I'm pretty nervous. I've had this stubborn cold that won't go away! I got my blood drawn yesterday and waiting to hear back about my white blood cell count. I'm just scared they will have to reschedule my surgery. Anybody been in the same boat I'm in right now? The hard part is I can't even take advil, or vitamins. Tyenol barely works

A pharmacist clued me in to Cold-Eeze. He said take that or zinc supplements. It worked and cut that cold short by several days.

Double down on fluids and rest.

I came down with a bad cold 5 days before my surgery. I called the doctor and let him know. He was all, "So? Unless you're running a fever or have an infection, the surgery is on."

He also said I could take Vitamin C and any cold remedy that doesn't include NSAIDs.

I was afraid the anesthesiologist would nix everything when I confessed I couldn't breathe through my nose at all just prior to surgery. He said, "You will after."

And he was right! (That oxygen will dry you right up.)