Anyone Else Hard Hit with the Flu?

[danaf]

Got it last week then it turned into a sinus infection. On the mend now - finally.

Now my husband has it.

Flu shots don't do squat.

[FLBK7]

Got it last week then it turned into a sinus infection. On the mend now - finally.

Now my husband has it.

Flu shots don't do squat.

I got it really bad 3 weeks ago, and it also turned into a sinus infection. It took two rounds of antibiotics for me to start feeling human again. The flu shot I got in October didn't work for this one!

Feel better soon.

[twuoo]

I recently heard/read somewhere that the flu shot this year wasnt as effective because they didn't get the right strains.

I guess it's sort of a gamble on what to put into a flu shot to begin with.

I think for most of us, it's just as fine to not get it. I think it's beneficial for youngsters and the elderly who's immunity might not be able to fend off nasty bugs and bounce back like most of us can.

[BigJohn]

A few years ago, I was around the really bad strain called HN51. The chickens at the local farms were found to have the virus and were taken out and buried alive in trenches. One evening I watched the news and they said "don't eat any of the chicken" from this one area. What they were doing is digging up the chickens and selling them in this area. I gulped a couple of times. I was in that area that day and had a couple servings of chicken.

[lonesumluser]

It is a bad thing, I had a flu shot, hope I don't get it, I go into lots of health departments and doctors offices. Maybe I'll get lucky.

[JRScott]

Yeah I had a really nasty stomach flu bug last week.

I won't go into it all but it was pretty nasty.

[syn]

Something is definently going around. My mom has some sort of stomach bug and my dad has a bad cold. Means I am probably going to get something next!

[deadbroke99]

Both my kids are very sick with it right now.

[schatzi]

I'm sick with flu for 3 days now.

[syn]

Now I am sick from whatever my parents had, bad chest cold.

[ready2puke]

Yep I had it a couple of weeks ago...Down for 4 days, had to cancel all my clients..Bad bad cough and slept for 4 days..Had the flu shot also, but my thoughts are it might have been worse without the shot.. I wasnt nausated just really bad cold that turned into the creepy crud..still have the cough tho...