What comforts you when you have a cold?

@kareng (80243)
United States
January 30, 2007 1:32pm CST
What do you reach for when you are sick with a cold for comfort? A blanket? hot tea? your bed? chicken soup? I find that I just want my bed, peace and quiet and to eat soup but not chicken necessarily and coke! What do you reach for when you are sick with a cold?
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Silverkid
@Silverkid (279)
• Canada
30 Jan 07
I usually drink soup,or hot coffee along with some vitamin c and tylenol. Works like a charm.
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
25 Mar 07
Vitamin C really helps you recover faster!
DRoddy77
@DRoddy77 (1776)
• United States
30 Jan 07
when Im sick I just want to take some good medicine and stay in bed all day..but having kids I cant do that anymore! I have to drag my butt out of bed and still take care of them no matter how sick i am!
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
12 Feb 07
I hear ya! It's too bad that mothers don't have someone to take care of them when they are sick. We need a special angel :)
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Brian
@wolfie34 (26770)
• United Kingdom
30 Jan 07
Ironically since I go to the gym 5 times a week I have had less colds, or may be a coincidence. But when I do get a cold I have a hot toddy, when I was living at home my dad used to give me a hot whisky or a whisky coffee which worked wonders. I also like a hot bath to sweat the germs out of me
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
28 Feb 07
I never thought of a hot bath to sweat out the germs! It is comforting though and I guess helps sweat off a fever too! I've been known to hit the whisky bottle for bad coughs :) It works wonders! And you sleep good too!
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lifeiseasy
@lifeiseasy (2292)
• United States
30 Jan 07
I like to drink hot fluids be it soup broth ,hot tea or even coffee. Then my bed...rest is the best for me...
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
2 Feb 07
I tend to like rest too. A good book, tv, some magazines and a lot of snoozing! Thanks for responding.
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lisado
@lisado (1227)
• United States
9 Mar 07
I have a blanket that I like to lay under. It's soft and fuzzy. I usually lay on the end of the sofa with my pliiow and blanket and watch TV. My stomach has been weird since I had bypass surgery, so milk is about all I can drink and not get sick on. Luckily it sits well even if I am not feeling good.
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
28 Mar 07
I can just see you now with your blankie!!!
kelly60
@kelly60 (4546)
• United States
28 Feb 07
When I am sick I want a nice warm blanket and my bed. I want the softest box of tissues you can find sitting next to my bed and lots of orange juice nearby. I have to have a Pepsi or two thrown in as comfort foods as well, and if I feel up to eating anything else it will probably be grilled cheese and soup. That was what my mom used to always give me when I was sick when I was little so I guess it is a sort of comfort food for me still. I'll take peace and quiet for the most part, but if I want attention I will come out of hiding and lounge on the couch for a while. Don't expect to see much of me until it's over though. I don't like being around people when I'm like this.
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Kareng
@kareng (80243)
• United States
7 Mar 07
hehe, we really need a personal waiter/housekeeper/babysitter for moms when they get sick!
dfinster
@dfinster (3528)
• United States
28 Mar 07
When I have a bad cold I like to have peace and quiet. I take everything that I consider my "essentials" into the bedroom with me and kind of hibernate in there until I'm feeling better. I love having some kind of warm tea with honey, my grandma's quilt, my dog and cat, a good book and the tv remote.