being sick

[Sheridan]

so I have come down with a little cold this weekend. sore throat, head/body ache, stuffed up nose, the general stuff. so in an attempt to make myself feel better I have eating fresh veggies, smoking a little pot and sipping on sherry wine. the wine helps to sooth the throat and..uh...relieve my body ache. so I was wondering what everyone else does for themselves when they are sick?

[Virus]

i have lots of baths to soothe my aching bones, about 3 a day really hot too. my mum used to know i was sick when i was wee cos i'd start wanting loads of baths. my current micro-flat in london has only a shower which is really annoying.

[Loz]

whenever I'm really ill, especially with migraines, which I suffer from, I find it best just to sleep it off, although I'm sure my work wouldn't agree with me, they'd rather I worked it off.

[Hagbard]

Lots of fresh fruit and vegetables...

However if I feel really bad the best I can normally manage is fruit.. Veg take too much effort if you can't stand up without feeling dizzy...

At this point a sympathetic partner or flatmate is what you need ;)

I always try and watch my favourite Comedy shows or films.. laughter sorts you out.

[Dangerman]

I drink loads and loads of thee.

[system49]

Originally posted by Loz
, I find it best just to sleep it off,

word.
thats what i did last weekend when i was ill.
now i´m feelin´ better so that i can start my holiday trip to germany next week :)

[johnny]

i suffered from toncilitis quite abit this year. I found myself eating lots of veggies, vitamin c and garlic in food. Try adding salt in a glass of warm water, then pour it in to the palm of your hand and snort it. It clears all the shit out, and good for sore throats.

[V Knid esq]

I just boked my own buttocks out through my windpipe. It hurt.

[roberta_hood]

drinking a lot of tea, water...
have a bath and a lot of sleep and a warm bed and a lot of care from my man. but at the moment can't sleep or lie in bed because my headache become more stronger

[Daddys Girl]

plenty of bed-rest, radox baths & hot honey & lemon (with rum) usually helps when I've got a cold... and yes, having someone to run around after you can be of great help too ;)

[emef]

duvet, tomato soup and 80s bratpack films

i have been known to bosh some speed though in the past when ill, kisses all symptoms goodbye within 30 minutes.
feel even worse 10 hours later... wayhey

[Loz]

I now have a mental image of emef tucked up in bed, with his soup watching The Lost Boys and Stand By Me.

[stinkfinger]

i go to work and spew all over customers

[emef]

Originally posted by Loz
I now have a mental image of emef tucked up in bed, with his soup watching The Lost Boys and Stand By Me.

same image but... 'about last night' and 'the breakfast club' :D

@stinkfinger yaaabooo get off t'internet'n get some work down ya wee skiver

[stinkfinger]

the shops dead anyway. and i'm sitting here with a head like a burst bag...

[love_tempo]

Fresh Chillis, Garlic, Cumin, Ginger, Garam Masala, Turmeric, Lime and lots of strong spices in your food works well. I eat lots of fiery curries and spicy noodles to work through a cold. It needs to be steamy enough to make your eyes water to work properly.

Take out Chinese Hot and Sour soup or Thai Tam Yum soup is great if you are too fecked to cook or don't have a friend to do it.

Guinness and lots of fruit and fruit juics helps too! God help the poor toilet though :)

[V Knid esq]

Oh yeah spicy Thai soup is great. You can get Tom Yam and Tom Kha (my favourite - coconut milk, chilli & lemongrass soup) in cans in oriental supermarkets... get a tin of straw mushrooms and chuck them in.

Guiness with a shot of Tia Maria in is an incredibly soothing drink... and bananas are the easiest eating there is... tons of vitamins in bananas... I once heard that you can get all the nutrients you need to survive from a combination of Guinness, bananas and oily fish. Imagine that whipped up into a smoothie - that'd sort you RIGHT out.

[V Knid esq]

If you have a juicer, and can be arsed with chopping up veg, that'll do you loads of good too. My patent health drink, which is absolutely delicious too, is apples, carrots, fennel, yellow peppers and ginger... made a nice one today as well out of apples, cucumber, celery and a big bunch of basil. I generally make a couple of litres (about 8-10 apples + the veg), bottle it and stick it in the fridge.

[pille'ocheoni]

smoke alot of pot and drink alot of tequila. thats what i always do, but i havent been sick in 6-7 yrs. hehe cheers ian

[animal night train]

I moan a lot.

[carrot ram]

Add grated root ginger, fresh lemon juice and honey to 1/2 pint of boiling water in a pint mug. Add 1/2 pint of brandy. Fucking sorted.

[Basic 2: The Revenge]

I thought this was a thread about inappropriate jokes....oh well...

[emef]

@basic. well lets have it then if you got one ready up the spout

[Basic 2: The Revenge]

Not really, but here is one for all occassions...

This boy and a paedophile walk into the woods, the boy says "I'm afarid of the dark" and the paedophile says" Your afraid of the dark? I need to walk out here on my own!!!"

[carrot ram]

fUCKIN ELL!

[May Kasahara]

For getting over a cold:

Eat the hottest curry you can stand.
Get in the hottest bath you can stand.
Go to bed and sleep under as many duvets as you can muster.

The next morning you should have sweated out any offending germs. On another tip, I recently cured my hideous bitten-mouth post-party rankness in record time, by drinking lime juice in sparkling water.

[Mirsha]

Curl up in a bed with a hot water bottle and feel shit for myself always does the trick.

[Goonie]

stand on your head for a day and a half whilst eating tomato soup through a curly straw.

[bracket]

1 Litre of Vodka combined with some rolling normally does the trick