Picked it up last Tuesday but it hit really hard over the weekend. Had a fever on Sunday night that I thought was going to kill me, frozen extremities and yet by body was overheating so much that I dropped 4-5kg with sweat and no appetite.
Monday was OK, thought I was getting better but had to see the doctor to get a certificate for work, he said you ain't done yet boy.
Here I am on Tuesday, a week later, completely fucked.
How far through are you?
felt a little off on friday, but the worst day by far was saturday....i didn't leave my bed, awful headache, terrible body aches. somehow i woke up on sunday feeling pretty alright, like 70% back to normal. i ended up going to work on monday which was a dumb move but left halfway through because my partner went to the doctor and got confirmed with influenza a. i was worried that what i had over the weekend was a fluke and not the flu and i wanted to get tamiflu as a preventative, so i went to the doctor and also got confirmed with influenza a.
i guess this year's vaccine is only 30% effective in outright blocking the flu (in that 70% of the strains going around are not what this year's vaccine blocks), but the doc said that even though the vaccine might not out right block it, it can help to alleviate the symptoms of different strains, which is probably why probably why i was awful on saturday and then okay on sunday.
i feel like 70% now, but who knows what's going to happen in the next few days
I think one reason Australia had such a bad 2017 winter flu season is the virus was different from the strains the flu shot protected against, they make a guess each year
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well I've never been to a doctor for several years and never needed painkillers, even though I've broken several fingers and toes, no pain no gain i say!
i love when ppl get all indignant about the flu vaccine as if they never engage in risky behavior.
and yes, geoff, you are correct. from the NHS site:
The injected flu vaccine is offered free on the NHS annually to: - adults over the age of 18 at risk of flu (including everyone aged 65 and over) - pregnant women - children aged 6 months to 2 years at risk of flu - people with certain medical conditions - healthcare/social care workers
Daft Pun wrote:i love when ppl get all indignant about the flu vaccine as if they never engage in risky behavior.
and yes, geoff, you are correct. from the NHS site:
The injected flu vaccine is offered free on the NHS annually to: - adults over the age of 18 at risk of flu (including everyone aged 65 and over) - pregnant women - children aged 6 months to 2 years at risk of flu - people with certain medical conditions - healthcare/social care workers
1) it was more indignation at `I don't believe (in taking) the flu vac.` 2) i never disputed that he was incorrect about it being uncommon in the UK, i said `interestin'` after visiting the same site you just quoted! 3) why do you love this
it's NBD. it just the same arguments every year around this time. and this year the vaccine is apparently especially/potentially ineffective for the most common strain
yes it is unfortunate that this year's vaccine is pretty ineffective, but i think reinforcing that this vaccination is important for personal and herd immunity reasons year after year is also important
i put the brackets because it was a personal decision, not a questioning of the effectiveness of the vaccine.
It also would be rather difficult to get in on the 'healthcare' plan (free) that i belong to (NHS), technically not free as we get taxed on it but I'm totally good with that.
milano boy wrote:i do apologize to geoff tho, i had no idea it was uncommon to get the flu shot in the uk
Larger companies usually pay for their employees to get it, though opt-in, and you can also pay £10 or so to get it in most chemists. I've always had it on the NHS because I'm potentially at-risk, but it does seem uncommon
I went to the doctor mid last year to get two things done, a mole looked at on my back and a flu shot.
I got her to check out the mole first, it was a melanoma so I didn’t bother asking about getting a flu shot. I get the flu shot every year, but this was my first skin check in 15 years and had I not, I probably would have been brown bread by now.