I caught the H1N1
 

I went back to my regular MD yesterday. I complained about this awful, horrible, no good cold, bug I have had. he did that test thing, and said i was positive for H1N1. I said No way! :eek: He said there are a ton of false positives, but it sounds to him like that is exactly what I had. :confused:

btw the test is a swab stuck WAY up your nose, and they swap your sinus cavity. IT HURT! and then he stuck the qtip in a clicker thing for a couple of mins.

I was not throwing up. I had a fever of 102 or so for a couple of days, and then it hovered around 100 or so for a few days. I am coughing, hacking, and am snotty. I have been quite nauseous, but have not upchucked. He said alot of folks dont vomit with this flu, its about hacking, coughing, and fevers. It has taken me greater than 10 days to feel better. :)

I didnt feel great, but I never suspected that I was in the same catagory as those who have been paraded on the news. The MD told me that most who catch it will think they have a very bad cold, or mild flu. in most cases its not as drastic as the regular flu unless you are immune compromised, or asthmatic since it affects the lungs. No wonder I have been trying to cough up a lung! :(

I told him I wasnt taking that flu shot, and he said there was no need now, as I have a natural immuity since catching the flu itself. I am wondering how I got this fella. It must have been in the grocery store. I go to a college town to shop, and its been full of young kids just getting started in college dorms around here.

Well, that explains alot doesnt it. :rolleyes:

feel better soon.:hug:

Wow, that sounds pretty bad anyway! I hope you'll feel better soon! :hug: I'm definitely getting the shot, I get very whiney and feel sorry for myself if I get nauseous for more than an hour or so. And I hate having a cough too.

I read somewhere, maybe on the the newsbot feed, that it remains contagious for as long as the cough lasts.

Get better real soon!


Niko:cool:

I'm glad you're recovering and I envy you your new found immunity. We're terrified of H1N1 going through our house of genetic hardluck cases.

We are getting the shot too! I need to call them today. Hope you feel better soon!

So sorry, but glad you came through it OK..:hug:

Hope you feel better.

My doctor told me last month to not worry about what kind of flu I had. He said swine flu wasn't as nasty as the regular guys. It did take a little longer to go away than usual. Since he's known me for 10 years (and my MS), I get anything the threatens the lungs, we attack with mega antibiotics! No taking chances with pneumonia.

A co-worker got knocked out of commission for a week last week. His doc told him the same thing - don't worry about type of flu.

Tom

I hope you feel better soon. Does your doctor think you caught it just out shopping?!?!?!?

My personal opinion of the news has been that it's been hyped, so it's a bit closer to home to hear that you tested positive for it. I hope you can find some comfort while you're experiencing this. Ken

Hope you get well soon. Remember to wash your hands frequently, especially after touching grocery carts, which are some of the filthiest and disease plagued contraptions we have to deal with.

gmi

Feel better soon, Dej! :hug:

Hope you feel better soon. Has your husband exhibited any symptoms?

Sorry you caught that lousy bug and was feeling so rotten. Glad it's getting behind you :hug:
I've read where it's recommended for people with ms to get the shot and since I'm on Tysabri I will definately ask my family doc tomorrow about getting it.
Take care and get/stay well!
Linda

My DH has not displayed any signs or sx. My housekeeper is preggers so I told her to stay away for 2 weeks. I canceled her last week and now I am thinking that was a good thing.

The MD told me the same thing. Dont worry about which flu it is, but worry about the effects on the lungs. He said I am really on the upside of this, so I am out of the woods.

I do not know anyone else who has this, nor do I notice any of my friends, or contacts coughing or saying they dont feel well. The only outside contact I had during the "exposure period" was the local grocery store. I make a habit of not touching my face, but on the day in question, I had an eye booger that I rubbed out of my eye on the ride home. Its a new truck, so I didnt put wipes in it yet. The wipe container at the door was empty. I must have gotten it in the store.

I have skipped several very public events that we were scheduled to attend, like the shooting competition, and a harvest fair, and the pickle festival. I was supposed to help the senior old woman decorate their float for the pickle parade. I am glad I stayed home now. Think of how many folks I could have exposed had I not been good about saying I didnt feel well, and would be skipping the whole event.

The MD said because I am immune compromised with the DMDs I was more likely to pick it up then someone who isnt on this stuff. It really wasnt the terrible bed ridden, holding onto deaths doorknob kinda stuff you see reported on TV. I wasnt happy for a few days, but I would have never guessed it to be the swine flu. It just felt like a really bad cold. I did notice my lungs were heavy, and the coughing was intense, but I managed to stay ahead of it with loads of down time, and quiet activites at home.

I am on the mend! thanks for the well wishes. :grouphug:

Oh my! So glad you were smart enough to stay away from people and events so as not to spread it around.

Glad you are on the mend, Deji. Be well, my friend. :hug:

Glad you are feeling better and keep going on the road to full recovery!

So sorry to hear you were feeling so lousy for awhile, but glad to know you're on the up-swing!! It sure sounds important to wash, wash, wash your hands! Guess there are some benefits of being home-bound after all. Get well soon Dej! :)

Quick question - do you always get a fever with swine flu?

:hug:wow, I sure hope you feel better soon!! :hug::hug:

Hi Dejibo -- hope you are feeling better soon. :hug: I'll tell ya...I have become such a germaphobe since I got mono, which seemed to morph into MS, and now I'm Tysabri which makes me worry about infection. I have LOTS of purell in my office, my car, my book bag, my purse, my house! If I'm in a store, the first thing I do when I get in the car is wipe my hands with Purell. Anyhow, the good thing is that now you are immune to that particular flu...so if it hangs around and comes back next year you are set! But in the meantime, sorry you are feeling cruddy.

dej,

i'm sorry you were so sick but glad you're on the mend and beat this.
hopefully now you'll have immunity. and you were such a good sport about trying not to infect anyone else.

get well quick.

That is awful. I hope you get over it quickly and DH, family and friends don't get it. It doesn't sound like a nice cough/fever to have. Yikes! Well at least you had it, and the worry is over for you. Is there lifetime immunity now to any variant?

Is that how easy they can test for it? Right there in the MD's office? That is fast. I thought they had to send it out to a lab. I am glad your case didn't require a hospital visit.

My MD said "most" get a fever of at least 101. He said that some reach 104, but that is usually when other issues are starting to set in such as bronchitis, or pnuemonia. I have not heard of a case of a "feverless flu"

I have an immunity to "THIS" strain of the flu. Just like regular flu, this crap morphs, and twists itself into new strains and varients. That is the thing I questioned about the flu vaccine. Are they able to correctly ID the strain we are shooting for? Same for the regular flu vaccine each year. We GUESS at the strain we are fighting, and some years we are wrong.

My test will be sent to the State Health Lab to be counted in the stats for the state. It will be confirmed by them. There is a college pretty close by, and they have about a dozen students who are reporting "flu like" sx. The nurse at the college is sending their tests to the State Board of Health for confirmation. They do have a "rapid" test available at the MD office.

Glad you're feeling better, and Thanks! for trying to keep your germs to yourself.

:cool:

Dh and I went out to eat and a young lady - 20-22 - came in to meet some friends. One of them asked her something, I didn't catch. She says, "The doc says I have swine flu - can you believe that?"

I was glad we were done, waiting for the check so we could leave!

:mad:

She's sitting right behind us, sniffling and hacking. Thanks, kid - not! I bet her friends were really impressed too. That is how things like this spread. Some people have no sense at all.

I'm not worried about me, I never catch anything, and if I did, I'd get over it. But dh doesn't need to get sick. He has to work. and there were a LOT of older people in the restaurant that morning.

I'm glad you're feeling better Dej :). You sure have had your share of sickness lately, sheesh!