I am so thankful to God that I am not getting colds or flue or coughs for that matter otherwise I will experience lots of setback about my regular dialysis treatments. I just attribute my extraordinary resistance to my regular intake of vitamin C. For me now I think a 500 mg per day is just enough to protect my system against pathogens and infections.
The reason to that is obviously I am not producing urine anymore which is why any water soluble substances may it be B-vitamins, vitamin C, or anything water soluble remains in my body until my next dialysis because dialysis is a way for me to let out those things from my body, washing away toxic substances as well as things that is needed by the body like water-soluble vitamins and protein compounds.
So in a way I am not requiring extra vitamin C because it is just keeping itself in circulating in my body's system and protecting me against certain infections and that hastening or speedy wound healing process that I truly regard as magical.
Now my vitamin C intake together with my parents who are doing the same gives us a necessary resistance against colds which is why my parents and I are not getting cold anymore. My other siblings are also taking vitamin C as well as their children.
You could say why don't I just eat fruits and vegetables. Well I am eating them but with a tablet of vitamin C provides a therapeutic benefit especially its protective properties against colds and cough.
Now that my parents are not getting any younger and me with my current health situation we just needed a boost of our immune health and fortunately a simple therapy of vitamin C does a lot of difference especially if you begin to experience it yourself.