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Oh please give me a break already . I’m sure lots of other people feel like I do with this never ending cold windy weather and to top it off now I have come down with a cold and flu that would put a horse down . There might be global warming but it sure is not in Brandon. They only positive spin I can put on this whole deal is that it’s bright and sunny. I think what I’m saying is I’ve got a serious case of the February blues. Oh well the groundhog said six more weeks of this which is but all I think I can stand .

This winter has been endless and I am truly sick of hearing "well it's Manitoba".  
Hope you have someone to bring you whatever you need to beat the bug.  
Stay hydrated, lots of water and whatever other beverage of choice.  
This too will pass.......

Unless you are at the age and physical condition that you cannot get outside, bundle up in a whole bunch of clothes, go out in the yard and make a snow angel, even on a windy day the wind doesn't seem bad when your laying flat on the ground making a snow angel. You don't have to make a angel if your not into that, I know I'm different, but there's something about the outside and the ground that makes me feel good.

don brown said "Unless you are at the age and physical condition that you cannot get outside, bundle up in a whole bunch of clothes, go out in the yard and make a snow angel, even on a windy day the wind doesn't seem bad when your laying flat on the ground making a snow angel. You don't have to make a angel if your not into that, I know I'm different, but there's something about the outside and the ground that makes me feel good. "

AKA Frosty, lol What are you going to do when winter leaves?  
 
I have had the 'plague' since NY. And it's getting me down. The cold windy weather is not helping me any. I can't wait for warmer weather!

How does this flu start? I've been feeling exhausted and out of it all day and my neck and arms and hands are killing me nowh body is aching

with a sore throat. Then for the next 24 hours I could hardly get myself mobile. Fever and bad body aches, felt like knives in the joints. And that was the first round! It has come back and mostly sits in my nose and sinuses. Plus exhaustion!

I think I'm a left over from hippy time, once April comes I seem to lose my footware and am one that believes the barer the foot the freer the soul. Like I said I like the connection to the earth.  
Back to the flu this year, was watching an American news report today, and they were talking about how this years flu was a miserable one, a couple of the symptoms they were talking of were a persistent fever, an elevated pulse rate, and bad chest congestion. It seems many of the deaths of children have been related to breathing problems. I'm not sure if this years problem is related to a mycoplasma type infection. Sometimes infections like this get referred to ask walking pneumonia. Usually the body can fight it off, over time, but a person can really get pulled down from it.

Oh it's a tough one this year! I am glad that my lungs are good, family member has asthma so I am more worried about them. I have heard from people that they have been affected for months now!  
 
So you're a four season kind of guy!

Unless its pneumonia then cold weather doesn't affect on people. Being sick is attributed the the rhinovirus or influenza.

I guess my main question is back in the day when I was a young lad and got the flu or a cold it didn’t last for weeks on end so what’s the difference now ? Where is this plague originating from ?

I'll admit I haven't had the flu or even much of a cold in the last three years or so. From past experience I know that when that sort of illness drags on for weeks it's very dispiriting. I feel for anyone suffering through that.  
 
Late in January I started to feel the winter blahs and was having trouble getting to sleep. Otherwise I felt fine. I increased my time outside (despite the cold) and started going for walks in the late evening. It's made a huge improvement in my state of mind and I'm sleeping better. A good dose of fresh air seems to make a difference. As don brown says, getting outside seems to help. I haven't made any snow angels in years but I may give it a whirl.

first nothing can be done about a weather change and second lets look at good way we are not stuck in flooding areas like south had this summer at least it may cold but you still have a house to go back to everyday. Another way to see it positive at least we are able to go outside I would prefer to have minus 40 weather than have a medical condition (or mobility issues) that prevents you from going outside anytime of the year.

been a bad year for the flu. Feel fortunate if you have avoided it thus far.

fargobob said "I'll admit I haven't had the flu or even much of a cold in the last three years or so. From past experience I know that when that sort of illness drags on for weeks it's very dispiriting. I feel for anyone suffering through that.     Late in January I started to feel the winter blahs and was having trouble getting to sleep. Otherwise I felt fine. I increased my time outside (despite the cold) and started going for walks in the late evening. It's made a huge improvement in my state of mind and I'm sleeping better. A good dose of fresh air seems to make a difference. As don brown says, getting outside seems to help. I haven't made any snow angels in years but I may give it a whirl. "

I read an article about a month or so ago about an outdoor daycare up in Thompson, of all places. These kids spend the vast majority of, if not all, their day outside in all kinds of weather, including winter.  
 
Their philosophy? There is no bad weather, just bad clothing choices. I've taken this philosophy to heart and have been sending my kids outside a lot more in not ideal waether. The result appears to be happier, heathier kids, even if it's just 20 minutes extra a day.

Abbysmum said "    fargobob said "I'll admit I haven't had the flu or even much of a cold in the last three years or so. From past experience I know that when that sort of illness drags on for weeks it's very dispiriting. I feel for anyone suffering through that.     Late in January I started to feel the winter blahs and was having trouble getting to sleep. Otherwise I felt fine. I increased my time outside (despite the cold) and started going for walks in the late evening. It's made a huge improvement in my state of mind and I'm sleeping better. A good dose of fresh air seems to make a difference. As don brown says, getting outside seems to help. I haven't made any snow angels in years but I may give it a whirl. " I read an article about a month or so ago about an outdoor daycare up in Thompson, of all places. These kids spend the vast majority of, if not all, their day outside in all kinds of weather, including winter.     Their philosophy? There is no bad weather, just bad clothing choices. I've taken this philosophy to heart and have been sending my kids outside a lot more in not ideal waether. The result appears to be happier, heathier kids, even if it's just 20 minutes extra a day. "

if I hate cold I would agree. Back to our ancestors when moved to Canada had not choice but still had to make a living during winter. Whining and negative get us nowhere but feel more down. Years ago a person told me it is in the mind yah yah (but true). Fresh air 20 to 30 minutes a day is healthy. After all there is fall season to start get used to the cold weather as it gets colder just layer gradually. Not dress properly -40 will feel -60 if dress more properly -40 will feel better.

Being a tab under the weather myself, and being that my job involves some physical labor outside, I have to agree . . . it's beginning to be a bit much.  
 
Normally I don't put to much thought into what I can't control. But complaining feels good lol.