So I'll take this opportunity to put in a plug for Vitamin D supplements ...
Philly winters tend to be damp and chill. I was prone to chronic respiratory congestion, and a seasonal cold episode was the norm. In 2008, I came down with the flu, which left a good case of bronchitis in it's wake, and that ultimately worsened into a rather nasty pneumonia.
Following that bout, my MD (who's a common-sense kinda doc), suggested I start taking 2000 IU of Vitamin D daily (citing recent studies showing a strong link to respiratory health).
He'd never recommended a supplement to me before (aside from fish oil capsules), so I took him seriously. Since starting a daily Vit D capsule, the chronic congestion cleared and I haven't had so much as a cold since.
Take this under advisement. If winters tend to be challenging when it comes to your health, google the subject.
You can start with an NIH abstrct, "Vitamin D and Respiratory Health" http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2759054/
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, Tabbycat wrote:
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> Glad to hear you got waylaid, if not so happy about what by. The whole country's got roving bands of nasty bugs making the rounds, making me feel like staying inside till spring. You might be safer in Montana.
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