Gordon, There is certainly nothing wrong with your approach. After all, there are more germs out there than just the cold virus. Ned Swift Lowell, MI >From: gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com> >Reply-To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> >To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> >Subject: Stopping colds in their tracks! >Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 16:27:08 -0800 (PST) > > > The doctor stated that if you can stop the > > inflammation of the nose lining, > > the virus will die off without multiplying in > > sufficient numbers to infect > > the body. His suggestion was to supply the troops > > with Ibuprophen as it is > > an excellent anti-inflammatory. At the first > > sniffle or sneeze, they are to > > take it twice a day until the sniffle or sneeze > > stops. > > > > I have been do this for about 5 year now and have > > not had a cold since. > > FWIW. > > > > Ned Swift > > Lowell, MI > > > > WoW! That's really great advice, Ned! But I still >think that keeping your mouth clean really helps, too. > If I go into a place ( or piano ) that's really >filthy---so filthy that I can taste it in my mouth- I >realize that some airborne cooties are reproducing >there, eating whatever food particles are in my mouth. >If I let them, a "film" quickly grows on the teeth >that one can feel, as bacteria can reproduce 1,000,000 >fold in five minutews (so I've heard). I believe that >by brushing, flossing and rinsing with a good >mouthwash ( repeatedly if necessary) one can stop this >enlarged colony before it travels down the throat, to >the lungs, and into the nasal cavity. I tried ignoring >this regimen just once last year,after getting a good >"Whiff of Hippie", and was ragingly ill for 3 weeks! >It started with a sore throat and was soon in my head, >chest, etc.. NEVER AGAIN! > Thump > > > > > > > > > > > > > Tuned a nice upright today. A William > > Steinberg, > > > > made in Germany. What > > > > wasn't nice was my head throbbing from a cold. > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection > > with MSN 8. > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: >https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more >http://taxes.yahoo.com/ >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
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