The Flu...

[TGO David]

...sucks.

That is all.

[KahrMan]

Yes it does. My daughter has it right now. I hate seeing her feeling so bad.

[Guest c.a.s.]

I caught it the year before last. NOT FUN AT ALL!

[The Rabbi]

Women are miserable when they're sick. When my wife gets sick I feel like shooting her to put her out of my misery.

[shaftbass]

I can't remember the last time I had the flu. I've been getting a flu shot every year since I was 14 and all I ever get is a cold that lasts a week a couple times a year.

Then again, some people get flu shots and still get what they think is the flu.

[et45]

I don't have the flu but my sinus has been stopped up since the first of December.I will bust it loose with Sudafed and nose spray and it will be fine for about 6 hrs then lock down again.

[Guest jackdog]

never had a flu shot and never had the flu, Lucky me.

[RedHead_1911]

Knock on wood

[Guest TNDixieGirl]

I haven't had the flu in years. *knockin on wood too*

I hope ya feel better soon.

[Guest Halfpint]

Never had a cold. Never had the flu, either.

. . . all I get to deal with are allergies.

[DWARREN123]

I have had it since Tuesday, I am feeling better now. Have to go to work in a few.

Flu really sucks!

[Ernest.T.Bass]

The "Flu" kicked in my door and stomped the monkey manure out of me last week. I still ain't right. All I have wanted to do since is lay up under the porch and lick my.........

[NuTcAsE]

All 6 of us has had this crap over the past couple weeks, it's been like General Hospital around here.....just miserable

[Marswolf]

I've never figured out why I'm not sick all of the time.

I'm in constant contact with zillions of people. And I don't take a flu shot because it is so limited geographically. I'm as likely to be around someone in Colombia as Columbia.

I throw the dice and I take my chances. So far, so good.

[Guest SUNTZU]

Mars knows flufu.

[Smith]

Evidently the strain going around now is a mutated version of the common flu. It gets around the antibodies that stop the normal strain. Super Flu!

[Guest jackdog]

Heard on the news that the current flu shot is only good for about 40% of flu virus going around.

I think the reason I never get sick is because I don't take medications hardly at all. I have probably only had antibiotics 10 to 12 times in my life. For this reason I think my amune system is a lot more capable of fighting off illness and bugs.

[Marswolf]

IMHO, genetics is a bitch.

[Guest SUNTZU]

My girlfriend says the same thing jackdog. She is studying to be an RN. LMU says that if you had your tonsils removed you are much more likely to get sick all of the time. Crap.

[Im Neero]

The tonsils thing would explain a lot. I don't get sick all the time, but if there's something going around, I get it.

[ZenDog]

I was sick 2 years ago for 2 days-- can't remember when it was before then. I never get flu shots or the flu. I am fortunate in that regard.

However, I have spent a few thousand dollars and a lot of hours on injuries sustained while having what I considered to be "fun". Others have called it "stupid".

But, no flu.

[Guest GT_Rat]

Another in the rarely gets sick dept. (knock wood)

[Guest EasilyObsessed]

I got sick a couple times late last year after not having been sick for a LONG time. Then, I realized I was working in a Medical Center and even though I have no contact with patients, there are germs everywhere. Since then, I make sure to do a more thorough job of washing my hands and use instant hand sanitizer a couple times a day. So far, so good.

Something scary....it takes 8 years for a medicine to get approved. Right now, there are no new antibiotics up for approval. If a virus evolves and current antibiotics cant deal with it, unless the government fast tracks something, we are screwed for eight years.

[Guest TargetShooter84]

No flu here, but I've been lucky but I've stopped getting flu shots after last year b/c right after I got mine, I was so sick for almost 2 months with bronochitus and respiratory virus that wouldnt just go away, and doctors blamed it on the shot so I didnt get one this year and been practicing keeping good hygiene and I've been fine so far, dealt with little colds but nothing too major (Knock on wood)

Tungsten-Get well!

[Guest db99wj]

My wife is a nurse, they have a had a ton of folks with the flu and got the flu shot.l

I don't get sick much, I have had my tonsils out, get a few colds and a sinus infection each year, knock on wood. That's pretty good with a wife that is a nurse (all those sick folks) and 4 kids that are always coming home with some type of cough, sneeze or other type of cooties.

Edited February 16, 2008 by db99wj