Illinois Has The Flu--Widespread

[orleans]

(so do a lot of other states)

check out the cdc link with info and map
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/
"During week 36 (September 6-12, 2009), influenza activity increased in the U.S."

[Critters2]

1. Just got my shot today. I am NOT going through what I did last year! nt

[orleans]

2. i hesitate to get the flu shot--but i probably should.

on edit: i haven't gotten one for years and i've been lucky.

[Critters2]

3. Last year, my seasonal flu became pneumonia. I was in bed for 2 weeks,

and cracked a rib coughing. The chills and aches were the worst part. I haven't been so sick since I had viral pneumonia as a kid.

My work takes me in and out of hospitals and nursing homes, and I shake a lot of hands. It was stupid of me to not get a shot. I just didn't think about it. Hadn't gotten one two years ago, and was fine. I won't take the chance again.

[orleans]

4. i was getting pneumonia every year until someone told me there

was a vaccine for pneumonia i could get--one that lasted five years. (something like that)
so i got it and haven't had pneumonia since.

however...my doctor didn't bother telling me about the vaccine--i had to ask him for it. i found out about it from a friend whose daughter was getting pneumonia every year also. so until i found out about it...every year i was doing the double x-ray (before to determine if i really had pneumonia and then after the round of $100 antibiotics to determine that it had cleared up. and i don't have insurance! ah yes--thank you & fuck you medical industry)

[mopinko]

5. docs are always the last to know, it seems.

the doc that has been treating me for 4 years for symptoms including fatigue was not the one who suggested i get a sleep study. that would be me. even though we had talked about sleep, i had emphasized the impact sleep had on pain levels, and i was on medication for sleep. turns out if have apnea. grr.

[SlingBlade]

7. Wow, At least they will be treating you

for the right thing now. How did they finally come to the diagnoses of sleep apnea ?

[mopinko]

8. i decided to see a sleep doc. my symptoms were plain.

the sleep study would have shown any problem, apnea is just the most common. i was shocked to hear that part, really, as DH had never noticed anything like it, and i only rarely snore.
thank gawd i have the sort of insurance where i can up and go to a doc because i want to.
i learned my lesson tho- keep looking till you find the answer. just cuz they are docs doesn't mean they have them all.

[SlingBlade]

6. Yep, Got my Flu Shot yesterday

and I went through the same scenario for two years in a row with pneumonia until
I got the pneumonia shot last year. So far so good. Doc told me the shot for the new
flu is a government run operation and he has no idea of the whats or whens.

[ColesCountyDem]

9. Waiting on test results for suspected H1N1 here...

My doctor suspects that I had H1N1 this past weekend, and we're awaiting test results confirming that. Ironically, the vaccine became available here today...

:eyes:

[orleans]

10. how are you doing now?

my docs office said the h1n1 won't be in for two weeks and you have to "qualify" for it

[ColesCountyDem]

11. I'm well again...

I was miserable for about 2 1/2 - 3 days, but I seemed to recover fairly rapidly and uneventfully after that.

My doc said my test results should be back Friday.

:hi: