Condolences to thread owner.
I get the Flu shot and maintain a stockpile of antibiotics for just this reason. With work, travel and the ‘approved doctor’ scheduling requirements it’s much more time efficient and economical to maintain antibiotics and begin a 7-day regimen when symptoms deteriorate. I avoid the risks of the additional time, costs and mis-diagnosis liability of the traditional treatment path. The last time I did the traditional route for flu/pnemonia I was mis-diagnosed twice, out over a thousand dollars and sick for 2 months. Never again.
How do you get your antibiotics?
You could get yourself into serious trouble taking antibiotics when they aren’t needed. I’m wondering how you can diagnose yourself without lab tests.