feeling sorry for myself, cold, chest infection and vomiting :(

[Annie0904]

Apparently it can be quite a serious interaction with Dosulipin :( I will get my steam thing out and try to clear it a bit.

[bernie1977]

I hope it gives you some relief Annie. A hot steaming bath may help aswell xx

Also please try and eat more, as half a slice of toast isn't enough. What about some soup?

[Annie0904]

I had a bath earlier and put some eucalyptus oil in it. I will try to eat some soup...it is just so hard to eat when congested. Thank you Bernie for your suggestions xx

[bernie1977]

You're more than welcome xx

[Magic]

Hi Annie,
Sorry to hear you are not well, I cannot suggest anything to what the other friends
have said. Maybe a bowl of water in your living rooms will help.
With the central heating makes the rooms have dry air.
Cannot explain it properly, but is surposed to help wth colds and coughs
so my hubby says. you may know this already anyway

[Annie0904]

Thank you Magic. I just wish we could have some decent weather. It is snowing here again today x

[bernie1977]

Hi Annie,
Sorry to hear you are not well, I cannot suggest anything to what the other friends
have said. Maybe a bowl of water in your living rooms will help.
With the central heating makes the rooms have dry air.
Cannot explain it properly, but is surposed to help wth colds and coughs
so my hubby says. you may know this already anyway

That's right Magic, my Dad has little bowls of water under radiators in house. He says gas central heating is too dry. In our family home we had open fires and when we moved we all got bad throats and headaches from the gas central heating.

[rb1978]

It's always difficult to know what to do with central heating - on the one hand when you're ill you want to be warm but then it causes stuffiness.

I'm in a similar position with decongestants - I can't take pretty much anything for colds/flu on the market because they all contain an ingredient that you can't have if you have Reynaud's Syndrome - which I do.

At the moment I'm stuck with olbas oil on tissues and in a bowl of steaming water.

Steaming should give a bit of relief though Annie....and it would be good to try keep occupied - even if it's just a film or something silly on telly. Probably good to stay up doing stuff as much as poss; if you sleep a lot in the day, it might make it harder to get proper sleep at night :(

[Annie0904]

I am going to try chamomile tea to see if it soothes my stomach and will try the steam too. I haven't slept day or night. I really hope I can tonight. x

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I have managed to eat half a slice of bread and an egg yolk. I also had a few pieces of fruit. Really struggling to get food down :( Hubby is home and made me feel worse by saying I don't look well. I know I don't look well but hearing some one say it makes me feel worse

[theharvestmouse]

I had this last week, I felt sick for 2 days and had a sore throat, but I wasn't sick and was able to eat normally, then the sickness feeling went and I was left with a cold. Hope you feel better soon!