The flu is a surefire way to stop your productivity and leave you completely helpless for days at a time. If you are having flu symptoms and you didn’t get your flu shot, you may be kicking yourself for it now—but before you panic and relinquish yourself to bed with some chicken noodle soup, find out if your flu symptoms really mean that you have the flu.1. Make a list of the symptoms you’re experiencing before you read anything about the flu. Reading about symptoms before you make note of your symptoms could lead you to believe you have symptoms you aren’t really experiencing. Worse, you could ignore other potentially serious symptoms!2. Check your list of symptoms against a reliable list of flu symptoms. Common flu symptoms include muscle pains, physical exhaustion, a high fever,