flu epedemic

currently there is a serious flu outbreak going on over here in west tennessee... half of my job is out with it... and unforutently i got it, and now my wife and daughter has it... thank god i seem to be turning the corner and hope the worst is past me... this is some bad ass shit, i dont wish this on my worst enemy... i had to take my wife to the emergency room late friday nightwith some seerious chest congestion going on... they took some x rays to check for pnemonia, but was negative thank god... we even have about 4 schools now closed here in madison county for this outbreak... just giving you heads up, if you havent goten your flu shot,you may think about it seriously... i havent had the flu since i was about 15... thats how bad this stuff is going on at the moment.

I take about 5g of Vitamin C everyday, hopefully that will it away. I had it bad about 4 years ago and it was awful. I still don't think my lungs have recovered.

Nasty stuff around here as well. My wife was down all last week with it. I had a small bout but had to work due to supervisor deciding anyone who missed work due to illness will get points against them. Pretty shitty since we have PTO built up to use.on another note when supervisors get sick they are allowed to take unplanned PTO with no repercussions. Pretty shitty on VW part but it is what it is

For the past few years during the cold season I have been eating a tablespoon full of sourwood honey everyday. That seems to work wonders. A nip or two of some good moonshine also seems to help keep any flu bugs away

Toot wrote:For the past few years during the cold season I have been eating a tablespoon full of sourwood honey everyday.

Sourwood is good stuff. I've got my own bees so I like to mix a spoonful of raw local honey with fresh squeezed lemon and a shot of Dickel or Jack for cough suppression.