So I’ve been sick with the flu since Tuesday. I started feeling bad Monday night & by Tuesday morning I was in urgent care with a fever of 102 & barely being able to stand up. This flu going around is no joke! I’ve never been this sick in my life. I partly blame myself because I really slack on vitamin intake & I’ve been slacking off on eating healthy as well. I truly feel this was the wake up call I needed. I’m trying turn this into a positive & look at it as a reset for my body. I’m hoping I’ll feel well enough to at least do some light cardio over the weekend, but I’ll wait & see how I feel. I just can’t wait to get back on my routine & feel like myself again. Take care of yourselves guys! Do whatever you can to avoid getting this trust me!
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It’s so scary.
I hope you feel better soon too!
You are lucky, it sucks.
People are dying because it's so expensive to go to the doctor and pay medication that a lot of people can't afford it. Never heard of people dying from the flu in Europe.
Ok, don't want to start a political debate...
OP, I don't think eating your fruit and veggies will do you much good if your body is exposed to the virus. Heck, I know a 'eat clean' mom whose kids are ALWAYS sick. Don't beat yourself up.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/25/three-times-more-people-dying-from-flu-in-uk-than-last-winter
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The European CDC disagrees with you:
https://ecdc.europa.eu/en/seasonal-influenza/facts/factsheet
That's nice. But not true.
Flu statistics for France for the flu season 2016-2017 (so one year ago).
http://invs.santepubliquefrance.fr/content/download/134867/484231/version/226/file/Bulletin_grippe_S09.pdf
They estimated 14'400 deaths due to the flu (this is for France alone). The numbers are probably going to be similar this flu season.
Just because you personally don't hear about it, doesn't make it less true.
An 18 year old girl died from flu in Scotland a couple of months ago. Besides giving people fluids and pain relief and possibly something like tamiflu there isn't much besides vaccination, that doctors can do.
Look after yourself OP you'll be fine in a week or two and you can go back to it.