Have you had Swine Flu?

Voltex

with nearly 7,000 people a week catching it..it would stand to reason that some Boardies would have caught it...but whats it like?...Flu...or something else?

i remember 1 guy descibing it as the worst illness he ever had...then someone else saying it was grand....so what is it like?

SEPT 23 1989

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgeDh1WCyeM

Hogzy

I have it right now!!!

Two of my cousins had it, one of them was sick for nearly 3 weeks,
My case isnt/wasnt as bad, im on the mend now, I had all the usual smptoms but thank god no squirts or vomiting, aparently having those make it much worse for obvious reasons. I had a temp of 104 which is fairly close to needing medical treatment but thankfully it never went above that. Stayed in bed for 3 days but im still confined to my bedroom. Im on my fifth day now, caught it on Monday (Symptoms showed up Monday day).

Over all the general illness people will be getting is just like a regular flu (some people believe it or not have never had the flu) but i know people are getting worse doses...

My two cents anyways!

robbie_998

i am a pig

Clare Bear

Yeah I had it a month ago. Certainly not the most sick I've ever been but it wasn't exactly a walk in the park either. I think it's been exaggerated greatly though to be honest.

Voltex

About 12 years ago I had Bejing Flu...and my God was that bad..I was sick for about 6 weeks in toal because of secondary infections so Im kinda worried about this one...Flu had a whole new meaning for me after that last episode.

orourkeda

squeal like a pig boy

Clare Bear

Hogzy wrote: »

I have it right now!!!

Two of my cousins had it, one of them was sick for nearly 3 weeks,
My case isnt/wasnt as bad, im on the mend now, I had all the usual smptoms but thank god no squirts or vomiting, aparently having those make it much worse for obvious reasons. I had a temp of 104 which is fairly close to needing medical treatment but thankfully it never went above that. Stayed in bed for 3 days but im still confined to my bedroom. Im on my fifth day now, caught it on Monday (Symptoms showed up Monday day).

Over all the general illness people will be getting is just like a regular flu (some people believe it or not have never had the flu) but i know people are getting worse doses...

My two cents anyways!

Yeah I had the vomiting. And the high temperature/headache was the worst part.

Hope you're over the worst of it Hogzy.

Voltex

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgeDh1WCyeM

I dont like that at all!!

jumpguy

Clare Bear wrote: »

Yeah I had the vomiting. And the high temperature/headache was the worst part.

Hope you're over the worst of it Hogzy.

The high temp/chills/headache/sore muscles are the worst. Trying to sleep was a nightmare.

I got it in mid-August. By the time the swabs came back with the results, I was better. Thanks HSE.

SEPT 23 1989

Voltex wrote: »

I dont like that at all!!

thats only a mild dose:pac:

starbelgrade

Can you catch swine flu from rashers?

Alicat

My boyfriend and my brother had it at the same time, about a month ago. Both had really high temperatures and said it was like a bad flu. They went to the local doctor, who told both of them "Nah, you don't have Swine Flu, but sure we'll do the swab anyway. We'll call you when the results come back"

A week later, both of them pretty much over the whole illness but had never received a call from the doctor. Boyf rang up to check out of curiosity, said he could hear the secretary rooting around for the results and when she finally found them she just said "Oh....right....umm.....not what I was expecting....ehh...can I get the doctor to ring you back?" They hadn't even bothered to open the results for either of them :rolleyes: Was not impressed with that doctor :P

Somehow I didn't get it. I think my immune system must be quite strong from working in healthcare for the past 8 or 9 years.

abelard

I thought I had it.

Had all the symptoms. Only lasted about 24 hours though.

So I guess it was just man flu \o/

starbelgrade

Alicat wrote: »

I think my immune system must be quite strong from working in healthcare for the past 8 or 9 years.

That'll be all the free drugs.

Pwezem

Oink

CHD

Have it or had it. Just getting over it, wasn't that bad at all.

Wouldn't mind seconds.

brummytom

Got it in July.

Wasn't too bad. Just like a mild flu thing

Voltex

\o/

What does that mean?

Lia_lia

Haven't got it. But I should have really, most of friends have had it. I like my immune system.

Jumpy

Voltex wrote: »

What does that mean?

Its a cheer. Hands waving above head.

Ghost Train

If there was a swine flu forum I could die happy... from swine flu

f3qh5g0z6vc7ob

I want it so if anyone has it they should organise a swine flu party so we can all get it. My friend lost over a stone from it!!!

Bring it on!!!

jumpguy

Alexander Better Student wrote: »

I want it so if anyone has it they should organise a swine flu party so we can all get it. My friend lost over a stone from it!!!

Bring it on!!!

Yeah actually I lost a **** load of weight of it too. You put it back on when you get better fairly quick though (atleast I did).

Max Power1

Pwezem wrote: »

Oink

damn you

LadyMayBelle

Know people who have it, thought the vaccine would be rushed into where I work (specific at risk health care area) but not at all, no mention of it....

cmpunk

i am manbearpig
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Nightwish

I have it Its horrible. I've to stay out of work for 2 weeks. The cabin fever is driving me mental. If the flu doesn't kill me, madness surely will.

Duiske

Keep going guys. I might use some of your experiences for a screenplay I'm writing. I'm gonna call it "Aporkalypse Now - Piggies Revenge"

P_1

Had it, was only a mild dose of it but still wouldn't reccomend it to anybody.

Was able to get the tamiflu though which may have lessened the horror.

Padman

I had it for 2 weeks while on holidays.Worst time of my life.Its more a respiratory ilness and I already had asthma and a temp of 104.3 so I was jacked up with all kinds of medicine,covered in wet towels and to make it worse I had nothing to occupy the time.I was stuck in a room as delusional as Towely on shrooms.

Agent Smith

Alicat wrote: »

My boyfriend and my brother had it at the same time, about a month ago.

oh dear....

grenache

I currently have some kind of flu, but dont know if its the ordinary or Swine one. Had it since Wed. The aches and headaches are now gone, only to be replaced by a runny nose, chesty cough, congested sinus and constant sneezing. It does not seem to be the Swine Flu as described by folk on here.

smk89

I have something atm. Not swine flu, maybe aids

MotteDai

i had it went to england..

Cupcake_Crisis

My family thought i had it a few weeks back and refused to let me out of my room for a week. In fairness I did feel like death but im not sure what it was really

tallaght01

I'm vaccinated. So I have no fear of posting here and catching it from you lepers :P

citizen_p

nope....dont plan on it either

donmeister

I thought I had it Saturday last, I got a really sore throat all of a sudden with dizzyness, and all my body was burning up, the worse was Saturday night, I never freaked out from fever so much!

I honestly thought I was working in a Chinese sweat shop and someone put me there as a joke, horrible experience, went to the doctor on Monday just turned out a had a really bad throat infection!

Tea_Bag

had it, was ****. got over it. its just flu + death for 4 days.

msg11

One of the lads was on tamiflu the owl immune system kicked into over drive and sorted it out.

No flu's, cold or any respiration sickness.

And I am a smoker... :rolleyes:

Only thing this year is an absence tooth with blood in the pulp, now try that for size. Banging my head off a wall, walking up and down my room for hours a day, and drinking about 20 Liters of water.

At one stage I check the internet for RCD on water, I was narrowly under it.

And was in the water poisoning stages of water IE see stuff in my room, talking to walls etc...

CliffHuxtabel

no

Crumble Froo

my boss got it a couple of months back (amazing that i didnt get it, considering how easily spread it supposedly is, and the fact i work in very close quarters to my boss), but went to visit her in hospital (hers progresed to pneumonia) and the woman was barely able to walk, barely able to go from lying down to sitting up without a lot of effort. was amazing and kinda scary seeing her so incapacitated.

though regular flu does/ can do the same thing apparently. ive not really had flu before, so can't comment or compare on myself.

tallaght01

Crumble Froo wrote: »

my boss got it a couple of months back (amazing that i didnt get it, considering how easily spread it supposedly is, and the fact i work in very close quarters to my boss), but went to visit her in hospital (hers progresed to pneumonia) and the woman was barely able to walk, barely able to go from lying down to sitting up without a lot of effort. was amazing and kinda scary seeing her so incapacitated.

though regular flu does/ can do the same thing apparently. ive not really had flu before, so can't comment or compare on myself.

This has been pretty common on this side of the world. We recently had the Oz?NZ debrief on swine flu. I can tell you, from working right in the middle of it, that one of the greatest myths in the public domain is that this thing is "over hyped".

It is NOT over hyped. Certainly not from any health authority.

We took it seriously enough that I was called in for a meeting about it in april at 10pm on a saturday night when I wasn't on-call.

We're over the worst of it in Oz. We're not allowed claim overtime in work, so I'm owed 4 weeks holidays that I accumulated by just working extra hours during this thing.

The facts are:

1 in 1000 die from it, though that figure is getting worse.

Our intensive care units were overawed. We had people turning up with it in A+E, going downhill rapidly, and being flown to other hospitals coz our ventilators were full of people with swine flu.

1 in 200 who get it will get hospitalised. 1 in 3 of those will end up in ICU.

A big portion (about 30%, but more in some countries) do NOT have underlying health problems.

Pregnant women are particularly at risk of miscarriage from swine flu. Plus they have a 5 times higher chance of needing to go to ICU if they do get it.

Most people who get swine flu will be under 60.

Tamiflu works very well under medical supervision.

The swine flu vaccine hasn't been "rushed through". It's a simple variant on the yearly swine flu vaccine that gets produced every year, and no one ever claims that's rushed through.

Most people will be fine. But this is a potentially serious illness. Anyone working in any kind of acute health in Oz will tell you that. I rushed to get my vaccine as soon as it was available.

Most young people have a feeling of invincibility., so won't feel the need for vaccination. But the vaccine is not designed for individuals. It's designed so you don't get a mild case and spread it to babies and pregnant women and disabled kids.

The above are the facts. If the Oz situation is anything to go by you'll hear a lot of balls being talked about it in the media and down the pub. BUt speak to your doc of you want the actual real time info.

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:pac:

TequilaMockingBird

msg11 wrote: »

One of the lads was on tamiflu the owl immune system kicked into over drive and sorted it out.

No flu's, cold or any respiration sickness.

And I am a smoker... :rolleyes:

Only thing this year is an absence tooth with blood in the pulp, now try that for size. Banging my head off a wall, walking up and down my room for hours a day, and drinking about 20 Liters of water.

At one stage I check the internet for RCD on water, I was narrowly under it.

And was in the water poisoning stages of water IE see stuff in my room, talking to walls etc...

I'm not entirely convinced it was the water tbh.

TequilaMockingBird

I can't get off the sofa to go to my GP, too knackered. I've lost my voice (day 6) so can't ring them. If I die I'll haunt you all by turning AH into a nice mannerly place.

I had it in July I was on my holidays and it was my birthday . I can say with 100% confidence, it is the sickest I have EVER been. I wouldn't wish it upon anyone. It was horrible,

I couldn't stay awake for ten minutes at a time - but I couldn't sleep either :rolleyes:. I couldn't eat. Had a very dodgy tummy. Had a really horrible cough. Everything hurt. I felt like I had been beaten black and blue. It hurt to watch tv, it hurt to talk, it hurt to listen.

TestTransmission

brummytom wrote: »

Got it in July.

Wasn't too bad. Just like a mild flu thing

Wait until you grow up and have to deal with man flu.
Nothing can prepare you for that evil.

Dudess

I got a bad cold this week and was stuck in bed for much of it - is that swine 'flu?

grenache

Dudess wrote: »

I got a bad cold this week and was stuck in bed for much of it - is that swine 'flu?

I doubt it, you probably have something similar to what i have. Unless you have severe headaches, difficulty breathing, heavy chest, etc. Do you go to UCC by any chance? Lots of students from there have come down with it in the last two weeks.

Dudess

Only messing. I fear some reports of swine 'flu are greatly exaggerated.

Bog-standard 'flu: it's all you can do to get out of the bed.

Swine 'flu: worse again.