lots of sneezing, bit of  a sore throat, an array of aches and pain, and bouts of exhaustion.  a really nice flu this year.   its mild, but annoying.   its almost, "a boutique flu."

one to remember...   I'm not one for the shots, so hopefully my immune system remembers this strain, and I do not catch another.

Don't get me wrong, "If I get cancer, I'll opt for the chemo," but those flu shots, seems like you are going to weaken yourself, and become totally resistant...  meh, "if I was in my 70s, or not all that healthy in my late 50s and 60s...  I'd consider the flu shot.

Till then, "Its 79 degrees outside, and I'm in a sweatshirt."  I imagine you guys up north, "will be taking cover by the fireplace."

I chose to stay healthy instead but, then again, I'm not "trendy" anyway.

''No I haven't'' had the ''flu shot'' this ''year''. I should have ''had it last year'' but I ''didn't''.

I like my quotation marks..   Anyways,

http://www.cbsnews.com/83...idemic-across-the-u.s/

No... and if you have it stay out of the Coffee House!

Hope you feel better and DON'T have it. Just in case, get some tamiflu. The Dr (or the minit clinic) can swab your nose/mouth and do a quick test to check for flu virus. If it's just a cold get some of the Coldeze spray.. ASAP. It works if you use it ASAP. BTW " its almost, "a boutique flu." tells me that you do not have the flu that is epidemic. That one is nasty.
Or you could take some a-c-i-d... I cured more than one cold back in the early 70s in 24 hours with it. Believe it or not, it WORKS. You need about 300mcg. The next day you'll have a sort of burnt smell in your nose and the next day it is GONE! Of course you may become psychotic but you wont have a cold.

Better living through chemistry!

J

At the very least you can halucinate that you don't have a cold.

jbow


No... and if you have it stay out of the Coffee House!

Hope you feel better and DON'T have it. Just in case, get some tamiflu. The Dr (or the minit clinic) can swab your nose/mouth and do a quick test to check for flu virus. If it's just a cold get some of the Coldeze spray.. ASAP. It works if you use it ASAP. BTW " its almost, "a boutique flu." tells me that you do not have the flu that is epidemic. That one is nasty.
Or you could take some a-c-i-d... I cured more than one cold back in the early 70s in 24 hours with it. Believe it or not, it WORKS. You need about 300mcg. The next day you'll have a sort of burnt smell in your nose and the next day it is GONE! Of course you may become psychotic but you wont have a cold.

Better living through chemistry!

J

Acid? Pfffft....those in the know are smoking CRYSTAL METH to beat the flu this year
http://gizmodo.com/596173...ould-stave-off-the-flu

I've had flu shots the past two years. This year I'm probably going to abstain. The flu is supposed to be endemic in New York and God knows there are enough a-holes who cough and sneeze all over the subway to get it quite easily. Some places are running out of flu shots because Cuomo declared a state of emergency (puh-leeze) and all the neurotics think they're going to die. 

Sometimes I feel like I have a strong immune system, other times not so much. I always seem to have a scratchy throat during the winter but that's dry air related. I do get a couple of colds a year though. However, there's been times when everyone around me has had the kind of raging flu where it hurts to touch the hair on your head, and all I've gotten is a few twinges and aches in the knees and maybe a night of nausea. Last week I had a day of feeling tired and sick, went to bed at 9pm, had 12 hours of the most blissfully delirious sleep possible (lots of waking up and realizing I could go back for another few hours....bliss) and then felt fine the next morning. I thought "was that my dose of the flu? Did I beat it?" Hope so. 

Don't think I've had the flu properly for a good 10-15 years or so. I remember the last time. Such agony, I could barely move. Every square inch hurt. My joints ached, my skin was sore. What I really hate the most are the weirdly abstract dreams you have when you're sick. The last time I had the flu, I kept dreaming that I was in a large room. From the ceiling hung hundreds of sharp utensils on string, at about head height. To get out of the room I had to wade through these hanging utensils and they were cutting into me. I think each time I hurt in my dream it correlated with an actual pain from my flu. Kept waking up, thinking "man that sucked," going back to sleep and dreaming exactly the same thing. Another time I was delirious, I became obsessed with some mythical damp spot behind the baseboard. I could not stop picturing it in my mind. Totally baffling.  

No, I caught a regular old run-of-the-mill cold--right after I went to the doctor's office for a physical.  That was just after Thanksgiving.  I'm hoping to avoid any further run-ins with germs.  

Nope I had a shot in September, I got Norovirus over Christmas though and as far as I'm concerned you can blow that one out your ass.  In fact, you won't have any other choice but doing that for a good 48 hours if you do get it.  No shots available for that I'm afraid.
 
Here's the gory lowdown on the charming affectation that's currently sweeping the nation.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norovirus
 
I'm sure it was our pre-Christmas trip to the theatre was my exposure point, yet there was 3 of us in our small flat over Christmas and I managed not to spread it any further, even in the state of delirium I was in with it I could still keep myself clean.  It makes you wonder at the hygiene habits of the humanity that surrounds us because good hygiene is the single most effective method of preventing it spreading.
 
All of a sudden I feel sick again.  Them dirty buggers. 
 
Now go wash your hands after reading this post.