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Originally Posted by TXBatman
Tom, it is pretty unlikely what you had was the flu last year. I caught it in San Antonio in 2007 and it was terrible. I was working as a supervisor on an outdoor construction site for the first 3-4 days and all I wanted to do was lay in my truck with the heater on. When I got back to Houston I missed 3-4 days of work. When my wife caught it from me, she was off work for a solid week, and it took both of us another week or two to really start feeling normal again after that.
Needless to say, I got a shot a couple of days ago.
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It affects everyone differently.
A couple years back, my entire family got the flu. Dh, dd, (live with me) mom, bro and family, sis and some of her family. They ranged from 7-10 days feeling horrible. Dh never calls off or misses work, not for anything. Even he was in bad shape though. We were really worried about mom, took her to the doc twice.
I had a mild fever - 99 - for about 4 hours, felt nauseous, ached all over. Really thought I was getting what they had. Fell asleep and woke a little crummy. But by the time I had my coffee I was fine.
This is as sick as I get any more. I started feeling like something was coming on while I was in FL - achy, fevery, sore throat, stuffy nose. One of the guys dh works with was same way. I was fine by next day, the other guy took a week to get over it.
I used to get every bug everyone else got, the same way they got it. My kids got pink eye, and we'd all be at the doc's, getting a RX.
Have not caught it in years even with close exposure.
Some people just fight stuff off better than others.