Anyone else have the flu?

[BIGNASTY]

I'm just getting over it and I had a shot a couple months ago! I wonder how sick I had been without the shot. We took care of the grandkids (twins with the flu, what a joy that is) so their mom wouldn't miss work and now it looks like my wife is sick. She had a shot too. It has set back my engine replacement by about 5 days so far.

I've never had the shot and my Dr. said that I should get one next year for sure. I guess that there is some types of the virus that the shot must not cover.

My wife and I go rounds every year over whether or not to get a flu shot... . she has to because shes an RN and she rides my arse because I dont get one. She got a shot back in the fall, and wouldnt you know it she got the flu 3 days later. She was down and out for a week she couldnt even get out of bed. I think thats the sickest Ive ever seen her, even when she was pregnant with our youngest child she went into labor the day after spring break started and went right back to clinicals without missing a day.

Flu shots WORK!!!! when in the Military THEY TOLD YOU YOUR GETTING A FLU SHOT. Went over to the germ fighters they stuck you with a needle and BINGO in a few days YOU HAD THE FLU!!! I know that some are going to say BS but I was the one with the flu. This went on for 3 of the 4 years I was in. The last year they sent down the IBM punch card and said go get the flu, I didnt and when it come time to get discharged at 1 min after midnight ( told you I hate military time) they looked at the paperwork for discharge and said you should have got your shot was the only thing not right. They waved it AND I DIDNT GET THE FLU THAT YEAR!!!!

 

[HBarlow]

Well, I made it through night one. There's nothing more fun than feeling like you are going to freeze and sweating at the same time.

Take it seriously. It can be dangerous. Full recovery can take weeks for many of us.

 

[jgillott]

Well, you all are not the only ones that I have heard this from about the shots. They offer them free through my work insurance and I've never done it since at least one person I know a year ends up really sick after. With that said, I never want this flu again.

 

[jgillott]

Take it seriously. It can be dangerous. Full recovery can take weeks for many of us.

I will. I am literally laying in bed watching TV with the laptop. I don't plan on even attempting to go to work until next week. The fever is by far the worst part of this so far. I can live with the sneezing and caughing, but these chills are not fun.

 

[jgillott]

Just my opinion, but Bob Barker was much better on The Price is Right than Drew Carey. Yes, I'm already stir crazy.

 

[Wayne M.]

Soooo, what movies are you gonna watch? When I broke my foot, I had just gotten a box set of CHiPs! My favorite from when I was a kid! I love the corny plots and seeing the vehicles. Especially nowadays. There are some cool rigs to be seen. And those Kaws had a sound of their own.
I also love car chase movies. Bullitt, vanishing point, the original gone in 60 seconds, the French Connection. I could go on. Hmmm I got some sick time banked myself. Lol.

 

[jgillott]

I'm watching Andy Griffith on TV Land right now. Watched the History Channel all night. I have all of the Lethal Weapon movies, a John Wayne Box set, Back to the Future, RV, My Cousin Vinny, the 1st 5 seasons of MASH, and the entire collection of The Dukes of Hazzard ready to go. I'm just to lazy to walk across the bedroom to the DVD player right now. My wife bought me the Civil War box set from the History Channel a few years ago and I've never watched it. I think that will be on the schedule also.

 

[Wayne M.]

You're all set. "NOOOO not Gallo, it's Callo" you don't know how realistic a part Joe Pesci plays. Lol.

 

[jgillott]

You're all set. "NOOOO not Gallo, it's Callo" you don't know how realistic a part Joe Pesci plays. Lol.

I love that movie, especially the part where they go to that diner and order "breakfast" fried in lard. We have a little greasy-spoon diner around here like that and I laugh every time we go in the place thinking of that scene.

Hey diesel4life, would you do a favor for me? Ask your wife how long I will be contagious. I've read on the internet everything from a couple of days to over a week. I'd like to know the opinion of a nurse. Thanks in advance.....

 

[JR]

You're all set. "NOOOO not Gallo, it's Callo" you don't know how realistic a part Joe Pesci plays. Lol.

"Did you say yoots?".

"Yeah, 2 yoots walked into the store" :-laf:-laf

Thats a classic Pesci flick he cracks me up!

 

[JR]

I love that movie, especially the part where they go to that diner and order "breakfast" fried in lard. We have a little greasy-spoon diner around here like that and I laugh every time we go in the place thinking of that scene.



Hey diesel4life, would you do a favor for me? Ask your wife how long I will be contagious. I've read on the internet everything from a couple of days to over a week. I'd like to know the opinion of a nurse. Thanks in advance.....

She says as a general rule of thumb about 24 hours after your fever breaks. Lots of crazy stuff going around so she says its hard to know for sure, but that holds true for the most part. Are you still running a high fever? My son slept from 4 pm yesterday until 7 am this morning. His fever is completely gone, but has a pretty nasty cough now. I keep having to pull the reins back on him, even when theyre sick their full throttle :-laf. I kept him out of school another day, if everybody else had the same courtesy when their children were sick, schools wouldnt be such a germ factory

 

[BIGNASTY]

Not saying that THIS WILL HAPPEN but why risk it, What ever happen to healthy living and taking care of your being. We have become a society of BETTER LIFE THRU PHARMACEUTICALS. A pill for this, a shot for that, the first thing to do is go to the Doctor and fill his prescription for some kind of pill to shove down our necks. If a person is healthy your immune system is the best there is. By taking all these pills and shots only degrade your immune system. Dr Mercola is kind of a snake oil kind of Dr. I like his exercise and natural health ideas but most of the things that he promotes are bunk. If you listen to the vid he's not SELLING anything.



http://articles.mercola.com/sites/a...vaccination-epa-safety-limit-for-mercury.aspx

 

[jgillott]

She says as a general rule of thumb about 24 hours after your fever breaks. Lots of crazy stuff going around so she says its hard to know for sure, but that holds true for the most part. Are you still running a high fever? My son slept from 4 pm yesterday until 7 am this morning. His fever is completely gone, but has a pretty nasty cough now. I keep having to pull the reins back on him, even when theyre sick their full throttle :-laf. I kept him out of school another day, if everybody else had the same courtesy when their children were sick, schools wouldnt be such a germ factory

I'm still over 100 even with the motrin. Tell her I said thanks.

 

[BIGNASTY]

And NO WE ARE NOT ONE OF THE GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT BELEIVE IN NO DOCTORS

 

[jgillott]

And NO WE ARE NOT ONE OF THE GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT BELEIVE IN NO DOCTORS

My father-in-law and cousin are both Dr's. Both will tell you that 90% of the time, your body will take care of itself. I'm not a big fan of medicine, I've really only had to take pills for my blood pressure up till now.

 

[BIGNASTY]

I use to be just like the majority of the people a pill for this and that. I got sick one time up in MT when we were visiting family here. My MIL is a firm believer in Herbal Remedies. She made this concoction of things (I just called her to ask for them). I took it upon myself to add the the mix a shot of JD and a big spoon of honey. I drank it down and went to bed, (had a big time temp) coved up and went to sleep MIL came in every hour to wake me up and drink a couple of glasses of water,back to sleep I went I will bet you I sweat out at least that much fluids in an hour and replaced it with at least as much with 2 glasses of water. Next day fever was gone FELT LIKE CRAP but could actually function and got out of bed. 3 days later drove home to Ca no problem.







•1 teaspoon yarrow

•1 teaspoon elderberry flowers

•1 teaspoon peppermint

•2 cups water



Steep dried herbs in boiling water for 10 minutes. Drink hot.

 

[JR]

Not saying that THIS WILL HAPPEN but why risk it, What ever happen to healthy living and taking care of your being. We have become a society of BETTER LIFE THRU PHARMACEUTICALS. A pill for this, a shot for that, the first thing to do is go to the Doctor and fill his prescription for some kind of pill to shove down our necks. If a person is healthy your immune system is the best there is. By taking all these pills and shots only degrade your immune system. Dr Mercola is kind of a snake oil kind of Dr. I like his exercise and natural health ideas but most of the things that he promotes are bunk. If you listen to the vid he's not SELLING anything.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/a...vaccination-epa-safety-limit-for-mercury.aspx

That would be just my luck the day I decided to get one. Looking at the "big picture" though, I saw a report not long ago from the CDC and they claim that an average of 30 thousand people die a year world wide from the flu. I imagine it would be ten fold if nobody was ever vaccinated.

 

[BIGNASTY]

A good vitamin shop will have them all except for the JD :-laf

 

[BIGNASTY]

That would be just my luck the day I decided to get one. Looking at the "big picture" though, I saw a report not long ago from the CDC and they claim that an average of 30 thousand people die a year world wide from the flu. I imagine it would be ten fold if nobody was ever vaccinated.

I would be willing to bet that they also had underlying medical problems, Yes some are going to get sick and die from it some will get maimed some will get better IT'S THE CHANCE YOU TAKE. I would just as soon NOT introduce anything unnatural into my body that I dont have to. That being said I had an addiction problem for 8 years but thinking changes when you get thru something like that.

 

[jgillott]

I use to be just like the majority of the people a pill for this and that. I got sick one time up in MT when we were visiting family here. My MIL is a firm believer in Herbal Remedies. She made this concoction of things (I just called her to ask for them). I took it upon myself to add the the mix a shot of JD and a big spoon of honey. I drank it down and went to bed, (had a big time temp) coved up and went to sleep MIL came in every hour to wake me up and drink a couple of glasses of water,back to sleep I went I will bet you I sweat out at least that much fluids in an hour and replaced it with at least as much with 2 glasses of water. Next day fever was gone FELT LIKE CRAP but could actually function and got out of bed. 3 days later drove home to Ca no problem.



•1 teaspoon yarrow
•1 teaspoon elderberry flowers
•1 teaspoon peppermint
•2 cups water

Steep dried herbs in boiling water for 10 minutes. Drink hot.

Sounds like something I would be more than willing to try sometime. My grandmother, God rest her soul, used to treat everything with this liquid she had in a big brown glass jug. She called it "Lysol". I don't know if it was actually the cleaning product or not, but it worked. Got a cut, put Lysol on it, a cold rub it on your chest. The woman died 2 months shy of 100. Must have done somethin right.

My question is though, where would you find those herbs? I don't think we have a store around here that sells that type of stuff.