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2 minutes ago, Sandman said:

My wife and I have been down sick since Sunday evening. Got one of those home tests for flu and covid, turns out we both have flu type A. Fuck this sucks.

This has turned out to be a pretty bad flu season.  Hell, the lady horns basketball team is having trouble putting out a full team right now, so many of them are sick with it.

My wife had it, it's an ass-kicker.  Takes a full week to get better, and being knocked flat and resting is pretty much the only path forward.

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24 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

This has turned out to be a pretty bad flu season.  Hell, the lady horns basketball team is having trouble putting out a full team right now, so many of them are sick with it.

My wife had it, it's an ass-kicker.  Takes a full week to get better, and being knocked flat and resting is pretty much the only path forward.

Several schools in my area went to virtual only for part of the week. Too many sick teachers and bus drivers and not enough coverage. 

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43 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

This has turned out to be a pretty bad flu season.  Hell, the lady horns basketball team is having trouble putting out a full team right now, so many of them are sick with it.

My wife had it, it's an ass-kicker.  Takes a full week to get better, and being knocked flat and resting is pretty much the only path forward.

I highly advise anyone who can get it to get the 20 variant pneumonia vaccination.  The flu won’t kill you but the pneumonia you get from the flu might.   I had previously had the 13 variant about 10 years ago, and the booster shot I received was perhaps the least painful, fewest side effects vaccination I’ve ever had

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20 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

I highly advise anyone who can get it to get the 20 variant pneumonia vaccination.  The flu won’t kill you but the pneumonia you get from the flu might.   I had previously had the 13 variant about 10 years ago, and the booster shot I received was perhaps the least painful, fewest side effects vaccination I’ve ever had

Yeah....I need to get on that.  When my wife had her bout of flu, and I had a hellacious upper respiratory infection a coupla weeks later (yeah, it's been a month for us), that was a concern our docs had (pneumonia).  We're old enough now...I'll visit with my doc about it next time.

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On 1/31/2025 at 11:44 AM, Sandman said:

My wife and I have been down sick since Sunday evening. Got one of those home tests for flu and covid, turns out we both have flu type A. Fuck this sucks.

how you holding up? My son got a fever wednesday after picking him up from school and hes been on & off the last 4 days but with a cough, his positive flu A test was on friday...

 

i just tested positive for A 20 min ago but i no longer have a fever(my highest was like 100) and my coughs better. do some people just have a shittier time with this? I couldve easily gone to work these last 2 days.

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On 1/31/2025 at 11:44 AM, Sandman said:

My wife and I have been down sick since Sunday evening. Got one of those home tests for flu and covid, turns out we both have flu type A. Fuck this sucks.

Ugh. Apparently flu A is a real bitch this year. 

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1 hour ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

 

how you holding up? My son got a fever wednesday after picking him up from school and hes been on & off the last 4 days but with a cough, his positive flu A test was on friday...

 

i just tested positive for A 20 min ago but i no longer have a fever(my highest was like 100) and my coughs better. do some people just have a shittier time with this? I couldve easily gone to work these last 2 days.

I wouldn’t test unless I was in the window for tamiflu to work (?24 to 48 hrs from symptom onset I think). If you have a fever over 101 and or shaking chills and body aches do yourself and coworkers a favor and stay home. If fluids and advil/tylenol aren’t helping that first day get tested so you can get a course of Tamiflu and cut it short a couple of days. 

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1 hour ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

 

how you holding up? My son got a fever wednesday after picking him up from school and hes been on & off the last 4 days but with a cough, his positive flu A test was on friday...

 

i just tested positive for A 20 min ago but i no longer have a fever(my highest was like 100) and my coughs better. do some people just have a shittier time with this? I couldve easily gone to work these last 2 days.

Saturday I was able to get up and around and even run a couple of errands. Today, I feel good, other than some lingering congestion. Headed back to work tomorrow. 

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2 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

I wouldn’t test unless I was in the window for tamiflu to work (?24 to 48 hrs from symptom onset I think). If you have a fever over 101 and or shaking chills and body aches do yourself and coworkers a favor and stay home. If fluids and advil/tylenol aren’t helping that first day get tested so you can get a course of Tamiflu and cut it short a couple of days. 

i suspected it Fri night when i got my first fever(nothing crazy, 99-100 but yellow on the thermometer)...we tested my kid friday and thats when we got our first A positive. so yesterday I isolated in the loft. today he joined me in the loft. and out of curiosity since i felt 100% normal i tested  this afternoon and it still popped a line flu A part on the test strip. havent needed any tylenol or advil...had to use it on my kid tho but its been a couple days since hes had some.

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