Cold Free for 2011

[frugal50]

I never got the common cold in 2011
due to consistant hand-washing
and avoid touching anything with bare hands in public, ttc, stores' etc
viruses are transmitted via hand to nose
and with airborne colds/coughs... i was damn lucky to have a strong immune system

hopefully... I can continue with my streak of good luck dodging the cold virus!

[Shwa Girl]

That's great.
We found hand washing good too. We take vitamin C, drink lots of water and try to get enough sleep.

Hope 2012 is cold free for you too.

[frugal50]

That's great.
We found hand washing good too. We take vitamin C, drink lots of water and try to get enough sleep.

Hope 2012 is cold free for you too.

yes, water and plenty of sleep is crucial to avoiding a cold.

[Grandknight]

And the vitamin C is awesome. When I feel a cold coming, I start to take extra vitamin C and it usually prevents the cold from getting worse.

[princessjen]

OMG, your sooo lucky! I've been sick since December 7 (cold, double eye and ear infections, sore throat) I do all the same things as you, but since I work in a medical clinic, i'm pretty much screwed. I really need to find a new job....

[alicia]

Congrats! I wish I could brag about that. Just this morning I woke up with a pretty good cold settling in - great way to end 2911 I have a good excuse though... My fiancé was in the hospital for two weeks in the beginning of December and since then I have been looking after him at home, along with keeping up with all the Christmas stuff, regular household stuff... The exhaustion has finally caught upon the form of a cold. Hopefully I won't have too many this year because generally I always end up with a sinus/ear infection with colds.

[toban]

Same here. Cold free for all of 2011.

I agree with hand washing and Vitamin C. Zinc lozenges are great if you feel like a cold maybe starting. Nips it in the bud, at least for me.

[IndianaTeach]

I *knock on wood* almost never get sick. Vitamin D & C regularly are both good. Congrats!

IT

[frugal50]

OMG, your sooo lucky! I've been sick since December 7 (cold, double eye and ear infections, sore throat) I do all the same things as you, but since I work in a medical clinic, i'm pretty much screwed. I really need to find a new job....

you have to be extra vigilante with your handwashing!!!
medical clinic is a breeding ground for germs/viruses.

Congrats to Toban and Indiana, hope your cold- free continues in 2012

[princessjen]

Hand sanitizer is my BFF at work.

[frugal50]

latex gloves are my second skin

[Grandknight]

Also, someone once shared with me for keeping colds away: "Never leave the house hungry" your resistance will be down and you can pick up cold bugs easily and your body wont be able to fight them off.

[frugal50]

horrible start to the holidays

after being cold - free all of 2011

i'm ending 2012 with what started as a chest cold

has now progressed to a dry hacking coughing

sniffles and sneezing

my first illness of 2012

unlike 2011 NO colds

so, i guess i didn't do too bad

[frugal50]

feel like hell today

constant sneezing, runny nose and sinus press, watery eyes

[frugal50]

still sneezing
sinus pressure
watery eyes

somebody shoot me