Mar 25 2008

Massive head cold, serious Cement Head

Published by at 9:33 am under Personal

In case you were wondering why I am more abnormal than usual, I am definitely out of my mind on over-the-counter cold medications this week. I find a blend of DayQuil, TheraFlu Severe Cold (“Severe,” mind you), Cold-Eeze lozenges, Advil, Rolaids and Kleen-ex puts me into Timothy Leary territory.

And here I was thinking I was going to dodge the 2008 bug. Apparently there is a flu — a two week version — right out of Steven King’s The Stand. I cannot afford a case of it and have become agoraphobic as a result.

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6 Responses to “Massive head cold, serious Cement Head”

  1. # Chrison 25 Mar 2008 at 10:38 am

    at the end of the day…I HIGHLY recommend Alka-Seltzer Nighttime cold and flu

    just be near a horizontal surface and prepared for Alice in Wonderland type dreams…come to think of it, I have some here at my desk….g’night!

  2. # Mark Cahillon 25 Mar 2008 at 11:36 am

    I was down and out (in the ozone) for a good 2.5 weeks. Only recently started feeling human again. Take time and rest – I found that by pushing hard and trying to work, I simply prolonged the agony, and broke as much as I fixed. Simply not work it…

    The Spanish Flu in 1918-1919 killed between 50-100 million people (according to Wikipedia) – by contrast, estimates of total casualties for WW1 (1914-1918) were 40 million worldwide. And that one tended to attack the young and healthy.

  3. # HOGDICKon 25 Mar 2008 at 1:01 pm

    Might want to throw down some Robitussin DM, along w/ a few Sudafed. Then listen to ‘White Rabbit’ by Jefferson Airplane. By the time you come down, you won’t even remember how to spell flu!

  4. # Estebanon 25 Mar 2008 at 4:17 pm

    David, Sametime must propagate this stuff out. I’m headed towards what is looking like a nasty cold / flu. I had spent 2 years without getting sick and now I have fallen twice in 6 months.

  5. # stephen o'gradyon 25 Mar 2008 at 5:05 pm

    i got hit this year for the first time in several years, and it knocked me down for a week or so. wasn’t pleased, but it didn’t – in the end – kill me.

  6. # Mikeon 26 Mar 2008 at 8:54 am

    I second Chris’ recommendation of the Alka-Seltzer Nighttime approach though you’ve got to watch those meds interactions or you’ll start writing like the reincarnation of Hunter Thompson.

    Also, don’t forget the ol’ folk remedies – heavy on the chicken soup (is there a Whole Foods nearby?) and liquids (not single malt!).

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