still sick since the playa!

guardian of solitude · Post by **guardian of solitude** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 12:51 pm

ok, i drank from a lot of people's cups at a lot of people's bars... and i am prone to getting sick... but this is ridiculous!

i had a sore throat the day i left the playa, popped megadoses of vitamin c. my sore throat and a cough kept up for about two weeks. eventually my throat stopped hurting and the cold or whatever moved into my sinuses. i'm still coughing. those are the main symptoms, and i think i'm almost over it, but damn!

anyone else still stick?

Kinetic · Post by **Kinetic** » Fri Oct 03, 2003 1:36 pm

Your post reminds me of myself. I've been off work since Monday with a cold I can't shake. It started out as a sinus issue and then got worse...the doctor says I have bronchitus and they put me on 1000 mg of Biaxin XL 3x per day. I started the antibiotics Tuesday and I just called the nurse and said this isn't working, 3 days later I'm still dragging with no energy, my throat still hurts, and I'm losing money sitting here on my ass. Give me something to knock it out! My hunch is she's going to put me on a Z-Pak or Zithromax and let that kick it's ass.

I've had this since I came off the playa, then I got better, and then I got slammed again this week. Last year I came home from the playa and I had tons of extra energy, I literally kicked ass. Not this year.

You are not alone on this. It sucks.

Angry Butterfly · Post by **Angry Butterfly** » Sat Oct 04, 2003 12:12 pm

I had a bad immune system to begin with and really messed myself up working at a printing press a couple years ago, I kept my mask on the whole time and was glad I did. It is the dust that makes you sick. Peole wanted to see my face so I took it off , but then I put it back on, I looked like Michal Jackson, but it worked.

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 11:13 pm

guardian of solitude wrote:ok, i drank from a lot of people's cups at a lot of people's bars... and i am prone to getting sick... but this is ridiculous!

i had a sore throat the day i left the playa, popped megadoses of vitamin c. my sore throat and a cough kept up for about two weeks. eventually my throat stopped hurting and the cold or whatever moved into my sinuses. i'm still coughing. those are the main symptoms, and i think i'm almost over it, but damn!

anyone else still stick?

Still sick with six weeks to go to BM!

Must be the plague!

Stay home!

A II Z

stefan goya · Post by **stefan goya** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:27 pm

i was in the dust three weeks in 2000 and sick for two or three months afterwards. try the garlic tablets, one every day. will build the imummune system in a slow healthy way that lasts and lasts.

Isotopia · Post by **Isotopia** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:37 pm

will build the imummune system in a slow healthy way that lasts and lasts.

Cites?

Ivy · Post by **Ivy** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 2:49 pm

Dunno about the immune system but I can vouch that garlic is good for clearing up yeast infections.

Hope that helps you out, Iso.

Tancorix · Post by **Tancorix** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 9:52 pm

http://www.calolive.org/nutritionists/f ... 002q4.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... t=Abstract

http://www.catie.ca/supple-e.nsf/0/8faa ... enDocument

http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/garlic

Of Course CSPI likes to slam everything, garlic is no exception:
http://www.cspinet.org/nah/10_00/garlic.html

After looking at all these links it appears the jury is still out on this one.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 5:36 am

http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/particulate_final/

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:18 am

Ivy wrote:Dunno about the immune system but I can vouch that garlic is good for clearing up yeast infections.

Hope that helps you out, Iso.

uhm...

is this taken orally or...

I'll mention it to the g/f, but I doubt she'll go for it. She's still sketchy after the "Marinara Incident".

Ivy · Post by **Ivy** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 9:31 am

is this taken orally or...

No.

PurplMyst · Post by **PurplMyst** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:35 pm

When I went last year as a newbie I was fighting a nasty throat something-or-another that pretty much just left me tired with a really really raw throat. I went anyhow & spent the whole time sucking on cough drops & drinking booze. And wouldn't you know it, I actually got better during the trip. Go figure!

still sick since the playa!

still sick since the playa!

Re: still sick since the playa!

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