Really hate to hear that. I hope Beth and you get to feeling better soon. Stay hydrated. Nothing seems to help much unless you can get Tamaflu in the first couple of days. Unless you live with a Doc, that's unlikely.
I've had the flu twice (as an adult anyway). Thee first day it might have felt like a cold, but after that no cold has ever made me feel that bad. Everything hurt, even my butt and my hair the first time (not referring to the same location), fever, and was out for a week with lingering effects after that. I get a kick out of people who say they had the flu for a 2-3 days and kept going to work. I tell them that was a cold, not a the flu, or you have some kind of super immune system.
I have always gotten the flu shot after the first time. Still felt horrible the second time but just a fuzz less bad. I thought the shot was on target that year and didn't think I would feel that bad. I asked the Doc about it later and he said, It kept you out of the hospital didn't it, so it did it's job and that's about all you can hope for with the shots.
Weekly US Map: Influenza Summary Update
It's not high in the state, but is "very high" in Louisville.
You know, come to think of it, maybe we had the flu and the shots helped. No fever, but I was more sick than just a cold. Who knows.
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