I've got a stupid summer cold! :-(

Rest, rest and more rest Trudy!

Dan has the cutest little icons! Love the cat eating chips!!! :)

haha good luck!! I had a cold a month ago. Coughing and coughing and coughing...then at nite my throat would get sore real bad. I think it took about almost three weeks to get rid of that darn cough.

Another get well soon wish for you my friend...

Juice, vitamins, and plenty of rest, other than that, take as much Gather as you can get Trudy

When your nose gets all stuffy, run a hot shower with the door closed to steam up the room. Let it sit and steam for about 10 minutes, then sit in the room when it's nice and steamy. It'll loosen up the mucus pronto!

The less you talk, the faster you heal. It's true.

Get plenty of rest, drink plenty of fluids, take two asprin, call me in the morning!
Seriously, rest, chicken soup, warm milk at night, and 7-up. Then call me in the morning!

I know how you feel. I have had a summer cold for a few weeks now. I got it from my husband. The summer colds seem to last longer that those in winter. I'm just about over it and can't wait to be completely rid of it.

Trudy, I'm so sorry to hear you are sick! It's no fun, but at least Gathering can take your mind off of it, right?

My husband said Zicam didn't work for him, so I'm hoping you have better results with it!

Get better soon!

Thank you all for your comments I'll try some of them! I HATE BEING SICK....... WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAa

Ok, I'm all into all natural cures. Here's one I found that works like a charm for colds, sinus infections, pretty much anything really! It's called Colloidal Silver. It's silver (real silver) suspended in purified water. It tastes like water with a metallic aftertaste. You can get it at your local vitamin store.

I kid you not, I had a sinus infection for 4 months straight and had gone thru 5 rounds of antibiotics with no relief. Fed up and needing relief, I started researching all natural remedies online and that's how I found out about Colloidal Silver. I ran out to my local GNC that same day, and bought some. Took 1 tablespoon of it when I got home and within 5 minutes, my sinuses were completely clear. I could breathe again! I usually take 3 tablespoons per day when I feel like I'm getting sick and it nips it in the bud.

Good luck!

Drink plenty of fluids and rest....so you can get back to posting your awesome photos!

Hummmm Jill that sounds very interesting! I have a GNC not far from here....
Thank you Carol for all your well wishes!

Don't just rest. Sleep! If I can sleep almost all day I'm usually feeling pretty well by the next day.

Trudy, we want you back on your feet! Try "Epicor" from Swanson's or Bronson Laboratories. Also, NutriBiotic grapefruit seed extract available at any health food store. And grapeseed extract (Vitus vinifera), a great source of polyphenols and proanthocyanadins. Lots of green tea, no sugar, only stevia as sweetener. At least one gram of vitamin C daily. Yes, colloidal silver will help. Your friends are praying for your recovery.

Awwwww thank you everyone! Maybe I should be in bed sleeping, instead of playing on Gather!

Jill and Glenn, I agree. Deferring to an expert, Dr. Richard Becker, MD, DO, Zinc, Noni juice, Vitamin C, probiotics, and ta-da!, my favorite, oil of oregano.

Trudy, I haven't have a cold or flu in years, strange since I've had other illnesses, but not those.

According to Dr. Becker, studies have shown that regular intake of Zinc IS the cure for the common cold. People should really check him out:

www.bioinnovations.net

Don't forget at least 80-100 ounces of water to help wash out the cold!

...almost forgot you're local, Trudi. Dr. Becker has a program, "Your Health" which airs on local channel ''68" Mon-Fri at 9a.m. He airs on cable and satellite, too, but I don't know which you have.

Hate those! there's one going around at work..hope I dont catch it! Drink lots of fluid! Flush it out of your system! C):-)

I don't know.....hope you feel better tho!!

It may not be a cold, try cold and sinus medicine with an antihistamine and a decongestant. Or get some Echenaecia and see if that helps. That zicam stuff is awful. I hope you feel better before the next five days are up, if not think how many points you'll get.

LOL Gather points..... the are keeping me going....... sniffffff, ahhhhhh chooooo!

sorry to hear that your sick. Unfortunately a cold just has to fun its course. I hope the symptoms ease up and you feel better soon

Trudy I hate those types also

Thank you Anne Marie and Donna!

I sure hope you feel better and that it's not catching through the computer.

So Sorry your not well Trudy, I know it is the pits. I am dealing with sick grandkids with strep throat. Trying to keep well myself.

chicken soup & hot toddies ... honestly I think you just have to wait it out. but I like chicken soup and a good drink is hard to pass up

Well I really hope you get better soon. I know how you feel. Summer is usually the only time I get colds, and they're not fun. Especially with the heat and humidity, it doesn't help at all. My second daughter I think had some help with my summer cold! I think I coughed myself into labor! Get well soon!

I hope you feel better soon. Fortunately, I have gotten one.

Just checking to see how you are doing. On the mend yet?

Ugh, they are the worst. I hope it starts to clear up soon.

I'm suffering right along with you. I've had my cold for about three days now. I wish I had a magic cure to get rid of it!

I hope you are starting to feel some better by today!

Trudy...I feel for you. I'm suffering with the same darn thing. It seems like every year I get it during the summer. All I can say is to drink a lot of fluid. That seems to help me more than anything....and get plenty of rest.

Ok, we need to know if you got over it! I hope so.

Sorry Tudy, I hope you get to feeling better....I just had to take both my girls into the doctor: They have sinus infections and ear infections..... Sick kids are no fun...

That sucks! Matt just got over one too. Very weird, and I was thankful I didn't catch it.

Get well soon, Trudy.
Consult your doctor and eliminate (not him, HAHA) allergy as the probable cause for your cold. Some anti-allergic medicine will fix it in no time. If it a cold virus, you have no other way than stick to gather and wait for the rest of the days in the 9 day schedule that you mentioned (the actual life of virus is just 3 days unless one gets secondary bacterial infection and it is a pity man has not able to invent any medicine to kill viruses (as in the case of AIDS VIRUS. Here for cold the medicines available are for symptomatic cure only.

I suggest Chew vitamin C tablets (again consulting your doc) BY THE WAY they GIVES SOME RESISTENCE.

STAY indoors and do not over do GATHERING and. drink warm fluids minus. Alcohol as the latter aggravates cold because it erodes our body resistance to the cold (It is very cold and insensitive too) virus.
I wish they put a tag in the comments, then I would have tagged health here. Ha ha.
But I wrote the above out of true concert for you , Trudy and I swear.Go Bless.

Just rest and relax and everything will be fine

summer colds are worse than winter colds

I like that kitty that Dan left you .. lol ... it's soooo cute :)