{"id":628,"date":"2009-10-18T23:55:38","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T03:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=628"},"modified":"2009-10-18T23:55:38","modified_gmt":"2009-10-19T03:55:38","slug":"przeziebienie-a-common-cold-strikes-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/przeziebienie-a-common-cold-strikes-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Przezi\u0119bienie – a common cold strikes again"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m so sorry this post is late, but I have a very good excuse \u2013 I\u2019m sick. Totally and utterly sick. Not the new flu (thankfully), but the whole nine yards nevertheless: katar<\/strong> (runny nose), kaszel<\/strong> (cough), b\u00f3l gard\u0142a<\/strong> (sore throat) and everything else that comes with it. In other words \u2013 przezi\u0119bienie<\/strong> (a common cold) at its finest.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t eat much, can\u2019t drink much (which is bad, I know, because the first treatment option for a cold is to hydrate the body as much as possible) and I am generally miserable.<\/p>\n

But what can I do? This is the cold and flu season and we just need to get through it.
\nI\u2019ve tried various remedies and nothing seems to work. And as my dad is fond of saying: katar leczony trwa siedem dni, nieleczony \u2013 tydzie\u0144<\/strong> (runny nose lasts 7 days if treated, and a week if not). And since I\u2019m almost at the seven day mark, I hope I will get better soon.<\/p>\n

And in the meantime, I can honestly say I did what I could. I tried czosnek<\/strong> (garlic), probably the most vile food I\u2019ve ever met. I drank syrop z cebuli<\/strong> (onion juice), which along with garlic is something I don\u2019t wish upon my worst enemies. I consumed copious amounts of sok pomara\u0144czowy<\/strong> (orange juice), which did nothing but gave me acid reflux, and took more vitamins (witaminy<\/strong>) that has been clinically proven safe. And nothing.<\/p>\n

I drank zi\u00f3\u0142ka<\/strong> (herbal teas), ate ros\u00f3\u0142<\/strong> (chicken soup), snacked on grejpfrut<\/strong> (grapefruit), and felt like I was single handedly keeping the company that makes Fervex in business.<\/p>\n

And I wasn\u2019t a nice person to be around. But still, the doc said \u2013 nie ma gor\u0105czki, nie ma grypy<\/strong> (no fever, no flu) and I was felt to suffer all by myself.<\/p>\n

I know it\u2019s irrational to demand antybiotyki<\/strong> (antibiotics) for a common cold, but I just wanted to get something. Anything. Even if it technically shouldn\u2019t work, because the placebo effect alone can do wonders for a tortured patient. But no such luck, unfortunately.<\/p>\n

So now, if you excuse me, I have wi\u0119cej zi\u00f3\u0142ek<\/strong> (more herbal tea) to drink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m so sorry this post is late, but I have a very good excuse \u2013 I\u2019m sick. Totally and utterly sick. Not the new flu (thankfully), but the whole nine yards nevertheless: katar (runny nose), kaszel (cough), b\u00f3l gard\u0142a (sore throat) and everything else that comes with it. In other words \u2013 przezi\u0119bienie (a common…<\/p>\n

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