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I'm not feelin' too good myself...

I moan. Do not discount it. A good 5 minutes of out-loud moaning every hour or so works wonders. Take deep breaths and slowly moan in a medium-low register. I usually keep my mouth closed, unless my sinuses are clogged, because it's easier to control the flow of air, but you've got to make the noise - not just controlled breathing.

It works wonders. You'll just have to try it.

Edit: Bonus - it gets you sympathy from people around you, at least until they can't stand to listen to you anymore. So I guess it's a double bonus.

No doubt about it: moaning is the way to go. I'll sometimes go literally days with nausea (Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome), seemingly non stop... but the deep breathing moaning somehow helps. It will totally make you a pariah to anyone else in the house, though. Double bonus indeed, because those healthy people should suffer too... and get the hell out of the house so you can moan in peace. Otherwise, they get so pissed off that they force you into a car and take you to the hospital where you've been before and they have all run out of tests to give you; but that doesn't stop them from doing more-- poking and prodding you, putting die in your veins, wheeling you around to rooms each with a horrible loud machine in it that tells them there's nothing wrong with you. Maybe the IV saved my life a couple of times 20 years ago. These days, I prefer to suffer in the comfort of my own bedroom/bath. Now, Stumbo was pretty hard headed until he went in... I gotta respect that.
Fnord!
 
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These days, I prefer to suffer in the comfort of my own bedroom/bath. Now, Stumbo was pretty hard headed until he went in... I gotta respect that.
Fnord!
Yeah, that's true but since I had two similar bouts within the previous 6 weeks that ended up being nothing, I thought it was the same thing. It wasn't.

I did visit the doc the next day when the shingles rash showed up.

I'm 3 weeks in and on the tail end but it keeps dragging on, little by little going away.

I got the anti-shingles vaccine a few years ago. Doc said it could have been two or three times as bad.

Get your shingles vaccine when you qualify!

Thanks to all my TB bros for your support.:thumbsup:
 
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I've been feeling less than stellar lately too, however I suffer from allergies and also the constant weather temperature changes that have been happening this Winter so far in my location has not helped either.
 
I've been feeling less than stellar lately too, however I suffer from allergies and also the constant weather temperature changes that have been happening this Winter so far in my location has not helped either.
For some reason I’m glad to know this yo-yo winter weather isn’t exclusive to the Northeast. Man, I can’t keep up! Stay well.
 
For some reason I’m glad to know this yo-yo winter weather isn’t exclusive to the Northeast. Man, I can’t keep up! Stay well.
Well it was close to around 50 over this last weekend, then went back into the 20's for a day, the last couple was in the 40's now back to the 20's/30's for the rest of the week here.
 
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Rats, it appears as though my near 3year streak free of catching a cold (or worse) is coming to an end. I'm definitely feeling some kind of respiratory weirdness going on between the throat and lungs that started a few hours ago, and seems to be progressing.

Although it's NEVER really a good time to happen, I'm in 2 bands that both have a gig this weekend, and I'm actually making my singing debut with Band#2 on Saturday (1 song call and response vocals on a B-52s number ... I'll be doing the Fred part.) Voice isn't even that good when I'm at 100%... even the rubber ducky in the shower cringes if I sing in there.

I'm hoping it's a false alarm,as I have had a couple of those these past 2-3 years, but no matter what ... it should be an interesting weekend!

Stay warm and dry everybody
 
Rats, it appears as though my near 3year streak free of catching a cold (or worse) is coming to an end. I'm definitely feeling some kind of respiratory weirdness going on between the throat and lungs that started a few hours ago, and seems to be progressing.

Although it's NEVER really a good time to happen, I'm in 2 bands that both have a gig this weekend, and I'm actually making my singing debut with Band#2 on Saturday (1 song call and response vocals on a B-52s number ... I'll be doing the Fred part.) Voice isn't even that good when I'm at 100%... even the rubber ducky in the shower cringes if I sing in there.

I'm hoping it's a false alarm,as I have had a couple of those these past 2-3 years, but no matter what ... it should be an interesting weekend!

Stay warm and dry everybody

Sorry to hear this. I'm also coming down with a cold, which is rare for me. Same situation. Two shows, one Thursday, one Friday. Singing harmonies on Thursday, singing Patsy Cline on Friday. Hopefully better by then. Colds suck. Benadryl knocks out all the runny nose stuff, but dries me out. Better than snorting on stage, I guess.
 
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