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rzemanfl

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4. I am on day 8 and well on my way to recovery, but not back to normal activities. I had the shot.

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Original post)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 02:08 PM

Feb 2018

This flu is really awful. It made my fingernails hurt. Terrible hacking cough, fever, chills, night sweats, day sweats, muscles and bones ached. The weirdest part was the second day I felt better and did things, thinking I had a mild cold. I am seventy and can see how this monster could kill older people. I did not take any prescription meds. I would love to hear from someone who is completely over it.

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Who here has the flu, had it or knows someone who has it or had it? [View all] Eliot Rosewater Feb 2018 OP

My kid had the shot and some symptoms months later on, ExciteBike66 Feb 2018 #1

I had it in Jan. Freddie Feb 2018 #2

Can I ask how long it was before you were completely back to normal? n/t rzemanfl Feb 2018 #6

Over 3 weeks Freddie Feb 2018 #10

That's not good news. I have that cough, still have night sweats and feel weak, can't get rzemanfl Feb 2018 #11

You will feel back to normal eventually Freddie Feb 2018 #15

Thank you. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2018 #16

It is spreading around Hilo right now pandr32 Feb 2018 #3

I am on day 8 and well on my way to recovery, but not back to normal activities. I had the shot. rzemanfl Feb 2018 #4

I had it in December Jack1963 Feb 2018 #5

Yes, we had the high dosage flu shot plus the pneumonia shot, excellent drs. here. We apparently had RKP5637 Feb 2018 #7

Got the shot, got the flu. Still coughing (2 and a half weeks). Shrike47 Feb 2018 #8

My granddaughter, her husband, and their two young children Croney Feb 2018 #9

don't know if it's the flu handmade34 Feb 2018 #12

Muscle and joint aches are a pretty strong indicator it's flu. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2018 #18

No flu shot flotsam Feb 2018 #13

I got my shot, I had some respiratory ailment... Historic NY Feb 2018 #14

All 4 of us mercuryblues Feb 2018 #17

I had it after the shot shenmue Feb 2018 #19

Thankfully I retired. lark Feb 2018 #20