[buffyt]

I had my flu shot the other day. The nurse told me it will stimulate my immune system against the flu strains in the shot and any thing else that goes around. So the flu shot will still help mae our immune systems ready to fight a new killer flu, too. I had the flu this last winter and spring, I was sick in bed, flat on my back for months. I don't want to go through taht again. I should get tested for West Nile antibodies. It sure didn't seem like the normal flu. I am 51, if I had been elderly and frail, I would not have lived.

[katze]

I just got over something that I thought was flu, temp 102+, complete loss off appetite, so weak I could barely maneuver. Ended up with 10 days of Zithromax (2xdaily), which is an extraordinarily high dose. Blood work showed bacterial infection, which IIRC, does not comport with flu, which is usually a viral thing. I'm double-digits older than you, and it did hit hard, but sounds like you were, too.

Fortunately, being fever-free for several days, was able to get flu shot yesterday.

[Maigrey]

That sounds like Mono more than Flu.

I had it, and it sucked big time!

-Maigrey-