>I keep a prescription drug on-hand called
>"flumadine" which is an anti-viral drug. If I feel a cold coming on, I
>pop a pill (for 10 days). The Flumadine either aborts the virus or
>greatly diminishes the flu's effects.
Wow! Val, I didn't know that there was such a thing! Does it work
effectively? I will ask my dr. about it. I do get the flu shot every year,
and so do my husband and daughter. Since I've had the trach, I don't get
colds as easily or as often as I used to. It's probably due to a lot of
reasons--one being that now I can suction all of that yucky stuff out instead
of having it sit down in my bronchial tubes, growing more things to make me
sick. I also get my sleep at night, and that keeps me healthy too.
Bye for now,
Carol