I came down with flu on Saturday. It had been a while so I thought it
was about time my immune system got some stimulant and a chance to get
stronger. Despite people telling me to go to a doctor or take some pills,
I don't usually take any medicine when I'm sick and prefer to let nature
take its course. Soups and herbs etc. are natural enough so they're ok.
That's just what I discussed with a friend of mine as soon as the
first symptoms appeared. It is said that if you take some flu medicine,
it takes about seven days to recover from it. Letting it take its course
on its own usually takes a week so there you have it. It seems that
medicine temporarily holds back the flu, but doesn't give the immune
system a chance to fight it off by itself so in the long term, you get
weaker as an organism.
I believe that's the case here. Though I was bedridden for most of
yesterday and today, I can feel that the worst has passed and I just need
to fix the cough to get back on my feet.
05:17am
On 20th September 2006, at 23:48pm PKT, Atif said:
Dear Sajjad,
I hope you would be fine by this time. Take good care of yourself.
Flu
I came down with flu on Saturday. It had been a while so I thought it was about time my immune system got some stimulant and a chance to get stronger. Despite people telling me to go to a doctor or take some pills, I don't usually take any medicine when I'm sick and prefer to let nature take its course. Soups and herbs etc. are natural enough so they're ok.
That's just what I discussed with a friend of mine as soon as the first symptoms appeared. It is said that if you take some flu medicine, it takes about seven days to recover from it. Letting it take its course on its own usually takes a week so there you have it. It seems that medicine temporarily holds back the flu, but doesn't give the immune system a chance to fight it off by itself so in the long term, you get weaker as an organism.
I believe that's the case here. Though I was bedridden for most of yesterday and today, I can feel that the worst has passed and I just need to fix the cough to get back on my feet.
05:17am