Surgery in 5 days- have cold! Any home remedies to help?

[KoalaEm]

My thyroid surgery is on the 12th... and I have managed to catch a cold!  (No doubt related to feeling so low and crappy lately).

My plan of attack so far:
cold and flu tablets
multi vitamins
lemon, ginger and honey tea
drinking heaps of water
homemade a chicken veggie soup (lots of carrots for vitamin C)
washing hands lots
trying to rest up

I MUST be well for the 12th as all my leave has been arranged from work and I can't go cancelling!

Anyone got any other great home remedy to share? Suggestions?

Em

[alysmum]

I absolutely swear by Zicam-- in gel form (don't get the pills).  You spray it (or swab it) into your nose...don't breath it in, and it kills it there.  It works best the earlier it's used.  But it has never failed on me.  Also, Airborn helps.

[utahmomma]

Zinc lozenges!!!

BTW:  I had a terrible head cold for my second thyroid surgery.  The surgeon and I didn't want to reschedule so she talked to the anaesthesiologist and he agreed to (okay, this is gross) suction out my throat and sinuses while I was out.  I felt great the next 24 hours after surgery (the antibiotics probably helped too).  After that though the congestion came back and sneezing is no fun with a thyroid incision!  

Get Zinc!