Quick fix
30 Jun
Quick! I have a little over a week until I have a big trip planned and I feel a tickle in my throat accompanied by some phlegm hanging out back there.
Someone press the panic button!
I get all Western when I feel a lil bit of sickness coming on. Partially because I don’t get sick very often, so that when I do, I get hit hard. And partially because I still think Western sometimes. In other words, “Yikes! I can’t get sick right now. I have three kids, two blogs, and a business. (Oh yeah…and a husband.)”
“I have way too much to do! What can I do to make this go away?”
As opposed to what might be a more mindful approach:
“What is my body trying to tell me?” or “Take a day off” or ”Slow down.”
Nope. Uh-uh. You have to hit me over the head with a 104 fever and a toilet bowl full of vomit before I declare a sick day.
So today, I’m scarfing down a cocktail of zicam cold remedy, sambucus, and vitamin C chased with gallons of purified PiMag water. I’m getting into bed at 8:30 pm, closing my eyes, and repeating my mantra. health. wealth. love. ease.
I call it “the McHolistic way.”
See? Nobody’s perfect.
I’ve really found that zinc lozenges and echinacea work at the very first tickle.
Thanks Cynthia. Zicam is also zinc based. I used to use cold-eeze too. But you just reminded me I have some good old zinc lozenges in the cabinet. Sucking on one now. Problem is they upset my stomach a bit, but it’s manageable.
Oh and I forgot about ginger. Picked some up at the store today and am now boiling it for some cold-busting tea!
Vitamin D! Vitamin D!!