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    I'm just one of those people who is constantly getting sick. My whole life, as far as I can remember. It drives me nuts. I'm just angry and kinda depressed because this is my second cold of the year, and they always hit me pretty hard. I wanted to be able to work by tonight, but it's looking more like Saturday or Sunday even. This is awful! I can't sleep because I can't breath, I'm slowly getting my voice back, but I just feel so useless...My glands on my throat are all swollen. I just can't imagine myself going to work with a stuffy nose and scratchy throat. No way. But at the same time, I'm sick of missing so much work for this shit! If it's not my throat, it's my guts. I'm complaining, I'm sorry. It's just incredibly frustrating. I'd rather miss work for something like a vacation than mindless kleenex parties all by myself at home.

    What can a person do to boost their immune system? I'm fairly active, and I try to eat well...are there any specific vitamins I should be taking? My blood work from the doctor is usually fine, so I don't know.

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    i have the same problem...but i take centrum vitamins, fish oil vitamins, and there are these little drinks called "Dannon" and they say immune system on them...they are real small and u can find them in the cold yogurt section at the grocery store. drink one a day. the combination of this drink and the vitamins will help u alot...it did me!

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    Take vitamin C! I like to take it in the form of Emergen-C packets: it's a powder that you put it in a glass of water and it gets all fizzy. You can buy it in the health food or vitamin section at the grocery store. It has tons of vitamin C and also the B vitamins and some minerals and other things.

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    I have the immune system of a 98 pound weaking. My habits: L-Lysine (available in liquid for people with problem kidneys) Tonalin CLA, fish oil, always be hydrated, get extra sleep, daily Vitamin C supplement + very clean diet. I'm going to cut gluten out of my diet because of sugar sensitivity & other reasons. Oh, and no booze (waaaaahhh...)
    & Seriously, refuse to stress- anxiety weakens your consitution. Study Buddhism & yoga.

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    You and me both. I catch every cold that comes along and they fucking LINGER...man, it sucks.

    I do find that when I am taking better care of myself that I am better about not getting sick...but sheesh, I had some sort of stomach crud last month, and just this week got food poisoning. AGH.

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    this may sound stupid, but I dont get sick much... When i get off stage, I spray my $$ with Lysol and spray myself. i dont put $$ in my mouth and I use instant hand sanatizer regularly. MOney can hold a lot of germs and could be helping you get sick. also the stuff called airborne works really good to get rid of your cold.

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    Make sure you wash your hands a LOT, at work and all the time. Like the above poster says, money is filthy, and I don't know about you but I also shake a lot of hands at work. And the stage, pole, and rack also get dirty/germy from all the girls. Bars in general are dirty places! And an alarming number of people don't ever wash their hands thoroughly, it's pretty disgusting! Every time you wash your hands you should use soap and hot water and scrub every part of your hands for about 30 seconds. Don't just stick them in the running water for a second and think that's gonna rinse anything off.

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    I agree that keeping the money away from your mouth and also eyes will help. If you do floor work get yourself a light weigh rug to do it on and also wash your hands after using the pole. Keep your rear end covered when you sit on the chairs too to help keep break outs under control as any opening on the skin can potientually allow germs to enter.

    I suggest that you drink lots of purified water and take "OPCs" aka: grape seed extract or pine bark extract. Very powerful immune system support!!! Go to a high end health food store to get it. OPCs will knock a cold very fast. Most health food stores have helpful and knowledgable staff to help you find what you are looking for. I prefer grape seed to pine bark as I am sencetive to pine... Take good care think good thoughts too...

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    Thanks everyone. I am fairly conscientious about handwashing, especially at work. I never take bills in my mouth either. But I was always a sick little kid, before I worked in a bar. Really, being in the public at large makes me sick. It's pretty sad. I will try some of those OPCs Dixie, and thanks for your tips too Madmaxine. I am a stressed person! That would probably help a bundle to just eliminate that. Go figure after I have a shitty two weeks and suddenly am unable to sleep that I go and get sick as well. Stress probably has a lot to do with it.

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    I haven't been sick for at least three or four years at least not sick enough to stay home I guess I am lucky . I take an occasional muti- vitamin but really nothing else .

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    Cold FX or Swiss brand Cold Tek really does work. I know there was a recent writeup in the National Post that said it was placebo- who knows, maybe. I travel a lot, and planes + bad eating do a number on me. Since January I've gobbled that stuff down when I feel even a bit like I'm getting sick...and lo and behold, I haven't been sick.

    For your immunce system, vitamin C and zinc are the tops, I think.

    Oh, and Ecinacea (sp?) with Goldenseal...the tincture is best. I'm hit/miss with this, but at the very least, I think it shortens the length of colds.

    Olive leaf extract and oil of wild oregano are also common supplements for preventing infection.

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    1. Destress. Any way you can.
    2. Take multivitamins, C (ester C is better for your stomach), and an immune booster from the health food store daily. I get one from Sprout's that comes in liquid form in a small dropper bottle. Mix about half the dropper full in water or juice and drink. GOOD STUFF!
    3. Sleep regularly and fully. Try to sleep at the same time every day.
    4. Excercise.
    5. Eat a balanced diet.
    6. Drink plenty of water everyday.
    7. Research immune therapy. There is lots of info available and several methods you can try.

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    I was always a healthy person/mom until I got Lyme Disease last summer. I was put on course after course of heavy duty antibiotics that killed everything in my body and left my immune system open season for every sniffle, cold, nasty thing in the world. The doc forwarned me and I just been through my worst 10 months now. I have two small kids that didn't help bringing home everything.

    • Wash your bedding, towels, etc after a cold is done
    • Disenfect your phone especially if someone else uses it or before you use someone elses.
    • Check the travel section in the store for bottles and wipes for disenfecting..be careful though there is such a thing as overdisenfecting

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    Don't take echinacea for more than two weeks at a time. Over short periods it will rev up your immune system, but after a while it will actually wear your immune system down.

    Similarly, don't megadose with vitamin C for more than two weeks as it will stress your kidneys. If you do megadose with C, don't take a few grams twice a day, try to take a pill at a time more frequently. Otherwise you're training your kidneys to just excrete too much vitain C.

    Zinc interferes with vitamin C absorbtion and vice versa, so always take them 30 minutes or more apart.

    Like MySexyGear said, don't overdisinfect -- you immune system can actually get severely weakened by not being exposed to harmless and less-pathogenic germs.


    And remember, stress absolutely slaughters your immune system. Everything that you do to help your emotional well-being helps your immunity hugely.

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    try an immune building complex by shaklee(shaklee.net)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kharisma
    this may sound stupid, but I dont get sick much... When i get off stage, I spray my $$ with Lysol and spray myself. i dont put $$ in my mouth and I use instant hand sanatizer regularly. MOney can hold a lot of germs and could be helping you get sick. also the stuff called airborne works really good to get rid of your cold.

    kharisma
    great idea about the lysol. I also use sanitizer every time I get off stage. I also spray rubbing alcohol on the poles before I go on stage.

    I did get a horrible thing earlier this year that I fought for nearly two months. It wasn't from the club. It was from my ex boss in an office i was working in. She coughed and snorted all the time and claimed it was just allergies gone wild. Beeotch!! She would use my phone and I caught her damn "allergies".

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    I've always had a bad immune system. I take multi vitamines and excercise, etc. I really think it's the stressed. I've always been the type of person that stresses easily, even as a kid.

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    If you find the secret, let me know. I have the same prob. I get throat infections/strep constantly. I work part time at a daycare and I get whatever comes down the pike. I have an appt. with an ear/nose/throat specialist in a few weeks to see what he thinks. I am not against having my tonsils out at this point. They're not doing me any good, and may even be harboring nasty bacteria that makes me sick.
    I have had some luck with Airborne when I feel a cold coming on. I take them for about 2 days and have been able to avoid a full-blown cold.
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    (((circe221)))

    I hate to hear that you are considering having your tonsils out. The tonsils are a vital part of the immune system they make cells that destroy bacteria and viruses. I am hoping that you will help your body fight whatever is going on instead of assaulting it with surgery and anti-biotics.

    Almost all conditions can be helped by making sure you get enough good clean water to drink. Many sicknesses are about being dehydrated. If you drink alcohol this could contribute to your de-hydration.

    If you smoke anything this could also contribute to irrating the delicate mucus membrane tissues associated with the ears,mouth, sinuses, and eyes. If your body is producing mucus remember mucus is your friend it is a sign that your body is trying to get rid of something and that your body is making your own DNA brand of fighter cells to surround and get rid of what ever is attacking it.

    Disease cannot live in a healthy body. If a bacteria is living in your body it is because there is diseased tissue that the bacteria can live on.

    If you change diapers in the day care make sure you wear protective gear(gloves and a mask) and wash your hands throughly afterwards and dispose of the diaper in a container that is away from the common areas of the daycare. Because babies get vaccines their waste is very toxic....

    Refined sugar and white flour are the worst things you can put in your body at any time but, most especially if you are sick. Sodas, candy, pastries, white bread all these things actually stress your immune system and make it harder for your body to fight infection. Try doing without these things and see if you get better. Drink water instead of sodas or koolaid type drinks. The day care would be doing a great sevice to the children if they stop feeding the children these things and the children would be much healthier and so would everyonme that works there.

    Thanks for reading my rant...

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    Hi Dixie!

    Thanks for the info/support. I am so frustrated at this point because I feel that I have tried everything out there that would be considered "holistic" and nothing works.
    No diaper changing at work. The children are 5 years old and come there before a 1/2 day at kindergarten.
    I am a non-smoker, drink occasionally, and am a vegetarian. I do, however, eat a lot of what I guess would be considered "bad" carbs - sugar, white flour, etc. I drink almost exclusively bottled water and occasionally Vitamin Water or Gatorade when I am riding my horse and it is hot out.
    I take a good multi-vitamin and chewable vitamin C every day. I have tried echinacia, ginsing, and other "herbal" supplements that are supposed to boost the immune system.
    The throat infections have been going on since I was a young teenager - I am 28 now.
    My doctor tries not to prescribe antibiotics unless it is strep - which he determines with a throat culture. I would say that 80% of the time it is, in fact, strep.
    I have had my wisdom teeth out (after one got infected and that was suspected to be the cuprit) but no improvement.
    I guess I am just frustrated at being sick so frequently.

    I will hear what the ENT specialist has to say and go from there. I went to one before in my early 20's and he put me on a daily regimen of low-dose antibiotics. I did this for a few months (no infections) then stopped to give my body a break, and just never started up again.

    I don't know what else I could do. My family doc is against the tonsil removal as well, but he did say that it would be an option given the number of episodes of throat infections I have had.

    Any info/suggestions would be appreciated. I need all the help I can get!

    Thanks again!
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    never eat ANYTHING without washing your hands well. seriously, not even a few chips when offered. also, never touch your eyes, nose, or mouth unless you've washed your hands. this goes for biting your fingernails, scratching under your nose, rubbing your eyes, etc. i don't wash my hands 50 times a day or anything, but i'm telling you this advice works. of course, some flus and things can be caught through the air and are fairly unavoidable. however, MOST viruses are caught by transfering them from your hand. i used to get sick about 5 times a year on average (literally) and at least 2 of those times were with something really nasty.. the other 2 or 3 were typical colds. anyway, i started getting serious about not touching my eyes/nose/mout and about not snacking on foods without hand-washing and i *knock on wood* haven't been sick in 6 months. the last time i got sick was in january and it was with a nasty flu because i was sitting near someone at work who had it. flus are much easier to catch from the air. anyway... this is the longest i've ever gone without being sick. also, taking vitamins, drinking/eating "good for you" foods never hurts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by circe221
    Hi Dixie!

    . I do, however, eat a lot of what I guess would be considered "bad" carbs - sugar, white flour, etc. IThanks again!
    Circe
    Hi Circe,
    I just want to add that white sugar makes me sick faster than anything else. I'm off it for other health reasons and I haven't had one cold since(I used to get them every season).

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    (((circe221)))

    Have you tried gargling with hydrogen peroxide? Pour about 1oz HP and 1 oz. water and gargle with that a couple of times per day it should clear up your throat very quickly also you ought to keep your tooth brush soaking in hydrogen proxide and brush you teeth with it and it will keep your gums healthy and your teeth nice and white..

    Also you could get some tomtoe or v8 juice heat it up and add hot sauce, lemon, and a clove of garlic and drink it down while it is hot that should clear the congestion up right away...

    Chewable Vitamin "C" is very hard on the teeth I would rather see you doing one that is not chewable but, make sure it is the complete "C" complex. But, something callled OPC (it is a very long unpronounceable word for me anyway) OPCs are much more powerful than Vitamin "C". Go to a high end health food store to get it. Many health food stores have sales people who know how to ""Muscle Test" you to see which supplements are best for your body. I have seen many people get well from many things by using OPCs. OPCs are a very powerful anti-oxident.

    Also you might want to stop eating dairy and wheat products many people are sensetive to both with causes you to be congested.

    If I was going to try and guess what you really have I would say you have "candida" which is brought on by using anti-biotics, birth control pills, and environmental toxins...so you probally do need to eat "plain" yogurt (the vegetarian kind is great) to help establish friendly bacteria in your intestines. In the intines is the "Heart " of the immune system so it is very important to keep them healthy. Candida gets in the intestines and drives your immune system bonkers. Anyone who uses long term courses of anti-biotics most likely has candida. Sugar feeds candida so it is really important for you to get off sugar but, please leave the artifical sugar alone while you are at it... There is a book out called "The Yeast Connection" that has very valuable information on Candida probably most libraries have a copy if you do not wish to buy it.

    All this congestion and inflamation are symptoms that your body is trying to get rid of something if your co-operate with your bodies natural ability to heal you can probaly get well. A tonsilectomy for an adult is a very dangerous opperation. Mucus is your friend...My very best wishes go out to you. Remeber we are fearlessly and wonderously made!! You can get well!!

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    Oh BTW I don't think that ginsing is the herb you would use to help you fight this!!! The herb that I would use in your condition is "goldenseal" as it acts somewhat like an anti-biotic in that it kills mirco-organisims but you will want to use "PLAIN YOGURT" NO SUGAR OR FRUIT IN IT...as like anti-biotics it destroyes the friendly bacteria in the intestines.

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    My partner normally has a good immune system, but if she has more than a little bit of sugar in her diet, especially in fruit juice, her immune system drops through the floor. For a year the doctors kept testing her for AIDS . . . then she quit drinking orange juice, and her mysterious easy bruising and spots in the back of her throat went away.

    She has a rare form of hypoglycemia, and since her normal blood sugar level is lower than most people's, the tests did not uncover that it was high -- just "high normal."

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