Ask MeCha: New Diet or Recuperation? It's been five days since I've had a real, full meal.→[More:]I came back from the con with what we like to call "the con plague" but is probably something like the flu. I spent all day of last Tuesday in bed with a high fever, congestion and coughs that were like dry heaves. I've slowly knocked down that fever into nothing, but I'm still congested and now my throat is raw.

I'd like to be able to eat, but I can barely even swallow. I have no idea how much weight I've lost, if any, due to only having mouthfuls of soup and some Pringles every day.

Do you think I should go to the doctor to get the meds to just knock this thing out for good?