I've been sick for pushing three days now, since Wednesday morning. I went to school that day and when I got home I felt like total stuff, I found it nearly impossible to stay awake in class. Thursday it just got a bit worse, I coughed a lot and my throat hurt like a motherforgeter. I had a candy cane around noon and was shocked when I started to cough significantly less and my sore throat was eased greatly. I woke up today and felt terrible, but I'm gnawing on a candy cane now and I can't say it's let me down yet.
I just thought I'd share this with you for future reference.