as I have posted....I had a flu-like virus approx 2 years ago.
I was tested, and had a "flu-like" virus, but not the actual flu.

It came on in a matter of hours. At 430 PM I just felt kind of tired and "icky", but 9 PM I was sick, sick, sick: 102 temp, sore throat, pounding head, etc. This virus lasted nearly 10 days. There was days I didn't pray to get better, I just prayed to die! That's how bad I felt....

When we moved here, 6 years ago--all the men in the family came down w/ the flu (tested positive)--my poor oldest had strep and double ear infections as well.

Without testing, no one knows what they've got. Any MD who didn't or wouldn't test, and just blithely diagnosed anything more serious than the cold type illness, I would NOT return to! That's sloppy medicine that only makes the situation worse for the most part. I'd be damned if I would be satisfied with "oh, it's probaby the flu, but we don't want to test..."

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