Flu season - Anyone affected?

[Linda Buquet]

pixie - From one "nature girl" to another Oscillococcinum is made by the same company as ColdCalm and is similar to a degree. O is more for flu and C is more for colds. Airborn is especially good to prevent a cold in the 1st place if you are going to be somewhere buggy or around sick people. I like to take it when I fly so I don't catch everyones bug on the plane.

It appears there are problems Zicam and with Cold-Eeze too.
zicam side effects - Google Search

I didn’t think about the danger and accidents due to loss of smell.
(When I half jokingly said it may be a good way to loose weight)

People who have total or partial loss of the sense of smell are almost twice as likely to have some kinds of accidents or incidents than people who have normal smell (or olfactory) function. According to the results of a study at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center that appear in the March issue of Archives of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. Researchers reviewed medical records for the past twenty years and discovered that there were several important danger areas:
• cooking-related accidents
• exposure to an undetected fire or gas* leak
• eating or drinking spoiled foods or toxic substances by individuals with this sensory impairment

[pixie]

Oh I had forgotten about all that, it's been awhile since I read all of that stuff but yes. It can be very dangerous. I think most of us underestimate the need for taste, touch and smell because hearing and vision are so important that the others are often shadowed.

If ColdCalm is made by the same same company as "O" (don't want to have to spell that again!) then it must be good!

P.S. I however did not have any news about the mishaps of ColdEzz thankfully we have not used that product either!

[JAmieF]

A shot of Scotch Whiskey never hurt either

[Linda Buquet]

Ok you guys, talking about this jinxed me. My family's cold got me last night
and so far ColdCalm and Zicam are losing the battle and I think the cold may have won.

Yes I took Zicam. Thought about it. Did some more research. Some places say that thing about losing smell and taste is an urban myth and if it was true, the FDA would have pulled it. But also from what I read it appears the problem, if there is one is with the nose drops and gel, not the oral version. So I threw my nose drops away to be on safe side and used the oral spray.

[Julia]

Sorry to hear you're feeling sick Linda. It seems our whole office has been effected, and the germs just keep getting passed around.

At this point I'm starting to envy those that work from home. I've been loading up on Vitamin C, echinacea, zinc, and luckily I seem to have just gotten a very light case of the flu.

I've also heard that Airborn works really well

[MrCat]

Been down with the flu for a couple of days this week as well I hate this season...

[Linda Buquet]

Hope we all start feeling better, but it 'tis the season!

[Larwee]

I never get colds or the flu. I don't really know why. I haven't had either since I was a kid.

Possibly about once every three years or so I may start feeling like I'm about to catch a cold but the feeling goes away within a couple of hours.

I don't do anything or take anything to try to keep from getting colds and the flu. I still don't get either even when I'm around a lot of people who have colds or the flu.

I might be doing something that I'm not aware of that helps me. If so, I have no idea what it is. But whatever the reasons might be, I'm glad I don't get colds or the flu.

[Linda Buquet]

Larry, I think you have Super Human powers! You never get sick
and only need to sleep a few hours every 3 days or so.
I'd like to catch whatever it is you've got!

[Linda Buquet]

Oh and if you could figure out what causes you to have these never get sick and seldom need sleep afflictions - you could probably getting rich selling an ebook filled with your secrets!!!