Flu help

[StagLefty]

To to top it off, the flu shot is largely ineffective this year.

Even the senior citizen booster ?

[colorider]

Had the 103 fever a few years ago w the flu. What a trip. Don't want to feel that way ever again.

[Bunny]

Thanks for the concern guys!

[HoneyBadger]

To to top it off, the flu shot is largely ineffective this year.

The flu shot is largely ineffective EVERY year.

[cmailliard]

Supposedly a rare variant called H3N2 is running around. I had a fever, I felt like I was burning up, but temp was 95.6F. I downed lots of cough medicine. Worse flu I ever had. Symptoms started November 16 and I still have a cough. I'm still tired from this bout of the flu.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influen...s_subtype_H3N2

You are correct. H3N2 is the predominate strain this year. It is hitting the elderly hard and long term care facilities are really getting hit hard. The flu vaccine this year is only about 48% effective. The CDC is shifting focus from Ebola to the flu. It could be a really nasty flu season.

[XC700116]

Last time I had a temp that high, I was already in the ICU and I started to hallucinte pretty regularly, was kinda weird, once that started the pain and alot of the otehr discomfort went away, but I was seeing some seriously weird chit.

[hollohas]

I wish Tamiflu wasn't RX. You need to take it so quickly after developing symptoms that wasting time scheduling a trip to the Dr (who are all booked solid) to get a RX pretty much makes sure you won't get it in time.

[ruthabagah]

Last time I had a temp that high, I was already in the ICU and I started to hallucinte pretty regularly, was kinda weird, once that started the pain and alot of the otehr discomfort went away, but I was seeing some seriously weird chit.

That's mushrooms.... Now tell us about your flu experience.

[Bunny]

Feel so much better, hoping to feel good enough to get to the gun show tomorrow

[driver]

Scary stuff. I'm glad you got in and are getting better.