It happens every year. I am one of those sad sack people that gets miserably sick every year. It usually happens twice each winter. In late October or early November, I walk a thin line between life and death. Meanwhile, everyone else in my family gets a little sniffle and shakes it off in a day or two. I’ve tried the flu shots and I’ve tried the “immunity boosters”. Nothing prevents the plague from finding its way into my system. I usually get it again in February, but that one isn’t nearly as bad since my system has seen it already.
On Sunday it happened. Scratchy throat, lower back pain, lethargy, general confusion and grumpiness. All the tell tale signs of the onset of the flu. I tried to convince myself it was just exhaustion from the New Orleans trip and then The Game Plan Event. On Monday at noon I left work and went home to lay in my coffin (aka bed). I was officially getting sick. I slept for about 3 hours and felt like dirt when I woke up. I notified my assistant that I would not be in the following day citing what would certainly be an ugly day of coughing and nose blowing that the people in my office should not be subjected to.
On Tuesday I woke up, and I was actually alive. I’m not going to lie, I didn’t feel great. I had a light sniffle (much like my family always gets as I lay dying). No coughing. No sneezing. A little sore to be sure, but the plague had not taken root. Just a matter of time I thought. I stayed home and rested. Did some work and slept just a little. “Just a matter of time”, I told myself, “tomorrow is going to be hell”.
Today I arose and actually felt good. Not great, but good. In fact, much better than the day before. Now I don’t have any scientific evidence to back this up, but there is only one thing that I’ve done differently this year than in years past and that’s take Shakeology. I take it everyday in the morning as my breakfast meal. I don’t miss a day. When I go on vacation, I take it with me. When I don’t feel so hot, I take it twice a day.
Again, I have no scientific confirmation that Shakeology is what is allowing my previously vunerable immune system to fight off whatever it was that attempted to break in the last few days, but I do know that it makes me feel better overall and it is the only thing that I’m taking now that I haven’t taken in past years. If you are like me and you get sick every year, maybe consider ditching that $4 latte (along with the sugar in it) and try Shakeology instead for the same cost. It’s working for me.
