2009 9:10:49 PM

i've slept every night since thursday with the thermostat at 71, pj pants, socks, a long sleeve t, a hoodie with the hood on, sheet, comforter, wool blanket, regular blanket


and still cant beat the chills

2/8/2009 9:11:21 PM

knock on wood i am not sick. i get sick (like sick sick like what ^ and ambrosia seem to be going through) once a year or once every other year. i haven't had it this year. i had a TERRIBLE cold in december, but it wasn't the debilitating sickness (though it almost was, i had the ear clog thing and went to the urgent care and tried to make them drain it because i had to study for exams and they wouldn't ugh).

last year and the year before i got deathly sick during january. and just got on my parent's couch and didn't move for a week. high fever, chills, hallucinations, cough etc. last year i had and upper respiratory infection AND strep. the year before was an upper respiratory infection AND the flu. it sucked. hard. it normally happens in jan, but it didn't this year and i'm hoping to avoid it.

2/9/2009 12:10:25 AM

I'm lucky - I haven't gotten sick yet and I'm not planning on it

but I've got a neti pot in case I do

2/9/2009 12:29:16 AM

i like never get sick.

all of you would've died in the wild like 43000 years ago

I'm Big Business and i approved this message.

[Edited on February 9, 2009 at 12:30 AM. Reason : tense]

2/9/2009 12:30:30 AM

well yea, like anyone who wears glasses or can't get a boner would have died in the wild 43000 years ago, too.

2/9/2009 12:31:29 AM

I hate this shit that I have now, coughing all the time, and not because of some lung thing, but because it feels like there is something in my throat (yeah, its a cock, I know, har har) that I cant get rid of... and I have to keep coughing, and the more I cough the more my head hurts, and my face gets hot, it sucks

2/9/2009 12:31:46 AM

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2/9/2009 12:32:03 AM