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Has anybody had the flu yet?

Miss Shelf

Miss Shelf

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I was wondering if anyone here has gotten sick with the flu yet. It's been several years since I had it because I've gotten shots. But this year my doctor is late offering shots and I'm wondering if I'm coming down with it. I've looked up the symptoms on websites, but I'm still not sure if I'm getting it. Anyone care to share their experience?
 
Well I had a bug of some sort Friday morning. was nauseated and had diahhrea off and on that day. Then through yesterday just off and on felt nauseated and my taste buds were out of whack. I was really achey also!
But feeling a WHOLE lot better today :D
 
My dog threw up this morning, but I think it was revenge for kicking him off the couch. He is now banished to the Lonely Porch.

My son and hub had a bad cold/fever last week, but it wasn't the flu.
 
I have been ill almost a week now. I have a cold and have a hard time keeping warm, guess thats what a flu is like. Havent hardly any energi, sleep many hours and read a little.
Got some new books I have ordered today. So I might just snuggle up with a nice hot cup of tea underneath the blanket with one of my new books.
Flower
 
For the first time ever I've made it through November (well twenty nine days of it) without calling out sick. I'm so proud of my immune system.
 
I've rarely had the flu so I wouldn't dream of having a jab for it. As I'm asthmatic I was offered one free but I feel happier to not have my body injected with whatever concoction is in it. In the same way, I wouldn't take oral drugs for something that I haven't got. I'm happier treating the symptom if it arises.

Plus, so many people I know complain of getting ill after having the jab that I feel suspicious of it.

Anyone feel that the pharmaceutical industries are trying to scare us? :eek:
 
I haven't had the flu yet, but I've just had a severe cold which has left me with bronchitis. :(
 
I have some respiratory thing going on right now, feeling achy and just dead tired. :( :(
 
Here in the US? I'd say so, it's easier to get the shot than risk suffering a week of miserable illness. The elderly are encouraged to get the shots, and I think they're supposed to get the shots before the younger people do.
 
I have had a cold for about 7 days. On Monday my eye got very sore and I thought it had something to do with the cold. My wife made me go to the Opth....eye doctor... today and now I am scheduled for surgery on Dec 7th. They have to, as I understnad it, make a slit in the skin under each of the eyes. Something to do with the bottom eyelashes "turning under". :(
 
I haven't had a cold this month! :D
I usually catch a cold or flu everytime it is "on air", so I guess I am expecting it to come to pappa! :rolleyes:
Well, next week I have to be vaccinated against the flu, but this doesn't stop the flu from coming and taking over my body! >:)

I am waiting for it with a spoon in one hand and the fork in the other! :cool:
 
direstraits said:
Is it common to get flu shots to prevent flu over in where you are?

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It's common. I, however don't get the shots. First of all it's important to know that the flu shot is basically an immunization for the strains of flu that were present last year. These flu's have a way of evolving and mutating, but the time it takes to develop new drugs to combat them is lengthy. So what you get this year in the shot, was developed for last years flu. Chances are good if you didn't get sick last year you have some natural immunity already, or, if you did get sick there's that immunity again...

Also, the last time I got the shot I was sicker that winter, than any winter since, and my wife works in a pediatricians office. We are all pretty much exposed to every germ that every kid carry into that office.

I view these shots as advantageous for those with naturally weak immune systems, or those whose systems have been weakened by other sickenesses or medicines.

Otherwise, for normally healthy adults, I think it's a waste of time and money.
 
Motokid said:
It's common. I, however don't get the shots. First of all it's important to know that the flu shot is basically an immunization for the strains of flu that were present last year. These flu's have a way of evolving and mutating, but the time it takes to develop new drugs to combat them is lengthy. So what you get this year in the shot, was developed for last years flu. Chances are good if you didn't get sick last year you have some natural immunity already, or, if you did get sick there's that immunity again...

Also, the last time I got the shot I was sicker that winter, than any winter since, and my wife works in a pediatricians office. We are all pretty much exposed to every germ that every kid carry into that office.

I view these shots as advantageous for those with naturally weak immune systems, or those whose systems have been weakened by other sickenesses or medicines.

Otherwise, for normally healthy adults, I think it's a waste of time and money.
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I am there with you.
The only time I got the shot - the shot turned out to be a different one from the current strain of the virus, so I wound up very ill somehow. That was the only year in 20 or so that I was unwell for many months, and had to come through quite a mighty antibiotic treatment to get healthy again.
 
direstraits said:
Is it common to get flu shots to prevent flu over in where you are?

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Oh yes-though last year, there was a shortage and it was limited. I didn't get the shot as I'm still relatively young and in good health-I figured that some old codger could use it and that I could prevent illness my sneezing into my underarm as the authorities recommended.
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muggle said:
I have had a cold for about 7 days. On Monday my eye got very sore and I thought it had something to do with the cold. My wife made me go to the Opth....eye doctor... today and now I am scheduled for surgery on Dec 7th. They have to, as I understnad it, make a slit in the skin under each of the eyes. Something to do with the bottom eyelashes "turning under". :(
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Oh Muggle, poor you. :( I hope everything goes well for you next week. :)
 
Motokid said:
It's common. I, however don't get the shots. First of all it's important to know that the flu shot is basically an immunization for the strains of flu that were present last year. These flu's have a way of evolving and mutating, but the time it takes to develop new drugs to combat them is lengthy.
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That's exactly what I was thinking about - what if you get a strain that you didn't get a jab for? I had a mental picture of a doctor going "Here's a shot for Strain A, oh, and here's another for Strain B, and jolly, you don't want to forget about Strain C, my friend." Ouch.

It's available here, but it's uncommon to get flu shots. We do get 'seasonal' flu, the ones that go around and suddenly everyone you know is unwell. But it's never 'serious' - just runny noses, sore throat, sneezing and fever. I've never gotten a flu shot before, and don't want another reason to have something sticking into me.

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