My son, I have heard thee cry out from the wilderness . . .
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Originally posted by JP1570
I sure wish TNT or Dr. Evil would read this......
You flatter me a bit too much, bro . . . :D
Anyway, I don't think you can say that AS on the whole strengthens or weakens your immune system. There are so many different AS, some of which not even anabolic and some of which are not even steroids - what we loosely call "AS" is a whole family of drugs that interact with our bodies and with each other to help us achieve our goals.
That said, you didn't specify any symptoms, so I'm gonna hazard a basic guess and say that the two people you know have a case of the flu. Whatever it is, if it's something that is going around, it is potentially something that you have been exposed to already (especially if it was an intimate weekend, in which case I hope one of you made the other breakfast :)).
The period of late January through early March is the peak flu season, and it reinforces the need for people to get flu shots in October or November each year. There is always some debate around that time of year as to whether flu shots are good or bad - some people with a more holistic perspective are against them - but inevitably, in February and March, we start seing posts from people who didn't get a flu shot the previous fall and now have it.
If it is a cold or the flu, the best thing is to ride it out - the flu is viral, not bacterial, so antibiotics won't knock it out immediately. But if you do get any symptoms, see a doctor - there are medications that can, at the least, provide symptom relief. And if you manage to avoid the symptoms (especially after intimate contact with someone who develops them), count yourself lucky. AS for the AS, I doubt that they would have any significant impact, one way or the other.