Who has been unfortunate and caught the Flu this year

[General Lee]

I have, 3 weeks ago pretty bad, and now I'm just getting over the stomach flu as they call it. Its just not fair, I got blindsided 3 weeks apart. Talk about bad luck

[holland_patrick]

MY Wife.. she was down for a week.

[TW85 HHI]

My two sisters and my mom had it. Surprisingly, my dad and I have managed to not catch it.

[Mosca]

My sister caught it, and developed pneumonia. She's back home from the hospital now, but it was pretty bad. I talked to her yesterday, she was happy her temp was down to 100*.

I just finished a book about the epidemic of 1918; it was pretty scary stuff. If that were to happen now, it would still take us down pretty bad. Most people who died did so because there simply weren't enough doctors and hospital beds.


Tom

[Scottwax]

I think I got a mild case from my brother. We all went out to eat at a Japanese Hibachi place for his daughter's 18th birthday and I sat next to him. Near the end of the meal, I mentioned to him he was sounding a bit hoarse and asked if the smoke was getting to him. He said it wasn't the smoke, he was getting over the flu.

Now I have a sore throat, mild headache and some light pain in my lower back...and I am waxing a 44' motorcoach tomorrow!

[General Lee]

Originally posted by Scottwax
I think I got a mild case from my brother. We all went out to eat at a Japanese Hibachi place for his daughter's 18th birthday and I sat next to him. Near the end of the meal, I mentioned to him he was sounding a bit hoarse and asked if the smoke was getting to him. He said it wasn't the smoke, he was getting over the flu.

Now I have a sore throat, mild headache and some light pain in my lower back...and I am waxing a 44' motorcoach tomorrow!

Uh Oh, After my initial symptoms less than 12 hours I was helpless. Couldn't do nothing but lay in bed.

Good luck, Hope you stay clear of it.

[White95Max]

I had it in early January. I couldn't sleep because I had this bad stomach pain, then I went to the bathroom and drank a few handfuls of water from the sink, and immediately threw them up again.
Oddly enough, I felt MUCH better after that, and I went right to sleep. I slept for most of the following two days, without eating much. I did get up to check the Autopia forums a few times though. And I drank a good couple dozen or more cups of water those days.

[Intel486]

I'm on tamaflu right now or something like that to help me not get it.

[G35stilez]

I usually get a cold every winter and that's it for the year. I already had my cold so I *hope* I'm in the clear.


<knocks on wood>

[Scottwax]

Originally posted by White95Max
I had it in early January. I couldn't sleep because I had this bad stomach pain, then I went to the bathroom and drank a few handfuls of water from the sink, and immediately threw them up again.
Oddly enough, I felt MUCH better after that, and I went right to sleep. I slept for most of the following two days, without eating much.

I went through that in late May....and I couldn't get my car door open quickly enough. Talk about extreme detailing! I think it was food posioning though because after I finished throwing up (3-4 times in my car and 4-5 more times while showering), I felt much better but extremely tired. I slept from about 7PM to nearly noon the next day.

[RedondoV6]

I had this stomach flu too ... really bad.

Felt a little tired for a few hours, like the onset of a light cold, then all hell broke loose! Five hours later, all spent in the bathroom, I finally "held on " to some water and collapsed in bed for a very rough nights sleep. The following two days I slept like a baby and took nothing but water (gallons of it). Even on the third day drinking the water still left a "tickle" in the back of my throat and I didn't eat any solids until the 5th day!

Bad news.. I hope no one else gets it, but it seems to be the 'bug of the moment' in my home town.

[DaGonz]

Been there, had it, done that.... not fun at all!