Hope you are better soon. I'm glad for both your sake and that of the other party goers that you stayed home, and so they did not also get a cold.

10 yrs....it was a good run! LOL. Get better soon :-)

Bummer! Know you will be much better the closer it gets to Christmas.

My fingers are crossed that you'll soon be over it, and feeling your merry self again. I haven't had a cold in a couple of years, thankfully, as mine always turn into bronchitis. It's been that way all of my life, as a kid.

Sorry that you are sick, but Hallmark movies aren't a bad way to spend down time. Feel better soon!

Sorry to hear that. Hope you feel better. Me, too. I woke up with a cold this morning. It's been 6 years. I am so careful about hand washing, but I'm almost certain I must have picked it up at the gym, even though I use sanitizer before and after and wash my hands as soon as I get home. I go to a boot camp style gym and there is a lot of sharing of equipment and high fiving. I was just reading that zinc can reduce a cold's duration by 3 days. I'm willing to give it a try, even though I'm suspicious of the claim. Just have to rouse myself off the couch to go buy it. Ugh. Since it's my first day, I'll probably have to miss the Christmas party we are supposed to attend Saturday night.

Awww...feel better soon.

Feel better soon...

Sometimes forced rest is the only kind we get :) So you've got that...small comfort but looking for the silver lining, here.

Me too! I haven't been sick with anything in 10 or 12 years and now here i am with a virus. I feel lucky as it could be worse.

Hope those of you that's also under the weather are feeling better soon.

Me, three!! DH and i have been remarkably cold-free for a couple years. now he is down with a nasty bronchitis, and i guess i am getting similar. ugh. missed two christmas luncheons and cookie baking with the grands. everyone feel better soon!

OMG--I was actually relieved after I read your post. I thought you were going to say "my cancer is back" or something else devastating. Having said that, a cold does indeed stink big time especially around the holidays. Wear your favorite jammies, drink hot chocolate, and watch your favorite holiday movies.

I hope you feel better soon. The weather has turned cold anyway. so being snuggy and warm and watching Hallmark movies is just the thing to bring on a speedy recovery.

Take Cold-Eeze... I've found it to really help shorten my colds and make me feel as well as with cold medicine without any side effects.

Don't eat sugar to boost immunity. Grapefruit heals sinus tissues if you can have it. Many people find relief with saline sprays. I like to stand in the shower multiple times a day. The warm humid conditions kill the bad stuff making you sick. Dry air keeps the germs aloft but moist air causes them to sink down. Keep tissues hydrated by drinking fluids. Rest and sleep speed repair as you don't use energy up for other things

Georgysmom, moonie and Jenna, are you feeling any better yet? I certainly hope so, and I’m wondering because I’m am NOT. For me it’s day 5. I still feel like I’ve been hit by a truck. My husband went to a Christmas party last night and someone there told him they recently had a similar bad cold for two weeks! Yikes! I’m using NyQuil for day and night, which initially seemed to help, but now it is not. I’m taking Zicam every 3 hours, and drinking lots of water. I would love to try the multiple steamy showers-a-day trick, but my skin is so dry I don’t dare. I don’t seem to have a fever, which is good, but I guess that means it’s not anything that can be treated with antibiotics and I just need to bide my time. I guess I’m not very patient.

Hope you feel better soon. Colds are the worst!

I hope you get well soon. Week 3 for me, it's just dragging on and that's not unusual for me.

Feel better soon :(

I hope you get over it quickly. I don't know what was wrong with me when I was home recovering from my leg surgery but I've never had a chest cold that bad in my life that I can remember. I'm over the worst of it and it's been a MONTH! I still get a little congestion now and then and have a brief coughing fit, but I'll take that over what it was four weeks ago.

I'm right there with you. I'm sick also. Get well soon.

Oh no, Joann. I'm sorry to hear that.

I ended up with a weird complication this morning. One eye started oozing goo. I called the docs office to speak with a nurse and she said I should get checked out, so I did. They suspect it's indeed a cold virus I'm dealing with, however to give it 2-3 more days and if there is still no improvement they will prescribe an antibiotic. I am now using eye drops, Tessalon Pearls for the relentless cough, and an inhaler standing by for when my coughing gets so bad I can't breathe. They also suspect I'm on the cusp of a sinus infection and that's why my eye is oozing - it's trying to get rid of or reduce bacterial infection. Never heard of such a thing but it is extremely annoying and quite unpleasant to look at. It looks like I've been crying for three days straight- but just the one eye - and is very raw and tender.

Bluebell66 try putting vicks on your lungs and chest. Last time I had a cough it helped so much. I hope you feel better soon!

Georgysmom, any improvement?

I saw the ENT this afternoon. The appointment had been scheduled for her to check on the tube she put in my right ear two weeks ago. THAT's fine, but now I have a scrip for Levaquin to treat my left ear and sinuses. Blech. Hope it helps with the 'been run over by a truck' feelings. Low fever, 101.6.

DH and I both had the flu last November, on and on, fevers, miserable. He got it first and perked up first. I only got the 'all clear' to leave for Maui two days before we were to fly.

This year we fly January 2 -- or not.

Chisue, You may want to take some benadryl on that flight. I refuse to fly bc of what it did to my ears when I had a cold. Good luck to you.

I have a new kind of sinus infection, or something?, pain on the left side of my nose, face and head that wakes me when I am sleeping. I sit up and wait until it passes, Mucinex helps but know I should not rely on it. It's not congestion, just burning pain. I am afraid of doctors.

andreap -- Thank you for your concern. I don't want to 'dry up' my sinuses with benadryl on flights; cabin air is dehydrating enough. I may take a sleep aid (zolpidem 5 mg) on our overnight return.

I wouldn't be here without the help of medical science. Please, Go To A Doctor to assess what is wrong and how it can be remedied -- while it can be remedied.

Maybe early winter should have its own name, recognizing the start of seasonal medical miseries.

Chisue, have you had Levaquin before? There can be some scary side-effects for some people. Hope you can look this up or talk to the pharmacist if you've never had it before. I know, If you gotta have it, you gotta have it. One of my daughters had to take it some years ago and she was fine, but I thought I should let you know that some people react badly to it.

Yes, I have had Levaquin too many times to count. Milder antibiotics don't work for my sinus infections. I think I have had some of the muscle problems that can be side effects, but...whatcha gonna do? I do take only the 500 mg dose, not the 'recommended' higher dose. Kind of you to bring this up, sjerin.

Georgysmom -- Feeling better? Colds usually take a week or more.