So the only constants about the advice people have been giving me are to have plenty of chicken soup (don't worry about the labor involved; the coffee house just downstairs makes it. It just means putting on sweats and an elevator ride) and some sort of pain reliever.

Tylenol, Advil, Asprin, can anyone find the difinitive answer? I tried Tylenol, but it didn't do much for me so I switched to Advil which seemed to do a little better. I'm not supposed to take medications that thin the blood, because of another problem I'll probably write about eventually, so asprin's out.

So have at it. Give me the best of your folk remedies, and cite sources if you've got 'em. I'm all ears. I've got a strong incentive to listen.