Swallow again, just to make sure. And again. And again. …
That was me on Friday. Thought I just irritated my throat, but nope. Two days later I tested positive for COVID. >:(
Thank you! This is actually unfortunately my second time having it. Definitely nowhere near as bad as the first. I took the whole week off out of paranoia of infecting my coworkers, even though I probably don’t need to be out that long. One of them had weekend plans that I don’t want to mess up for them. Mostly I’m bored as fuck but I feel basically better!
You did the right thing taking a week. You know about the one with plans, but there’s probably someone’s grandma or cancer kid you’re helping too.
Go gargle some salt water. It will help.
Take a fucking shower, bro! Then bring me that cock!
Or were you talking about pistachios or something? I’ll take some of those too. :p
I am not a medical professional of any sort.
I have found that when I get the scratchy throat that typically leads to a cold I start a regimen of ibuprofen, pseudoephedrine, and fluticasone (allergy nasal spray). About half the time it avoids the cold altogether.
Does it actually work or am I fooling myself? I don’t have hard data but I’m convinced it works for me.
Oh, and get some rest. I tend to get sick when I’m sleep deprived.
None of those meds do anything to prevent or end a cold, just treat symptoms. So you may be fooling yourself, or you may be treating your symptoms well enough that it feels like you avoided the cold altogether.
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that was me on Monday! I called in sick on Tuesday! Is something going around?
