Terrible Flu twice within a month

**Michele Annette** · 03-16-2006, 04:28 PM

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are all healthy out there. I just spent two of the most horrible days in bed sick with the flu. Twice I have had this within one month. Anyone else finding they are sick more often than most this year? I have had to call into work because no matter what medication I take my body will not stay upright. Today I am feeling much better but severely run down. I have been taking my vitimins, eating lots of Vit. C, exercising, drinking water, eating healthy, etc. but I can't believe I got this again. I hope anyone else suffering from this terrible virus gets better soon as well.

**madhen** · 03-16-2006, 04:30 PM

Are you absolutely sure it is the flu? Sometimes, foodborne illness can make you feel like you have the flu, and since it can take a couple of days before you get sick, you might not be connecting the food with the illness.

**nodmicks** · 03-16-2006, 05:41 PM

I'm sorry to hear you have been ill. I'm sending you stay healthy wishes!!!!!

**Emerald_Mommy** · 03-16-2006, 06:36 PM

Hope it all goes away soon!

**Michele Annette** · 03-17-2006, 09:17 AM

Thanks for the healthy wishes! This time around I got a cough, fever, chills, nasal congestion, etc. The only thing different from the last time I was sick was the cough. I don't think it was food related as I didn't have any sort of intestinal or stomach bug. (thank goodness). Just the annoying cold symptoms are now what's left. I'm back at work today, all drugged up, but I needed to make an effort to work because I need to get things finish here. I hope it doesn't come back again.

**crdurham** · 03-17-2006, 09:23 AM

Sorry to hear that you have been feeling yucky....I hope your back to 100% soon.

I have caught several cold/sinus infections this year and seems like I can't get rid of them to quickly....

**Mom23boys** · 03-17-2006, 02:26 PM

I hope you are feeling better soon Michelle.

**Darlene** · 03-17-2006, 02:53 PM

Thinking good heath thoughts for you Michelle.

**Michele Annette** · 03-20-2006, 03:13 PM

Thanks everyone! I am feeling so much better today! Feeling much more "normal". Ahhhhh!

**Katybird** · 03-21-2006, 08:59 AM

I can relate completely. I hardly ever get sick, I take the flu shot each year and I work in a hospital so my resistance is really high but I came down with some horrid flu like bug last Thursday night at work and by the time I left at 7AM my temp was 102 and I felt like warmed over death. I had it all weekend long and yesterday, today is the first day that I have felt even semi human. I had 4 days off from work so I did not have to call in but if I had been scheduled I would have had to call in, I could not have worked like that. I go back to work tonight so the timing of feeling better is good.

I hope you are all over yours and that you stay well.