Why we feel so bad when we get the flu

On the whole, my health is excellent and I take about 3000 units of D a day plus a multi with zinc, but due to a stupid move on my part in the supermarket, I picked up a flu bug. Pretty certain that I would recover quickly and with a certain smug flourish, I am sad to say that it flattened me.

However, after reading a bit, I've kind of figured out something that I hadn't previously thought of. My particular virus threw off my stomach to the point where even thinking about food was the equivelant of thinking about finding my dinner in the cat box. Here's the thing, that meant that my usual two cups of coffee a day was out of the question.

The first couple days I tried to keep to my routine, but each day could only swallow a couple mouthfuls each time. So with my caffeine intake almost eliminated, the withdrawal started and it became an ordeal of nightmare proportions. Looking into caffeine withdrawal, I found numerous places where the symptoms list included 'flu-like symptoms' so on top of really having the flu, well it was ugly.

I'm finally well again, but having been 'forced' to go cold turkey with the coffee and feeling as bad as I did overall, I've decided to give it up. The next time I catch the flu, I will bounce back, it will be much easier and the coffee issue won't be something additional to deal with.

I just thought that I would mention this for those of you who are thinking at all of cutting back on your coffee's. Apparently, the more you drink, the worse it is, so food for thought.

Happy New Years folks!