[Closed] H1N1 club.

Been "talking" with the animals a little too much Dr Dolittle?

Or have you been snogging Cherie Bliar?

and you get time off work which is nice.

[url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/good-day-bad-day-just-joined-the-redundancy-club ]get time off work i'll give you get time off work[/url] 😉

I've got a cold*. Does that count?

* (at least I'm assuming it's not H1N1 - if it is, then it truly is all overhyped)

all of the above. Only myself to blame.

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all of the above. Only myself to blame.

One of the above was;

have you been snogging Cherie Bliar?

You dirty, filthy person.

Fellow infected here, since sat, already missed one group ride - very very bored. Did you get the tamiflu easily? My girlfriend had to go on a right mission to get it.

Bless her

Yes, I am base at the best of times. I blame Herbert Huncke and Bukowski, but tell that to HR.

It is in Mrs soops office so it is only a matter of time before it happens!
How Bad is it Dr Dolittle? 🙂

I think I had it, utterly overhyped if I did. Took some lemsip, went to bed for 24 hours and was OK after that.

Took some lemsip, went to bed for 24 hours and was OK after that.

You didn't have any sort of influenza.

Pfft - I had it when it was still cool and exclusive 😉 Since there was no swine flu in Cumbria at the time the Doctor didn't want to see me, or offer any tablets! Told me to stay home and pretend nothing was happening (more or less).

Well - I assume it was H1N1 cos it was flu and that is the only one doing the rounds at the moment. I suspect it has been a lot more widespread than the news reports for some time.

My 4 year old has it. He got prescribed tamiflu yesterday.

The symptoms only started getting bad today though (day 4) and he's been sick and is now suffering from painful stomach cramps. Temperature hit 104 today as well.

I think the sickness and stomach pain could be the tamiflu, which is supposed to be as bad as the virus, but obviously less dangerous.

Strange times though. Diagnosed over the phone with absolutely no other checks for other illnesses (no questions about rashes or anything consistent with meningitis for instance). Someone will end up getting mis diagnosed when they actually have a serious illness.

The hospital pharmacy was packed full of people collecting tamiflu when I was in there.

Well, getting the t'flu was easy enough. I had two days of sweating and coughing up Cherie Blairs mucus at work, then threw in the towel yesterday and went to the doc who took my temp, symptoms etc and came to her conclusion. She was of the opinion that I should take the tamiflu, although tbh I didn't really feel too bad, just a bit crap for work. I work at a jobcentre and don't really want to infect anybody with kids etc so felt I should avoid infecting people if H1N1 is what I had. I did have to walk a mile or so to the chemist who held the stuff which my doc thought was out of order, but since I don't actually feel that bad, it wasn't a problem at all.

I did have to walk a mile or so to the chemist who held the stuff

Doesn't sound like any sort of 'flu if you made it.

A doc friend of mine is saying that if you're feeling really really bad, then you probably don't have swine flu, as it's not appearing to be [i]that[/i] bad at the minute. Wait till the Autumn when it's had time to mutate, he said...

Doesn't sound like any sort of 'flu if you made it.

Don't wish to be a dick about these things, but [b]I am hard as ****ing nails[/b]. Had much worse in the past, and there wasn't really any other options today.

But maybe you're right.It doesn't matter to me either way. I felt like shit and I don't have to go to work.

Had much worse in the past,

that might count for something, in major flu outbreaks it generally the older populations that get milder symptoms as they've encountered flu in earlier outbreaks and their immune system deals with it better. Similarly, someone like yourself who works in a populous workplace (like schools, colleges, hospitals) will encounter a lot of bugs too. God knows I did when i worked in a prison . People who've had less exposure in the past tend to get much more severe symptoms. I know people who had blood squirting out of their arses* in the 60's outbreaks, but their parents generation who lived through the really dire epidemics in the early 20th century just shrugged it off.

*I don't think those are the 'flu-like' symptoms my packet of lemsip are referring to.

Incidentally, my folks have just been release back into society after being quarantined for a week - full spacesuit visits the lot. The came up clear for swine flu, although their symptoms were the same. The virus is wide spread enough now that people won't routinely get tested anymore, they'll just be treated and asked to behave as if they have (ie. told to avoid giving lurgy to anyone else). There are definately a lot of coughs and colds around just now too