Yes I have the flu,

[MountainMamaGC]

no I dont regret not having a flu shot. I will recover. So will the rest of us, and we will all be a little stronger for it.

[blessedwithboys]

So true!  I've never had a flu shot and I haven't had the flu since 1997.  All my vax-happy friends and their kids get it every year.  Duh.

[emmy526]

I think my dd has it too....waiting for the rest of us to catch it

[nia82]

It's going around, but they also test more for it, kwim? DS might have it, all the kids in his school had it lately (all vaccinated for that matter), he wanted to go to sleep at 5pm last night. He is a bit hoarse today so I kept him home.

I try to keep everything in perspective. Back home only old people are vaxxed for flu. Nobody would ever vax a kid. I'm staying away from the news media because I'm sick of being fearmongered. I don't want to make a decision out of fear, but facts.

[kathymuggle]

I had the flu last year (and yes, I suspect it was the real flu, although I did not get tested for it as  I was not sick enough to go to the hospital).  It is the only time in my life I remember having the flu.  I felt like I had been hit by a mack truck - but I recovered.  I did not get the flu shot this year…and I have no intention of doing it in any upcoming year, either.

Hang in there and drink lots of water! 

[MountainMamaGC]

Yeah the last time I had the flu was 17 years ago. I think I can take it every 17 years. lol.

[Greenlea]

Last time I had the real flu was over 10 yrs ago. I've had boughts of what could be a virus...could be food poisoning though too. When they last 24 or so, I chalk it up to something I ate. When I get the aches, fever, chills, etc - then I'll say its the flu. I have never had a flu shot.

[MountainMamaGC]

Also most people I know call bad colds "the flu". There is a difference.

[CorriJ]

I work in a pharmacy so I got the shot. Mainly cause my husband and I can't afford for me to be off sick for a week. 

But I agree that over all the level of hysteria over the flu is ridiculous. We got two vials of shots in early Wednesday. Good for roughly 20 shots. It was all gone by late thursday. We have people bringing whole families in. Both parents 4 kids and yelling at us because we don't have any in stock. We had customers get into a yelling match because they arrived a couple seconds after the last shots have been administered. 

[Magali]

Awww, hope you feel better soon. 

[ma2two]

Originally Posted by CorriJ 

I work in a pharmacy so I got the shot. 

We got two vials of shots in early Wednesday. Good for roughly 20 shots. It was all gone by late thursday.

Were those people aware that they were injected with mercury? Each dose from a multi-dose vial contains 25 mcg mercury.

[Rrrrrachel]

That's not correct. It contains 25 mcg of thimerosal, which is roughly 50% mercury, so it contains about 12.5 mcg of ethylmercury, not metallic mercury. Or 12.5 millionths of a gram.

[micah_mae_]

Oh I get the flu every 1-2 years. Usually in May. I already had it this year..got sick Dec 31 and was mostly recovered by Jan 3-4. I don't know why I get it every year..my kids don't, my husband doesn't. I blame being fully vaccinated as a child and taking several rounds of antibiotics a year throughout childhood.

[MommaHeather]

I recommend taking

 

 

Oscillococcinum

I stock up on it every year and give to my friends when they start having symptoms. Because I'm pregnant, I've been taking it if I'm around people with the flu. I've never gotten the flu shot.

[Chicharronita]

I have a nice stockpile of Oscillococcinum (there's a discount store that sells nearly-expired supplements at a steep discount; I get this for a buck!) just in case. But so far it's collecting dust on the top of the fridge.

I have noticed that my immunity increased substantially once I started taking vitamins consistently every day. I used to take a lot of vitamin C but now only need about two to three grams a day along with vitamins A, D, K2 and E, selenium, zinc, magnesium, a B complex and an iodine/mineral liquid supplement.

Right now I have a bit of a cold, but it came after eating a lot of holiday treats full of sugar. 

[Minerva23]

To have a real flu is not much fun. I remember having it in 2009 right before the hypo of the swine flu started. I was out for about a week, lying in bed could not even blink. The phrase you posted in the other thread that even your hair hurts is quite familiar. Cell salts, plenty of water/ tea and rest, rest, rest brought me around. I did not even use painkillers cause I was not sure of being pregnant at that time and my fever was not running that high. Hubby had it too and he took just about every drug he got from the doc. It took him 4 month to recover. Go figure. If men would only listen to us women more often.

[MountainMamaGC]

The fever and chills and pain is gone today. I still feel very fatigued, and I still have a dry cough and runny nose. I am taking Cold FX, and vitamins and drinking lots of tea and water and soup. My husband started cold fx and he still has yet to get sick. It hit my daughter pretty bad. She threw up a lot, for like 3 days and only got her appetite back on the 6th day. I couldnt give her anything to boost her immune system as she couldnt keep it down the first couple days. She is also pretty fatigued and she lost some weight. It was hard to see her so sick, but we saw her through it, and she is on the rebound. This was her first serious illness in almost 5 years. She usually gets a fever and burns it off in 2 days, whatever it is. She has never needed antibiotics. As bad as it was, I know she will be stronger for it.