My husband and I are sick. We were sick before Christmas.

My brother and his girlfriend put a lot of work into Christmas, since there were only going to be 5 of us and it came upon us so quickly, I didn't think they would be very happy if we canceled. For all I know, we may have gotten it from them and they may be immuned. I hope so anyway.

It is truly a possibility that they had it first, but I think in carolbee's case the hostess should have cancelled.

All the guests would have understood the situation. There was also an 8 month old baby there so hope she has a good immune system. We weren't angry but think a better choice would have been to not have the dinner. We have been friends with this couple for many years so they know us well enough to change plans. Oh well, it's over and hopefully we won't get sick.

Thanks, I'm doing better, but my husband is not. I'm not sure why he is sooo run down. I think it's the stress of learning that he will be laid off in February and all the winter bills like increased fuel, electric (we only have about 8 hours of sunshine right now, and on dark overcast days, not even that).

since last year when the roomie came home from the "cube farm" we've been pretty lucky, not being around sick people that catch it from their kids has made it so we've been pretty healthy lately. by limiting the number of people we contact we're also limiting the number of viruses we come in contact with...

Yeah, substitute teaching doesn't limit viruses, bacteria, or germs at all. Oh well

I used to be sick holidays during college. I could be sick only when I wasn't in school. So it's been years since I was sick on the holidays.

Thank you, I hope you do, too. May you stay able to travel and have many wonderful adventures.

Happy New Year to you, too!

Let's wish for the most fantastic of years for 2010! I'm doing better, my hubbie isn't, but I think maybe just one more day of rest and he'll be OK.

So glad to hear you're getting better! Happy New Year!

Yes, definitely a bad flu season. Glad you're feeling better. Hope my husband is better today. A Very Healthy Happy New Year to you, too.

Yeah, it is awful, all right. At the rate he's going, he's going to be sick from Christmas to New Years. I'm rallying today and I hope it stays.

No new people from out of town. We hang out with my brother, his girlfriend and my other brother all the time. We were sick before we went. We ate the food first while it was hot, presents came later. I think when we feel we don't HAVE to be well, we get sick. Neither of us could work right now if we wanted to. No schools open for me, herb company isn't open, cleaning person doesn't need me. Phil's workplace is shut down until Jan 4th. No one at school was sick before this vacation (after Thanksgiving the school had H1N1), so I asked my husband. He's pretty sure he got this from someone at his job. People who were about to be laid off couldn't call in sick, so 2 or 3 worked sick and with him. I would like to look into what you PMed me about on Monday. I'm feeling better, but my husband isn't. I think it's the stress of finding out that he will probably loose his job in February. He's former military. He worked 20 years for the Air Force and then after that, continuously for years. So being laid off will be a very different experience for him and I think it's bothering him, the underlying, "and how do we pay our bills?" I think that's why he is staying sick. Thanks for responding and take care.

It is amazing how fast those little germs can spread. I got sick one Thanksgiving after a long flight with a guy coughing his head off across from me...so I blamed him for it...Wonder how many others on that flight got sick. It was abit sad because he just kept apologizing and trying not to cough...If I am that sick, no way I'm getting on an airplane...Sad that so many people don't stay home when they first get sick to avoid spreading it but in these hard times ...

Yes, in these hard times, people feel they can't be out. Esp. if they are hourly employees without sick time, vacation time, etc.

Yeah, I bet that was rough, it was hard for us, but we were the company so not quite as bad for us. I hope he feels better soon, too. So far, he keeps getting worse.

Reminds me of college. I used to be sick whenever I wasn't doing something for college. I started planning stuff for the weekends and holidays to try to stop the cycle. Worked some of the time. Take care and I hope we all get and stay healthy.

It's 4 degrees out and the wind is awful! Won't be going out to try that right away, but next time I'm sick and that should be soon enough with all the subbing I'm doing, will consider many ways to strenghten immune system. Now if I just had some dang-blasted $!

Yep. Alittle FYI-- L-Lysine, which is one of the amino acids, helps strengthen your immune system. Might be of help to you. I was told to take 5 per day for the first week and then go to whatever the instructions say. Hope it helps.