Sick Sickos - A place to post when you are ill

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Does it lose the carbonation when you heat it?

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If I’m at the point where I’m making actual beverages, it’s got to be some form of a hot toddy for me

Otherwise, hot tea and ginger ale are both nice. If I don’t have ginger ale, I’ll settle for 7-Up

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Something about getting drunk when sick feels really gross to me. I don’t mean I care if other people do it. It just makes me feel one step closer to dying.

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My mom always did a shot of Bailey’s when she was sick and swore that it helped? It makes me a little sick to my stomach thinking of doing that when I’m not sick.

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I never have enough to reach the point of drunkenness. I agree that would feel miserable

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I like to drink, but my tolerance is poopoo.

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Same here, all it takes is half a beer for me to get the swirlies sometimes!

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Bailey’s is my nemesis on account of it being involved in the one time I ever got blackout drunk in college. Just the smell of it turns my stomach now

Mine has cratered ever since I mostly stopped drinking several years ago, but I can usually do one single drink and be fine

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I had food poisoning for the first time recently and I played Stranger of Paradise for a little bit when I wasn’t sleeping or on the toilet.
It was quite possibly the worst I’d ever felt in my life!

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Maybe you should have played something else then!

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yes but it gains a lot of bite from the ginger and the phosphoric acid is good for your stomach.

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Next time I get food poisoning I’ll stay away!

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This morning I woke up with just the sort of mild blockage in the nose that goes away during the day but foreshadows a greater illness. Now it’s the evening and my sinuses hurt, my nose is running, I’m drinking an infusion with honey, and I’m going to bed early.

No surprise it’s pretty great in Pathologic 2, but someone else will have to explain why—I’m going to bed early

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Does stuff like Emergen-C and other like, ‘immunity shots(liquid)’ you can get at a bougie grocery store actually do anything?

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It’s basically a vitamin/mineral supplement. If you don’t get enough vitamins/minerals in your regular diet, it might make you feel better in general to replenish.

But in general, no. There are no established interventions to prevent colds or shorten their duration.

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yeah a hot whisky mac luxxed up with lemon and honey is a real treat when poorly (or just to get cozy)

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Who is the best video game health care professional?

  • Dr. Mario
  • Nurse Joy (Pokémon)
  • Dr. Baldhead/Faust (Guilty Gear)
  • Dr. Derek Stiles (Trauma Center)
  • Dr. Doom Jazz (Paradise Killer)
  • Ripperdoc Viktor Vektor (Cyberpunk 2077)
  • The Medic (Team Fortress)
  • Dr. Chakwas (Mass Effect)
  • Other (Write In)
0 voters
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Little story: I learned how to make a hot toddy from a student in the first ever class I taught as a GA. He was about 20 years older than me. I was complaining about a flu, and he was like, you should make a hot toddy, and I didn’t know what that was.

I’ve since said goodbye to alcohol, but it’s a wonderful drink.

Although, I’ve never thought about it until now, but I bet you could approximate one with some kind of tisane (am i using it right i’m trying). Maybe eleuthero with some lemon (or maybe brewed with lemon peel), cinnamon, and honey? Really I guess just replace whisky with eleuthero.

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For a virgin toddy, I’d replace the bourbon with something woody and spicy. Maybe some rooibos/honeybush and cinnamon?

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the goth doctor from P5

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