What YOU require to get through a 'sick day'

14 years ago

There's a really interesting discussion over at the Apartment Therapy blog about this.

Among the necessary items that were mentioned:

Soup (all varieties--Lipton instant chicken noodle, Campbell's chicken noodle, homemade with curry/ginger/all sorts of spicyness).

Ginger ale/7Up/orange tea/ginger tea/orange juice

Hot water bottles or heating pads

Comfy-est PJs and socks

DVDs, magazines

etc., etc.

(And of course: your cat or dog, who will cuddle next to you, somehow knowing you are sick and sticking by your side!)

I hope everyone who can have a flu shot is set and will stay healthy over the fall/winter.

But what is on your must-have list?

I need to look up some of these "kick a cold" soup recipes!

Plus check my cold medicines to make sure they've not expired...

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wildchild
14 years ago
I cannot stand even the thought of soup when I'm sick.

My list would be in this order for foods.

Orange Juice (has to be really really cold)
Diet Pepsi. Regular ginger ale if I'm nauseous.
Next I might want toast and honey.
When I am ready to eat real food I crave cold sandwiches with lots of veggies piled on and crisp salads. (this is when DH gets sent to the local sandwich place for 1/2 sandwich/salad combos.
When I am ready for hot food it has to be really really spicy. Usually extra hot Dennison's chili. When I was a kid I liked tripe (NOT menudo = ugh more soup) but tripe in super hot red sauce. Can't get that anymore. Spicy Thai food is nice too.

For other things:

Box of tissues
One of those little lipstick sized nasal inhalers
my Kindle
puzzle magazine

I never/ever take all in one cold meds. I rarely take anything for a cold but if I do it would be regular Mucinex to break up stuff so it can flow. Decongestants send set me up for jittery sleeplessness. I take plain old Aspirin or Excedrine for headache or fever. If the fever is mild I just let it do its thing. Nature's way of fighting off the bad stuff the way I look at it. If I really really can't breath I set up a vaporizer.

Don't do flu shots. I just take extra precautions during the season. Avoid indoor crowds, no buffets, wash hands.

Dogs are always a comfort.
sheilajoyce_gw
14 years ago
1500 mgs(?) of Vitamin C
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jemdandy
14 years ago
I really depends on the nature of the sickness. If I am working my way through a headache, I want to be left alone so I can moan in my misery if I want to. A little soothing music may help. If I fall asleep, all the better.

Now for other miseries like a bad cold or influenza, light soups are in order, no coffee. When I begin to feel better, some toast with jelly is good.
jel48
14 years ago
When it's bad enough that I can't work through it...

my bed
hot tea
water
puffs tissues (if it's the kind of sick that involves a runny nose or gunk in my throat - have to be puffs as they're the softest)
ibuprofin (if it involves headache or body aches and pains)
heating pad (if I'm chilled or have body aches and pains)
a fan (if my nose is stuffy or the room is warm)
quiet preferred
janie_ga
14 years ago
I used to require an old feed sack sleeping blanket that I have had for the past 34 years. It gave up its ghost (aka stuffing) last year so it is a pitiful mess.

other comforts depend on what is wrong. But i think they are al listed above...
Rudebekia
14 years ago
I am rarely sick except for the occasional migraine. What I need are comfy warm pjs, bed, to be left alone, a sleep mask to block the light, aspirin, and perhaps a hot washcloth over my forehead. Dry toast and a bit of coffee (caffeine helps) if my stomach settles down. Watch a bit of TV if the headache abates a bit. Then back to bed to sleep through the night. Next morning I usually feel fine although a bit weak.
jannie
14 years ago
I agree with the above. I require: My bed (alone), comfy nightgown, ginger ale, tylenol, Vicks inhaler, crackers and peanut butter, TV for when I'm feeling better.
Fun2BHere
14 years ago
Sleep and soft tissues. If I can't breathe or I'm coughing, whatever medication is needed to fix that so I can sleep.
angelaid
14 years ago
Hot shredded wheat biscuit with lots of butter, a fried egg on top and salt.
Hop in a hot bath. DH makes me a toddy with hot tea, brandy, honey and lemon. Beddy bye and I'm out for the day/night.
Marilyn Sue
14 years ago
Mostly just go to bed and sleep. Depends on what kind of illness to know what else I might require. Hot tea and buttered crackers are sometimes good for me.

Sue
gloriam
14 years ago
I had a really bad headache today so I took tylenol like I always take and go to sleep on the recliner.

I have not been that sick that I have to take to my bed for a cold or anything for many years. I have been really lucky in that way.
lynn_d
14 years ago
Ã¯Â¿Â½ My space heater going full blast in my office
Ã¯Â¿Â½ Diet 7-Up at room temperature
Ã¯Â¿Â½ Vicks
Ã¯Â¿Â½ HallÃ¯Â¿Â½s cough drops
Ã¯Â¿Â½ Lip balm
Ã¯Â¿Â½ Chicken Broth
Ã¯Â¿Â½ Spiced Tea
Ã¯Â¿Â½ Jello

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