"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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It's been raging around here since before Christmas.

I saw it coming and started eating zinc + vitamin C lozenges before I got
it,
so my symptoms haven't been as bad as others around me that have had it.
It
has lasted longer than most colds, though: I'm on my eighth day today.

I got it over Thanksgiving. Got it bad. Got it so bad that I quit smoking,
even. Yup, it's been 7 weeks since I had a ciggy.

Anyway, a few days later, the wife started getting the same scratchy-throat
symptoms. I went to the local pharmacy and got her some zinc lozenges. She
sucked them as prescribed and, except for feeling a little "out of touch"
for one day, the scratchy throat was almost all she felt.

Bottom line is that I am now a zinc convert and have a supply handy for the
next symptom I feel.

--
Jim Fisher