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Complementary Medicine / Re: Have you tried Ice for curing cold sores?
« on: 27/10/2008 21:35:54 »
To get a cold sore is the worst thing in the world. now that sounds so over the top but when you get one, it really is the worst thing in the world. I constantly bite my lips and lick over the top of them in fear of a small bump..........and 95% of the time, there is nothing there. But on that odd occasion, usually when something I am really looking forward to is on the agenda, there is that horrible, awful, sinking feeling and the thought of 'here we go again' and then my mind races ahead for the next ten days to check the calendar in my head for any social appointments. If there are social appointments, they will be promptly cancelled with the excuse of 'no money' or 'have got the flu'.... letting people down is the least of my worries because for the next ten days, my confidence is zero and my contact with the outside world is kept to an absolute minimum. When that contact comes along, the wipe of the nose or the turn of the head are the things that kid you into thinking the other person cannot see what's growing on your mouth, but they obviously can because if it was you looking at you, then you would definitely see the thing and you would also think it was disgusting and vile. So how can you expect anyone else not to notice it or think those things when you think them yourself? So, what about being proactive? OK, so it's straight to the chemist to buy some compeed colsore patches cos they are the only thing that can prevent a minging scab from forming and don't bother with zovirax or anything like that cos it's a waste of money and time. the colsore patches cover the colsore up so therefore prevents spreading and like i said prevents a scab from performing. you'll still get the bump and the 'elephant man' complex but it will normally be gone in ten days flat.... can i ask a question? why couldn't colsores be on your back or legs or something that can be hidden easily? they really couldn't be in a worse place in terms of confidence zapping inconvenience.... oh, if you wanna take some tabs to help prevent them, get 500mg L-lysine tabs, they are an amino acid and are pretty good but don't think they will guarantee not getting them but i am told they do help so will try anything myself!! no one will ever understand the psychological effects that a colsore has unless they suffer themselves and there is no point trying to explain either. just get your colsore patch on and phone in sick for ten days and bolt the door then everything will be fine.......if only life was that simple. If i was a millionaire i would seriously do that because i would rather not see anyone at all then let them see me with a colsore. Maybe there should be a club where people go when they get colsores, where they go and live for about ten days and can bolt the door behind them so no-one can come in and see them. there could be supplies and colsore treatments available along with food and beer to make them feel better....then when healed, they can be let back into the outside world where they can be themselves again. I don't know about anyone else bu i really cannot be myself when i have got a colsore, I am a completely different person. I am normally friendly, confident and talkative and very sociable but give me a colsore and I turn into a hermit. Anyway, please God may I not have any colsores or any colsores forming is my prayer every nite and so it will continue for ever more.