2010 bride getting married in 2 months seeking advice

bridezilla2b Posted: Dec 20, 2009 10:12 PM

2010 bride getting married in 2 months seeking advice

What did you do to try and prevent getting sick ...

and even worse ....

gulp ... cold sores ..

anyone have advice?

nicopico13 Posted: Dec 20, 2009 10:13 PM

Re: 2010 bride getting married in 2 months seeking advice

Lots of vitamin C!!

emeraldlover Posted: Dec 21, 2009 08:29 AM

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Sleep.

springsandra Posted: Dec 21, 2009 08:51 AM

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Try to keep the stress to a minimum (I know, sounds impossible!). Just realize that you've done so much that this is the time to sit back, relax, and let it all come together...

But if you can't do that, sleep, vitamin C, and several spa sessions might be in order...

julesrbf Posted: Dec 21, 2009 09:36 AM

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I took vitamin C obsessively for the month leading up to the wedding. One of my best friends got married 20 days before me and I was a BM so it was SO IMPORTANT to me not to be sick AT ALL. And I wasn't! I got sick the day after we came back from our HM, so I'm OK with that!

GT143EA Posted: Dec 21, 2009 09:58 AM

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Try not to stress......too much

little34 Posted: Dec 21, 2009 11:50 AM

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rest and try not to leave everything to the last minute...I really busted my butt a month before the wedding to get everything that I could possibly get done and I really had very little to do the week prior to the wedding so that kept the stress down and more time for me to relax

gina409 Posted: Dec 21, 2009 11:52 AM

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try not to stress..lots and lots of vitamin c and water!!!!!!!

LoveyDovey Posted: Dec 21, 2009 12:35 PM

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sleeeeep!!!! lots of it!

also if youre prone to cold sores, I'd go to your doctor and get some medication, there are meds out there that can prevent them from happening.

PROBM Posted: Dec 21, 2009 12:52 PM

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rest and no stress pretend like you are not getting married thats what I did and i was good to go

coldasice217 Posted: Dec 21, 2009 01:08 PM

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I took vitamins, airborne, and drank lots of OJ, and I STILL got sick! I was sick on my wedding day...had a bad cold all week, but when I woke up that morning I psyched myself out of it and was decent that day except for a few times I had to blow my nose, but then on Sunday morning I went right back to being sick!

So I guess my advice is do what you can...but mind over matter is the best cure of all.

FinallyMrsB18 Posted: Dec 21, 2009 01:12 PM

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Nothing but making sure to get sleep & staying really hydrated. I had no problems.

halfbaked Posted: Dec 21, 2009 01:37 PM

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Take an Airborne! Or take any kind of cold medicine with an 'expectorant' in it. GOod luck!

JMBJPK Posted: Dec 21, 2009 02:09 PM

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Sleep!!! And exercise

VickiR510 Posted: Dec 22, 2009 02:30 PM

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I got so sick the week before my wedding from all of the running around. I loaded up on vitamins tylenol & water & lots of sleep. I was fine in 3 days. THANK GOD!

bridezilla2b Posted: Dec 22, 2009 04:06 PM

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Thank all of you ladies!

Great advice!

I am getting excited, nervous and crazy!

:)

glenisland09 Posted: Dec 22, 2009 04:57 PM

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vitamins, emergen-C and SLEEP!

Summertimegal424 Posted: Dec 22, 2009 05:54 PM

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LYSONE..its an over the counter vitamin, if you take that daily it prevents cold soars

MirabellaNYC Posted: Dec 23, 2009 10:06 PM

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I always take a multi vitamin every night.

The month leading into the wedding, I got lots of sleep, and took an Emergen-C packet once a day (the week of the wedding I had 2 a day).
Eat tons of fruits veggies and grains.
Green tea.

I walked around and used hand sanitizer like every 10 minutes.

I went to the doctor for a quick checkup like 5 days before.

It's a lot of steps but hey, it worked.
AND for the record, I get sick and catch colds all the time.

My mom gets cold sores-she went to the doc a month before and got the medicine and used it preventatively like a week or 2 before the wedding.

Good luck!

bride2be1012 Posted: Dec 24, 2009 01:03 AM

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Atleast 7-8 hours of sleep per night
A healthy diet of fruits,veggies, lean meats, grains, avoiding 'white foods' ( white bread/ flour, sugar etc) Avoid excessive amounts of alcohol. \
Excercise - even a short, brisk walk each day is helpful
A multi vitamin each day.
And a HUGE one: Frequent, frequent hand washing and avoid touching your hands to your face, mouth and eyes. Consider using disenfectant wipes on your cell phone and computer key board, door knobs, sink faucets etc. Basically anywhere that harbors germs that you touch all the time.