Do You Have A Cold/Flu Remedy? Please Share It With Me.

My friends, I could use your wisdom on helping me to feel and be better.

I had sworn it would not happen to me this year, but it has.  I have a bad cold, maybe it is even the flu. And no, I haven’t yet had my flu shot.  Maybe that would have helped, maybe not with this particular bug I have picked up. Whatever it is I do not like it.  My body especially around my joints feel horrible, my head hurts and worst of all, I have a nagging deep cough.

None of this comes in particular helpful when your job is to basically work around people and to do a great deal of public talking.  Of course, it is likely that being around people with colds is how I picked this bug up in the first place.  So, by my side I now always carry my trusty Ricola cough drops and have a bottle of water nearby.  These seem to help with the cough.

In church today, one member shared with me a remedy for my condition.  You might have heard of this. The instructions were that I needed to apply Vick’s to the bottom of my feet at night before bed and then put on socks.  Admittedly, she did not know how this could possibly work, but from her experience it does work.   Who knew?!   So, guess what I am doing tonight before going to bed?

Others have told me to drink ginger tea or to even chew on ginger root.  While the taste of ginger may not be appealing initially, I am told it does help.   I am thinking of looking into that tomorrow.  See if that might help.  I am open to all suggestions at this point.

I am curious as to what others believe is a good cold remedy.  Maybe you have found something that really works.  I would like to know what that is.

Thankfully, I am seeing my doctor tomorrow who may have ideas of her own.  However, I would value input from you.  And it might be helpful to more than just me as I know others are now suffering with colds and flu.  As they say, it is going around.

If you are dealing with a “bug” right now, you are in my thoughts and prayers.  I am serious about that.  I am praying for you who are dealing with bad colds or flu.  From my perspective, I understand a bit of what you are going through and it is not fun.  I pray we all might experience some relief from this ailment. I pray we return to our normal health and soon.

So, I hope you might share with me your home remedies or what has helped you get through this “yuckness” of being sick.  I would appreciate it and it might help me and it might be helpful to someone else.

As always, you can post here in the comments or email me directly at JonEdwin@aol.com.  I always enjoy hearing from you.  And if you have other things you want to talk about, please feel free to share.

Blessings,

Pastor John

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