Finally over cold!

I just got over a giant cold (1.5 weeks long) and feel sooo much better now. PTL! It sucked while I was sick.

Here is a presentation of the journey (+ reviews of the products I used):

Symptoms: Headache, stuffy nose, incessant coughing, chest hurting, ears throbbing and popping (or muted), sinuses clogged, lymph nodes swollen, lethargy, torpor, pale/yellowish skin color. Ugh. That was so bad....

My regiment? This was crazy...

1. Theraflu

Image cred: http://www.whosaidnothinginlifeisfree.com/2009/02/free-theraflu-warming-relief-at/

This tastes ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. You have to drink ~2 tablespoons for a full dose, and I had to keep on flushing down the terrible taste with tons of water. Ugh.

2. When the Theraflu was finished, Dayquil:

http://twentysomethingreview.blogspot.com/2011/01/review-33-roundup-of-remedies.html

Not as bad tasting, but still tasted pretty bad. Washed down w/ lots of water.

3. To KO myself at night:

http://www.select2gether.com/vicks-dayquil-cold-&-flu-multi-symptom-relief-non-drowsy-6-oz-detail-5530016

Had a cherry taste, so better than theraflu, but still had to wash down with water...

4. Cough drops

http://www.overstockdrugstore.com/products/Ricola-Natural-Herb-Cough-Drops,-Original-%252d-Pack-of-21.html

Very delicious but burned my throat when I used too many in a row.

5. Vit C supplements

http://www.pharmacypricer.com/product/Halls-Defense-Vitamin-C-Supplement-Drops-Sugar-Free-Assorted-Citrus-25ea..html

Very delicious but burned my throat when I used too many in a row.

6. Tissues! I must've used up 2 boxes of these. Crazy things....

 http://www.thebuttercompartment.com/?m=200811

Hurt my nose after awhile. My nose got all raw and everything, and it hurt to blow my nose :(

7. Vicks Vaporub

 http://vicks-vaporub.the-balm.com/

To counteract how tissues were scraping my skin raw. It was really nice and relieving. Smelled good too.

8. Lysol spray (for disinfectant)

 http://hopkins.typepad.com/2012ksas/2009/05/index.html

Smelled bad, of course, but necessary.

I seriously must've spent at least $40 on this stuff. Why do I keep on spending so much $$? Anyways I still have most of my Dayquil and some Nyquil left over, as well as the vaporub, lysol, etc left. I used like 90 cough drops and vit c supplements, till literally my throat burned. It really really really sucked. Ugh.

The good thing is that now I'm finally over it - yay!!! And also the weather's finally cleared up, it's nice and sunny all the time, no more crazy snow warnings and stuff. I get to wear all of the pretty sundresses I bought over break! Of course, with a cardigan too...

Anyways that's all I have for now. I feel so much better! Yahoo!!!