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🛒💊🗑👃🏻🤧Having a Cold is Expensive

Moonchilde — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 00:09:36 GMT

Lucky me - I started celebrating the First Day of Summer Eve by coming down with a cold. I had enough "stuff" to get by when I was feeling really punky, but was going stir-crazy today so hied myself to the drugstore. I ran out of gas after 15 minutes 😓

All I bought was two boxes of Kleenex, a bag of CVS cough drops, a bottle of CVS nasal spray, some Vicks Vaporub, something for my sore nose, Mucinex and Sudafed. The total was $65!!

I've spent the last two days and nights coughing my lungs up, so I was desperate enough to try the Vicks-on-the-soles-of-the-feet thing, since no cough syrup except with codeine ever does a thing for me. The Vicks didn't work - still coughing. Of course, I didn't use half a jar - and "felt" no menthol coursing through my body.

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Carmie — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 00:55:46 GMT

My Mother always rubbed Vicks on the chest, not the feet!

My DH always just drinks tea with a shot of Rock and Rye in it. He swear by it.

I hope you feel feel better soon.

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GSPgirl — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 00:20:24 GMT

My mom used Vick's on our necks and chest and then wrapped an diaper around our necks.

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sidsmom — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 00:28:27 GMT

Eeeps.

Keep an eye on that coughing...and don't hesitate to go to the doctor if it lasts longer than 5+days.

Throughout the yrs, my bouts of bronchitis & walking pneumonia started off as coughing crud, which stemmed from allergies. The line in the sand for a doctor's visit was the 'seal bark' & no sleep. Are you there yet?!

Maybe elevate yourself w/ an extra pillow tonight...that might help with the coughing.

Keep us posted!

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dooBdoo — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 00:31:39 GMT

@Moonchilde, I can't think of much to offer in the way of suggestions, but wanted to send good wishes to you. I'm sorry you feel crummy. Take good care of yourself.❤️

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Moonchilde — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 00:34:15 GMT

@Carmie wrote:
My Mother always rubbed Vicks on the chest, not the feet!

My DH always just drinks tea with a shot of Rock and Rye in it. He swear by it.

I hope you feel feel better soon.

My mom did that too - and I hated it. Vowed I would never do it to myself. But I've read multiple times on these forums that people swear by putting it on the bottom of your feet. No one can explain how/why it works, but they say it does; not for me.

I tried Zicam but it was too late. I'm lucky in that it isn't a super-horrible one. But I haven't slept for two nights - and trust me, I sound like you dooon't want to be around me :-(

Thanks for the well-wishes :-)

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Moonchilde — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 00:38:27 GMT

@GSPgirl wrote:
My mom used Vick's on our necks and chest and then wrapped an diaper around our necks.

The feel of old flannel on my chest with Vicks underneath will stay with me forever - like fingernails on a blackboard 😖

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dooBdoo — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 00:44:28 GMT

@Moonchilde wrote:
@GSPgirl wrote:
My mom used Vick's on our necks and chest and then wrapped an diaper around our necks.

The feel of old flannel on my chest with Vicks underneath will stay with me forever - like fingernails on a blackboard 😖

@Moonchilde❤️

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Moonchilde — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 00:52:11 GMT

@sidsmom, I have an allergic "bark" most of the time, even though I take a daily allergy pill (and had allergy shots years ago). It's not constant by any means, but it's been my companion for 20+ years. Most times (this one was no different) I start out thinking I'm having a bad allergy attack, so don't always dose up with Zicam at the crucial time. I did some this time over 12 hrs but it was too late.

I don't usually have lung-type colds, only rarely. My cough is only very slightly productive and it's breaking up already. It's the "back of the throat tickle" that's my problem. Nothing helps that for me but codeine. But by the time I could get in to see someone, it will be gone. And with the experience I've had with this doctor, he'd probably okay two days' dose and refuse to refill it :-(

Oh yeah, I've been sleeping sitting up since Night One :-( Hopefully the Terrible Tickle will be better tonight & tomorrow.

I have had sexyvoice for two days, though ;-)

Re: 🛒💊🗑👃🏻🤧Having a Cold is Expensive

Moonchilde — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 01:00:37 GMT

@dooBdoo wrote:

@Moonchilde, I can't think of much to offer in the way of suggestions, but wanted to send good wishes to you. I'm sorry you feel crummy. Take good care of yourself.❤️

Thanks, @dooBdoo. I haven't felt extremely bad (except for the PIT* coughing) but after 10-15 min in the drugstore I was ready to come home and veg again. My mind wants to get out; my body, not so much.

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Annabellethecat66 — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 01:09:35 GMT

Hope you feel better soon. Take care of yourself!

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on the bay — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 01:10:12 GMT

@Moonchilde

If you can spend a little bit more,

get something with dextromethorphan-that's the cough suppressant.

(unless you got the musinex that already has an expectorant and the cough suppressant.)

You can get a generic at Walmart for about $3-great stuff.

Summer colds are the worst! I hope you feel better soon.

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Moonchilde — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 01:11:48 GMT

Thanks @Annabellethecat66 :-)

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Oznell — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 01:14:12 GMT

It sounds horrible. Both hubs and I have allergies and varying degrees of asthma, and I am terrified of colds b/c they turn into endliess, bronchial woes.

Feel better, try to get sleep. My sympathies for all the agony this stuff produces.... I love to watch soothing, low-energy vintage TV shows on my computer when I'm sick, like "Barnaby Jones" episodes, or "Rockford" or my fave, "The Fugitive".... maybe you'll find something you can just drift off to...

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Moonchilde — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 01:18:11 GMT

@on the bay wrote:

@Moonchilde
If you can spend a little bit more,
get something with dextromethorphan-that's the cough suppressant.
(unless you got the musinex that already has an expectorant and the cough suppressant.)
You can get a generic at Walmart for about $3-great stuff.
Summer colds are the worst! I hope you feel better soon.

@on the bay, it doesn't work on me. I bought it a little over a year ago (and have bought it before, in hope) when I had my last cold, and it was a waste of $$ for me. Did nothing. Coughed within 5 min of swallowing. The Mucinex does have it in, and I've been taking that since day one of the cold, so...nada.

I think what I will do is something my mom used to do that I can get behind (unlike the Vicks-on-chest) - she would put a pea-sized piece of Vicks on a spoon and I would let it dissolve in my mouth/down my throat; it did help, at least.

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butterfly123 — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 01:24:03 GMT

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on the bay — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 01:24:27 GMT

@Moonchilde-

Yikes! Though people have taken small amounts before, camphor in vicks is toxic and cause severe side effects, even death.

there must be something better to take or get that codeine.

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Moonchilde — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 01:30:17 GMT

@Oznell wrote:
It sounds horrible. Both hubs and I have allergies and varying degrees of asthma, and I am terrified of colds b/c they turn into endliess, bronchial woes.

Feel better, try to get sleep. My sympathies for all the agony this stuff produces.... I love to watch soothing, low-energy vintage TV shows on my computer when I'm sick, like "Barnaby Jones" episodes, or "Rockford" or my fave, "The Fugitive".... maybe you'll find something you can just drift off to...

@Oznell, I'm isolating myself in my room because both my niece and her DH have asthma. He also has COPD and was operated on in January for lung cancer, with immune compromise from radiation & chemo, so the very last thing this house needs is a virus. All of his colds have always turned bronchial even before recent events. My colds typically, when serious/bad, turn my head and nose into a brick (lots of sinus pain) and leave my chest pretty much alone. I just need a drill for my forehead :-(

I was watching Lucy Worsley vids on Youtube yesterday - you would enjoy them. Right now, the Food Channel. I think I was watching something on the Science Channel last night. I did leave a dim light on all night because I was either blowing my nose, using nasal spray or cough drops all night long. Ugh.

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Evie2004 — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 02:43:53 GMT

oh, my Mom did the Vicks thing, she melted a tiny bit in the spoon & gave it to us..a wonder we didn't die from that..

BUT I have found Delsyn cough med (orange box, I think) as the best OTC syrup..costs more, but using double dose usually helps me..hope you are better tonight!

@Moonchilde wrote:
@on the bay wrote:

@Moonchilde
If you can spend a little bit more,
get something with dextromethorphan-that's the cough suppressant.
(unless you got the musinex that already has an expectorant and the cough suppressant.)
You can get a generic at Walmart for about $3-great stuff.
Summer colds are the worst! I hope you feel better soon.

@on the bay, it doesn't work on me. I bought it a little over a year ago (and have bought it before, in hope) when I had my last cold, and it was a waste of $$ for me. Did nothing. Coughed within 5 min of swallowing. The Mucinex does have it in, and I've been taking that since day one of the cold, so...nada.

I think what I will do is something my mom used to do that I can get behind (unlike the Vicks-on-chest) - she would put a pea-sized piece of Vicks on a spoon and I would let it dissolve in my mouth/down my throat; it did help, at least.

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Moonchilde — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 03:11:28 GMT

Thank you, @Evie2004 :-)