OT: Flu

[msugrad2003]

My daughter and I are just getting over the flu and now my 6yo son has it; did everything possible to prevent it. I guess my wife is next. Will I still be able to make a claim on my homeowners insurance off I choose to burn my house down afterwards? BTw: the flu sucks this year

 

[Hugh's Burner Phone]

My daughter and I are just getting over the flu and now my 6yo son has it; did everything possible to prevent it. I guess my wife is next. Will I still be able to make a claim on my homeowners insurance off I choose to burn my house down afterwards? BTw: the flu sucks this year

It is awful. Me and my two kids had it, but my wife missed it. They started her on a preventative dose of Tamiflu.

 

[BELdog]

I'm just getting over the flu. First time I've ever had it. Honestly, the flu didn't seem bad at all, but this secondary respiratory infection caused by the flu is awful. Apparently secondary issues like bronchitis and URIs have been a big problem this year.

 

[kired]

We've had the type B pass through half our house this past week, but it honestly hasn't been that bad. About 1.5 - 2 days in bed for the ones that had it but not the near death experience everyone's making it out to be. Just fever, aches, loss of appetite... no other symptoms. Supposedly it's not as intense as the type A.

 

[BELdog]

Mine was type A and pretty much exactly what you just described. I think I heard there are around 50 individual strains of flu this year. Crazy stuff.

 

[Hugh's Burner Phone]

I don’t know what type mine was. I know I ached all over and had a fever of around 101.5 for 48 straight hours before it finally broke. For three days I lay in bed and only moved to go take a whiz or stumble to the kitchen for something to eat when I actually got hungry.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

A lot of people have died from the Flu this season.

 

[gymdawg.sixpack]

Wife had A after Christmas, broke in 2 days. 5yr old confirmed A Wed, doing much better after 24hrs although low grade fever persists. The quarantine and balance of 5yr old , 2yr okd, and 3wk old has been a constant job

 

[pDigital32Dawg]

I ahd been doing everything I could to avoid the flu. Ended up catching the flu on a work trip a few weeks back. Pretty sure the guy on the plane next to me from Jackson to Atlanta was the one who got me sick. By the time I got back at the end of the week, I'd gotten about 5 others sick. The flu is turrible. Somehow I managed to gain weight while I was sick too

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

I ahd been doing everything I could to avoid the flu. Ended up catching the flu on a work trip a few weeks back. Pretty sure the guy on the plane next to me from Jackson to Atlanta was the one who got me sick. By the time I got back at the end of the week, I'd gotten about 5 others sick. The flu is turrible. Somehow I managed to gain weight while I was sick too

Lmao you may be the only man in history to gain weight after having the flu. That’s actually impressive

 

[Ozarkdawg]

The way it got explained to me

A lot of people have died from the Flu this season.

With the laying around, fluid gets in the lungs turning into pneumonia. If that treatment is delayed thinking it's part of the flu, then it turns into sepsis in the bloodstream. And that leads to death.

 

[kired]

Haha, that's the truth. I'm as skinny as I can possibly be but still found a way to lose 5 pounds. Still trying to gain it back.

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Wife had A after Christmas, broke in 2 days. 5yr old confirmed A Wed, doing much better after 24hrs although low grade fever persists. The quarantine and balance of 5yr old , 2yr okd, and 3wk old has been a constant job

The five year olds are tanks.. Can't slow em down. Take care of those babies. I am scared to death of the flu this year for little ones. Thoughts and prayers are with your babies!