What do you do when you are sick or have a cold?
06-09-13 | 05:58 AM
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Hey that's a great way of looking at it. And come to think of it, I can't remember my last cold or fever! And I'm 52 years old.
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06-09-13 | 08:12 AM
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CJ, for the past couple of years anyway I just ride in if I'm well enough to be at work. I didn't come to it deliberately. My habit is out the door quickly, 20 minutes from waking up and I'll be halfway there before I realize that maybe I should have stayed home. But, sometimes the ride seems to actually help.
I agree with you about the bus. Even if I didn't mind it at the best of times, there's no telling what you might catch there when your immune system is already hammered.
I agree with you about the bus. Even if I didn't mind it at the best of times, there's no telling what you might catch there when your immune system is already hammered.
06-09-13 | 03:49 PM
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Correct answer.
06-09-13 | 03:50 PM
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06-11-13 | 10:50 AM
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Well it turned out after I posted the question I was wicked sick and laid up at home for two days and still have a residual cold lingering on to this day. So I shall now go by the philosophy that if I am too sick to ride then I am too sick to work.
BTW I have been driving this week as the cold/sick has me still darn weak and wobbly
BTW I have been driving this week as the cold/sick has me still darn weak and wobbly
06-11-13 | 12:51 PM
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Depends on the severity of the illness.
For most, ride anyway. Or go for a nice, long run.
The cardio helps clear the crap out of my pipes and gets the metabolic furnaces fired up.
Drink lots of water. And Emergen-C or vitamins a,c,e, b complex supplements.
For most, ride anyway. Or go for a nice, long run.
The cardio helps clear the crap out of my pipes and gets the metabolic furnaces fired up.
Drink lots of water. And Emergen-C or vitamins a,c,e, b complex supplements.
06-11-13 | 10:10 PM
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I didn't realize it until reading this but apart from my seasonal allergies, since I've begun bike commuting, I've never been sick. Although when I was sick before commuting, I did find that if I was well enough to be mobile, a short bike ride made me feel a lot better. I think it just has to do with getting the juices flowing and breathing in fresh air, it's gotta be better for you than just sitting around in the stuffy indoors.
06-12-13 | 05:34 AM
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I felt lousy yesterday but rode anyway. I was not sure if it's bad allergy or somthing else. Well, it was a terrible 30 miles ride back from work as breathing was really difficult. It felt like I was sucking air through a straw. Got, took a shower and bascially crashed in bed. Woke up and still feel lousy this morning even though breathing is a bit better, I took the bus to work. The lung feels like it's full of phlegm. Now that I think about it, that sounds like hay fever.
