Since I was dx in April of 2013, the one thing I kept hearing from, oh, everyone was that this was an autoimmune disease and that I should do my utmost to avoid catching colds, and such. Make sure I took my vitamins, make sure I got my flu shot when time came, and encourage my immediate family to get theirs, too, both so that I didn't catch it and that I didn't have cause to play mom (more than usual) and take care of them.

So, wouldn't you know it that my stubborn husband decided that he didn't need a flu shot and... came down with a cold/flu type of thing which, of course, I suddenly find myself getting.

The long and short of this is: is there anything that one can do to ease the symptoms outside of the standard "Dr. Mom" OTC stuff? I really don't want to call my doc to whine at her for yet another ache.

Thanks in advance!