Quote Originally Posted by Kenyth
I've been down with a nasty cold/flu for about two weeks. It started as your basic head cold, then moved in to the chest and I developed a fever. I thought a flu shot was supposed to prevent this sort of thing? Anyway, no cigars during that time. This was the worst cold I've had in years! They actually gave me steroids for the chest congestion. I'm STILL tired, run down, and coughing occasionally. Finally, on Sunday in the nice temperatures, I put up and did minor repair on the outside X-Mas decorations, smoked a nice IT Classic cigar, and drank some beer. It was nice being able to enjoy life a bit again. It's very irritating sweating, wheezing, and coughing up crap every time you try to do anything mildly exerting.
Ken hope you dont mind a few comments about the medical aspect of what you just said. The influenza shot will only protect you from the major viruses that cause influenza types A and B. There happens to be thousands of viruses that can cause cold/flu like symptoms. It sounds to me you started off with some upper respiratory virus (above the neck) then it moved to the lungs. It might have even turned into a bacterial pneumonia. The steroids...do you have asthma or have you smoked for a long time? If the answer is no to both these then your cold probably turned into a pneumonia (which you can even with a clean chest xray). Anyways Im glad you are feeling better.