The Sadistic Flu Bug

On rare occasions I’ve been known to wax brilliant - to actually pull a good idea out of my hat and amaze even myself.  But, unfortunately, I’m also known to wax all kinds of stupid sometimes - and when I head off in that direction, I do so in a very big way.  No halfies for me…all or nothing.

I hate to brag, but I have asthma.  It’s usually under control, but will let me know it still owns me during the cold weather and when I have something particularly sexy like a cold or the flu.  To brag even further, I’m on thyroid medicine because I had to have my thyroid destroyed by radiation.  Again, I never even know I have the condition unless I have something like the flu.

So, you’d think I’d be first in line for a flu shot every year, wouldn’t you?  Every other year….for over 10 I have been.  And never got the flu.  Go figure.  Well, I was too smart for that this year, apparently, because I watched the flu shots come and go and never threw my arm in the way of any of them.

So, wanna guess where I’ve been for the past few weeks?  In bed. Covered up. With the flu. Sick as a…no, sicker than any self-respecting dog would allow himself to be.

The thing is, there’s a reason the doctors urge those of us with certain illnesses to get the flu shot….because the flu bug bites us harder than anyone else.  It throws off our entire system, making medicines that once made sense to our bodies seem more like sugar pills than anything else.

Next year, I’ll be first in line with both sleeves rolled up, chanting, “Pick one…”

If you’ve been spared the flu, so far, take special precautions against it. You want no part of him, trust me, he’s in a nasty mood this year.  Wash your hands often, especially after you’ve been in public.  Keep a little bottle of anti-bacterial hand gel in your purse and use after you’ve touched grocery carts, atm machines, etc.

Also, get plenty of rest and eat and drink right.  There’s a cool article on Prevention.com about just this thing>>>> Eat to Beat the Flu - arm yourself with all the information you can.  Also, something else I didn’t do right that you should keep in mind:  when you first get the flu, if you contact your doctor, she/he might have something to shorten your misery.  FluFacts.com has more information about that.  Mine hit me so fast and so hard, I literally didn’t feel like I could make it to the doctor.  That’d have meant getting out of my gown  and out from under my four covers (Those hard chills were a freakin’ trip!).

Stay healthy and look after loved ones who’d be at special risk - children, the elderly, expectant mothers, diabetics, or anyone else with health problems.

Take care!

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