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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:44 PM Original message |
More flu horror stories from Atlanta .. stories from my brother (a radiologist). |
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tyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. What are the symptoms of this flu? |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm not really qualified to address that .. |
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here_is_to_hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Yep, I had it last week, came on within two hours... |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
30. 104.3-F ???!!! |
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here_is_to_hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. My bones still ache and my muscles are still cramping up. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
35. I had flu in early Jan, and then AGAIN in early Feb |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. That is very scary |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. They did. My brother had the flu three weeks ago. He had the shot. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. So they missed the usual lottery |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Supposedly if you've had the shot, you have a lesser case of flu? |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
39. Depends on the strain. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. The claim is "no matter the strain" you'll have a lesser case if you get the jab. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. The flu shots weren't as accurate this year. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. This year's flu shot did NOT contain the |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. Flu can be bad, but a healthy 36 year old usually does not get that |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
7. Flu or adenovirus? |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. My whole workplace had that a few months ago. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
32. It seems to have blown through here. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. And, pneumonia "deaths" are tallied by the CDC with "flu deaths" which I find odd? |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
33. Careful with that cough--I broke one of my ribs with mine. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
46. Oh goodness, I don't doubt it a bit. My husband tore a muscle. |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. My mom was in the hospital with a virus over the weekend |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
13. So glad your cousins daughter is better!!! We've had all flu symptoms here. |
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halobeam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. can't you go back and get tested for flu and for adenovirus? |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I asked the clinic, they were supposed to call me back. I'm not sure how long we have? |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Insist on the test. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. I may, but I fear going to the clinic and getting the flu if we've not had it. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. my wife works with severely mentally and physically handicapped |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Pop some zinc too, it's supposed to prevent pneumonia. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I cannot tolerate codeine or acetaminophen, but I found a good OTC cough product with neither. |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. That was the only OTC cough syrup my doctor would recommend. |
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windbreeze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #22 |
42. Delsym....I always have on hand... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. snort! |
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Medusa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
24. Thank God warm weather is on it's way |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. I've had something or other for the last week and a half. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. More info ... |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
27. a flu pt coughed in my wifes face today.... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
28. Had it a few weeks ago. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
29. So scary... |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
34. Many of the Universities here are raging with outbreaks of the flu... |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
37. I work in a hospital here in SF |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
38. My boyfriend and I had it. |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
40. there is some weird shit going on at the CDC |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
41. We'll be seeing more of this kind of thing as the planet continues to heat |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
43. impossible to keep anything like this a secret |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
44. We were slammed hard by it in our house. |
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