So much for the flu shot

[pink]

and yes, i know there are different strains but I must have gotten a hella bad one. I've been so sick since last Sat with vomiting and the shits. I even went the ER, I was so bad.

This afternoon is the first time, food even sounds halfway decent to me. I haven't eaten since last Friday.

I hope to God i never get that ever again.


Anyone been sick lately?

 

[lovetoread]

I've been suffering with sinusitis which gave me a migraine headache.

It's been a bad few days for me.

 

[Spontaneous1]

- i haven't gotten sick in years, thanks god.

but i hope you feel better.

 

[gardenia19]

Nope. Hope you can hold down some food soon.

 

[BotanyBoy]

I got a really nasty cold for the first time in a long time a while back...104F fever, spewing...the fuckin' works. Hopefully it's another 10 years before I see the likes of that bullshit again.

Hope you feel better pink...drink lots of fluids.

 

[Spontaneous1]

Hope you feel better pink...drink lots of fluids.

yeah that also works, alot of fluid.

but if you ask me, just take couple of shots of whisky.. you'd be alright.

 

[BotanyBoy]

yeah that also works, alot of fluid.

but if you ask me, just take couple of shots of whisky.. you'd be alright.

Hydration is magic, I give myself IV's.... nice big 2000cc bag of LR on a moderate drip will do wonders for a hangover/cold when you can't keep things down or a big run/sports event if you do it the night before...if I'm sucking real bad I just open it up and squeeze the bag.

 

[Wings]

Oh no, that sucks Pink. I hope your body recovers quickly.

Other than a 5 day headache that will take me into the ER tonight to get a shot in my butt I haven't gotten sick this year.

My son and my dad both got Influenza A and were down for the count for a week even with Tamiflu. That was a great time in my house.

 

[John Doe]

When did you get your flu shot?

 

[John Doe]

Oh no, that sucks Pink. I hope your body recovers quickly.

Other than a 5 day headache that will take me into the ER tonight to get a shot in my butt I haven't gotten sick this year.

My son and my dad both got Influenza A and were down for the count for a week even with Tamiflu. That was a great time in my house.

I'll give you a shot in your butt.

 

[Spontaneous1]

Hydration is magic, I give myself IV's.... nice big 2000cc bag of LR on a moderate drip will do wonders for a hangover/cold when you can't keep things down or a big run/sports event if you do it the night before...if I'm sucking real bad I just open it up and squeeze the bag.

or you can always smoke it up too, weed.

 

[Wings]

I'll give you a shot in your butt.

Oh sure, I've heard that before and my headache remained.

 

[LongDrySpell]

Influenza is a respiratory illness. The "stomach flu" is not actually flu at all, but a completely unrelated virus. Flu symptoms are usually fever, chills, body aches, cough with or without stuffy nose, and exhaustion. Sometimes nausea, but very rarely vomiting. What you had was likely a norovirus, which is also completely miserable, but not protected by the flu shot.

Glad you're starting to feel better.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Hope you feel better soonest, Ma'am.

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

I am guessing I had the flu , closely followed by the norovirus. Every symptom in the book, except I retched, and nothing came out. (Retched violently!)

What was frightening, was the pain in my right side. It went away when my fever tapered off.

 

[BotanyBoy]

or you can always smoke it up too, weed.

That's a given...

Influenza is a respiratory illness. The "stomach flu" is not actually flu at all, but a completely unrelated virus. Flu symptoms are usually fever, chills, body aches, cough with or without stuffy nose, and exhaustion. Sometimes nausea, but very rarely vomiting. What you had was likely a norovirus, which is also completely miserable, but not protected by the flu shot.

Glad you're starting to feel better.

Ohhhh someone's taken a biorogy class.....

 

[Spontaneous1]

That's a given...

 

[McKenna]

Ack, that sounds horrible! Feel better soon, and continue bumping your crochet thread. <hint>

For the past couple weeks I've been battling a sinus infection that turned into an ear infection. The hell? Am I two?! I felt like a wuss for going to the doc, but man! That ear pain sucked major donkey balls. Ouchie.

 

[mercury14]

and yes, i know there are different strains but I must have gotten a hella bad one. I've been so sick since last Sat with vomiting and the shits. I even went the ER, I was so bad.

This afternoon is the first time, food even sounds halfway decent to me. I haven't eaten since last Friday.

I hope to God i never get that ever again.


Anyone been sick lately?

Those are the symptoms of 'food poisoning'. It could be a strain of influenza that the vaccine wasn't preventing, but the word this year is that the annual vaccine was the best match ever for the actual strains out there.

Yeah I had a head cold for like a whole month, with 1-2 day gaps of wellness here and there.