The Battle Plan

Coming to grips with this whole flu thing isn't too bad, now that I think about it.

One, if I was to ever get the flu, this week might just have been the best week. I just finished my midterms hell week the past Thursday, and even though I'll lose some progress by staying in bed the next few days, at least this didn't happen at a less forgiving time, say, my next hell week, or Dead Week.

Two, I've been wanting to go to this epic Paul Van Dyk concert tomorrow night. Before, the only thing holding me back was my finances, and it wasn't doing a good job. Hopefully, if I wake up tomorrow morning completely destroyed, I'll have a good reason not to go.

I guess I was also getting tired of human contact anyway.

Seriously though, I'm not expecting a lot out of the next few days. Last year, I got over the flu in 36 hours. But those 36 hours were drawn out like a bad movie. I spent 32 of those hours in bed. I couldn't eat or drink, or even move. (This was also the first time I had the flu)

I just hope I don't lose a lot of weight like some of those crazy stories I've heard. I don't have much weight to lose.

Hopefully, if you're reading this right now and you're not an idiot, you'll go and get your damn flu shot right now. But if you're already in "PWND" mode, here's some super-dee-duper advice that I've gathered from across the Intarwebz:

-Just get rest. Resistance is futile.
-Vitamin C and water are your best friends. If you must eat, grab some fruit. Apparently, these help in the "detoxification" process.
-The vitamin C in food is actually significantly healthier for you than it is in pill form.
-I did not know this before, but the starving feeling you get when you can't eat anything (fasting, I guess) actually helps get the icky gooey meanie bully flu viruses out of your body faster. Fasting is a detox process. Who knew?
-Nyquil/Tylenol/Whatever resembles meds helps.
-Dairy is a big no-no.
-Caffeine reduces the body's ability to absorb vitamins. I did not know this either. It also dehydrates you much faster.
-Antibiotics are last resort only. They will weaken your immune system. They don't really work anyway.

Now that I think about it, it WOULD be my luck that I get the flu on the day I decide to start my daily workout routine. Awesome.