For the most of my life, it has been very rare for me to be sick with a virus, fever, the whole mumbo jumbo. I can go a whole year without getting sick. I can go a whole Winter without getting sick and only get sick sometime during the Spring, but not as severe. The max limit for me getting sick has been a pattern of once a year.

So, a couple months ago, during Summer, I suddenly was sick. It was bad for a while and lingered for about two weeks. Now a couple of days ago, I got sick again and it feels like the worse episode ever in my life. My sinus congestion has been clearing up, but still a bit stuffy in my head, draining down my throat and chest, ya know the whole show. I had a slight fever, but it did not last long.

Should I be concerned about this? Getting sick like this so close together in time. My mom had been sick and started before I did. I don't know if I should go to the doc to have the whole blood workup to determine if I am okay and that it was just unlucky for me to rarely get sick twice so close together.

About a day or two after I started having symptoms, I bought bottles of DayQuil and NyQuil. I think about 2 days ago, I was doing Google search on, "How effective is NyQuil," and came across some info that I had forgotten about. Vicks removed the Pseudoephedrine from these medication, which is why I noticed it was not as effective as it was before. Now I remember seeing something about it on the news about cold/flu medications containing this ingredient is being sold behind-the-counter with requirement of providing proof of ID and electronic signature. It is quite shocking that Vicks actually degraded their products in order to be more viewable to the public to sell for profits. I trusted them, but now...not anymore. I went to CVS and asked for something stronger, so I got a box of CVS brand, "Severe Sinus Congestion," containing Pseudoephedrine. It was my very first time to provide an ID and sign electronically (this shows how rarely I get sick...at least this bad). It is helping clearing up my nose, but still suffering the throat/chest draining and coughing, so it will be another day or two since I was late on starting this medication.

I am afraid of becoming sick again during the course of this upcoming Winter season. I do not know what to think of that if it happens again. Should I be overly concerned about this?

Just a side question, do Chicken Noodle soup from Campbell actually contain ingredients to cure me quickly? I had 2 cans recently, which was the first time in years (probably at least 10 years) that I have ever eaten it. Tastes good!

The past week or so has been miserable. Dealing with head pains, tooth ache, busted shoulders that the doc will not operate at this time since I am not athletic (how discriminating...) and being sick. I actually asked for time off from work and the boss suggested a month, but I told him that I am willing to come back on the 1st (food stamp users day) to work my magic. Not much of a vacation for me... *sighs* But I have managed to do some work on my aquariums, such as cleaning the 100.

Hope this post pleases everyone! I know I've been a bit crazy on here... Really, I'm a great guy! <3