Cold remedies

[kpc]

Sitting at home miserable with blocked, runny nose. Stepped off a flight on Sat evening from Kul and by Sun pm started to develop a sore throat, and by Mon am, unable to rise from bed! Will have to go back to work tomorrow otherwise will need a doctor's certificate!!:shock:. Have already taken panadol and about to take some pseudofed.....

 

[lovestotravel]

I rarely, as in every few years only, ever take anything for a cold (as in medication)

I use multi-vitamins combined with garlic/ace/zinc tables and Echinacea tablets

Usually better in a few days and as a result over the longer term I very rarely get sick now

 

[samh004]

China/Hong Kong the remedy is warm coke, but that's not good for your teeth

I usually mix the strongest strepsils with lemsip and sleep it off.

 

[blackcat20]

Hot water with a dash of lemon juice and honey is good for the throat (and good Vitamin C).

 

[Alanslegal]

I'm at home too, having a cold myself. Just taking Panadol and drinking on honey, lemon, warm water.

Yes, watching Air Crash Investigations right now too.

 

[ozmille]

Sitting at home miserable with blocked, runny nose. Stepped off a flight on Sat evening from Kul and by Sun pm started to develop a sore throat, and by Mon am, unable to rise from bed! Will have to go back to work tomorrow otherwise will need a doctor's certificate!!:shock:. Have already taken panadol and about to take some pseudofed.....

Do they frown upon you writing yourself a certificate?

 

[kpc]

Do they frown upon you writing yourself a certificate?

I knew someone would ask....I don't think I can. Hot soup, panadol and pseudofed has made me feel a bit better...I think I feel well enough to start planning my next trip...no wait, I have to do my BAS this pm (I can feel the headache coming back tho.!), and that should net me a few more points

 

[lovestotravel]

I'm at home too, having a cold myself. Just taking Panadol and drinking on honey, lemon, warm water.

Yes, watching Air Crash Investigations right now too.

Sounds like a great day actually!

 

[Hvr]

Do they frown upon you writing yourself a certificate?

I knew someone would ask....I don't think I can. Hot soup, panadol and pseudofed has made me feel a bit better...I think I feel well enough to start planning my next trip...no wait, I have to do my BAS this pm (I can feel the headache coming back tho.!), and that should net me a few more points

Do you know a nurse who could write a certificate?

 

[kpc]

Do you know a nurse who could write a certificate?

I'm not sure I can ask my +1 to write one either! I think I have to go back to work tomorrow regardless...otherwise my colleagues might kill me. It is really bad form to take a weeks' leave, and then immediately take 2 sick days off!

 

[cgichard]

Lay in a stock of Demazine for Coughs, Colds & Flu. You will find them at the 'Pharmacist Medicines Only' counter of the pharmac_: expect to be quizzed about other medication you might be taking etc. and to show ID. They work like a charm. If taken at the first sign of that 'cotton-wool-face' feeling or drippy nose, a couple of these will very often stop the cold developing further. I don't find that they inhibit sleep or cause bowel congestion but that may not be the case for everyone.

 

[Shelf]

Hot water with crushed lemon, a drop of honey and a splash of scotch works well for me

 

[The Rok]

2 Panadine Forte, pass out, wake up fresh as a daisy!

 

[Fifa]

I think I feel well enough to start planning my next trip

You are soooooo predictable!
And not too sick to post on AFF

 

[whatmeworry]

I'm not sure I can ask my +1 to write one either! I think I have to go back to work tomorrow regardless...otherwise my colleagues might kill me. It is really bad form to take a weeks' leave, and then immediately take 2 sick days off!

One place where I worked, you could supply a statutory declaration if you were sick and it could be signed by a family member. I don't know if this was in the award or this is a universal thing for all workplaces.

 

[robd]

I reckon nearly every single time I've gone o/s I've come back with a lurgie. The last time I was away for 4 weeks (the longest time I've ever had on annual leave). About 3 days before I was due to return to work, whilst in Miami, I woke up at about 5am with the sorest throat i've ever had. I could live with that, but by the time I got home, it had progressed to my chest (incessant cough). The guilt of it all! When you're sick, you're sick. I seriously could not go to work. Went to the doctor and got a couple of days off. When I went back to work, it was obvious to everyone that I was sick. Cough, cough cough. It took weeks to get rid of it.

 

[Bundy Bear]

Get well soon kpc,

You know when you are really sick you don't post on AFF or anywhere for that matter.

I thought you would have enough friends that could write you a sick note.

 

[whatmeworry]

I reckon nearly every single time I've gone o/s I've come back with a lurgie. The last time I was away for 4 weeks (the longest time I've ever had on annual leave). About 3 days before I was due to return to work, whilst in Miami, I woke up at about 5am with the sorest throat i've ever had. I could live with that, but by the time I got home, it had progressed to my chest (incessant cough). The guilt of it all! When you're sick, you're sick. I seriously could not go to work. Went to the doctor and got a couple of days off. When I went back to work, it was obvious to everyone that I was sick. Cough, cough cough. It took weeks to get rid of it.

On some awards you can actually claim the days you were sick when on leave...

 

[Mal]

Yep. Get well.

 

[kpc]

You know when you are really sick you don't post on AFF or anywhere for that matter.

A combination of panadol, strepsils and pseudofed has resulted in me getting off my death bed....slept in to 12 noon today:shock:. I tried the lemon in hot tea...it was so sour, I poured it down the sink!

I thought you would have enough friends that could write you a sick note.

True....but don't want to abuse the friendship....