It's Friday!!! Yeah!!! And I have the flu....yeah...ah, not so much.
My eyeballs hurt.
Actually, that's pretty funny seeing it written like that.
So, it's that time of year again. When we get to see if our wonderful immune systems can fend off the 100+ kinds of flu flying around. I would have gotten the flu vax if I thought it'd work. It only protects you against 3 of those 100+ strands.
Three.
To me, that doesn't seem worth the risk. And honestly, it's just the flu.
But it does bring up an item for discussion that I had thought I was going to timely bring up in October - what do you do for cold/flu season? Little did I know I was about a month too late for that conversation! ha
So, tell one, tell all - what do you do to help beat the odds during cold/flu season?
I typically chow down on chicken soup at the slightest provocation of illness and wash hands like it's nobody's business. That, and vit C, Kefir, Kombucha, and staying away from sick people!
But I forgot one. Moms know this scenario well: make sure the kids are all stocked up and clean and healthy, but forget about themselves. Yep, guilty and sick as charged...
It's just the start of the season. Just like having to pull out the winter clothes, it's time to start pulling out our defenses!
Join in with all your wise woman ideas, tips, and suggestions ;)
Leave your hints, tips, recipes, avoidance measures - everything you do to keep you and your family healthy during the upcoming seasons - in the comments below.
OR, on facebook ;)
And stay healthy!
PLEASE NOTE - this is not a blog/forum/comment box location for debates about vaccines. I understand not everyone agrees with my take on the flu vax as stated above. I get that. If you want to debate, please do so elsewhere. Thanks!!
3 awesome comments!:
I've never gotten a flu vaccine in my life, and have rarely come down with the flu. I just try to stay away from sick people and wash the hands more during flu season and winter months in general.
that's always been my plan of attack too ;) this year I babysat a child who was vax'd the day before with the flu vax. I know they say that it's not supposed to make you or anyone else sick, but for some reason it worked out that way this time. The last time I myself got a flu shot (over 15 years ago) I got the flu. Haven't had the flu since. I guess once every 15 years isn't so bad!
turns out I didn't have the flu after all! I had a bacterial/viral chest infection. Yeah! Super fun, let me tell you... Something kinda good did happen while I was sick. For the first time in six years, I got PAID to be sick. I run my own business in my home and have contracted sick days where I still get paid. It was kind of awesome after six years of never getting paid for anything to getting paid to be sick. It was NO fun at all, but at least there was a sliver of a good side to it ;)
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