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I see that some folks have been coming down with cruddy sickness, labelled flu or Covid or whatever. I caught something from the man I care for, as he had gone away with his guardian for a weekend of respite and came home sick. Then I caught it. I hit the NAC hard, 2 capsules 2x a day, elderberry syrup with honey and apple cider vinegar, and all the others, Vitamin C D A E Selenium Zinc , gargle and snort colloidal silver, and that saline in a can sprayed way up into my nose till it came out the other nostril, 3x a day. Rest in bed one day. Both I and the fellow in my care recovered in 3 days. The phlegm is still there, and we are not out of the woods completely so not about to go marching in the cold rain through the woods, but certainly able to function and not feel like shit. No wheat, sugar, or inflammatory foods, yes to garlic and cayenne capsules and ginger tea and Elder tea. A few hours or through the night of listening to 174 herz. The symptoms are caused by inflammation, the sickness is contagious, but giving our immune systems those supplements especially NAC, will have you back on your feet.
Praise the Lord I’ve been healthy this past year. Along with the herbs and supplements I take, I go for accupuncture treatments. I truly believe it has prevented me from catching all the crap going around. I went today and of course had the best nap while the pins are sticking out of me like a pin cushion.
Hey, good tips. I wanted to say that Dr. McCullough says to use betadine iodine with the saline solution as an oral / nasal viricidal. He mentioned it in that long interview he did with Joe Rogan a couple of years ago. If I remember right, you can start at around the 39 minute mark. He said to use 3 oz. saline water with 1 teaspoon iodine.
I did everything (and more) except colloidal silver. Started 1/31, after three weeks went to urgent care. Thankfully I did I had a bad ear infection on top of the crud. It hadn’t started hurting yet so caught it in time. I’ve had very bad ear infections just from allergies over the years. Got Augmenten, Steroids & Cough Medicine. Cough medicine made me dizzy so stuck with the other meds. Finally by the last dose I was better. But it was hell until then. I probably coughed up gross phlegm 100 times a day. I’ve never had anything that bad. Wasn’t bronchitis, it never entered my chest just hung around below my throat. My grandbaby had it also. SIL & daughter had something. We all had same and different symptoms. We have all been well at least two weeks. Last week it returned to all of us but not as severe. I ordered Dr Christopher’s Sinus herbal supplement and after one dose I’m feeling normal again. This strain is very strange. Every one I personally know that has had this has not fully recovered. Lingering cough, sniffles or sore throat after months.
I am recovering from a bad bout of the crud. I’m sure I caught it from last week’s cruise as first symptoms were 48 hours after disembarkation. It ramped up last night with a 103 fever. No fun at all!
I’ve been hammering it with Emergen-C, vitamins, NAC, and ivermectin as soon as I felt the telltale sore throat. I’m on day 3 with a low grade fever but finally feel like I can make some real food.
Advice from retired RN mother. If lungs are affected, take 3 deep breaths per hour, followed by 3 deep coughs. Will help prevent pneumonia. Mucinex and lots of fluids also.
Hope you get better very soon. No fun being sick!
Thank you! I really do feel much better although I dozed off during training on Teams today 😂This is my second bout of being really sick in less than 2 months and I’m not happy. I used to be outside a lot and never got sick. Job has been stressful with too much overtime and I’m sure led to this.
Glad you are on the mend. It’s also my second time getting sick in the past few months. It’s my own fault. I got slack on taking immune supplements, elderberry and vinegar lemon & ginger concoction. Stress can do a number on us for sure. Take it easy. I know all about overtime my husband works his share. I’m always trying to make sure he’s getting the right food and supplements.
I also had something like this, but without the fever. As I have severe COPD the crapola on top of it is not to be recommended but thanks to NAC, IVM and Vit D K2 its gone. Nice sunny weather helps with a deckchair out in the garden.