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I haven't had a cold in over three years. I can't exactly remember but it has probably been a lot longer; no cold or flu, it may even be longer than 5 years.
I think it is common among lyme sufferers that some of us don't catch cold or get the flu.
I feel like I am essentially done with Lyme treatment. I almost feel like I need to catch a bad cold or flu to prove it to me though.
I know that sounds like the opposite of what I should want. It seems that I should be happy that my immune system wards off colds and flus. Yet my immune system has not been healthy for a long time and all thru it; no colds. I am hoping that it is getting healthy. I am hoping that it will improve even more once I go off the abx.
Strangely I am hoping that I get a cold or flu. It seems like it might be an indicator that my immune system is getting back to normal.
Does anyone else have this suppressive symptom?
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I had a cold last month & recooped quickly & not severe, so this is a good sign ??? I do believe my adrenals are functioning much better.
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I can't seem to catch a cold either. Its been years! I often wonder why I don't and I have four kids!! Right now a cold has been circulating our house and I don't even have a tickle in my nose yet....I'm with you, it seems weird not to catch a cold????
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I still don't get why we don't catch a cold... normally weak immune system means more colds... I mean people with AIDS can die from a cold... so why are we not able to catch it? I speculate that the bb eats any virus, so we don't need to defend ourselves....fff...
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randibear
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uh, not me. i'm just recovering from a nasty case of something.
head pain chest pain lots of green and yellow mucous from nose and cough ear pain
something is going around and i've got it. haven't been this sick with flu in years...or whatever it is.
but i ain't gettin no shot either
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- I don't think it's a good idea to try to catch any infection. Ever. -
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My husband has a horrific cold and sounds awful. I seem to have a little bit of it. Did not feel well today, but it was more fatigue, head & shoulder pain. Also felt very, very cold--this was a symptom that went away--that chilled feeling. So, either I've got his cold or am herxing or have something creeping back.
I would just rather feel good. Lots of stuff to do in the next week.
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Tammy N.
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I think we don't catch colds much because we don't have a proper immune reaction. We can seem to muster up a healthy response (fever, etc.) to fight it off. I think our bodies may just harbor the infections because we can properly fight them off.
I think a good fever every once in a while is a good thing.... to "clean house" so to speak. If you're lucky enough to get a fever, don't bring it down with tylenol, etc. Our body knows what it is doing; it's heating up to kill the invader. Why stop the genius of what our body knows to do?
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nefferdun
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I just got over a cold. If that makes me more healthy I am all for it. I didn't feel too healthy while I had it though. I felt horrible.
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