Flu Season (1 Viewer)

[PIK95]

It can kill you but so can the flu.

So, can I get some odds?

 

[culdeus]

So, can I get some odds?

Middle aged man with no asthma, non-smoker, and no HIV type illness the odds are absolutely tiny you would die of this thing with or without treatment.  

I've seen stats that say flu shot raises survival chance across all risk factors by 80%, and tamiflu is similar in that way, but honestly until the season is over the stats out there are probably pretty bad.

 

[Nugget]

Atlanta airport got me on Friday.  I was down Sunday through last night.  Finally turning the corner.  

 

[PIK95]

I used to have asthma because my mom smoked like a chimney.  I never did.  I'm clear on the other fronts.  I really hope this Tamaflu doesn't kill my stomach.

 

[Slider]

Has anyone who hasn't got the shot got the flu? I've never had a shot or the flu.

 

[shadyridr]

Has anyone who hasn't got the shot got the flu? I've never had a shot or the flu.

millions of people

 

[otb_lifer]

Has anyone who hasn't got the shot got the flu? I've never had a shot or the flu.

still holding up here with neither shot nor Flu

did come down with a nasty Upper Resp Infection, though ... midway through a seven day course of Biaxin (i hate antibiotics more than vaccines), but this #### had me pinned at 103°, with violent chills, and sweats - sometimes ya gotta bite that AntiB bullet 

 

[Slider]

millions of people

Doubtful

 

[mquinnjr]

I used to have asthma because my mom smoked like a chimney.  I never did.  I'm clear on the other fronts.  I really hope this Tamaflu doesn't kill my stomach.

Had the flu last week. It's not 100% effective and you have to start it within 48 hours of symptom onset, but personally Tamiflu was great. I had all of the classic flu symptoms, fever, chills, sore throat, malaise, etc. Tamiflu knocked out the fever, chills, and sore throat within a day. Felt like garbage, but I had the flu 15 years ago and had all of the nasty stuff. Didn't help with solid bowels and eating, that took a few days. But wasn't in agonizing pain with stomach pains like I was the last time I had the flu, so that was a positive. I have an HSA so $90 for generic Tamiflu is not cheap, but I'd get it and take a shot at it if you're within the 48-hour symptom window. It can make the flu suck a lot less, worth the gamble.

 

[PIK95]

Just got the Tamaflu script.  Im like 12 hours in.  Wicked early.

Feel like death fwiw.

 

[mquinnjr]

PS - If you have a cold or are sneezing, Puffs Plus Vick Lotion tissues might be the greatest invention ever

 

[Workhorse]

I mean the scary part is it sounds like people get to feeling better after the flu, then something serious in their lungs hit and they drop dead within like a day.  If you get exposed to strep throat during the illness, like at a doctors office, that is one way people end up RIP.  The flu doesn't kill you but the strep does.

Precisely why I went to the doc as soon as I developed a horrible cough post-flu. These bacterial infections run rampant through folks with flu-compromised immune systems and I made sure to get on antibiotics immediately. Who knows? May have saved my life.

 

[shadyridr]

Doubtful

 In the history of the world

 

[mquinnjr]

Recent news on flu treatment medication, but not for this season.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5377309/Experimental-flu-drug-kill-virus-ONE-day.html

As long as it's not manufactured by Umbrella Corp, IN.

 

[PIK95]

I'm about eight hours in with the tamaflu.  I pretty much slept all afternoon but had the worst headache in history.  Pretty much wanted to kill myself all day.  Good news is about 15 minutes ago I felt a little bit better energy wise.  I guess the stuff works.

 

[dal_boys_phan]

Had the flu the week after the NFL Championship games.  Doc gave me the generic Tamiflu, helped turn the ship around, but I was down for the count most of that week.  Highest fever was 102.  For reference, got a flu shot as I have done the past 10+ years.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

The article said the flu shot is typically 30% effective

It's up to about 25% again currently.  Some years it can be over 50% effective in terms of prevention.  And that ignores the fact that some people who do get the flu after being inoculated get a milder, shorter sickness.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

The flu vaccine is more effective than expected, federal health officials said on Thursday at a special news conference held to discuss the dangerous flu season, which is expected to kill more than 50,000 Americans.

This year’s vaccine is about 25 percent effective against the H3N2 strain of flu that is causing most illnesses and deaths, said Dr. Anne Schuchat, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In a bigger surprise, the vaccine is about 51 percent effective in children, according to the C.D.C.’s preliminary analysis.

 

[Slider]

Like health officials are going to give you the truth. Lol like Philip Morris reporting on the dangers of smoking.

 

[H Jass]

Like health officials are going to give you the truth. Lol like Philip Morris reporting on the dangers of smoking.

 

[PIK95]

It took Tamaflu seven hours to get me right.  I went from death bed to eating Chinese food now.  I never got the shot this year either.  Tamaflu pill number two at midnight.  

 

[PlayaHata]

I have a good friend at work whose wife almost died from the flu 2 years ago.  She was a healthy 40-year-old mother of two.  Ended up in the ICU on a ventilator for about 7 days, then moved to a rehabilitation place for another 2-3 weeks after that.  I make sure everyone in my family gets the flu shot now.

 

[PIK95]

I have a good friend at work whose wife almost died from the flu 2 years ago.  She was a healthy 40-year-old mother of two.  Ended up in the ICU on a ventilator for about 7 days, then moved to a rehabilitation place for another 2-3 weeks after that.  I make sure everyone in my family gets the flu shot now.

That was my fear yesterday.  I didn't know it was possible to feel that bad.  Pretty good this morning, just really achy.

My buddy had showed me an article about a New Hampshire mother of three that died a couple of weeks back.  My wife had the flu so it scared me good.  The lady caught it early but refused the Tamaflu.  She was dead a week later.