My wedding is 22 days away and everyone at my work is sick!

Drink tons of water and orange juice and take Emergen-C!

Drink a lot of water. Once cold and flu season starts I take emergen-c almost every morning. I also take those zicam thing as soon as I start to feel crappy and it shortens the cold.

Water, wash your hands often , some people even wear a face mask

I second the Emergen-C. That always seems to work the best for me.

Cold-eze zinc lozenges the second you feel a tickle in your throat. I caught the office cold 2 weeks ago. My wedding is in 9 days and I'm 100% fine now. I also took mucinex during the cold so that I wouldn't have the lingering cough for weeks later.

View Quoted Comment Yes face mask !! If you feel comfortable wearing one to work.

I was my wash constantly and wear a face mask. Plus drink vitamin c and lots of other immune system supplements in order to make sure I stay healthy.

I was sick on my wedding day and I was running purely on adrenaline and didn’t even notice. The next day I was in urgent care on a nebulizer because there was so much fluid in my lungs!

I was SUPER concerned with getting sick the month of my wedding. I actually got my husband sick two months before, the weekend of his bachelor party, from a sickness going around in my office! I have those disinfectant wipes, I use them once a week on my computer, keyboard, work phone, cell phone, pens, tape, etc. and all around my desk. I wash my hands several times a day & use hand sanitizer. I took an emergenC packet several times a week the month of our wedding, and made an effort to wash our sheets & towels at least once a week, and vacuum & clean our house at least once a week. It worked for us! We also had a plan to go to urgent care the minute we felt sick just in case. I also drank a TON of water everyday.

Lysol everything. Bring some wipes to work and wipe your work station down each morning. Wash your hands religiously and use hand sanitizer throughout the day, especially after touching door handles or any shared equipment (like copy machines). If you keep a drink or eat lunch at your desk, keep it covered as much as possible and wash/sanitize your hands before eating or drinking. You can take the stuff they sell to prevent sickness, but honestly this is the best thing to do.

Here's the thing,

The symptoms of a cold can be caused by a bacterial infection (prevent with copious hand washing, wipes, not touching your face) or a virus. Hand washing will also work with a virus, but that's spread through the air, mostly. A mask *might * help but that's better for the people who ARE sick than for people who want to stay healthy. Unless the mask is rated for a certain size of microbe, the ones you can buy won't do much.

Get plenty of sleep, wash your hands, drink a metric ton of water, and eat healthy veggies (a bell pepper can have up to 4x the vitamin C as an orange), and take vitamin c. If you DO get sick, see if you can see your doctor within the first 24 hours of symptom onset. There's an antiviral that you can only get via prescription called Tamiflu. BUT it will only work if 1) you start taking it within the first 24 hours and 2) if it's caused by a virus, and not bacteria.

Good luck.

View Quoted Comment You're a true bridal soldier 😊

Oh! One more thing. If you DO get Tamiflu or any antiviral, nausea is extremely common. So if you're starting to feel sick the day before, I'd just take vitamin c and ride the wave. I'd rather have a cold than be nauseous on my wedding day.

I’m an elementary school music teacher so my immune system is basically in the military lol. I drink emergen-C every week and take vitamin D and a multivitamin daily. Helps a lot and if I do get sick it goes away much faster.

View Quoted Comment Lol thanks! I was also on my period during my wedding and crying everyday from dealing with a lot of family drama. I didn’t notice any of it on the day of the wedding and it was still one of the best days!

Tons of water, vitamin C (I take mine in the form of lots of orange juice), and Emergen-C!!

Now, if you start to notice any symptoms (runny nose, sore throat, cough, etc.), start taking Zicam (it comes in lots of forms--chewables, gummies, quick melt strips), and keep taking it every 3-4 hours until the symptoms go away. It can stop a cold in its tracks before it takes hold!

It really works, but you have to start it as soon as you notice symptoms, and keep taking it until the symptoms go away.

I'm so sorry this is happening. This is the kind of thing that happens to me before an important event. So, I'll have all that stuff on hand at least a month before my wedding. Good luck! Feel better!!

Zicam can work wonders especially if you start feeling sick. That will nip it in the butt real quick. Good luck!

Oh no! Sending prayers that you (and us all) don't get anything for the wedding!!!

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Yes exactly this. Get enough sleep. and wash your hands often