The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #55257   Message #858602
Posted By: Little Hawk
04-Jan-03 - 02:25 PM
Thread Name: BS: THANK YOU MUDCAT(S)!!!
Subject: RE: BS: THANK YOU MUDCAT(S)!!!
Nice going, day-liah! By the way, the cold you've been experiencing is probably at least partially a reaction to quitting smoking. Give your body a few days without smoke and it wakes up, says "Hey, time to clear out this garbage!" and starts de-toxifying itself by stages. That can lead to days or even weeks of hacking, coughing, runny nose, and so on. Keep it in mind. What we refer to as "sickness" is often a cleansing process, and a good sign of change.

The medical fraternity doesn't see it that way. They usually prescribe drugs to suppress the symptoms (and stop the cleansing).

The sooner your body clears itself, the better, and it usually knows very well how to do that, if given half a chance.

- LH