SFist: Do You Have That Cold Going Around?

DRjohn

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:31:41 -0800

I had it. Few days sore throat, runny nose, and very weak/tired. Garlic, ginger, and yin chao were useless. Bags of Riccola helped a bit. Cough syrup with DM knocked me out and reduced the misery. Then 5 days laryngitis-missed alot of work 'cause my patients couldn't hear me on the phone -or it scared 'em. Finally a mild lingering reminder cough for about 3 weeks now. I just want to know who gave this to me. I don't know anyone at SFist.

golfer4life33

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:26:16 -0800

It all started when Jennifer Seibel kissed someone at the Getty Birthday Party and then later kissed Gavin. Gavin then shook hands with Willie, willie rubbed his nose and then rode muni, sneezed, passed along the virus to 20 in Chinatown. Sadly. One of them worked at SFist and now it is out of control!

f1peeps

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:30:54 -0800

had it for almost 2 weeks as have most of my friends. nasty one this is. one friend had it for 3 weeks. tried the holistic approach [zinc, emergenC, echinacea] in the beginning and got sleep but it stayed. the best thing was nyquil and more sleep. toward the end i remembered my neti pot [purchased at rainbow] and that finally kicked it. google it and laugh all you want, but it helped immensely.

OrangeDrink

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:35:44 -0800

I just got very very dizzy for about a solid week. Not fun in the least.

Agent510

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:01:16 -0800

Does Airborne (or its sassy generic cousin, "Airshield") actually work?

bluecanary

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:04:40 -0800

A couple of days of sniffles. Or maybe that's just my excuse to slam Nyquil.

bluecanary

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:04:11 -0800

A couple of days of sniffles. Or maybe that's just my excuse to slam Nyquil.

Shibi

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:59:51 -0800

Me too. I coughed for about 4 weeks. It started after Thanksgiving... with an itch in my throat and a tickle in my sinuses. It climaxed with the gut-wrenching coughing jags about 16 times/day. I had that fever part, too. I am certain that I picked up this holiday treat from the 6/7/71 -- (aaargh at the Haight Street buses!). I did the Airborne until it gave me an upset stomach. The flu shot that I received in October did nothing. That bug sucks and I can only hope that I am Virus Free for the remainder of the Winter. Wash your hands, all!

mossmanjake

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:49:00 -0800

Yeah, going on a week and a half now. I wonder if I'd have beaten it if there hadn't have been constant holiday parties with delicious free alcohol all over the place.

Deborah

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:45:44 -0800

I'm on day three of the coughing cold. I just got over the non-coughing, two-week cold earlier this month. It's a bummer, for sure. Get your rest, Rita and feel better!

Matt415

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:42:35 -0800

It could have been my roommate, or my coworker, but I'm pretty sure that I caught my 2-week cold just by taking the 38 bus to work. Can they just wipe those buses down with Lysol at the end of the day? Seriously! Afrin really helped, but I had to stop using it after 3 days (per the request of my doctor-sister). I switched to a saline nasal spray. Oh, and my voice sounded like the forbidden lovechild of Stephen Hawking and Fran Drescher. Not the best first impression for all those job interviews this month.

fizzandpop

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:34:42 -0800

Stop being such a bunch of pussies

wsanders

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:33:45 -0800

Except for the ones I've caught from my wife, I haven't had a cold since I started obsessively, compulsively (OK, disciplinedly, since O.C is no laughing matter) washing my hands 12 times a day. And I carry a bottle of that alcohol gel stuff around for emergencies, like when I have to touch anything on BART except my ticket. I even work in a place with a no sick leave (at least to the extent they can get away with complying with SF's law) and no-telecommuting policy, which pretty much guarantees that 20% of the workforce is in the office and trying to sneeze on me.

sangfroid826

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:31:46 -0800

I was handling these not-so-healthy looking chickens in Cambodia a few days ago and all of a sudden people started dropping around me like flies.

heartfeltman

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:29:37 -0800

The best thing to do is take Theraflu and sleep in your warmest pj's. This is a miserable cold. It's a fever, nagging cough that gives you both a sore throat and pain in the chest. The body aches and it's impossible to get warm. Once you turn the corner, you'll still have that nagging cough which will last about two weeks. The cold comes on fast and strong and it comes from folks who are coming to work when they should be in bed.

mpantone

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:27:24 -0800

I started feeling the first symptoms (scratchy throat) on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and it really wasn't gone for about a week. It was a garden-variety cold. For me, colds create a slight fever, dehydration, runny nose, sore throat. I rarely cough and I don't get headaches nor nausea. Loss of appetite is typical. No muscle aches (only the flu does that to me).

dolemite43

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:25:20 -0800

I had the cold for about a week and a half right after thanksgiving. It was brutal and I never get sick. Couldn't breath very well... My sinuses got so swollen my jaw started to hurt and it irritated my gums. Roommate had it as well and his cough is still around (4 weeks now)... sucks. Some nose spray, OJ, nyquil, Tylenol and season 1 and 2 of twin peaks cured me.

badgurl

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:23:29 -0800

Yup had it. I had it for almost 2 weeks. I don't like taking medication so I took a more holistic approach but I did stay home during all that time so as not to infect my poor co-workers. god bless telecommuting. Mine started with that tired fluey feeling. Eventually it did turn into a full blown cold with sore throat, coughing, runny nose. Hope you miss it. Best to get as much sleep as you can. Happy holidays.

badgurl

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:22:39 -0800

DJTennessee

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:19:22 -0800

Seems like all our friends are getting sick with that weird cold/flu that's going around town Duh-- they're totally off snowboarding!

rroseselavy

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:10:01 -0800

For goodness' sake, people, take a day off and learn to rest. While you are absorbing the healing powers of daytime television, slam as much Theraflu as you can stomach. That will take care of the worst of it. Then live with the lingering cough for a week.

suckafree

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:09:35 -0800

it sucks. most people have it for 8 days. the only way to get over it is to take a huge dose of nyquil and sleep for 12 hours straight. some folks have had it for weeks.