I have always kept a "sick kit" of tissues, paper plates and cups, plastic utensils, OTC meds and gatorade in addition to the food storage. I was a nurse for 20 years, so also keep medical supplies on hand along with fishmox. I do all of the cooking and cleaning, so in the past when I have been sick, DH thinks the answer is McDonalds. We don't tend to keep frozen meals, but I have learned to keep a frozen lasagna or a couple of pizzas just for these occasions. In fact, I picked up a lasagna last weekend, and BAM! DH came down with the flu monday, with me and DD right behind him. While we had everything here in the house we needed, I am adding 1 thing to our flu preps...telling even our dearest friends to keep back if they smell like cough drops or show any signs of illness. We had a couple of friends come back form the Phillipines and as they hugged us hello, I smelled cough drops. They went on to tell us about the terrible crud they caught there! Hey, next time, bring me a tshirt, not a 104 fever! FIL also was sick, we saw him 2 days prior to seeing them, he did not say a word ahead of visiting, but I smelled the cough drops again. In the past I have always worried about hurting someone's feelings or seeming uncaring, but after how horrible this week was, we will not worry about that.