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    Default I have yucky cold but I must work... What to do ?

    Usually I just tAke off until Im feeling better but due to some changes of the financial structure of my household that just isn't an option. Does anyone have any tips? Im alreDy drinking plenty of fluids and spending the day in bed. Im taking Airborne and vit c and drinking echinacea tea. I've never been to work under the weather. It's really gonna suck with smoke and having to talk loud over the music and appear energetic when I feel like a slug but I have to do it. Anything I can do to make my 6 hrs any less hellish?

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    Default Re: I have yucky cold but I must work... What to do ?

    benedryl makes me super sleepy. Its actually in Tylenol PM.

    I'd go for Sudafed. And Caffeine. Looootttsss of Redbull.

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    Default Re: I have yucky cold but I must work... What to do ?

    take a boat load of vitamin c. Stay away from caffeine, it will make you worse. Drink tons of water, & don't drink alcohol.

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    cough drops if ur throat is sore, lots of handwashing as to not get others sick....i mean its a cold, no biggie. def try over the counter day time cold/flu meds. def vit c as well like others have mentioned. plenty of rest and fluids! sounds like u r on the right track but if u still feel very under the weather just take one day off.

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    Default Re: I have yucky cold but I must work... What to do ?

    Bring a water bottle with you and carry it.
    Take Vit C and E before you leave.
    Dont take Benadryl as it would make you sleepy and is not for colds but allergies... dont take anything w/ Diphenhydramine hydrochloride as it would make you sleepy
    take Tylenol Pm/flu/cold anything with Acetaminophen as the main ingredient, every 3-4 hours, or whenever you feel shitty again
    Bring a strong cold drops with you, such as halls.

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    Day quil works great.
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    coconut butter (or oil-- make sure it is virgin and raw... look through other threads). artisana makes a delicious coconut butter (and their oil is good too). Coconut butter/oil contains a lot of lauric acid, which is the chemical found in breast milk that helps keep a babies immune system strong. whenever i get sick, i eat a lot of coconut butter and i get better a lot faster.

    however, it is fattening, so only eat a lot when you are sick. if you take it as a supplement otherwise just limit yourself to a small amount. but when i get sick i load up on a lot more than i would otherwise.
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    customer: hmm... nah actually i will take the shotgun marriage. At least then we would be having sex.


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    Default Re: I have yucky cold but I must work... What to do ?

    I was thinking Dayquil, Orange Juice.

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    Drink 1/8 cup Braggs organic raw organic apple cider (you can find it at Sunflower or Whole Food) w/ 1 tablespoon baking soda in a glass of distilled water. Cepacol makes the best cough drops. Use Simply Saline nasal spray--- both can be found at Walgreens. Drink a liter of Smart Water. It's distilled and it has electrolytes. Eat organic bananas, apples and oranges.
    And if you sound congested just tell the guys that you were doing too much partying the night before. No one wants to buy dances from a sick girl. If you are a caffeine addict like me try drinking organic yerba mate tea and green tea instead of coffee or red bull.
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    Default Re: I have yucky cold but I must work... What to do ?

    Oh how I have been there too often. Take lots of vitamin c, drink lots of orange juice, keep cough drops and tissues available as well as hand sanitizer. Dayquil works wonders, even the off brand will do. If that does not help Sudafed or Mucinex DM are some pretty amazing otc meds that are very helpful and I agree with Anna-take a nap before going in. And when you shower there are tabs I believe you can get still that smell like eucalyptus to help clear the nasal passage. And that reminds me...Vicks vapo rub! I know it smells strong but use it at home.





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    Run a hot sink and stick your face over the steam - put a towel over your head if you have to. Do it right before work and massage your sinuses. Then (this is the gross part), just let the mucous drain out - blow your nose or whatever.... just let it loosen up and get it out. It will make you sound less like you have a cold in front of the custies.

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    buy a neti pot!! i get sinus infections all the time (like once a month) and 2 months ago i had one and my doctor put me on THREE ANTIBIOTICS and none of them helped. the neti pot is the only thing that can clear up my sinuses and get me feeling better. im gonna start using it every day to prevent sinus infections.

    also, take a day off and rest rest rest... the way i look at it... i'd rather take 1 night off and be good to go hard after that, then push myself and send myself over my limit and be out for a whole week cuz i pushed myself. i'd rather take off 1 day than a whole week for pushing myself too hard. that's just me though and it depends on how sick you are...

    but i recommend the neti pot and also a nasal spray to clear up your nasal passages. that is half the battle. lots of rest, fluids, and nutritious foods.

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    Default Re: I have yucky cold but I must work... What to do ?

    Ok; take zinc. Think the dissolve-in-your-mouth tablets. Use those little homeopathic nose q-tip things. They're gross, but they work. If it's a headachey one, go for dayquil. If it's a slimey one, go for mucinex. Use neosporin under powder on your nose if it's cracked from blowing it (weird, but it happens a lot). Altoids both to help congestion and that "sick smell".
    Sorry for the run-down, but I'm a pro at working with a cold (or allergies).
    Good luck!

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    Also . . . it helps to go into work with the intention of infecting every douchebag customer in the joint by dancing for them. I hustle so hard when I'm sick, I even manage to hide being sick better with this mindset. It's like I have a secret weapon that I'm unleashing with a smile . . . and they'll never know it was me. ETA: it's kinda like being on your period.
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    Default Re: I have yucky cold but I must work... What to do ?

    @SpeakingEZ: are you serious? That's so mean!

    I can't help but ask, do you do anything specific or special to try to give them your cold, and have any ever realized it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by minxxx View Post
    @SpeakingEZ: are you serious? That's so mean!

    I can't help but ask, do you do anything specific or special to try to give them your cold, and have any ever realized it?
    I'm serious. If I didn't give myself the goal of infecting a customer, I wouldn't have been able to get myself to go hustle. And I meant infecting them by giving a lapdance. Being close enough to breathe on someone will pass along a cold no problem. Some noticed I was sick, but none ever thought that I was trying to get them sick, too. "Why would the nice, pretty girl be trying to do something like that? That's just silly!!" Pft. Fuck them all up the ass. I hated 99.99% of customers with a passion. Pretending to like them made me hate them more. Can you see why I left the industry recently?

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    Yeah I hate 99.9999% of customers in a strip club as well and almost as many girls that work in them. I wouldn't mind getting them all sick and watching them continue to smoke and drink with a cold..because I know they would.

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    you know those people, ahh im so sick but i cant stop snorting up what little room i have in my nose. i cant go 5 minutes without a cigarette even though im coughing up blood..yeah wtf?

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    Quote Originally Posted by miamia4me View Post
    Yeah I hate 99.9999% of customers in a strip club as well and almost as many girls that work in them. I wouldn't mind getting them all sick and watching them continue to smoke and drink with a cold..because I know they would.
    I gave all my coworkers the flu once (and probably many customers directly and/or indirectly). It's my greatest accomplishment in this regard.

    Just to clarify, I only call it an accomplishment because no one believed me that I was sick that day and management acted like they were doing me this huge favor by letting me go home early.

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    SpeakingEZ - you and me are too much alike. They deserve it : filthy cheating bastards.

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    i agree with vitamin C - like mega doses of it - ie, 2000-4000 mg, trust me it works. also loads of water!

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    Neti pot

    BIG thermos of Chicken broth with garlic and salt to taste. I would suggest the broth from a box, like at Trader Joe's.

    Another BIG thermos of hot tea with lemon and honey. I find mint and cinnamon teas to be helpful.

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