Cold or the flu.... please help?

With the body aches it sounds like the flu, and since it is a viral infection there is nothing you can really get to shorten it, so just lots of bed rest, clear fluids, and a fever reducer like Tylenol if the fever gets over 100. If your throat starts feeling yuck you can do lemon tea with honey, or a warm salt water gargle. Oh and Theraflu is a good OTC, so is Nyquil.