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10-29-2009, 04:03 PM
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OT: Oink, Oink!
I have the swine flu (H1N1), which explains my virtual absence this week, and will probably be another 1-2 weeks.
I have this urge to eat some slops... 
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10-29-2009, 05:19 PM
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Sniff sniff.... anyone else smell Bacon???
(There is a 4 hour wait in line to get the vaccination for the swine flu in our area.) Please describe in great details all aspects of the flu so we can watch out for it... How did it start... what was the worse... how long did it take to break.
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10-29-2009, 06:36 PM
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It's almost non-existant in this part of the world. I think you can count the number of cases without even taking off your shoes although there has been two deaths (one already VERY unhealthy and the other probably would have gone from old age the week after anyway).
Still, it's something that's made it on to my "diseases not to catch" list.
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10-29-2009, 08:06 PM
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8083179.stm
Back in July this was the official case history of the pandemic.
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10-29-2009, 08:41 PM
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Honest, it just seems to be nothing more than a really bad cold that hangs on a lot longer and comes with a high fever. I'm on the tail end of it now (so far -- my doc says that it does tend to relapse before going away completely). The worst part is that you pretty much have NO energy -- I've been asleep most of the week, getting up to feed my dogs or let them out or for bathroom visits for myself. You just don't feel like doing anything. I have no appetite, and I've lost six pounds in eight days. I'm a bit dizzy, and I lose my train of thought pretty quickly. My vision is just slightly blurred, but that could be due to protein buildup on my contacts (for those who wear contacts, you know that extra protein buildup often accompanies illness). I have about 5 days' worth of beard growth. And I feel like I've been having a prolonged, severe allergy attack. Oh, and Dr Yu says I have a mild case of swine flu.
Dr Yu doesn't want me to have visitors inside my house for at least a week. When I go out, she wants me to wear a face mask. I'm taking my mother to the doctor tomorrow -- today she started to have the same symptoms I had at the start. My nephew is back at Ft. Riley from Afghanistan. He has the swine flu too, and he's hospitalized (more to keep him from infecting his fellow barracks-mates than due to severity of illness). Apparently that's the policy -- you get swine flu, you leave the theater until you get better. He's one of eight in his battalion who have caught it.
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10-29-2009, 08:43 PM
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Hey, man, sorry to hear that. Take care of yourself and get well.
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10-29-2009, 10:23 PM
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My opinion is that it shouldn't be called the swine flu if you can't cure it by eating bacon. Get well soon.
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10-30-2009, 05:16 AM
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My GF had swine flu a few months back when it hit GB proper - sounds pretty similar to Paul's description - if you are relatively healthy normally it is like a bad cold for 3-5 days then another couple of days getting your strength back. More serious if v young or old or having a health condition like diabetes, weak respiratory system etc.
I almost wished I had got it myself, just to know I had got it over with and built my immunity. I picked a bad time to read The Stand for the first time it seems - San Antonio is more west than east Texas 
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10-30-2009, 11:38 AM
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Re: the vaccine I think I'll pass when it becomes available in the UK...anyone ever read Clancy's "Rainbow Six?"...it's all part of the fiendish masterplan... 
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10-30-2009, 02:13 PM
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10-30-2009, 02:14 PM
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10-30-2009, 02:42 PM
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Omg
I wish you well on your battle with the swiny aggressors...
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10-30-2009, 03:04 PM
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Get well soon Paul.
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10-31-2009, 10:57 AM
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Last edited by Mohoender; 10-31-2009 at 11:06 AM.
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10-31-2009, 11:04 AM
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However, Paul I hope you are doing well as I remember that you had recently some additional health problems. But I think I read that you are already doing pretty good (happy to hear it).
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10-31-2009, 12:28 PM
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10-31-2009, 12:46 PM
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Hey Paul, what are the symptoms? Do you have a craving for "BRAAAAAAAINS" yet?
Or is it more sinister, have you developed a grunt or has your nose gotten long and flat, or sprouted a curly tail? Seriously, when I worked in the hospital last Winter they were all worried about it. They had less than 200 doses of medicine for its treatment in the entire area, <Riverside, San Bernardino and parts of Orange, Los Angeles, San Diego and El Centro or is it Imperial. But, really most of the symtpoms didn't seem like anything other than the regular flu. Okay, its a mutated strain of a new type of flu, but then again, aren't they all?
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