The Domino Chick

Germ-o-rama

Thursday, February 17th, 2005

After spending a week recovering from Lotusphere (and really, it did take a week - it was intense this year), I spent last week just outside of San Francisco in Pleasanton, CA doing some knowledge transfer with a customer. In some ways, it was like a mini- Lotusphere Comes to You, because I delivered the Domino Administrator jumpstart as well as the AdminP session, along with 4 or 5 FSS* presentations. The hecticness of Lotusphere finally caught up with me, though - I had been fighting off a cold for a few days before I flew up there, but I think 6 hours of talking each day for 3 days straight made my immune system declare mutiny and refuse to help any more. I woke up on Thursday with a very sore throat and almost no voice. A day of rest and no talking, except to order a smoothie from one of those oh-so-Californian juice places, was just what the doctor ordered, and I felt well enough on Friday to conclude my talks.

So here's my totally non-technical related question: for someone like me, who flies one round-trip every other week on average but sometimes one or two per week, what is the best way to boost my body's defenses so I don't keep getting colds? This is the third cold in as many months, and I try what my doctor and friends have said - lots of water, daily multivitamin plus extra vitamin C and B-complex, take Airborne or Emergen-C when I fly, and frequent handwashing. I feel like I'm doing everything possible to prevent getting colds and I'm still getting them. Any tips from frequent flyers, moms, doctors, and anyone else who has to deal with germy people often would be appreciated.

* FSS = Field Support Services, which is my team.

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Posted by: Kathleen McGivney at: 10:09:16 AM