Home made onion juice. Works, but seriously...gaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Urgh, just posting in this thread made me catch something too.
Not feeling too great ....

I don't use cough syrup. I don't even know anyone who does, not that I've asked anyone. In addition, I have one hell of a backlog so I think entering would be unfair towards others, so I won't enter. Instead, I will tell about the worst cough I've ever had just to make you feel better for not going through the same damn thing.

I became a military conscript in the beginning of 2010. It was abysmally cold and our barracks had poor air quality, so occasional coughing was quite common among us poor sods. I got a more persistent cough about a month into the service but didn't think much of it - figured it would end sooner or later on its own. Soon afterwards I got a sore throat that made coughing painful, so I went to see a military doctor person whatever. They weren't too concerned about my condition and only gave me nine 400mg or 600mg pills of ibuprofen (three days' worth, if you like). A week later I returned, told them my condition hadn't been improved and it might even have got a bit worse. Again I got nine ibuprofen pills which had as much effect as the first lot. I got more of the stupid white turds the third time I told them the cough and the pain were worsening. Looking back, I figure they probably thought I was just persistently trying to skimp on physical labour by getting a doctor on my side, which is something that many conscripts did, thus inadvertently delaying the treatment of those of us who were ill for real.

Things got from bad to worse when our unit took part in a few days' excercise in the woods. Since the doctors still weren't convinced I was genuinely very very sick, I had to go with the rest of the battery. By this stage I had trouble sleeping due to the pain caused by coughing, and later I became somewhat lethargic. I nearly collapsed in line but managed to pick myself up mid-fall and hold together until it was time to move out. Not feeling like skiing, or indeed doing anything else, I talked to my superior who couldn't convince anyone to have me sent to the hospital but did manage to get me into a motorized infantry unit for transport, and indeed I am eternally grateful to him for saving my dignity and possibly my life.

I can't remember what happened in the woods because I was getting increasingly delirious - and also distracted by the cough when I wasn't - but long story short, I was put on guard duty of all things for two hours. I was the worst guard in the history of warfare, coughing loudly into the night, painting the snow surrounding the foxhole red, knowing this was my ticket out of the woods. In the morning I found a lieutenant who, having seen I was coughing up blood, was kind enough to give me a lift to the hospital where the good doctor kindly wrote me a certificate that I could exchange for nine ibuprofens on my way out. I was livid. "See this sleeve? Green..." I said, coughed at it once, and continued "...red." She looked terrified, probably thought I had AIDS and was going to cough at her next or something.

Anyway, she sent me to a real doctor who diagnosed my one-month-old misery as a severe case of laryngitis and gave me pills that rid me of the sickness in two days.

Diabetic Tussin
is the worst
it has no sugar & no alcohol

i aint Diabetic but i had to take it due to other circumstances
at one time in my life...
i feel bad for people that have to take it
Robitussin isnt all that bad, in my opinion

Sadly, no. I could try to get something from our local aboriginal reserve, but I'd probably end up either extremely high or extremely dead.

I happen to like onions and garlic and eat them raw whenever I can. So this was a treat, thanks!

But no matter how much I like onions, this was still godawful...

I had this happen once with an antibiotic (don't remember the name). I think I drank hlaf a gallon of milk in under 5 minutes trying to get rid of the taste.

LOL If it doesn't get rid of the cough, at least I can drink until I forget I'm sick.

That sounds good. I bet it's similar to the Hydromel I had in Montreal once. I don't think I can get my hands on it around here, but I'll keep an eye out for it, thanks.

I meant I could actually decipher most of what was said on the Romanian page. Hurray for Latin based languages. Still couldn't find the syrup or anything similar to it though, which is odd, seeing as I'm in Canada and it's made of pine...

Well, you have plenty of suggestions here to make you feel better. ;)

Thanks for that! I need to remember that thread exists...

One month with laryngitis? I admire your patience!

I saw this a little too late. I'll get one next time I go to the pharmacy. My mother is diabetic, I feel obligated to try this stuff.


A few suggested Aspirin. I'm gonna assume they meant the tablets; I've never seen Aspirin syrup. I don't keep Aspirins around because, imo, they don't do shit, and I would end up eating them like candy. So I bummed one off an old lady while waiting in line at the grocery store checkout. They still have the same sour/bitter taste I loved as a kid.

Incidentally, the old lady suggested I try molasses with ginger and cayenne pepper, and use gin to chase it down. I used vodka since I'm out of gin. Thank God for vodka! That stuff was dreadful!

Next I tried Robitussin Cough & Cold Extra Strength. It's red, smells amazing, and tastes like berry/fruit punch with a nasty bitter medicine after taste. Tasted better than Nyquil, but neither were worse than the molasses or onion stuff.

Bucleys! That's what I usually use whenever I get a cold or just a sore throat from being outside on cold dry days. Tastes like pine needles mixed with ammonia and camphor. It's also thick, translucent white and looks like...yeah. It's disgusting, but it does sooth the throat instantly.

Later tonight, I"m going to try this...
Which for the moment sounds delicious.

I also have Benylin Cough & Cold and Tylenol Cold & Flu that I will try later. The poor cashier at the pharmacy probably thought I was a drug addict.

And now it's time to pick a winner! Back in a bit...

Congratulations! Randon.org has deemed you the winner! Pick your prize!

Also thank you everyone for all the suggestions and well wishes, you made my sick day much more fun! I'm now off to play games...

You know, if you want an alternative to syrup, just drink a shot of hard liquor(tuica, vodka, ouzo, whatever you can get) and then eat 2 teaspoons of honey and you'll be fine.

This giveaway was obviously rigged! As shown by the above quote, the winner was determined by using a non-existing site, which belongs to an obscure Frenchman hiding behind the name of a popular Indian! You have been caught!

;)

no worries...
hope you feel better

Aw dang, I lost...

Thank you for the contest and I hope you start feeling better soon.

Is there a price limit on the prize? I just didn't see it mentioned in the opening post. I just wanted to know if I'd be out of line asking for a $9.99 game instead of a $5.99 game.

random.org is surely biased against 59's, I'm sure of it!

Thank you for the giveaway mister Bad Heart, and congrats to the crispy one!

You caught me, I shall now go hide in shame...:P

No price limit, choose whatever you want.

ok then, i'd like Age of Wonders Shadow Magic.