Swine flu panic sets in.

[kenyonchris]

Not over the flu, which I have. Wonder I haven't had it sooner. I have Tamiflu coursing through my veins as we speak. But the Livestrong challenge in Austin is a week from Saturday, and my sweet, sweet boyfriend (manfriend?), whose company raised a ton of money (his wife of 17 years died of cancer), is riding the Ride for the Roses with Lance and guess who gets to go! ME! Combined with the 10k run in the morning and my 90 miles on Sunday I had planned on doing, I am slightly panicking. AND, it has done nothing but rain here, forcing me on to the spin bike, because my rollers are NOT HERE yet. I am in pretty good shape, but not sure how badly this is going to knock me out? This is day one of swine flu (had a headache last night at work, slept from 6a-11a, woke up knowing I was sunk) and I scuttled off to the doc in the box for tamiflu. Dose one taken.
So needless to say, slightly panicking. Speak soothingly and slowly to me, please.

[ny biker]

I can't answer your question, but I'd say the best thing is to just focus on taking care of yourself, eating and drinking well, taking your medicine, getting lots of rest. I hope you feel better.

[redrhodie]

Do not panic! If you're not better, you can't go. Simple. Nothing to panic about.

Okay, you can panic a little. I bet you'll be better by then. You may not be beating Lance though. (this time )

Feel better! That's an order!

[OakLeaf]

Hope the Tamiflu clears it up for you quick. Good of your doctor to give it to you!

Because everyone I know who's had the Swine flu has been in bed for three weeks and lost 10 lbs., as opposed to the normal two weeks and 7 lbs. for regular seasonal flu.

I'm supposed to get a seasonal flu shot for work - and given the chance that it could increase my odds of getting Swine flu, I'm very, very reluctant to get the seasonal flu shot before I get the Swine flu vaccine (not available here yet). I may wind up getting suspended. (Which is no big deal to me, since I only work like 2-3 hours a week, and not an enormous deal to my co-workers since I'll be going south before too terribly long anyhow. But still.)

[channlluv]

Oh, man, I hope you recover quickly. Drink lots of fluids - probably electrolyte stuff. Lots of healthy foods if you can stomach them. And lots of rest, of course. The good news is you're very healthy. Most super healthy people recover quickly and completely - I heard it on NPR so it must be true.

Feel better soon.

Roxy

[ms1]

You have plenty of time to recover, especially since you started Tamiflu right away. Both of my daughters had swine flu over the summer and they were fine in a week. One daughter was much sicker than the other, so everyone's case is different.

They were prescribed Tamiflu, but I'm not sure how much they really got down since they kept throwing it back up.

Good luck and keep us posted on how you're doing.

[myjas]

I know in our area they did a spot on our news asking people to just ride out the swine flu, and that it is becoming resistant to tamiflu. They are asking only the really sick to go to the doc. So do be aware if it doesn't work and take care of yourself.

[sarahspins]

I think you'll be fine.... it's 11 days away? We just had what we think was H1N1 run through our house and my son (8) who was the sickest was only sick for 4 days starting on a Thursday, and 2 days of that he was so sick I was actually pretty worried about him (over a weekend, of course, Friday night and through Saturday was the worst part for him - he spiked a fever of 104.2). By Monday he was pretty much back to normal - a little tired with a lingering cough, but it didn't seem to slow him down. Now, a week later, you'd hardly know he was sick.

[smilingcat]

We've heard lots about swine flu.

For what its worth: my partner heard an interview of people out on the street.
"Naw, I'm not worried about swine flu. I don't eat pork" I guess along with that if you are vegan then you shouldn't have to worry about avian flu either. "don't eat chicken"

Well do rest a lot, have chicken soup or porridge (chinese and japanese have rice porridge when we are sick). The warm hot food sure feels good. I also swear by Motza ball soup, made with chicken stock.

I'm no doctor but the soup really does help.
Wish you a speedy recovery, rest a lot and drink lots of fluid. Being sick is always miserable.

sending you good vibes,
Smilingcat

[malkin]

A few of the kids & staff from my school have gotten the dx, and they've been back to school in under a week.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery followed by a great ride!

[kenyonchris]

I actually don't feel too badly. I imagine I may get a ride in on Saturday. I hope. I was supposed to work this weekend, but the Dr. said to finish the tamiflu before going back to work. I am feeling more hopeful that I will at least be functional next weekend.
Thanks everyone for the well wishes!

[Biciclista]

thanks for the update, i'm glad to hear you are on the mend!

[VeloVT]

Jeez, if I could get three weeks in bed and lose 10 lbs, bring it on .

That was a joke. KC, feel better soon. Hope the drugs do their job. Give yourself permission to skip the races and events and even to skip the spectating if you're not up to it. You have very justifiable grounds. Don't get panicky, it's not helpful to your immune system.

I plan on getting vaccinated as soon as the vaccine becomes available here.

[OakLeaf]

Glad you're starting to turn around. Drugs can be wonderful things, sometimes.

Definitely rest, and if you do feel up to doing a little something outside, make it very short and easy - and IMO, if you're the kind of person who can't go out without hammering (BTDT ), just stay inside. There was just this posted, summarizing what we all pretty much knew about exertion and immunity.