Gus Lozada Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 tEh hoRrorz: MEXICO CITY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted April 24, 2009 Members Share Posted April 24, 2009 Oh crap, that's bad!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted April 24, 2009 Members Share Posted April 24, 2009 Well whatever flu I've had the past two weeks, it has truly sucked. Yesterday was the first day where I didn't have to sleep for several hours during the day. Good luck, Mexico... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted April 24, 2009 Members Share Posted April 24, 2009 Read about that before. The interesting thing is that humans and pigs are very much alike. Something like 22 chromosomes separates us. This swine flu is usually found in pigs or those who work around them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted April 24, 2009 Members Share Posted April 24, 2009 After getting hit with that freight train of a flu, for the first time I am taking something called Relenza, a prescription antiviral medication. It seems to be working in that I feel better faster than I would have anticipated when I was in the hospital Monday morning with a 103 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted April 24, 2009 Members Share Posted April 24, 2009 The interesting thing is that humans and pigs are very much alike. Well, you don't have to tell US that. We've all been to OJ before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I also recently had a bad case of the flu, but it was a bit unusual in that it never hit me in the head, other than the headaches... which I pretty much have to deal with daily anyway. But no cold type respiratory symptoms - it was all fever, body and joint aches, sweats / chills and headaches, and generally feeling like I was hit by an M1 Abrams tank. And it lasted for nearly two weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted April 24, 2009 Members Share Posted April 24, 2009 I also recently had a bad case of the flu, but it was a bit unusual in that it never hit me in the head, other than the headaches... which I pretty much have to deal with daily anyway. But no cold type respiratory symptoms - it was all fever, body and joint aches, sweats / chills and headaches, and generally feeling like I was hit by an M1 Abrams tank. And it lasted for nearly two weeks. Uh-oh!! The CIA is spreading flu through SSS!! Connect the dots, people, connect the dots... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 Two weeks for a flu?! Damn Phil... ugh... I mean damn flu Phil. Thats pretty bad, after 3-4 days it usually does the damage and leaves. But 14 days... can`t imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 My Mom is very involved in the prevention and cure of these things... and she is naturally concerned about this new strain of swine flu. It is coming up into Texas, apparently. Gus, take a preventive injection if you can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Sayers Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 Two weeks for a flu?! Damn Phil... ugh... I mean damn flu Phil. Thats pretty bad, after 3-4 days it usually does the damage and leaves. But 14 days... can`t imagine. that's because you haven't had the flu - just a serious cold. I had THE FLU 18 months ago - I was bedridden for 7 days, no energy to do anything other than sweat, sleep and go to the toilet where I evacuated from both ends till I had nothing left. I had the weirdest dreams and hallucinations over that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D Charles Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 I also recently had a bad case of the flu, but it was a bit unusual in that it never hit me in the head, other than the headaches... which I pretty much have to deal with daily anyway. But no cold type respiratory symptoms - it was all fever, body and joint aches, sweats / chills and headaches, and generally feeling like I was hit by an M1 Abrams tank. And it lasted for nearly two weeks. Phil, I think I had a similar one way over here. I mean never coughed or runny nose or anything like that, but had the dizzy dizzies (fever), headache (I never have those) and did need a seatbelt on the toilet for a few days. Mine lasted for over three weeks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dean Roddey Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 I've had those types of varieties of flue before also. You just feel like you are incredibly sore and arthritic and it doesn't want to go away. Though, in a way, that's better than the respiratory conflagrations, if you have to pick one evil or another I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bp Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 Uh-oh!! The CIA is spreading flu through SSS!! Connect the dots, people, connect the dots... It's Sneep I tell ya! That Sneep is a CIA plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff Leites Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 It's crossed the border - On this side of the border, the swine flu has sickened eight people, six in California and two here in Texas near San Antonio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 It actually came from there, Jeff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted April 25, 2009 Author Share Posted April 25, 2009 My Mom is very involved in the prevention and cure of these things... and she is naturally concerned about this new strain of swine flu. It is coming up into Texas, apparently.Gus, take a preventive injection if you can! Given this is a new strain, it seems any existing injection is just futile.The best we can do is take some stuff to reinforce our defenses and vitamins to handle better if -or when- you got infected. ... but thanks for the advise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 Stay indoors Gus. Cancel your appointments. Muy cuidado! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 I had THE FLU 18 months ago - I was bedridden for 7 days, no energy to do anything other than sweat, sleep and go to the toilet where I evacuated from both ends till I had nothing left. I had the weirdest dreams and hallucinations over that time. Hopefully you wrote some cool tunes during that time! Care to share any? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Etienne Rambert Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 If it spreads, I'm canceling my trip back in May. I spend a lot of time in Houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Phait Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 I haven't gotten sick since I was like 9 years old. Dunno why. Even around sick people, never caught anything. At most, I've either had dehydration or blood sugar episodes over the past 4 years. Regardless, this still concerns me some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spokenward Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 or your pandemic flu and u what's the deal with those H's and N's? Flu strains are named for the H and N proteins, hemagglutinin and neuraminidase, which stick out from the surface of the virus like spikes. These protein spikes allow influenza to infect and damage cells and are what the immune system recognizes. The hemagglutinin spike allows the virus to bind to and enter cells. After co-opting the cells molecular machinery to produce more viruses, the neuraminidase spike is used to escape the cell, destroying it in the process. http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/bio/factsheets/H1N1factsheet.html The benchmark pandemic flu was perhaps: The "Spanish" flu pandemic of 1918 and 1919 caused the deaths of 20-50 million people worldwide including up to 675,000 in the U.S. While only about 1% of those infected with the virus died, it became one of the deadliest viruses ever known to man. low lethality ~ 1% and high rates of infection NYT April 24 Most of Mexico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 many years ago i meet a lady in Shanghai, have possibly birdflu since then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 many years ago i meet a lady in Shanghai, have possibly birdflu since then No Rudolf, bird flu is not a venereal disease. But Shanghai rocks, eh? Love the club scene there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted April 25, 2009 Members Share Posted April 25, 2009 Uh-oh...the World Health Organization is about to declare the swine flu an international epidemic of "great public importance." They also say it's spreading rapidly, and at this point, cannot be contained. Have a nice day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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