I've decided that getting plenty of sleep is the key to beating flu etc.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

Started with the slightest HINT of a sore throat on Fri, then full blown sore throat and feeling just very "sick" yesterday, felt like low grade fever and just short of shaking chills, went straight to bed at around 7PM (doggies in bed with me yay!) and slept until 9-10 this AM.

This morning it feels 90 percent licked, so we'll see. I've been on duty for work all weekend so I'm very lucky to not have been called in yesterday or today so far and only worked until about 7PM on Friday.

Since I haven't had any digestive complaints I also ate plenty of calories yesterday. Your body NEEDS that fuel when you feel the war being fought inside it.

Many people around me have had lingering respiratory infections from symptoms like mine. I've been lucky the last couple times I've been sick to not have to work and be able to apply this "spending all day in bed" remedy right away and I really think it's helped a lot in quick, one day recovery.

Of course it's very possible that they were 1-2 day type flus that were going to get better in that time anyway, but sometimes you can almost FEEL the war being won by your immune system in a particular hour or moment when you are resting and sleeping.

[Cadence]

1. There was a thing on the news awhile back about

how they have actually scientifically proven that a certain chicken soup recipe actually does help fight the flu by helping your immune system. It was simple too like chicken, parsnips, celery, parsley, carrots that's about it.

I agree with you about the sleep thing, usually when I get sick I have the hardest time sleeping. I don't know why that is.

[Catshrink]

2. I agree with you...

Gives your body a chance to fight the bug without the distractions of life. Besides, sleep is so incredibly wonderful, especially with a puppy curled up beside.

[yellowdogintexas]

3. think you had one of those minor flu-like syndromes, and you

still did the right thing, sleep and fluids are the way. Glad you are feeling better. My favorite things when I feel like that are the warm water bed,(or the small electric blanket, the sofa and the cable remote) four cats, hot tea in large quantities , Lipton Chicken Noodle soup . No dairy, no coffee my body just won't even let me have them. Funny thing the first sign that I am truly getting a virus as opposed to just a sinus thing is that I can't abide the thought of coffee..even good coffee..and tea is all I want. Oh yeah, sometimes I will have little pre virus indicators like shooting pains in all my old injuries, even my internal abdominal scars from past surgeries. It is the 'uh oh' here it comes signal.

However, the real honest to Pete flu you would have gone from feeling fairly normal to fever in a very short time, and the fever usually spikes high..then you feel as though several trains ran over you and then your hair hurts and this lasts at least 3 days, or until fever is gone. You chill and sweat a lot. Sore throat usually does not precede genuine flu. These are the main flags that separate true flu from all other Upper Respiratory illnesses.

You could also have picked up an exposure to a flu strain that you have already had, or have been vaccinated against in the past.

Hope you continue to improve and knock this thing off by Monday morning.

[arismomkoofie]

4. I agree - I beat my bronchitis this year that way1

and early antibiotics may have helped, but I'm sure it was the extra sleep/resting that did it!

Glad you are feeling better!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

5. Thanks. You know it's bad when you're feeling too low to even play

computer games! :o