bluegardener4 said:Hey everyone,
I’ve got this one issue I’ve been hesitant to bring up here... It seems pretty straightforward in theory, but honestly, I have no clue how to fix it or even just take the edge off...
I catch colds constantly—sore throats, coughing, that whole deal. I don't get the actual flu (at least I don't think so), and I don't deal with joint or muscle aches or anything like that. But man, any little gust of wind or—God forbid—stepping outside with damp hair, and I’m out for the count with a cold.
There are times when I’m being super careful, bundling up, staying warm... but the second I catch a chill from the weather, it hits me—either a sore throat, a low fever, a cough, or just the whole miserable package at once.
Since my job carries a lot of responsibility, I can't exactly afford to just curl up in bed at home, so I end up taking antibiotics quite often to deal with all this. Obviously, I'm not just self-prescribing 🙂
If I had to guess, I probably go through a course of antibiotics about 6 or 7 times a year—Amoxicillin, Erythromycin, Augmentin, whatever they're calling it lately...
I should also mention that maybe my diet is part of the problem—specifically the fact that I never eat salads or anything green...
Any advice would be much appreciated.
It sounds like you’ve clearly got a weak immune system. I know because my cousin is exactly the same way—she won't touch anything green ☕ until she finally saw her doctor, who gave her a serious earful. She started eating salads, cucumbers, cabbage, tomatoes, you name it, and she improved a ton. Now she only gets sick once or twice a year. So yeah, eat some veggies. And, uh, just so you know, you don't actually get a cold from the wind or the cold itself, it's always a virus :P good luck! 😉