Sickness starts with a scratchy throat. It will feel like you can push through and do things. STOP.

• Cancel or postpone all your appointments for the next week.
• Get your pharmacy in order: neti pot, nighttime cough medicine, ginger lemon honey garlic tea, Advil, chicken soup, Flonase, prescription Sudafed, VapoRub for steam treatments.
• Stay indoors. Rest, relax, do healing meditations.
• Sleep profusely.

Prevent sickness during the Fall and allergy season:

• Live "car-free." You only have time for one event each day. You can't hop from appointment to meeting to party to a concert.
• Say no to some or most events. Curate calendar. Leave room for spontaneity. That way, if you get sick, you don't have to disappoint a dozen people.
• See an allergy specialist and create a plan for seasonal allergy treatment by Spring 2019.
• Get an air filter for my room and my car.
• Start 1-2x per day Neti pot cleanses as soon as the buds show in the spring and as soon as the leaves change in the Fall.
• Avoid exposure to cold viruses. (packed concerts and clubs, airplanes, gyms) Wash hands constantly. Don't touch face.
• Wash sheets every week. Change pillowcases. Take a shower before bed to wash pollen out of my hair.