Yesterday that subject was also on dutch TV: the man-cold or the man-flu.
Testosterone makes us strong at the outside, but weakens our inner defenses.
Of course you (I - we) could take estrogen, but that makes us feel better once a year.
And make us feel worse every month.
BTW when TV-adds mention the one-week-a-month cyclus I often think:
dang, I must have missed out on her good week again!
I also only get sick a few times a year (only once, if the going is good) and I don’t like it one bit! I’ve been sick since Saturday night. It started with a bad scratchy throat. Then, it went on to runny nose and head congestion, then added chest congestion. Coughing and sneezing has been frequent. Mostly the coughing. General tiredness, achiness, and brain fog to top it all off! Here’s hoping you and I both get well soon! :confounded:
I used to get colds and flu's and killer migraines all the time until my wife finally convinced me to change my diet. I miss the potato chips, ice cream, cookies, fatty foods and junk food in general but not enough to ever go back. Just an occasional cheat once in a while with no harm done. The real downer was the headaches and I'm glad they are gone for good as they basically crippled me every time they came along.
When I lived down South and UK. winter was a blight. Shit weather. shit health.
last 46 yrs in Tropics. Suntan and sweat 10 months of yr. Perfect.
We NEVER get crook up here.
When I got “rotten” with the winter weather,
I found that a good night sweating it out overnight.
Normally did the trick.
Active wife fixed me every time. Sometimes a girlfriend (shhh) too.
Eat lots of banana’s. the potassium. fibre, and sugars do you the world of good.
I’ve been a vegeterian, as far as red meat and chicken concerned for 50 odd yrs.
Keeps you healthy.
Look at it from the bright side.
At this very moment your body is modding last year’s anti-bodies.
That is a works of a normal (I did not say healthy) body.
But it is a lot better than hearing the hazmat guy say: our pathologist found blood in your goo.
I tried a (lame) variation on what Dino Crocetti supposedly was told the last time he had a physical:
“I am afraid we found traces of what we think is blood in your alcohol”.
What about me? I am so full of anti-bodies that I wonder what the f… happened to all the bodies.
Poor old Raccoon
Get well soon,
Alcohol will kill those bugs,
Drink it down in lots of jugs.
This ancient remedy works for me…
A few shots of whiskey or other spirit works wonders.
First it numbs your aches and pains, then it cleanses the germs out of your system.
I think people were using this “medicine” long before paracetamol and cough mixture were invented.
I rarely buy any medications at the pharmacy.