Wellness

[nascarfan]

I hope you feel better soon! 

[conlt]

@Patriot3 Don't beat yourself up over it. Drink fluids and rest. The Covid vaccine was not available until after the department of health meeting on September 18th. I know, I tried to get the vaccine. I am a RN and there have been patients with Covid lately. Some are really feeling bad this time around. I got my Covid vaccine yesterday. I hope you feel better. 

[Goodie2shoes]

Prayers for a speedy recovery.  A friend of mine called me yesterday 10/4 to advise that she has Covid, she was on  vacation with a few friends, had fun but now has Covid. She is having mild symptoms at this time.  Take care ! 

[Trailrun23]

Am so sorry you are sick! Please rest and stay hydrated. I have not had the newest Covid shot and my dr. advised against it. Just got my flu shot as usual. Will pray for you that you have a quick and mild time with this and are better than ever asap.

[on the bay]

Hi @Trailrun23 .

Can you say why your dr advised against it?

[rockygems123]

@Patriot3 

I would make you chicken soup if you were nearby and make sure you drank lots of fluids regularly.

Keep us updated. Looking forward to seeing your reports good or bad. Hopefully good.

[gardenman]

I have this quirky belief that hot air helps, so when I get an upper respiratory illness, I sit and hold the hairdryer and breathe in the hot air from it. When we get an infection, our bodies run a temp, so our bodies think heat helps. Instead of breathing in cool room air, the hot air from a hairdryer (120 or so degrees) is higher than any fever we'd survive. And unlike a sauna, it's just affecting the air I'm breathing in (and my head) and not overheating my whole body.

Decades ago, Smithsonian magazine did an article on the common cold and reported on a cooling tower at a NYC power plant where the workers with colds would go and sit in the cooling tower breathing in the hot air to battle their colds.

It's one of those "I don't see where it would hurt, and it might help things," so I do it on the rare occasion I get a cold or upper respiratory issue. 

[beckyb1012]

I hope you are feeling better very soon.  I have never got a shot for flu and as far as covid I did one in August 2021 and went back for the second when it was time a couple of months later.  Never done any boosters. 

[geezerette]

@gardenman 

My husband would use the hairdryer directed to his face when he got sinus headaches.  

I will often use it for migraines.

[jubilant]