First off let me thank everyone again for the very appreciated congrats, get-well-wishes, safe trip, and happy Holidays posts that are always such a pleasure to read.
Well, I left this thread a couple days ago on my way to the doctor's office, and it turns out,
going to see him was my best possible move..... As he put it: "Had you waited some more, you would have ended up at the hospital" and he proceeded to scribble a few lines of hieroglyphs on a prescription only a pharmacist can translate in English (the aforementioned antibiotics), wished me a safe trip and assured me I will fully enjoy my Holidays in an "healthy" mode.
So I started popping the pills that same evening, and the following morning went through motions and feelings some might refer to as "pure hell".
It felt as if my blood had come to a boil, bathing in a cold sweat from head to toes, big cold drops of sweat running down my forehead more profusely than if I had been serving for a fifth set tie-breaker, and staring at the ceiling with hopes of a quick and painless death!!!
I guess the antibiotics had gone to work already, doing all they could to kick that crappy bug out of my system and doing it well I must add, judging by how I feel this morning (completely "cleared up" temperature back down to 97 and change), just a day later.
As a side note, Steffan I don't think you're an idiot, and I believe your onions recipe makes a lot of sense (and hey, I might even try it without a cold/flu since I like onions :lol: ) but with a 2 weeks Holiday vacation project resting on an 8 hour flight in 3 days now I was not about to experiment and preferred relying on Mr Alexander Fleming's proven track record on the subject if you catch my drift....
So it seems my little "adventure" is headed towards a happy ending to my greatest relief and I will start helping my wife pack the suitcases (she packs the clothes, I, the electronics
).
Thanks again to all of you!!!!