Comments on: I Am Going to Kick This Cold http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5113 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Sun, 17 May 2026 23:04:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5113&cpage=1#comment-34604 girldetective Sat, 09 Mar 2013 14:52:18 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5113#comment-34604 Janet, glad you found me! And it's funny, I've found some of my favorite sites the same way--not quite sure how, but once I did, I didn't leave. I used to take zinc, but stopped after I saw some differing evidence on colds. Took it recently after I got stitches, since it's supposed to help with healing. If you saw my small but ugly scar, I'm not convincing evidence on that, though. My favorite radio DJ also swears by Zicam. I used to swear by Boiron's Cold Calm, but I feel bad, because I feel like I should "know better" than to believe in homeopathy (apologies to its fans, but the double blind studies just aren't there.) Rest and fluids. Re: Les Mis, can't emphasize enough: skip or skim the boring bits. And if you read HHhH, there's a bit in there where the author says something like "I should be like Hugo and give you a long description of the town where the character lived, but I don't want to, and I don't know that much about it, so I'm not going to." Yay, I thought! Janet, glad you found me! And it’s funny, I’ve found some of my favorite sites the same way–not quite sure how, but once I did, I didn’t leave.

I used to take zinc, but stopped after I saw some differing evidence on colds. Took it recently after I got stitches, since it’s supposed to help with healing. If you saw my small but ugly scar, I’m not convincing evidence on that, though.

My favorite radio DJ also swears by Zicam. I used to swear by Boiron’s Cold Calm, but I feel bad, because I feel like I should “know better” than to believe in homeopathy (apologies to its fans, but the double blind studies just aren’t there.) Rest and fluids.

Re: Les Mis, can’t emphasize enough: skip or skim the boring bits. And if you read HHhH, there’s a bit in there where the author says something like “I should be like Hugo and give you a long description of the town where the character lived, but I don’t want to, and I don’t know that much about it, so I’m not going to.” Yay, I thought!

]]> By: Janet http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5113&cpage=1#comment-34565 Janet Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:46:56 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5113#comment-34565 Do you ever take zinc? I swear by the Zicam spray, but you have to use it when you first feel the frogs in your throat. It really seems to work. Also loved your comment on agave! It cracked me up. Honey all the way (said the granddaughter, daughter and sister of beekeepers)!! Can't even remember how I found your blog, but love all the book titles. Always looking for something to read. I'm on page 967 of Les Miserables and it just may kill me in the end. I was amazed to see you read it too. ☺ Do you ever take zinc? I swear by the Zicam spray, but you have to use it when you first feel the frogs in your throat. It really seems to work.

Also loved your comment on agave! It cracked me up. Honey all the way (said the granddaughter, daughter and sister of beekeepers)!!

Can’t even remember how I found your blog, but love all the book titles. Always looking for something to read. I’m on page 967 of Les Miserables and it just may kill me in the end. I was amazed to see you read it too. ☺

]]> By: Amy http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5113&cpage=1#comment-34258 Amy Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:49:38 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5113#comment-34258 I have been chugging a lovely honey-ginger tea I got at the Mad Hatter Tea Room in Anoka for days now. I know you do not drink, but perhaps sometime you should try it and then if hubby gets a cold, pour a little bourbon in his for a toddy. Very comforting. I have been chugging a lovely honey-ginger tea I got at the Mad Hatter Tea Room in Anoka for days now. I know you do not drink, but perhaps sometime you should try it and then if hubby gets a cold, pour a little bourbon in his for a toddy. Very comforting.

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5113&cpage=1#comment-34255 girldetective Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:13:24 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5113#comment-34255 Susan, will try that. Always assumed that chomping it before swallowing was part of the process--to scare the virus right out of my body by how horrible it was. Susan, will try that. Always assumed that chomping it before swallowing was part of the process–to scare the virus right out of my body by how horrible it was.

]]> By: Susan http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5113&cpage=1#comment-34254 Susan Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:36:24 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5113#comment-34254 Chop your raw garlic until you have enough for a spoonful. Wash it down with a glass of water without chewing. You get the health benefits without the nastiness. Hope you get to feeling better soon. I had a weird joint inflammation thing back in November and it was awful. Chop your raw garlic until you have enough for a spoonful. Wash it down with a glass of water without chewing. You get the health benefits without the nastiness.

Hope you get to feeling better soon. I had a weird joint inflammation thing back in November and it was awful.

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