Dealing with a Sinus Infection: My Quest for Relief

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The discussion revolves around a user expressing frustration about being sick with a cold or flu after five years of good health. They describe severe sinus pain and difficulty breathing. The thread quickly becomes a mix of sympathy and humor, with other users offering various remedies and advice, such as drinking fluids, taking Nyquil, and consuming homemade chicken broth. There are playful exchanges about the effectiveness of vodka and other unconventional suggestions like using ginger tea and hot showers to alleviate symptoms. Users also share personal anecdotes about their own illnesses and the importance of rest and hydration. The conversation highlights a supportive community atmosphere, with participants encouraging each other to take care of their health while also engaging in light-hearted banter.
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It's been at least five years since I've had a full blown cold/flu. I AM SICK! :frown: My sinuses are infected and breathing through my nose is like inhaling fire. My head is about to explode. :cry:

Yes, this is a pathetic thread the only goal of which is to obtain sympathy. :redface:

Should I drink lots of vodka? Will that dehydrate me? What if I drink a lot of Fresca with it?
 
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Even better than vodka, get Nyquil! Tsu might still have some, though she'll probably give you that icky green stuff instead of the cherry flavored one. Y'know, she probably gave the bug to you, running around here sick the way she did.

*shoves chicken broth with pastina into Evo's computer*

Here you go. The broth is home made. Feel better.
 
Moonbear said:
Even better than vodka, get Nyquil! Tsu might still have some, though she'll probably give you that icky green stuff instead of the cherry flavored one. Y'know, she probably gave the bug to you, running around here sick the way she did.
Yeah Tsu made me sick!

*shoves chicken broth with pastina into Evo's computer*
Mmmm, breathing the steam makes my sinuses feel better. :approve:

Perhaps a green apple nyquil martini?
 
Sorry to hear you are ill.

Please take care of yourself - plenty of fluids and fruit juices - orange and cranberry are good.

Also aspirin or ibuprofen for control of fever.

I hope you recover soon.
 
Astronuc said:
Sorry to hear you are ill.

Please take care of yourself - plenty of fluids and fruit juices - orange and cranberry are good.

Also aspirin or ibuprofen for control of fever.

I hope you recover soon.
Astronuc, you are forever the sweetest, most incredible man! I like the new avatar. :approve:
 
Please just rest and get well!
 
Evo said:
Astronuc, you are forever the sweetest, most incredible man! I like the new avatar. :approve:

*tucks Evo into bed* Astronuc, we'll just see if she still says that when the Nyquil has worn off. She's gone through quite a few men this week. :biggrin:
 
Hope you're feeling better. Vick's Salve (the mentholated stuff) always helps me.
 
Have you tried leeches? http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/ups/sicdeth/headscratch.gif http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/otn/confused/shrug03.gif
 
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Big Whip said:
Have you tried leeches? http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/ups/sicdeth/headscratch.gif http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/otn/confused/shrug03.gif
Yep,[/URL] I have. Seems they don't like all the vodka though. :mad: Wimpy leeches.
 
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Evo said:
It's been at least five years since I've had a full blown cold/flu. I AM SICK! :frown: My sinuses are infected and breathing through my nose is like inhaling fire. My head is about to explode. :cry:

Here we go again ! :confused: :cry: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz:
 
  • #12
NO VODKA! It only dehydrates you! I'm sorry if YOU THINK I gave you my cold, but yours has been with you longer than mine has been with me. I THINK YOU GAVE ME YOUR COLD! (Haven't you had this cold for 3-4 weeks? I thought you were sick over Christmas or something, too...)

Listen to Astronuc. His advice is excellent! I'd let you have my Nyquil but Ivan is now using it as a recreational pharmaceutical! :smile: (Just kidding! :biggrin:) It's VILE stuff! You don't want any!

I hope you feel better soon, Sis! :!) :!) I love you! :smile:
 
  • #13
have you tried leeches?
 
  • #14
damn. beat me to it.
 
  • #15
Poor Evo... :frown:

I hope you feel better soon.
 
  • #16
For stuffy noses, nothing is better than a long, hot, steamy shower!
 
  • #17
Poor Evo! Try dosing yourself with lots of vitamin c. Take lots of liquids and wrap yourself tight in bed with extra blankets to stay warm. It takes two weeks to get rid of a cold and 14 days to get rid of the flu!:smile:

GET WELL SOON EVO!:biggrin:
 
  • #18
polyb said:
Poor Evo! Try dosing yourself with lots of vitamin c. Take lots of liquids and wrap yourself tight in bed with extra blankets to stay warm. It takes two weeks to get rid of a cold and 14 days to get rid of the flu!:smile:

GET WELL SOON EVO!:biggrin:

Don't waste your efforts on Vit C for colds. I recently tracked down references for double-blind, controlld studies (I guess it's posted somewhere in biology) that says it doesn't help. But plenty of liquid, keeping warm and getting bed rest are still good advice.

See, Evo, even after you so mercilessly rejected polyb, he's still here by your bedside watching out for you while sick. You're giving up a good thing here. :approve:
 
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Oh I am so sooooorrrry you have the flu...owwweeeeee...no vodka...only fresca...and water and green drinks and more water and vegetable broth or juices with water and or chicken soup and I have never heard of anyone drinking vodka with the flu...warm or cool baths and perhaps a coffee drinking enema...gotcha!

Yes these clear out the bile...and energize you...lots of Emergen-C drinks...do you ever do these they come in packets of powder 1000mg of V-C B vitamin shots...and Epson baths with more water maybe sips of vodka later with lemon and shaved ice...only sips.

A little cranberry juice with soda…and cold or warm compresses alternating possibly and fresh air and comforts piled high.

Plus...drink Echinacea tea and zinc and other teas that build your immune system such as pau de arco tea.

It may take days...you may have fever...did you not get a shot...I am so worried about you did you party too hard for the super bowl?
 
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Evo said:
It's been at least five years since I've had a full blown cold/flu. I AM SICK! :frown: My sinuses are infected and breathing through my nose is like inhaling fire. My head is about to explode. :cry:

Yes, this is a pathetic thread the only goal of which is to obtain sympathy. :redface:

Should I drink lots of vodka? Will that dehydrate me? What if I drink a lot of Fresca with it?
Get someone to buy you a nice large, fresh root of ginger. Grate it and let it sit in some freshly boiled water for 10 minutes, then drink lots of it! It will help clear your sinuses, airways and will help get rid of the bacteria fast :approve:
 
  • #21
Lady Evo, are you sitting comfortably? Please excuse my somewhat deficient response to your most gracious compliment yestereve - I was at a loss for words. Please allow me to reciprocate the compliment.

Moonbear said:
Astronuc, we'll just see if she still says that when the Nyquil has worn off. She's gone through quite a few men this week. :biggrin:
Moonbear, I was wondering if it was the vodka, Nyquil or fever, or combination thereof.

As for remedies:

Moonbear has covered the chicken broth.

MIH has covered mentholated Vick's salve - good for stuffy noses.

Polyb covered vitamin C - might help if you are somehow deficient in Vitamin-C. Perhaps a multivitamin supplement with Zn.

Grace covered Echinacea and zinc - some cold remedies offer these.

Monqiue covered ginger root - I use it as Monqiue suggested grate and boil. Add some honey and perhaps lemon (or grapefruit, orange) juice - preferably fresh squeezed.


http://www.celestialseasonings.com/index_nofl.php :

  • Echinacea Complete CareTM Wellness Tea
  • Echinacea Wellness Tea
  • Honey Peach Ginger Wellness Tea

For my family, I make the tea and then add honey and perhaps lemon or cranberry.

BTW, in addition to the flu, there are some rather nasty cold viruses circulating in the US and abroad at the present time. Everyone should get flu shots. My sister, who is a pediatrician, mentioned a study which indicates that 10 years of flu shots may provide improved cardio-pulmonary health, particularly in women in later years. I am trying to track down the study.
 
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You've missed the most important remedy of the lot:

Smith's Universal Cure
  • One big mug
  • Double measure cheap Scotch whisky
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 1tsp lemon juice
  • Fill to brim with hot water
 
  • #23
Im sorry brewnog but your wrong on that one, almost right but not. Scratch the hot water and make that hot milk. Works a treat i don't know if its an Irish remedie but it was my uncle who gave it to me when i was about 6 or 7 and i think it worked, can't remember too well though.
 
  • #24
Doesn't the lemon juice curdle the milk? Or is that the point?
 
  • #25
You shouldn't be drinking milk when you have a cold. It increases phlegm production.

My family used to give us kids the same stuff (without the water) as a cough syrup when we had colds. Cleared out our noses REAL good and then knocked us out COLD! :smile:
 
  • #26
I feel extremely tiny saying this, with all old timers of physics forums around.. :cry:

Get well, evo.
 
  • #27
My poor Evo !
I am focusing positive waves towards your direction. Let me know if it helps ! :smile:
 
  • #28
Awww, thanks everyone! I will start trying out some of the remedies. All of you have been so nice! :approve: :smile: GD people are the NICEST people in the world. :approve:

As sick as I am I had to drive out to see a client just as a huge snowstorm hit. I just got home. I'm glad to say I'm not one of the dozens of people I passed up that had slid into a ditch.

I need to go blow my nose and take some medicine now.
 
  • #29
Sleep, lots of sleep. Though if you are having trouble breathing that can be difficult. :zzz: :zzz: :zzz:
Good night Evo...and get better soon.
 
  • #30
Evo, hope you get better soon. And just in case...here's a bucketful of codeine for you.
 
  • #31
Moonbear said:
See, Evo, even after you so mercilessly rejected polyb, he's still here by your bedside watching out for you while sick. You're giving up a good thing here. :approve:

Of course she is, moonbear, but that is because she is SICK! :smile: Oh well, actually I am quite used to (I really wonder about that phrase) rejection, I expect it quite often. That is because I am not of the socio-economic status to be considered a viable bachelor. I also expect the heartache and pain most woman display when men pull their nonsense, I've seen it a hundred times. Oh well, none-the-less, I go on regardless and I'll always try to make to best of this insane world either by myself or with companions when I can find or afford them! C'est la vie, c'est guerre!

Concerning the vit C thing, I had a friend who swore by it. One time when he was sick he ate so much vit C that his tongue turned black! :smile: :-p :smile:
 
  • #32
Gokul43201 said:
Evo, hope you get better soon. And just in case...here's a bucketful of codeine for you.
:!) Bless you! :!)

Chicken soup and herbal remedies are nice, but for sinus pain, only hard drugs will do. :approve:
 
  • #33
Hmm, I thought the scorched Earth approach to sinuses was industrial-strength horseradish... :-p

_____________________________________________

Green Is Our Evo

Oh green is our Evo – now laid low –
aye, and virus unseen and hurrying snow conspire
her sense and perception to blur.
But by Pony Express and CSTP,* tokens of
 sympathy
arrive, courtesy of PFers –
each for their Evo distraught –
 come and see: homemade broth,
 ginger tea, a one-twenty proof leech!
And we say:
"We insist now, it's time that you rest: no protests!
 — and no stress
(already green, going out was quite bad,
 what if you'd gone plaid?)
A nest of pillows and quilts — make a heap —
Curl up with the cat" — I'm sure he'll oblige,
 yea, and purr our Evo to sleep.


* CSTP = Chicken Soup Transfer Protocol​
 
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Astronuc said:
My sister, who is a pediatrician, mentioned a study which indicates that 10 years of flu shots may provide improved cardio-pulmonary health, particularly in women in later years.
of course this is no help to a young woman like yourself Evo, but keep a copy for your records and you can check back on it somewhere in the distant future when it is applicable.

To Astronuc :mad:
Bladibla said:
I feel extremely tiny saying this, with all old timers of physics forums around..

Get well, evo.
Who gave you permision to speak?
 
  • #35
Poor Evo :frown: come to :!) Daddy .
 
  • #36
plover said:
Hmm, I thought the scorched Earth approach to sinuses, there's always industrial-strength horseradish... :-p

_____________________________________________

Green Is Our Evo

Oh green is our Evo – now laid low –
aye, and virus unseen and hurrying snow conspire
her sense and perception to blur.
But by Pony Express and CSTP,* tokens of
 sympathy
arrive, courtesy of PFers –
each for their Evo distraught –
 come and see: homemade broth,
 ginger tea, a one-twenty proof leech!
And we say:
"We insist now, it's time that you rest: no protests!
 — and no stress
(already green, going out was quite bad,
 what if you'd gone plaid?)
A nest of pillows and quilts — make a heap —
Curl up with the cat" — I'm sure he'll oblige,
 yea, and purr our Evo to sleep.


* CSTP = Chicken Soup Transfer Protocol​
plover, that's adorable. :approve: Chicken Soup Transfer Protocol :smile:

trib and spender - thank you :smile:
 
  • #37
Lol at spender's post.

Divine retribution for not accepting Polyb? :redface:
Probably not, but I certainly understand what a misery it is to be ill and hope you get feeling better soon!
 
  • #38
Two words - BEAVER HORSERADISH! :smile:
 
  • #39
Tsu said:
Two words - BEAVER HORSERADISH! :smile:


You got me sick too.

AARRRGGG :cry:
 
  • #40
franznietzsche said:
You got me sick too.

AARRRGGG :cry:

Aww, poor franz. The first bit of advice you need to start with is getting sleep. All those other remedies help, but sleep is the best of them all. *tucks franz into bed* Feel better quickly.
 
  • #41
tribdog said:
of course this is no help to a young woman like yourself Evo, but keep a copy for your records and you can check back on it somewhere in the distant future when it is applicable.

To Astronuc :mad:

Who gave you permision to speak?


Sorry...I won't do that again :frown:
 
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BoulderHead said:
Divine retribution for not accepting Polyb? :redface:

No, more like divine retributionfor even considering the possibility. First rate losers like myself don't even deserve to be the scum of the scum from her shoes.

Hey Evo, if you want to clear your sinuses I would suggest trying some habenerro sauce, it will be quick, it will burn, and it won't last long but just think of the endorphines you get!
 
  • #43
It works best if you insert one pepper directly into each nostril.
 
  • #44
polyb said:
Hey Evo, if you want to clear your sinuses I would suggest trying some habenerro sauce, it will be quick, it will burn, and it won't last long but just think of the endorphines you get!
Right now I feel like a have a couple of habaneros stuffed up my nose. Pain. :cry:

I have a sinus infection now and I need to go to the doctor & get some antibiotics but I don't have the time. :frown: I was going to go tomorrow, but now my new client "needs" me to come out and tell him what to do. He says it's too confusing to discuss over the phone. :rolleyes:
 
  • #45
Evo said:
Right now I feel like a have a couple of habaneros stuffed up my nose. Pain. :cry:

If you had two habenerros up your nose you would be too busy chasing it to chat!(Wha WHAAA! Bad joke, I know!)

Evo said:
I have a sinus infection now and I need to go to the doctor & get some antibiotics but I don't have the time. :frown: I was going to go tomorrow, but now my new client "needs" me to come out and tell him what to do. He says it's too confusing to discuss over the phone. :rolleyes:

Ahhh, I'm sorry to hear that. :frown: Maybe we can find a way to get a Canadian pharmaicist to fed ex some penicillan or something to you. As for your client, you may want to consider using the old "I'm infectious" routine until you get medicated, if they can survive for a day without your consultation. Your health, and theirs I might add, is more important.

How about I just take I-95 north with a bottle of antibiotics until I see the big sign that says: 'Evo's place, don't forget your keys!' :smile:

One more thing: When you have a cold or fever it will take 14 days with medication to get over it or 2 weeks without! :smile:
(I had to correct for the mispost from earlier, sorry! o:) )
 
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polyb said:
Ahhh, I'm sorry to hear that. :frown: Maybe we can find a way to get a Canadian pharmaicist to fed ex some penicillan or something to you.
Good idea! Any Canadian pharmacists reading this thread?

As for your client, you may want to consider using the old "I'm infectious" routine until you get medicated, if they can survive for a day without your consultation. Your health, and theirs I might add, is more important.
He KNOWS I am sick, he's evil. He made me drive there in a blizzard yesterday. :devil:

How about I just take I-95 north with a bottle of antibiotics until I see the big sign that says: 'Evo's place, don't forget your keys!' :smile:
That will work! There's a big neon sign over the house, you can't miss it! :-p

Maybe I can just snort some neosporin. That stuff kills everything. :biggrin:
 
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Evo said:
He KNOWS I am sick, he's evil. He made me drive there in a blizzard yesterday. :devil:
I say charge him double for the hazzardous travel and triple for the medical duress! :devil:
Evo said:
That will work! There's a big neon sign over the house, you can't miss it! :-p
OK, but if I can't find it you're paying for the gas! GAWD, the things I do because I'm a nice guy.
Evo said:
Maybe I can just snort some neosporin. That stuff kills everything. :biggrin:
That's a first! Seems you may have a little trouble getting it around the habenerros! :smile:
 
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Evo said:
Maybe I can just snort some neosporin. That stuff kills everything. :biggrin:

Oh dear, I think you've been hanging around tribdog too long! Habaneros up the nose is a new one too. How about wasabi? Snorting that should have interesting effects. :biggrin: :bugeye:
 
  • #49
Moonbear said:
Oh dear, I think you've been hanging around tribdog too long! Habaneros up the nose is a new one too. How about wasabi? Snorting that should have interesting effects. :biggrin: :bugeye:
Mmmmm, wasabi. Now I think I'm going to have to get some sushi on the way home. But I won't be able to taste it. :frown:
 
  • #50
Sack the sushi, get yourself a decent curry, that'll loosen things up a bit.


edit: loosen up your sinuses a bit
 

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