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Holy flattening illness, Batman...2 days in and can hardly move. I have to work tomorrow...
Pound the vitamin C bro and whatever else you can, this crude is no joke.
TEAMRICO
12-17-2018, 19:03
I like the weight loss that goes with!
5 lbs so far...can't eat. Barely keeping tea down. Boiled myself in the hot tub several times...taking Vitamin C, zinc, and diphenhydramine/acetaminophen
Aw, that's awful. Do you have to go in to work tomorrow?
68Charger
12-17-2018, 19:45
Yeah, the flu is nasty this year... I'm now on 1 week and it's getting better, but still lingering.
3 solid days of fever above 100
Did it help getting the flu shot? I did NOT get the flu shot, and curious if they got close to helping this year..
And what I remember T-Fog's boss is is a real hard-ass! [Coffee]
I'm the head cook, bottle washer, and HMFIC, so yeah, opting out of work is not really an option. I never have had a flu shot, but I'm reasonably sure this isn't flu. Flu usually isn't respiratory(except in 1918, when it killed 20 million).
hurley842002
12-17-2018, 20:17
My oldest (5) got the flu a couple weeks ago, I've never seen him down for the count like that, he even complained of having a hard time walking.
cmailliard
12-17-2018, 20:29
Influenza is pretty light this year with only 121 hospitalizations so far in Colorado. Influenza Like Illness's (ILI) are climbing fast however. An ILI is just what is says, looks and feels like the flu but it is not, so there are other virus out there. Maintain good hygiene, drink plenty of fluids, and don't eat sushi from a gas station.
kidicarus13
12-17-2018, 20:32
diphenhydramine/acetaminophen
That's where it's at. Knock that stuff out with anything that ends in "amine" and "ophen" Hope you feel better soon.
Could it be swine flu from being around hogs? :D
ChickNorris
12-17-2018, 20:54
Unsure if it's related but I lost my voice for a couple weeks though I never really felt ill, just a bit rough around the edges for a few days.
Yep, the perfect woman jokes, I heard 'em already. : p
Hope you feel better & right soon.
That's where it's at. Knock that stuff out with anything that ends in "amine" and "ophen" Hope you feel better soon.
Hey ey eyYYYeeeeyyyy, take Ibuprofen every day.
Fentonite
12-17-2018, 21:19
Could it be swine flu from being around hogs? :D
Well crap, he just worked on my hog recently, and I had the same crud a few weeks ago... maybe my bike is the vector!!
Could it be swine flu from being around hogs? :D
[ROFL1]
The "hogs" I work with just give me industrial disease...
There's some nastiness out there. Heard a number of folks around me at work with a nagging cough. Wife has also been hit pretty hard and had a fever that just peaked at a little over 102. She's coming back down after a nap and some Acetaminophen.
I got a flu shot that made me feel like crap for a couple of weeks after, but haven't been afflicted with the crud going around right now.
...yet.
(knocks on wood)
newracer
12-17-2018, 22:46
Not the flue, but I have had one of the worst sore throats for four days now. Can hardly eat or drink anything and almost impossible to sleep for more than a few hours.
GeorgeandSugar
12-18-2018, 05:48
I'm the head cook, bottle washer, and HMFIC, so yeah, opting out of work is not really an option. I never have had a flu shot, but I'm reasonably sure this isn't flu. Flu usually isn't respiratory(except in 1918, when it killed 20 million).
It?s the flu. Get better. Load-up on meds.[emoji106]
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Bailey Guns
12-18-2018, 07:21
Is bourbon a "med"?
Grant H.
12-18-2018, 07:27
My wife tried to get me sick last week. She works in an office where lots of people don't think they can take time off when sick, so they show up half dead and spread it around.
She went down for the count on Sunday with a fever, cough, and generally feeling poor, and still had the fever yesterday when I talked to her (I had to get on a plane).
I started to get the sore muscles and general drained feeling, but I managed to kick it with Vitamin C, Thieves Oil, Zinc, and Garlic. Yes, garlic. Take a clove of fresh garlic, peel it, chop it into swallowable pieces, and take like a vitamin. It'll kick the crud pretty effectively.
OldFogey
12-18-2018, 07:33
Hey ey eyYYYeeeeyyyy, take Ibuprofen every day.
Taking it daily can be hard on your kidneys. Got warned back in my athletically active days.
Taking it daily can be hard on your kidneys. Got warned back in my athletically active days.
Correct. That was a Snoop Dogg/weed joke.
ChickNorris
12-18-2018, 08:25
Skaal
Cheers
Bottoms up
Is bourbon a "med"?
Absolutely. It's an antibacterial agent, best applied orally.
The spousal unit ended up at 102.7 last night, went down after some acetaminophen and was back at 102.7 again this morning. She was 99.5 at lunch time so hopefully she's on the flip-side of this bug.
ChickNorris
12-18-2018, 16:36
Holy flattening illness, Batman...2 days in and can hardly move. I have to work tomorrow...
How did you fare?
Bailed after I got the essential stuff done at work, came home and took a scalding hot shower, then chugged a half a bottle of Nyquil and took a nap for a couple of hours. Feeling much better...not quite human, but better.
theGinsue
12-18-2018, 18:33
No flu here, but picked up a nasty head cold.
Sunday around noon I started sneezing a lot and noticed I was getting a severe runny nose. By Monday morning it was a full-fledged head cold. I barely slept last night and dragged all day @ work today - being careful to stay well away from everyone else. So congested I can barely hear. Just drank one of those new TheraFlu PowerPods (they only had the Daytime ones @ my local King Soopers) and am going to take a nap now - or just go to bed for the night.
68Charger
12-18-2018, 19:01
Is bourbon a "med"?
I'm past the worst of it, just lingering cough that's annoying AF
So I picked up 1.5L of this particular med... at least while on it, I don't cough... even when I do, I don't care.
I've got too much stuff to do, don't have time for this being sick crap.
Bailey Guns
12-18-2018, 20:05
No flu here, but picked up a nasty head cold.
I think I'm on the downside of a mild head cold myself. On the other hand, the last time I had a "mild head cold" it just seemed to fall outta my head and into my lungs. I coughed bad for a solid month. That cough lingered so long my doc sent me in for chest x-rays to make sure it wasn't something worse.
That's also one of the downsides of being married to a nurse. No telling what kind of sickly, skanky, crap she drags home from the hospital. I may have previously mentioned I wanted to set up a decon unit on the front porch...she balked at that. Garage is out, too.
Bailey Guns
12-18-2018, 20:05
So I picked up 1.5L of this particular med... at least while on it, I don't cough... even when I do, I don't care.
Oooohh...what kind?
Darn it, Tfog. I think your wife gave me the plague too.
Which is really weird since I?m pretty confident I?ve never met her.
buffalobo
12-18-2018, 22:31
Is bourbon a "med"?
Damn straight, many generations in my family.
Hot tea(Sleepytime works best), honey, lemon juice, shot of bourbon(or Rye). Administered by mom at first sign of flu.
Our version of the Hot Toddy.
I'm about to have the brown bag flu. :(
I'm about to have the brown bag flu. :(
Yup, got me!
The way it played out I suspect some level of food poisoning though. Feel great now though.
It's possible you met her, but it was at least a couple of years ago, so she's unlikely to be the vector for your plague. You have my sympathies, this shit sucks!
I?m still blaming your wife for being ?patient zero?.
68Charger
12-19-2018, 10:51
Oooohh...what kind?
Nothing special, just Evan Williams 100 proof.
It did seem to help at least let me sleep.
The plague is really messing with me today. First I?m burning up and then I?m freezing. I can only imagine this is what menopause feels like.
When the chills hit me I start shaking like a cat shitting a peach pit. I feel like maybe there?s a little epilepsy mixed in with this plague.
The funnest part about it though is that my eyes feel like they?re on fire and there?s some sort of small mythical creature in my head pushing on the back back of them in an attempt to push them out of their sockets.
Ugh.
Happy holidays.
Update, I thought I was having surprise bathroom time at 3:00 am from drinking whiskey during a poker party, but now, 12 hours later I've got full body chills. Not as bad as what Ray is describing, but a bad omen nonetheless. Will this be the first time Irving contracts the flu? Stay tuned!
ChickNorris
12-19-2018, 16:46
Those are my thumbs Ray. Sheesh.
wctriumph
12-19-2018, 17:07
I hope that you feel better soon.
The last week of Nov and the first week of Dec I was fighting off something??. Felt OK in the morning, by 2 PM I would get a fever, take aspirin, finish the work day, go home and ingest Alka-Seltzer cold and flu and a shot of whiskey and go to bed. Repeated this every day for almost two weeks. It sucked as I don't get sick very often.
Bailey Guns
12-19-2018, 19:58
As mentioned, the head cold has turned into a hacking, chest-heaving, dry cough.
I immediately felt better after a shot of bour... medicine. If one is good, two must be better.
As mentioned, the head cold has turned into a hacking, chest-heaving, dry cough.
I immediately felt better after a shot of bour... medicine. If one is good, two must be better.
Just remember.... alcohol amplifies the effects of medicine....not sure if it's a warning, a challenge, or user instructions...
Just remember.... alcohol amplifies the effects of medicine....not sure if it's a warning, a challenge, or user instructions...
That's known as a "serving suggestion". [Coffee]
buffalobo
12-20-2018, 00:56
Administer as needed.
Bailey Guns
12-20-2018, 07:09
Why is it?
Take meds, get tired, feel like shit, go to bed early, cough/hack til 0200. Finally, coughing stops and I start to drift off to sleep. But, wait... What's that noise? Why is Scout (little boy Corgi puppy) coughing, too? Oh, because he's not. He just hopped up on the bed to say, "Ha-rumpa, ha-rumpa....bleeech. See, dad? I'm sick, too!"
So, already feel like warmed over death, doing laundry at about 0300, cleaning up after sick dog, make a cup of coffee using one of those pod things and forget to put cup under coffee dispenser... FML today, man.
Naturally, Mrs BG is working a nite shift so I don't even get to share the misery with her.
At least you weren't so out of it that you woke up.
Update: Day 5: Got almost 3 hours of sleep. Fever down to 99. took no drugs after 0330. Hacking up what looks like chunks of road tar, but feel much better. Can't decide if the light at the end of the tunnel is daylight, or merely an oncoming train.
[zombie1]
Day three for me. Finally think my raging headache is subsiding. I can probably deal with the congestion and inability to breathe if the headache would go away.
Man, you guys are giving me the heebie jeebies. I hate getting sick and around the holidays I'm out in public more. I haven't been sick since 2014 but it was a bad one, a mycoplasma infection or walking pneumonia that lasted a month and a half and required antibiotics. Ick. Lucky I haven't had the flu since I started getting regular flu shots in 1983. Knock on wood.
I'm gonna go take another Zicam now.
Aloha_Shooter
12-20-2018, 16:51
Lucky I haven't had the flu since I started getting regular flu shots in 1983.
Funny, I haven't had the flu since I STOPPED getting regular flu shots (USAF can't mandate it on retirees). Clinic keeps pushing them and I keep saying I'm open to it if anyone can show me that they're more effective than they've been for the past 25-30 years. I've had other illnesses but not the flu.
So, sounds like I might have passed this crap on to my wife.
That should have her coming home in a lovely mood.
68Charger
12-20-2018, 18:23
Funny, I haven't had the flu since I STOPPED getting regular flu shots (USAF can't mandate it on retirees). Clinic keeps pushing them and I keep saying I'm open to it if anyone can show me that they're more effective than they've been for the past 25-30 years. I've had other illnesses but not the flu.
^^^ This ^^^
Every time they push it at work, or at the clinic- I ask for copies of the efficacy studies on this particular concoction they have this year.... blank stares- they don't know what to do with somebody that asks uncomfortable questions.
If they try to argue, I have stories... like a horse that died of rabies, and was vaccinated according to vet's schedule FOR RABIES... so when pressed, they admitted there have been ZERO efficacy studies on equine rabies vaccine. We could have apparently injected him with saline and it would have been just as effective.... and that's a good place to start- because I then follow up with "they have efficacy studies for canine vaccines, why are we not as important as my dog?"
"I get it, my dogs ARE cuter than me... but is that what it's about?"
68Charger
12-20-2018, 18:24
So, sounds like I might have passed this crap on to my wife.
That should have her coming home in a lovely mood.
Whatever this crud is, it seemed to have a long incubation period... like 3+ days... I'm assuming it's similar crud- seems to have infected most of the the school.
^^^ This ^^^
Every time they push it at work, or at the clinic- I ask for copies of the efficacy studies on this particular concoction they have this year.... blank stares- they don't know what to do with somebody that asks uncomfortable questions.
If they try to argue, I have stories... like a horse that died of rabies, and was vaccinated according to vet's schedule FOR RABIES... so when pressed, they admitted there have been ZERO efficacy studies on equine rabies vaccine. We could have apparently injected him with saline and it would have been just as effective.... and that's a good place to start- because I then follow up with "they have efficacy studies for canine vaccines, why are we not as important as my dog?"
"I get it, my dogs ARE cuter than me... but is that what it's about?"
Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?
68Charger
12-21-2018, 10:18
Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?
are you aware that you can't sue a pharma company for a defective vaccine? Federal law.
Day 6: Still way short on energy, get winded changing my mind, but the elephant that kept shitting in my lungs seems to have moved on. Slept fairly well from 2230 to 0245 without drugs. I may be on the downhill side of this. We'll see how much I feel like going to the gym on Monday.
Feeling better today and feeling a little daring.
Think I?ll try and venture out into the world for a bit.
Wish me luck.
Woke up this morning very nauseous and feeling weak. Thought, “oh no.” But then I threw up my salad from last night and have been fine since.
Started coughing about bed time last night. Alas, I was not to escape this season unscathed.
I'm also better. Just two days of minor feel bads. Irving dodges the flu again.
My dad (a pediatrician) seems to think it's either H1N1 or Influenza B. Both of which are in this year's flu vaccine. He gets the shot every year as a healthcare provider, and hasn't had any issues. I've still self quarantined from him, as he's 90 years old. We'll catch up after the holiday.
Fentonite
12-22-2018, 18:16
I'm also better. Just two days of minor feel bads. Irving dodges the flu again.
Jinx.
ChickNorris
12-22-2018, 18:25
Jinx.
My thoughts as well
cmailliard
12-22-2018, 18:54
What the ED's are seeing is mostly Flu A (92%) with H1N1 the predominant strain. Colorado Data matches national data at 92%. What's interesting is the number of ILI's that the ED's are seeing compared to actual diagnosed flu. The number of ILI's surpassed last years number with a rapid spike at the beginning of December, while the number of actual flu cases is well below last year. The data to come out this in the next day or so will be interesting. Most of the data so far is pointing to a fairly mild start. Let's hope it stays that way. Flu mortality (mostly from pneumonia) usually increases in the next month or so. We are seeing some sick people in the ED's right now.
Wash those hands boys and girls.
Jinx.
My thoughts as well
Never having had the flu in my life that I know of, in the event that I come down with it, it will probably kill me.
FWIW - Wife tried to find NyQuil at Sam's Club today. They were sold out.
I've been taking Mucinex DM to keep the nagging cough under control.
cmailliard
12-22-2018, 22:48
FWIW - Wife tried to find NyQuil at Sam's Club today. They were sold out.
I've been taking Mucinex DM to keep the nagging cough under control.
This is something that has been tracked in the past. Not sure if it still is, but I wouldn't doubt it. Syndromic Surveillance only applies to those who visit and ED or Doc's Office. For those of us, that refuse to go to the doctor and self medicate we get get missed in the surveillance. Why is this tracked? If you go to Target, Costco, Walgreens, etc. and they are sold out of "Cold and Cough" medicine, well there's your sign. If this happens in July, in a cluster, say one or two zip codes, that could a bio agent release. Even though we are very mobile now, we still usually hit the store close to our house, so it is a pretty accurate source of data.
ChickNorris
12-22-2018, 23:06
Curious, do you think there is an outlier list for products like Robitussin as it also has a recreational use?
buckshotbarlow
12-23-2018, 09:24
my youngest just gave it to me...merry f***n christmas to me...
"I segregated her to a different house and gloved-masked-alcoholed up to take care of the kiddo. "
Jim Beam or Jack Daniels ?[Coffee]
theGinsue
12-24-2018, 00:23
FWIW - Wife tried to find NyQuil at Sam's Club today. They were sold out.
I've been taking Mucinex DM to keep the nagging cough under control.
Mucinex DM hasn't had any noticeable impact on my phlegm production. After a week, I'm just now starting to not cough and hack so much through the night that I'm getting a little sleep. Took a nap this afternoon and hacked up a huge glob of deep dark thick nastiness. I'm hoping that was the "core" of what's behind all of this and I'll now be on the upswing.
I've been so tired and easily winded and it finally hit me yesterday that my VO2 levels must be exceptionally low. If you're dealing with this same stuff, don''t overdo things as it could have really negative effects.
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