Just had a couple of lay days fighting off some kind of bug that come home with my daughter from school. Her and my wife ended up at the doctors and on antibiotics for a bronchitis type thing.

Hopefully I am not talking too soon but it doesnt seem like it will go that far with me.

My witches brews and routines now to try and stay well after a couple of horror winters in the past years are now: (once you get something of course)

Sambucol (Elderberry, god's gift to reducing the time you are sick, if you start early much quicker than half of the time)
Whole chunks of raw garlic, swallowed not chewed
Vitamin C like smarties
Zinc
Washing hands like someone with OCD
Never drinking from the same glass twice
Lots of fruit
No alcohol
Staying warm etc etc


I'm keen to know what you guys do both to get rid of 'em quick to get back to training and avoiding being off for any races/events and also what do you do over winter to make sure you don't get sick to start with??

^^^
A couple of years ago I got that nasty cough thingy that lingered for weeks and weeks - sapped my strength and kept me outta the water for the best part of a month (the cold water would just start me coughing again).

Since then, I have the flu shot yearly and then if I do get a cold or something I do most of what CMC does - except the zinc and I tend to go the vege soup rather than fruit... lots of water too. I've managed to get through the last two winters OK.

And I'm no germ-a-phobe, but if someone in the house or at work has a cold, I start washing my hands a whole lot more often...

Flu shots can be effective if they get the strain right. If not, your gona get sick just the same and also be exposed to potential long term poisoning from the way they create and preserve the vaccine.

1-5 shots shouldn't harm you, but more than that and then you're more likely to develop symptoms in later life, specially with Thiomersal... I'd opt for ethanol or formaldahyde type preservatives.

A flu shot is the only way to prevent disease as the immune system has a developed response. Nasal delivery techniques are quite effective too.

Personally I'd get the illness and try and be as strong as possible to fight it off.
I got the flu this year from an asswipe at work, 2 days off work and felt lousy for a week.

AAKG is scientifically proven to stimulate immune system response in animal test subjects.

bjw said...

felixdcat said...

I get the antivirus shot. Worked well for me the last 3 years.
I have a sauna followed by a hot spa every sundays to prevent colds, and I am disease free every winters.

Is the Sauna ever Sunday related or are you just bragging? Great idea.

I take vitamin C. I also get a Thai Massage with a very happy ending. But his is purely to prevent Flu symptoms. I do no enjoy it.

Not bragging! Have one of those 2 people sitting infra red sauna, works a treat you sweat toxins out of your body, 1/2 hour to 3/4 hour at 55c and you feel like a new man! You have to drink a lot of water to replace the fluids you loose, I would recommend to anyone it is, I believe, the best prevention! Then a cold shower and run to the back yard for a nice 38c spa................ I am a creature of leisure

I used to live off the Garlic Oil Tablets but I think it was just placebo affect. Actually exercise I think is the best solution above all else.

homemade chicken noodle soup.

GalahOnTheBay said...

I always found a long hold down in half decent surf does wonders for clearing the sinuses...

Worked for me on the weekend

I like hot toddys at night.
Malt whiskey, fresh lemon big dollop of honey and hot water.
Works perfect.

This is the first year of no flu injection, last week i had man flu - the worst type of flu.

Lots of toddys, lemsip, Fresh oranges, rest and a kick up the ass from the wife and 1 week later better.

I managed to get a few hours in the water this morning. I have a snot nose at the moment but spent the first five minutes out there blowin it out and have not needed a tissue since. I try to hit the water whenever i get a cold and it seems to help me.

It seems the common issue here is it seems most of us get crook from the little germ farms we call our kids. It seems no matter how often i tell them to cover their mouths while coughing or sneezing, it never sinks in. Even though the missus is a teacher and she never gets sick. She must be immune.

I never get colds or the flu.

When I feel it coming on I just tell it to fark off and go on about my business. It works. Go for surf go sit in the sun. My colds last a few hours and go away. I'ts all mental. Don't tell my boss though...I use my sick days when it's sunny and offshore.

Oh and don't touch sugary stuff like orange juice this farks your immune system.

the likelihood of the sun rising in the morning is exactly the same as the injection of thimerosal [50% mercury] into the bloodstream is harmful.

now if you want to contend dusta that the sun doesn't rise in the morning,or that injecting mercury into the bloodstream is not harmful then i'm all ears.


Bill Gates,

“The world today has 6.8 billion people … that's headed up to about nine billion,now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by perhaps ten or 15 percent.''

look what happens to EPL footballers when they retire,to a man they become fat c's.

62mac said...

Bundy Rum

Bundy Rum??

A great old family friend (RIP Charlie) always said that Bundy Rum made Willie Wag Tails fight Emus. I never knew it was good for getting rid of the flu as well.

I agree with what a lot of people have said above about physical exercise, it seems to be #1 in having the strength to get rid of something quick when it arrives.

The trick is in when to train and when not to train when you're sick. Surfing when you're sick helps for sure, the flush out is good for you, just stay warm. I'm not so sure getting cold helps too much.

The rule of thumb with exercise when you're sick is that if it's above the neck it's OK to train, if it's in your body (increased temp, heartbeat, aches and pains etc) you're better off having some time off. You won't lose fitness missing a couple of days, having an extended sickness however will drain your cardio system.

I probably sound a bit hypochondriac but after getting the sickest I had been a year or so ago at 33y.o and never getting sick to speak of in life before that I have started to avoid it like the well you know the plague. I was out of the water for 2 months with Swine Flu that turned into Post Viral Asthma, I piled on 15kgs and couldnt get to the top of the stairs without coughing and wheesing. Living on Ventolin. I NEVER want to go back there again that's for sure.

Now I train my ass off 4-5 times per week, surf, paddle etc and take every cure known to man especially this time of year.

petermac33 said...

the likelihood of the sun rising in the morning is exactly the same as the injection of thimerosal [50% mercury] into the bloodstream is harmful.

now if you want to contend dusta that the sun doesn't rise in the morning,or that injecting mercury into the bloodstream is not harmful then i'm all ears.


Bill Gates,

“The world today has 6.8 billion people … that's headed up to about nine billion,now if we do a really great job on new vaccines, health care, reproductive health services, we could lower that by perhaps ten or 15 percent.''

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Infanrix-Hep B
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Infanrix-IPV
GlaxoSmithKline
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Infanrix-Penta
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Haemophilus influenzae B PRPT
ActHib)
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Meningitec, Menjugate, NeisVac-C
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Oral polio vaccine
OPV
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Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV)
IPOL
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Polysaccharide pueumococcal vaccine
Pneumovax 23
Merck Sharpe & Dohme
7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
Prevenar
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Varicella vaccine
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Varicella vaccine
Varivax
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Influenza vaccine
Vaxigrip, Fluvax
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** just a side note, funnily enough it is contained in some Adult vaccines, i have never seen any statistics saying that adults suddenly get diagnosed with Autism after having a round of Vaxx shots **

Just a small list of the ones that do not contain Thimerosal! must be as real as your panic button hit as it is on the net as well! (sorry for the copy and paste but the list is long)

62mac said...

doggie said...

62mac said...

Bundy Rum

Is cough mixture

Vanders loves it

Hahaha, yea I know