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Title: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Rods2 on 09 January 2018, 16:34:26
which is trying hard to turn into man flu :( :( :( but I'm too busy for such luxury. :( :( :(
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: 2boxerdogs on 09 January 2018, 16:44:04
which is trying hard to turn into man flu :( :( :( but I'm too busy for such luxury. :( :( :(





Man up ,Brandy always works for me.
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: flyer 0712 on 09 January 2018, 17:11:16
You need night nurse......but not the stuff out of a bottle  ;D
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 09 January 2018, 17:30:04
which is trying hard to turn into man flu :( :( :( but I'm too busy for such luxury. :( :( :(

If it really is man flu then....... :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\

I only hope your inevitable demise is relatively comfortable.
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Lizzie Zoom on 09 January 2018, 17:34:55
which is trying hard to turn into man flu :( :( :( but I'm too busy for such luxury. :( :( :(

If it really is man flu then....... :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\

I only hope your inevitable demise is relatively comfortable.

Or is it becoming Australian flue, the first cases being reported by the NHS!! :o :o :o
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 09 January 2018, 17:47:34
which is trying hard to turn into man flu :( :( :( but I'm too busy for such luxury. :( :( :(

If it really is man flu then....... :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\

I only hope your inevitable demise is relatively comfortable.

Or is it becoming Australian flue, the first cases being reported by the NHS!! :o :o :o

You girlies have it so easy, Lizzie. :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*

All you have to do is pop out something the size ans weight of a cannonball. ;)
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: STEMO on 09 January 2018, 17:50:04
which is trying hard to turn into man flu :( :( :( but I'm too busy for such luxury. :( :( :(

If it really is man flu then....... :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\

I only hope your inevitable demise is relatively comfortable.

Or is it becoming Australian flue, the first cases being reported by the NHS!! :o :o :o

You girlies have it so easy, Lizzie. :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*

All you have to do is pop out something the size ans weight of a cannonball. ;)
I do that regularly  ;D
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Bigron on 09 January 2018, 17:53:57
And do you moan endlessly about what you had to go through, STEMO? No, of course you don't; you are a man, so you simply shrug your shoulders and get on with things.  :y :y :y

Ron.



Lizzie is offline and won't be reading that.
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: STEMO on 09 January 2018, 18:14:47
I don’t moan, Ron, but there is a fair amount of chamber music as I dispatch it.  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Lizzie Zoom on 09 January 2018, 18:48:10
which is trying hard to turn into man flu :( :( :( but I'm too busy for such luxury. :( :( :(

If it really is man flu then....... :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\

I only hope your inevitable demise is relatively comfortable.

Or is it becoming Australian flue, the first cases being reported by the NHS!! :o :o :o

You girlies have it so easy, Lizzie. :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*

All you have to do is pop out something the size ans weight of a cannonball. ;)
I do that regularly  ;D

Too much information! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 09 January 2018, 19:01:35
which is trying hard to turn into man flu :( :( :( but I'm too busy for such luxury. :( :( :(

Jeez you'd better get yourself down to A&E with the rest of the country Rods!  :o  ::)
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Rods2 on 11 January 2018, 21:05:05
Result: Ignored it as much as possible, eat plenty of sasumas for the vitamin C where I had two 2.4kg boxes of them, got on with work where I've got lots to do and now the heavy cold has largely gone away. :y :y :y

Now need to try and avoid for the next 6 weeks the two main flu bugs doing the rounds. ???
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Bigron on 11 January 2018, 21:24:05
Vitamin C has no effect after you have flu/a cold - it must be taked regularly before you get ill.
If you are ill, I find the best cure is to really sweat it out; go to bed after taking paracetamol or whatever, wrap up really warm, PJs, double the bedding and an extra duvet and no matter how hot and sweaty you feel, stay in bed for at least 24 hours.

Ron.
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: STEMO on 11 January 2018, 21:30:36
With reference to the home cooking thread and now this one: I eat mostly shit, fruit, vegetables and salad don’t appeal to me at all. I don’t get colds. I am not fat. And I don’t give a toss how much my crap food costs.

So eff off.  ;D
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Bigron on 11 January 2018, 21:37:18
Cut down on the Charm Pills, STEMO, they are working too well!  ;D

Ron.
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 11 January 2018, 22:10:39
With reference to the home cooking thread and now this one: I eat mostly shit, fruit, vegetables and salad don’t appeal to me at all. I don’t get colds. I am not fat. And I don’t give a toss how much my crap food costs.

So eff off.  ;D

If you ate good home cooked food with a healthy balanced diet, you probably still wouldn't get sick or fat, but you might have a more pleasant disposition!  :)
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: STEMO on 11 January 2018, 22:20:10
With reference to the home cooking thread and now this one: I eat mostly shit, fruit, vegetables and salad don’t appeal to me at all. I don’t get colds. I am not fat. And I don’t give a toss how much my crap food costs.

So eff off.  ;D

If you ate good home cooked food with a healthy balanced diet, you probably still wouldn't get sick or fat, but you might have a more pleasant disposition!  :)
I’m quite comfortable with my disposition, thank you.  :)
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Bigron on 11 January 2018, 22:23:56
You might be.....  ;D

Ron.
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 11 January 2018, 22:30:04
With reference to the home cooking thread and now this one: I eat mostly shit, fruit, vegetables and salad don’t appeal to me at all. I don’t get colds. I am not fat. And I don’t give a toss how much my crap food costs.

So eff off.  ;D

If you ate good home cooked food with a healthy balanced diet, you probably still wouldn't get sick or fat, but you might have a more pleasant disposition!  :)
I’m quite comfortable with my disposition, thank you.  :)

You'd probably have a more comfortable constitution if you ate decent food though.  ::)  ;D
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 12 January 2018, 10:35:29
With reference to the home cooking thread and now this one: I eat mostly shit, fruit, vegetables and salad don’t appeal to me at all. I don’t get colds. I am not fat. And I don’t give a toss how much my crap food costs.

So eff off.  ;D

If you ate good home cooked food with a healthy balanced diet, you probably still wouldn't get sick or fat, but you might have a more pleasant disposition!  :)
I’m quite comfortable with my disposition, thank you.  :)

You'd probably have a more comfortable constitution if you ate decent food though.  ::)  ;D


A steaming bowl of scouse would help.......but  believe it contains vegetables. :-\
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Gaffers on 12 January 2018, 12:13:12
I got hit before Christmas with whatever is flying around.  3 weeks off work and only now am I able to get back on the bike which is proving effective at clearing the lungs of the, ahem, phlegm.
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: STEMO on 12 January 2018, 12:19:39
With reference to the home cooking thread and now this one: I eat mostly shit, fruit, vegetables and salad don’t appeal to me at all. I don’t get colds. I am not fat. And I don’t give a toss how much my crap food costs.

So eff off.  ;D

If you ate good home cooked food with a healthy balanced diet, you probably still wouldn't get sick or fat, but you might have a more pleasant disposition!  :)
I’m quite comfortable with my disposition, thank you.  :)

You'd probably have a more comfortable constitution if you ate decent food though.  ::)  ;D


A steaming bowl of scouse would help.......but  believe it contains vegetables. :-\
Actually, I wasn’t quite honest there. I love bowls of stew and the like with vegetables in, I just don’t like the modern stuff they serve up these days, i.e. raw and warm.
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Nick W on 12 January 2018, 15:48:51
I got hit before Christmas with whatever is flying around.  3 weeks off work and only now am I able to get back on the bike which is proving effective at clearing the lungs of the, ahem, phlegm.


It took 7weeks until mine started to improve. The multi coloured phlegm was best described as 'chewy'.
It could have been worse though; I've a friend who was coughing so hard she managed to crack a rib.
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: TheBoy on 12 January 2018, 17:28:27
which is trying hard to turn into man flu :( :( :( but I'm too busy for such luxury. :( :( :(

If it really is man flu then....... :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\

I only hope your inevitable demise is relatively comfortable.

Or is it becoming Australian flue, the first cases being reported by the NHS!! :o :o :o

You girlies have it so easy, Lizzie. :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*

All you have to do is pop out something the size ans weight of a cannonball. ;)
I do that regularly  ;D
That's made me get off the potty
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: redelitev6 on 12 January 2018, 18:12:36
 phlegm , now there's a word that makes you cringe  :o
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Nick W on 12 January 2018, 18:37:06
phlegm , now there's a word that makes you cringe  :o


no, it's the yellowy green gunge in it that makes you cringe.
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Rods2 on 18 January 2018, 20:29:14
Vitamin C has no effect after you have flu/a cold - it must be taked regularly before you get ill.
If you are ill, I find the best cure is to really sweat it out; go to bed after taking paracetamol or whatever, wrap up really warm, PJs, double the bedding and an extra duvet and no matter how hot and sweaty you feel, stay in bed for at least 24 hours.

Ron.

Not according to the US government public health website. Research shows that taking vitamin C after you have got a cold doesn't reduce the severity of the cold but does marginally reduce its duration, where vitamin C is used by your immune system. Presumably in the production of white T-cells?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19263912 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19263912)
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Bigron on 18 January 2018, 20:59:25
They are not exactly new findings, Rods2 and the "after-the-event" therapy has to be a large dose, at least 1000mg, of Vitamin C, to be efficacious. I'm happy with my previous comment, because a steady build-up over time wards off the common cold - inasmuch as anything will.
I have found the most effective preventative has been retirement - no need for "sickies", so no colds!  ;D 8) :y

Ron.
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Rods2 on 18 January 2018, 21:15:53
They are not exactly new findings, Rods2 and the "after-the-event" therapy has to be a large dose, at least 1000mg, of Vitamin C, to be efficacious. I'm happy with my previous comment, because a steady build-up over time wards off the common cold - inasmuch as anything will.
I have found the most effective preventative has been retirement - no need for "sickies", so no colds!  ;D 8) :y

Ron.

I've always found sucking a couple of zinc tablets works well on the slightest sign of a sore throat, where it is medically proven they stop the virus in your throat breeding, so you immune system can finish off a small amount that are there. :y If your throat is already sore, then it is too late where there are too many of them. :(
Title: Re: Got a heavy cold and cough....
Post by: Bigron on 18 January 2018, 21:21:16
Zinc tablets? That's worth remembering. Useful during pregnancy too, I hear, not that that concerns me too much..... ;D

Ron.