Public health announcement

The Fuzzylogic household has been attacked again by the dreaded "Man flu". It got worse by the weekend and seemed to get better temporarily during the exciting Grey cup match and lasted till cheering for the Saskatoon Riders and coming back soon after that. This dreaded sickness bug has a predominantly male preference and boy oh boy does it make the affected too tired to lift that finger for anything else other than the remote.

Symptoms include moaning and whining,preference to retire oneself under warm blankets on sofa for at least 3 days. It also causes desire for hot soups,obsessive checking of temperature and emitting loud woe-is-me groans. It waxes and wanes and surprisingly switching on the TV and
football matches seem to make the symptoms miraculously better. It also causes intense thirst for fluids preferably those bought from the popular pharmacy "Beer store". It also causes fluctuations in the energy level of the patient and any suggestions of work other than those involving computers and X box seem to bring on the symptoms more aggressively. The suggestion of childcare and cooking especially pushes the symptoms to I-AM-GOING-TO-DIE levels sometimes requiring admission to ICU. In fact we are planning to contact a lawyer just in case we might need to prepare a will.

Literature suggests that so far there have been no vaccinations available yet to combat this dreaded disease. But intense research is being conducted at the Sick and Tired Moms Hospital and hopefully one day a miracle cure can be found. Meanwhile the women have been advised to watch out for the signs and symptoms of the disease and report immediately to the Sick and Tired Moms Hospital when they come across it at their homes.

Some Do's and Don'ts to women dealing with man flu are:

Do's: Keep repeating "You poor baby,you are being so brave"
Offer plenty of TV time and warm food and mothering,tuck him with warm blankets,get a doctor's appointment by dialing the number yourself (since the illness renders his fingers nonfunctional beyond said remote) and moral support.

Don'ts: Saying "Get your butt off the sofa this minute and help me out"
Can aggravate it and cause him to surf Internet coming up with claims of some outrageous exotic disease and intensify the symptoms.

All women are also urged to generously donate towards research fund for search of cure for man flu. The cheques and get well messages can be directed to Fuzzylogic, Director of the Sick and Tired Moms Hospital, Sicknessville,
Blogland.

Meanwhile we are also releasing this video below for the benefit of general public which portrays a classic case of man flu. A 24 hr hot line is currently been made available at 1-800-MANFLU to answer all queries and concerns.