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A week after the flu.... :(

peggy-sue

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I find that any cold or flu I get gives rise to an extended payback (PEM). I've never put it down to anything more than that.
 

Jemal

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A quick update: I mostly recovered and feel like I am back at my old level of sickness. So luckily it wasn't a huge crash. Took me me more than 6 weeks to recover though.