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[oyceter]

OMG. I have been down with this stupid cold for a good week now, after trying to sleep it off Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, and I am still tired and stuffed up and my throat hurts so much sometimes that I dread swallowing. I just want to run around flapping my hands at it telling it to just let me get better kthxbai. Or at least let me breathe unhindered?

In other news, I wasted the entire weekend by sleeping through most of it and reading trashy books when I wasn't sleeping.

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[telophase]

I've been running around saying this to everyone, but it really transformed my colds: perhaps try a humidifier running at night? If the pain is in part due to breathing in dry air, the humidifer will help (although if it's from drainage or just random other cold things, perhaps not).

ETA: My coughs went from horrible hacking for weeks post-cold, to less-horrible hacking for a few days post-cold. I can't say about the sore throat, because none of the colds I've had since I got it have had a sore throat more than one or two days. I cannot say if that is due to the luck of the draw, or the humidifier, but it makes me think it *might* help you.

[oyceter]

Oooo. Maybe will try that if I can find a cheap humidifier...

[telophase]

I forget how much mine cost ($30ish? $35?), but I remember being confused at the variety of machines - vaporizers, nebulizers, humidifiers. The humidifier I got is a simple one that sprays an invisible mist out all night long, but can't do menthol additives or anything like that (that would require a vaporizer, I believe).