Immunity System Plz!

June 13th, 2008

One healthy immunity system to go, please. 8| I've been sick since coming back from my mini-holiday and I am so tired of it! It's some kind of sinus cold and it's been hovering at the stage where it isn't bad enough to make me truly miserable but it hangs on annoyingly in the background.

I never really get sick either. Maybe five or so times a year. My mom will always swear that it's because she breastfed me as a baby, TMI, which resulted in my normally healthy immune system. While I don't doubt that's a fact, it still doesn't make the experience any better when I catch something. :( Because when I do...it is killer! No joke, it's always some weird virus that leaves me rolling around in agony, buried in tissues and guzzling orange juice.

Sickness!

However, this is one of those rare occasions that my sickness is just chillin' in the background. Like a ho' on the street. A dirty little ho' of a cold. It pesters me constantly and demands my time! It doesn't seem to understand the meaning of GTFO. These small colds also make me act a little silly and say weird things, as you probably have noticed. :P

So, a remedy! Right now I am trying out something I never have before: Zicam! Normally I just take whatever random sinus/cold medicine is in the cabinet. But my coworkers rave about it (and sternly threaten me to at least try to not spread this around) so I went out and got a box of the "Cold Remedy" gel swabs. You pop out one swab at a time and swipe the inside of your nose with the gel and that's it. Seems to be working alright so far. It has "lessened the severity" for sure, but this whole chillin' thing is annoying.

I wanted to be better by the weekend because...I want to get my nose pierced! :D Yes and a second tattoo. Hopefully that doesn't shock anyone. :P I don't describe my current piercings and tattoo in any pages on my site, although I probably should. But I would hate to get my nose pierced and then be in pain every time I sneezed. :(

If I'm feeling better by tomorrow then I will go and get it done. :D The tattoo I might hold off on, because although I know what I want to get I just don't know where I want it to go yet. :P But I've been thinking about the nose piercing for a year or two and figure I'd better do it now while I am still young and "free". XD

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Sarah Jun 13, 2008

Aww, I hope you feel better soon. Everybody seems to be sick. :(

Kristina Jun 13, 2008

Get well soon =]

Hmm… must look into this stuff. My dad’s caught a chill.

Hev Jun 13, 2008

Get better soon. I don’t think you want to get your nose pierced while you have any chance of getting an infection in the new hole & while you are sick or getting over being sick I would think that would be a risk, but I am not sure. The only thing I have pierced is my ears.

Another piercing & tattoo? Ooh, where are the others. I am curious now. Please tell me. Oh & what the tattoo is. Unless you are not comfortable telling me where.

Shen-Shen Jun 13, 2008

Ew, being sick sucks! :(

Zicam sounds interesting haha, although I think the best thing to do would be to drink lots of chicken noodle soup and water! When I’m not sick I drink less than 3 bottles of water a day, but when I’m sick I drink about 10, haha.

And Ricola cough drops are amazing!!

Melissa Jun 13, 2008

Another piercing & tattoo? Ooh, where are the others.

I do need to describe them in my about section, hehe! My ears are pierced twice in the lobes and once in the cartilage of my upper left ear. I also have my belly button pierced.

My tattoo is of a sun with a spiral in the middle. :D The sun is my symbol. :) It goes hand-in-hand with my common online alias, Kirako, which is Japanese for “Child of the Sun”.

http://flickr.com/photos/kirako/491815/

Ang Jun 13, 2008

are you sure you don’t have allergies? Don’t worry too much about the nose ring, it really isn’t sore more than a day. I have mine done and I always have a runny nose. I found a ring is more manageable than a stud.

Melissa Jun 13, 2008

are you sure you don’t have allergies?

I’m pretty sure I don’t. Chaz has crazy allergies and has been sniffly ever since Spring rolled around. But I just became sick after this weekend and I don’t think anything I’m normally around has provoked a reaction. It’s a good thought though.

I found a ring is more manageable than a stud.

I’ll keep that in mind! I hadn’t 100% decided whether to go for a stud or a ring…I may have to do a stud though because of my work. They’ll be ok with the piercing as long as it’s not too noticeable.

Cristina Jun 13, 2008

Do you take any vitamins on a regular basis, and if so what kind? I have the exact problem with my immunity system. For a little over a year I’ve been taking a multi-vitamin plus an extra 500mg of vitamin C every day. The last time I had a cold was literally a year ago, and that’s because I skipped my vitamins for like 2 weeks.

So if you aren’t taking vitamins I’d strongly recommend doing so. It has helped my immunity system so much. I really hope you feel better though. Zicam is great stuff (I have the in-the-mouth spray cuz Joshua doesn’t like swabs) and it really works.

Yunia Jun 13, 2008

Hope you feel better

Arwen Jun 13, 2008

Zicam is supposed to be pretty good. I used to work with a girl who absolutely SWORE by it. I’ve never tried it - I’ve always sworn by Airborne. lol

Yos Jun 14, 2008

I always hate to get a flu of any sort… it makes my throat hurts bad…
DON’T YOU EVER COME BACK YOU STUPID FLU! XO
I seriously hate them :wah:
Get well ASAP Mel :dance:

Hanna Jun 14, 2008

I hope you get better soon :heart: , and get your nose pierced :cheer: (I have been planning that too).

I’m bit like you. I get sick really rarely, but when I get it’s horrible X( (though it won’t last long).

Aisling Jun 14, 2008

I SELL THAT TEA!! Come buy it from me next time, and you can use my 10% discount. :P

barbilee Jun 14, 2008

:wah: i hope you feel better
i have my thonhg(sp) periced and two holes in the right ear and 3 in the left i did the ears my self and plan on doing the 3rd hole in my right ear when i have the time hehe …. b4 my son was bron i had my belly dont ( i was thiner then) and i uses to have my nose and eyebrow. i want to get my nose redone when i get contacts and i want my eye brow done agen i loev that periceing …. i also want the snake bites but my teeth are to big i dont think it would look rigth but i think they are cute. no tatoos for me i want but i have a fear of neddles and all my perinces i do my self but the thoghn(sp) i would not canse thay :)

but i hope you feel better

Melissa Jun 14, 2008

Thanks for all the well wishes! Y’all make me laugh too. XD

Jessica Jun 14, 2008

You should really stop getting sick! Naw jk! I get sick every time the weather changes. I have severe allergies & it turns into something else because the germs think it is fun to make me suffer. Get better soon!

Lene Jun 14, 2008

I was breastfed to and I get horribles colds like once a month. Not fun!
Get well soon :3

Holly Jun 15, 2008

I hope you feel better soon! :D

Alexandra Jun 15, 2008

I’m getting a nose stud when I go to college this fall. Lemme know how it goes. XD

Susanna Jun 16, 2008

I’m sorry you’re not feeling well! *sending some hot soup and napkins*

I have never really thought about the immunsystem as a natural cause to breastfeeding or not. However I have the perfect examples as I have two daughters and one is never sick… I mean never… last time she had a cold was like for over 2 years ago, so I’m wondering if it’s something wrong with her ;-) My other daughter had trouble with sucking (due to her diagnosis Prader Willi) so I just pumped out milk for her during the first month (and gave her by tube through the nose). She, on the other hand is constantly sick (or so it feels…)

But I will keep my fingers crossed that you’ll get well soon!

Stephanie Jun 17, 2008

1. I’m sorry you’re sick. I find mothers to be perfect cures for such things… they bring you soup, constantly check in, etc etc… being sick all alone is so not fun, as I’ve discovered in college. You have to get your own medicine, wake yourself up to take it… just miserable. I pretty much have a constant cold from November to March, so I really don’t know what to tell you. But I do love chicken soup!

2. And wtf did Jem put you all up to? She’s denying all accusations, but I know she did something.

Melissa Jun 17, 2008

Thanks all. :D

And wtf did Jem put you all up to?

LOL. Um…nothing. >_> You should join the Q*Bee! XD

Stephanie Jun 17, 2008

LIESSSSSSS.

Melissa Jun 17, 2008

Alright…join the Q*Bee and the TRUTH WILL BE REVEALED. :D