So Flu season is about to come....
- Thread starter Cryptik
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I get the flu about every 5 years...but its bad when i do. even when i smoked i rarely got sick. My immune system is like a bull
I catch the worst of the worst. I'd say I only get sick 2-3 times a year. Majority of the time I can fight it off without meds, but sometimes when I get worse I take them. I haven't gotten a flu in about 6 years now. Its probably just about the worst feeling, but I'm sure I can tough it out.. hopefully.
The flu
Well so far this year my kids have gotten the flu, my wife picked it up about a week ago, and I'm still home free...(knock on wood..).
I know (and feel) that it's in my system and fighting against my immune system because every now & then I get that scratchy throat feeling you get right before the major symptoms hit. Yet for some reason, I've been lucky enough so far that it hasn't materialized into something bigger.
I can say that I do get fewer colds now than when I use to smoke and not exercise.
Well so far this year my kids have gotten the flu, my wife picked it up about a week ago, and I'm still home free...(knock on wood..).
I know (and feel) that it's in my system and fighting against my immune system because every now & then I get that scratchy throat feeling you get right before the major symptoms hit. Yet for some reason, I've been lucky enough so far that it hasn't materialized into something bigger.
I can say that I do get fewer colds now than when I use to smoke and not exercise.
i went 6 years without the flu, and without ever puking for any reason. until last year during my christmas break at home. each day over the break, another family member would have it. luckily it was only 24 hrs but my bro and niece had it on christmas day.
ya haha u suck brahma! 
yeah thats like my biggest problem with working where i work. im constantly dealing with little germs running around aka kids 18 months to 5 yrs old. lol i constantly wash my hands there, and usually plan for a shower when im off work.
I'm with LV and Brahma, maybe once or twice a year. Was true in fat, lazy smoker mode, and still true in slightly less fat, healthy, nonsmoker mode. When it happens though, it's like playing catchup for all the times I didn't get sick. I think exposure has a lot to do with it too.
For instance, the sickest I think I ever was, was when I joined the army. Most people get sick when they 1st arrive for inprocessing; they call it the GI Crud. Something about being shoved into a barracks lifestyle with people from all over the country, so you get varients of stuff you would never normally be exposed to.
For instance, the sickest I think I ever was, was when I joined the army. Most people get sick when they 1st arrive for inprocessing; they call it the GI Crud. Something about being shoved into a barracks lifestyle with people from all over the country, so you get varients of stuff you would never normally be exposed to.
ya haha u suck brahma!
haha.. hey I feel it when it does happen.. that should be enough.. Now I prob ginxed myself. I hada say something.
Yeah I'll be ready for it this year. MI gets pretty bad with viruses and flu's when it goes into circulation.. but I do wash my hands ALOT. Which I'm sure has always helped alot.
haha yeah winter here is the worst! normally i could avoid the illnesses but when i go home, my three nieces are living at my house and they get sick a lot in the winter so that most likely means ill get it at least once lol. oh well!