Paranoid about this year's flu

Blu's Mama

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Joined : Nov 2014

Posts : 1319

Posted 1/5/2015 11:52 PM (GMT 0)

All,
Feeling a little run down today. Sort of congested, and tired and achy. Not sure if it's just from working a long day yesterday, or if I'm coming down with somethinf. And then naturally I google flu symtpoms and up pops the amount of deaths that have occurred in the past weeks due to this year's awful flu strain. Ugh

Daesin

Regular Member

Joined : Jun 2014

Posts : 479

Posted 1/6/2015 12:05 AM (GMT 0)

Don't do it Mama....avoid anyone who looks or acts even slightly off. This mess is horrible. No fun at all. Find some orange juice and hand sanitizer. I didn't get to them quick enough and lost the last few days of my youngest boy being home. I self quarantined as not to share. Hope it works and the rest of the crew is unaffected.

Hope you get to feeling better and don't go down the flu path. it just isn't any fun!

Scaredy Cat

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Joined : Sep 2006

Posts : 28868

Posted 1/6/2015 1:45 AM (GMT 0)

Hey Blu's,

The people who are not recovering from the flu are those with compromised immune systems. You are young and healthy, and even if you did come down with it...you would be fine.

The sheer number of those infected this year are the reason for the higher death toll...it is simply a statistics thing.

...and the epidemic is not even in our area...the West Coast is relatively unaffected.

I am sure that you will wake up feeling better tomorrow.;)

S.C.

lgm1942

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Joined : Feb 2013

Posts : 6016

Posted 1/6/2015 3:42 AM (GMT 0)

Mam i'm in Texas and somewhat older than you are, me and wife both have had it and now over it, don't
worry, google never prints good news, Peace

Larry ***

Hibee

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Joined : Oct 2008

Posts : 7935

Posted 1/6/2015 11:50 AM (GMT 0)

Hi Blu

Sorry to hear you are not feeling well I thought I had the flu before christmas but it turned out to just be a really bad cold which seems to be going about at the moment. Maybe a trip to your pharmacist to pick up some OTC meds to help with your symptoms is in order and take on lots of fluids and i'm sure you will be feeling better soon.

Hibee

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