H1N1 Anxiety

Well…we are on the mend from H1N1 in my home. Two of our nine family members are still sick at this writing (one hasn’t caught it at all). Although it was certainly no picnic and I would have loved to avoid it…it wasn’t the devastation that you read and hear about. Everyone was quite sick for at least two hard days and several others (me included) we quite sick for about five hard days. More of us were less sick rather than more sick, though.

I’m glad to be through it and not have to live in a constant state of anxiety over getting it, though.

If you have not had it yet…here are a few tips I recently came across:

1. Wash your hands constantly.

2. Keep your hands off of your face. Stop touching your face except when you are eating or washing.

3. Gargle two times a day with warm salt water. This may be enough to kill H1N1 germs if you are infected.

4. Clean the insides of your nose with a warm salt water solution

5. Eat foods high in vitamin C.

6. Drink warm liquids during the day (coffee, tea, etc.). Same effect as gargling with salt water.

Stay well!