Flu

[Monica Bhide]

I feel awful. Bad case of the flu... any ideas on what to eat drink to feel at least halfway human

[bleachboy]

Saltine crackers with grape jelly and Gatorade.

[Marlene]

Poor Monica Whatever you can keep down really. Saltines are good for a nauseous stomach and flat gingerale as well. Chicken broth, maybe some weak tea with honey?

[Jake]

Oh, how awful. I suffered with a terrible flu a couple weeks back. I existed on dry toast, weak tea and Gatorade.

I hope you feel better soon, get lots of rest.

[sparrowgrass]

Diet coke and toast.

Oh, wait, I missed the part about feeling human. Never mind. I am going back to bed.

[sandra]

orange or carrot (or both together) juice with lots of ginger -

matzoh ball soup

hot and sour soup

spicy things to burn it out...

feel better soon

[gsquared]

Hot toddys. Lots of them. Get better soon!

[Jaymes]

My family always enjoyed "vitamin C tea." You crush some vitamin C tablets and dissolve them in hot water. You can just drink it that way, or add a little sugar or honey. It's very soothing.

[Monica Bhide]

Thanks guys -- i feel so low. Rochelle.. come cook for me. Even getting a soda seems like a chore

[tryska]

rasam, silly girl.

Edited January 28, 2004 by tryska (log)

[Carolyn Tillie]

My father's Hot Toddies were a mixture of hot tea, a teaspoon of honey, a sqeeze of lemon juice, and a judicial splash of bourbon.

I was seven years old and thought it tasted nasty - but it somehow seemed to help....

Sleep, little one - and feel better soon!

[FistFullaRoux]

Any soup, but chicken works well, and any spice that you can take will help shake things loose. You may want to avoid tomatoes or really acidic stuff.

Plenty of fluids. Whatever you like, except dairy. As mentioned elsewhere, Gatorade, soda, tea - hot or cold with lots of lemon, or just plain water. My favorite trick when I had to be on the air, sick or not, was to hold a Hall's cough drop in my mouth, and sip hot water. The menthol, steam, and heat really work to clear the head.

Be careful on the Tylenol dosages, lots of new information coming out about the dangers of that.

Best wishes and feel better soon.

[Monica Bhide]

My favorite trick when I had to be on the air, sick or not, was to hold a Hall's cough drop in my mouth, and sip hot water. The menthol, steam, and heat really work to clear the head.

this sounds so good. I am going to try it now

[bloviatrix]

Go with bland foods. Applesauce always works. Stay away from caffeine (drink herbal tea). And soup, soup, and more soup.

Feel better soon.

[Richard Kilgore]

Apple juice (cider), water (lots), herbal teas, soup & saltines. I felt so bad recently that I could not tolerate cooking and resorted to canned soup, but it got me through.

[Lady T]

Plenty of liquids. Plenty of sleep. We'll supply the sympathy.

[Monica Bhide]

well -- fever is down. taste has gone to hell. campbells chicken noodle soup is what i had for lunch

yuck.. this feels so pathetic

been drinking a lot of fluids.. even plain water tastes awful

sorry to whine

[SobaAddict70]

I had to resort to endless amounts of noodle soups from our local takeout places.

Worked like a charm.

Also ginger tea, with lemon and honey. Boil some water, add a THICK slice or two of ginger, steep. Add lemon and honey to taste, sip.

Theraflu as well. And sleep.

Feel better soon!

Soba

[hillvalley]

I was sick for the month of December and feel your pain.

A few survival suggestions: Chamomile and peppermint tea.

When you can't think of eating any more chicken soup, try doctoring it up. Ginger, garlic, extra dill etc. to keep things interesting. Wonton soup is a great change as well.

Make sure you take care of yourself. Hang in there. It is awful and sucks but eventually it does go away.

[Pan]

I'm really sorry you got socked.

For the first week or so of my flu in December/January (ended about 2 weeks ago), I ate much less than usual and suffered from nausea. For that, I made chamomile tea and had an order of chicken soup delivered from the Polish diner around my corner or from a local Chinese place (roast chicken noodle soup). Peppermint tea helps with dizziness and is good for upset stomach if you're not really queasy. I didn't have fresh ginger in the house, but you probably know that eating ginger or/and drinking hot water combined with a good helping of ginger juice is good for the stomach.

After that week, I tended to have spicy food a lot, in addition to chicken soup (which I usually seasoned with some Sambal Oelek, an Indonesian hot sauce, or black pepper). I agree with tryska about Rasam. I also had Chili-Onion Uttaphams with extra chilis of the small green variety in addition to the longer dried red peppers, Korean Hot and Spicy Broiled Squid, Moroccan Chicken Tagines with Charmoula and Harissa, etc.

Feel better, and get all the rest you need.

[Monica Bhide]

Ok this is it -- I want my mom! Sad, she is so far away.. over 3000 miles

[FistFullaRoux]

Chin up, dear heart. Have yet another cup of tea, and find something on the tube to distract you. Or find a game on the 'net. I found that reading just makes me feel worse when I'm miserable (the whole head hanging down thing), so just find something mindless and space out. And medicate properly.

I have other things that make me feel better, but they are unrelated to food, so I will plead the 5th...

edited for typos

Edited January 28, 2004 by FistFullaRoux (log)

[bloviatrix]

Ok this is it -- I want my mom! Sad, she is so far away.. over 3000 miles

I know nothing can replace mom's soothing advice and sympathy, but think of us as your virtual mom. You can whine all you want, and we'll understand. (I've been taking care of a sick spouse for a week, I've got lots of practice).

[Pan]

Ok this is it -- I want my mom! Sad, she is so far away.. over 3000 miles

My folks were a lot closer but that only made it easier and less expensive for me to call them; no way in Hell would I have wanted them or any other loved one to get close to me and catch my flu, and at a ~40-minute subway ride, they aren't nearly close enough to shop for me, if I had needed that.

And while I didn't have my father or mother around to cook chicken soup for me, thank goodness, I had delivery!

Sorry about your husband, bloviatrix.

[Richard Kilgore]

Take it easy and don't try to get up and about too quickly. I managed to turn my flu into Pneumonia, which I can't recommend.