Colds and Flus going around

I don't get sick very often. Someone I once knew gave me the useful advice to take a shot of rum straight when I feel those beginning sensations of getting sick. For the most part, that solution has worked well. Last week, I started feeling sick during the day at work and had no access to rum until I got home and by then the sickness was well-entrenched. That one was a rough one and knocked me out for the most part. I've shaken off the actual sickness but am now contending with a case of laryngitis and have no voice. It's been weird going around the last week with no voice, having to whisper. Oh well, it seems to be a rough season!