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Friday, September 23, 2005

PUKE N' SNOT

Cold n' flu season is approaching....FAST.

We just went through a small bout of stomach flu with Zoe. Usually when one of us gets it we all get it. I'm hoping between spraying everything down with "kill everything spray", zinc with echenaecia and emetrol we have successfully thwarted any of the rest of us coming down with the vomits.

I'm going to give you 2 valuable tools for cold and flu season. I wanted to take pics, but I don't have the time, because it's all coming at us like the hurricanes.So here it is:

EMETROL: For Nausea and upset stomach

You can take 1 dose every 15 minutes up to 5 doses. We typically take the first dose and try to go as long as we can between doses. Had to pick up Zoe cuz' she threw up at school. After Emetrol, she didn't get sick again, I didn't puke cuz she did & I didn't have to clean up puke. EMETROL ROCKS. Although I think its some sort of condensed Red Bull or something because she was seriously bouncing off the walls after the 2nd dose.


SOOTHERS ZINC WITH ECHENAECIA: (pretty sure I didnt spell that right)

There are a number of Zinc items, but this one seems to kick ass on colds for me. The only place I've been able to find this is at (don't yell at me) Wal*Mart. You HAVE to take this at the first moment you think you might be coming down with something ***swallow*** "hmm did that hurt? I think it did. *** swallow*** yes that hurt."(or if someone in your house has something, I just take one a day). DO NOT CHEW these, just suck on them. The slower it enters your system the more effective it is. If you happen to wait unitil a full blown cold hits you it's too late, but these will still help ease the symptoms and duration.

For some people neither of these work, but I SWEAR BY THEM. And hopefully they will keep you vomit and cold free this cold and flu season.

You can also spray down your work-station and fellow employees with anti-bacterial spay, but they typically don't like that.

Good luck with Cold and flu season.

I wish you all a puke n' snot free winter.

BOHICA Peeps!
(Bend Over Here It Comes Again)

UPDATE! Sorry people. I forgot to tell you that the Zinc thing for some reason doesn't work for kids typically 12 and under.

posted by me | 7:45 PM | 7 comments

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Colleen, I'll give those a try. What do you think of the Airborne tablets you dissolve in water? I use them and buy the Jr. for my son. I try to use them whenever we go to a kid party or indoor gym thing to ward off colds.

He's already gotten a little croup and the doctor put him on flovent for a slight wheeze. Last year he got pnemonia (spelling?) It was awful.

# posted by babyjewels : 9/23/2005 9:09 PM  

I've never heard of Airborne tablets, what are they?!

I tried to email you directly, but was unsuccessful.

Sounds like we could trade lost of ideas.

# posted by Colleen : 9/23/2005 9:28 PM  

I too love the zinc lozenges! Sucks that they don't work on kids! I have noticed though that I basically haven't gotten sick since I graduated from grad school. Is it not being near the snotty undergrads, or just having a better unstressed immune system? Or maybe being single was making me sick. Marriage has cured all of these ills. Hurray! :)

Sounds like having kids might have the opposite effect though, from your post.

# posted by Christine : 9/25/2005 8:57 PM  

Hi Colleen,

Here is a link just to show you what they are. You are the second person to tell me my email isn't working properly. Urr. I have no idea how tofix that!

airborne

# posted by babyjewels : 9/26/2005 1:05 PM  

Babyjeweles, I do think I've heard of airborne now that I see the horrendous packaging associated with it and decided it was a joke. Isn't it funny? Graphic people have such a weird way of supporting a product based on it's advertising/packaging. Have you tried it? Does it work?

Christine, sadly, having kids does subject you to a number of colds, flu, and other nasty ailments. But, there is a plus side to a number of things that if you're thinking about babies I can reassure you, the plus WAY outweighs the minus. This coming from someone with a teenager, a tween and a girl.

colleenerbeaner@hotmail.net if you ever want to chat.

# posted by Colleen : 9/27/2005 10:14 PM  

Ugh...tis the season isn't it. I'm comming down with something but I think it's due to allergies and not cold/flu bugs...atleast i hope that's what it is.
I wonder if the zinc, etc. would work anyways?

# posted by lynne : 9/28/2005 11:19 AM  

Hey Colleen, I have tried it. My mother in law bought the adult and Jr. version for me and my son. It's hard to say if it works, but I used it at the first sign of a cold and thought maybe it headed it off a little.

And yes, that packaging is hysterical.

# posted by babyjewels : 9/28/2005 9:47 PM  


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