I can't think of many worse situations for the spreading of airborne viruses than a choir, where we not only stand close to one another, but we're breathing deeply. I suppose if we were kissing that would be worse, but we're not going there.
When Cory and other chorus members were talking about Cold-Eeze Sunday night, I thought it was one of those powdered products that you mix with water and drink, like AireBorne, or Tamaflu. I have tried a couple of those and not only hated the taste, but found them ineffective.
Last night I started getting a sore throat and feeling achy. I checked my temperature and, sure enough, I had a low-grade fever. I sent Paul to the store for Cold-Eeze, because Cory swears by it and I really need to not be sick--as we all do. When he came home with this package of what looked like cough drops, I told him he got the wrong thing and actually sent him to another store in search of what existed only in my imagination. Fortunately, while he was gone, I looked Cold-Eeze up on the Internet and discovered that he had, indeed purchased the right product. I sheepishly called him & admitted my mistake.
I decided I had nothing to lose and stuck a lozenge in my mouth. They taste great--better than cough drops! By the time I was done editing the audio files, my fever was gone and with it, the sore throat. I'm not getting paid to say this, and Cory knows nothing about it either. This morning I have a slight runny nose, and I'm sucking on more of these things in hopes to be rid of that too.
I think the trick of taking this medicine is taking it within 48 hours of your first symptoms. If you start to come down with a cold, give it a try. It might just work for you like it did for me.
When Cory and other chorus members were talking about Cold-Eeze Sunday night, I thought it was one of those powdered products that you mix with water and drink, like AireBorne, or Tamaflu. I have tried a couple of those and not only hated the taste, but found them ineffective.
Last night I started getting a sore throat and feeling achy. I checked my temperature and, sure enough, I had a low-grade fever. I sent Paul to the store for Cold-Eeze, because Cory swears by it and I really need to not be sick--as we all do. When he came home with this package of what looked like cough drops, I told him he got the wrong thing and actually sent him to another store in search of what existed only in my imagination. Fortunately, while he was gone, I looked Cold-Eeze up on the Internet and discovered that he had, indeed purchased the right product. I sheepishly called him & admitted my mistake.
I decided I had nothing to lose and stuck a lozenge in my mouth. They taste great--better than cough drops! By the time I was done editing the audio files, my fever was gone and with it, the sore throat. I'm not getting paid to say this, and Cory knows nothing about it either. This morning I have a slight runny nose, and I'm sucking on more of these things in hopes to be rid of that too.
I think the trick of taking this medicine is taking it within 48 hours of your first symptoms. If you start to come down with a cold, give it a try. It might just work for you like it did for me.
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