Yup. What I was downplaying as a heavy, chesty cold (with fever) at the weekend was this morning diagnosed as ... dun-dun-duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun - swine 'fluOn my BIRTHDAY, and EVERYTHING
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Oh, and there I was feeling all smug about the lack of Swine Flu in Sudan, and then I hear that my university is apparently the epicentre of Sudan's first Swine Flu outbreak. Damn.
Oh, you poor things! I'm glad to hear you and the Feaster are on the mend, and I hope the Oyster recovers soon.
And belated happy birthday!
Your doctor's attitude is a bit odd, it's not like it's some kind of DIAGNOSIS OF SHAME, is it? She sounds like someone telling a patient they've contracted a Social Disease, perhaps in the 1950s.
I am going to ask my GP about the vaccine when I go for my blood pressure/jar of wee check tomorrow, given that I am very very pregnant and have a tendency to wheezy chest.
Nothing belated about it, ma'am, for today is THE DAY :-)
I don't know what the coyness was about. It was more ... Antiques Roadshow than gonorrhea, though, if you see what I mean. "So ... what disease would you say you have? Hmm? Well, I can tell you, madam, you'll want to be thinking in terms of ... swine 'flu!"
Honestly, I'd say she was trying not to shock us by telling us straight out we have That Thing Off The Radio Which Is Going To Be The Death Of Us All, or similar. Still weird, mind you!
I want to say ... good luck with getting the vaccine, but that doesn't seem quite right! Hope it all goes entirely smoothly, anyway.
niallm mentioned this earlier, what sucky timing (although really, never a good time to be ill). Glad most of you are feeling better, hopefully O will too soon.
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And belated happy birthday!
Your doctor's attitude is a bit odd, it's not like it's some kind of DIAGNOSIS OF SHAME, is it? She sounds like someone telling a patient they've contracted a Social Disease, perhaps in the 1950s.
I am going to ask my GP about the vaccine when I go for my blood pressure/jar of wee check tomorrow, given that I am very very pregnant and have a tendency to wheezy chest.
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I don't know what the coyness was about. It was more ... Antiques Roadshow than gonorrhea, though, if you see what I mean. "So ... what disease would you say you have? Hmm? Well, I can tell you, madam, you'll want to be thinking in terms of ... swine 'flu!"
Honestly, I'd say she was trying not to shock us by telling us straight out we have That Thing Off The Radio Which Is Going To Be The Death Of Us All, or similar. Still weird, mind you!
I want to say ... good luck with getting the vaccine, but that doesn't seem quite right! Hope it all goes entirely smoothly, anyway.
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And, of course, Happy Birthday!
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(I twitter-D'd you something slightly nicer, actually).
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(And wow. Coo. I'm all glowy now!)
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