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bluestocking79

The Good, the Bad and the Other Stuff

Oct 27, 2009 12:26

1. Good news: My H1N1 turned out to be a fairly mild case, for which I am very, very thankful. It was unpleasant and uncomfortable, but the Tamiflu worked and the whole thing was over quick-ish. The only lingering sign of it is the fact that I still tire very easily, which I keep forgetting in my zeal to catch up and rejoin the land of the ( Read more... )

halloween, real life

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majorjune October 27 2009, 17:13:26 UTC

And get your flu shots! Seriously, do it.

Those of us who got flu shots back in the 1970s and had bad reactions to it (which I did, on TWO occasions), tend to be permanently sensitized to it and can't take current flu shots unless we want to be sure we WILL get sick!

But being exposed via the live vaccine in the 70s, and having come down with the bug during the 1968 epidemic, and at least having been around during the 1956 epidemic (too young to remember if I actually got sick) HAS seemed to have granted some immunity -- I only had the dead-tiredness, the general "motion sickness" feeling, and in the middle of the night feeling as if the room was 90 degrees, never came down with a cough or runny nose or any of the other usual cold/flu symptoms...

Your back problem may be one of the last holdovers of the bug, because I was definitely experiencing back and hip pain last week when I had the bug...

bluestocking79 October 27 2009, 20:00:18 UTC

I did have a lot of hip and lower back pain with the flu, but alas, this is the "strained muscles" kind of pain. I'm blaming it on all the books and files I was lugging yesterday.

Having a bad reaction to the vaccine is a good reason to avoid it! But for those who can take it, I really recommend it--not just to keep themselves safe, but to help limit the spread of the disease. Fewer carriers = fewer victims.

clairvoyant October 27 2009, 17:32:45 UTC

Thanks for the update. I had been thinking about you this past weekend when the county health divisions were holding their H1N1 vaccination clinics.

Yeah, Sunday was pretty awesome here. :)

*gentle hugs for your back*

bluestocking79 October 28 2009, 03:12:44 UTC

Thank you! ~hugs~

Yes, the vaccination clinics were this weekend. The irony wasn't lost on me, although they wouldn't have done me any good in any case--Macomb county has by far the smallest amount of doses (less than the city of Detroit alone has) of vaccine, AND it's the inhaled sort. You know, the kind that people can only take if they're not in any of the risk groups? Pregnant women, young children and people with asthma (that would be me) can only have the injections... of which the county has none.

Good planning, don't you think? /sarcasm (Sorry, but the thought of the people who are most at risk being the ones specifically left out really makes me furious. I was lucky, but there will be people who aren't.)

Sunday was really beautiful, and the fall foliage was gorgeous. I wish I'd taken pictures!

melusin_79 October 27 2009, 17:48:57 UTC

glad you're feeling better

bluestocking79 October 28 2009, 03:14:15 UTC

Thank you. I'm very glad to be feeling better! Glad to have it over with, in a way, too.

tudorpot October 27 2009, 17:50:03 UTC

glad to hear you are over the worst- do take care

bluestocking79 October 28 2009, 03:17:12 UTC

Thank you! I'm trying to rein in my enthusiasm, because I really don't want to overdo it, and I do run out of energy quickly. However, I made it through a long, late day/evening of teaching tonight, and I'm not as washed out as yesterday, so I'll call that progress.

opaljade October 27 2009, 18:26:47 UTC

Sorry to hear that you have been so ill. Just out of curiosity, what was your worst symptom?

I am completely addicted to Dexter. His inner monologues just "kill" me!

Glad you're feeling better!

bluestocking79 October 28 2009, 03:32:33 UTC

Thank you! The whole thing was just generally uncomfortable, but as Majorjune noted above, this strain comes with some major joint pain that I found very tedious. My hips and lower back were especially achy, which made me feel very restless and had me shuffling around like an arthritic old woman. Beyond that, the worst bits were the chest congestion and alternating chills and sweats. The chest stuff was bad, but not as bad as I feared--maybe because I was prepared for the worst, or maybe because I'm used to chest issues (I've had chronic asthma for as long as I can remember) and already had the tools on hand to keep things from getting worse ( ... )