What is the point of cold viruses?

I speak as one who has spent the last three nights sleeping in an armchair; lying down just brings on another coughing fit. Still, reading GC through the night is a new experience ...

 

You know you can't sleep when you look at the member list to see who's online and it's just you

 

hope you feel better real soon :grouphug:

 

Diolch, Kaz! Just emerging, like Swamp Thing, from my lair to find several days of household filth waiting for me ...

 

oh goodness no that is worse than being ill !!!!! go back to bed or

 

Why did I do it? Why did I have to go and tempt fate?

Back in March, I posted the following on the weather thread:

So guess what? Yep, with the arrival of warm, springlike weather and sunny days.....I've got a cold. It's a bit of a stinker too.

Still, I won't complain (much). If a cold is the worst thing I have, then I can count myself lucky. There are worse things in life.

 

I hope you feel better soon Trunky. No consolation I know but it could be worse, the news announced today that bird flu has reared it's head again in China.

 

Hope you feel better soon Trunky. ...these bugs take some shifting....

 

I think it's for natural wastage of the human race Armandii, something has to keep the population down.

 

Me too!!! Sore throat, cough, the lot !!

Val

 

Sorry to hear you're not well either Val, I hope you haven't been snuggling up with Trunky!

I had a cold a couple of months ago, the cold itself wasn't to bad but the cough drove me mad, couldn't sleep, couldn't lay down, just hacking and hacking. Up until a couple of years ago I didn't think any cough medicine worked but 'Pholcodine' does! Within a couple of days the cough started to break, I now swear by it, give it a try.

 

Thanks Sheal, if I need to I certainly will try it. I normally buy Actifed but our chemist doesn't stock it, also used to find Merocaine lozenges absolutely brilliant and guess what, they aren't being produced anymore!!! I bought a jar of Vicks and I haven't used it for a few years and it smells different!!! not as strong as before.

Val