Swine flu panic sets in.

[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