[jyl]

When I get the flu, it only lasts a few days. High fever, sweats, chills, aches. I stay in bed, sweat it out, eventually the fever breaks and I'm woozy but on the mend. I vastly prefer that sort of flu experience to the endless colds that seem to circulate in the winter. My cold last year went on for three weeks. If I ever had a really bad flu like you guys are describing, I'd surely feel differently.