Guest guest Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Hi Don, thanks for all that info, but sorry you got the flu. I don' even like to go to the grocery store, and never go to the mall. But I'm stocking up on Ibuprofen, but what is Tamiflu? Do you need an RX for it? Take care, Bobby a (Bobby) Doyle Brecksville, Ohio, USA DX 05/1995 Interferon/9 weeks/hydroxyurea/5 years 02/2000 - Gleevec Trial/OHSU 06/2002 - Gleevec/Trisenox Trial/OHSU 06/2003 - Gleevec/Zarnestra Trial/OHSU 04/2004 - Sprycel Trial/MDACC, CCR in 10 months #840 - Zavie's Zero Club 09/2006 - out of CCR 04/29/08 - XL228 trial/U of Michigan 01/09/ - PCR 5.69 02/13/09 - XL228 trial ended due to side effects o4/13/09 - Ariad Trial U of Michigan 09/09/09 - PCR 0.017 04/13/09 - Ariad trial at U. of Michigan 09/09/09 - PCR 0.017 04/13/09 - Ariad trial, U. of Michigan 09/08/09 - PCR 0.017 From: dadkins88 <donaldadkins@...> Subject: [ ] H1N1 Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009, 4:39 PM Hi All, I apologize if you have already read the post. Since I am basically lazy, I cut and pasted it on a number of sites. As I sit at home right now with a case of H1N1, I think how timely the H1N1 article on the UK site is. My case started Monday night after babysitting the grand-kids over the weekend. They were both diagnosed with H1N1 on Monday. The kids didn't start showing signs until late Sunday night when they started coughing and running a fever of 103 degrees (F). Their doctor diagnosed them both the next day and confined them to their home for seven days. There fevers have subsided and they are doing much better. They drank a lot of liquids so as not to dehydrate and took Ibuprofen for the fever. They both went through a few days of nausea, but that has also subsided. Overall, a mild to medium case of the flu. I have not had neither a standard flu or H1N1 jab (jab just sounds sexier) since they are still not available at my clinic (neither has either grand-child) . Since I am a SCT transplant patient, the doctor started me on Tamiflu on Monday. I had the same symptoms as the grand-kids, but I must say after starting Tamiflu, I improved much faster than they did. After 48 hours I was feeling much better. Usually, my transplant doctor would have sent me to the Clinic for an IV just to be safe, but he said they were overwhelmed with flu cases and did not want to risk further spread if I could eek it out at home. Even the ER didn't want any flu patients unless you were having respiratory issues. I don't see this slowing down anytime soon. The purpose of this post is to let everyone know that Swine flu is still around and can be quite bad on folks with preexisting conditions. My daughter is an RN at a local hospital and she has two young ladies as patients in their early 20s hooked up to respirators fighting for their life. Neither had preexisting conditions that would have warranted this outcome. This disease continues to baffle even the professionals. Please feel free to ask any questions you might have. I can tell you this, you must stay hydrated or you will end up in the ER getting an IV. You don't want to go there, too many bad diseases just hanging out ready to attack you. Good Health to ALL! Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Bobby, Yes you need a script for tamiflu. It is a medicine that came about to help fight flu symptoms. It has to be taken with 24 - 48 hours of the first symptom. shelley On Oct 3, 2009, at 11:16 PM, ROBERTA DOYLE wrote: > Hi Don, thanks for all that info, but sorry you got the flu. I don' > even like to go to the grocery store, and never go to the mall. But > I'm stocking up on Ibuprofen, but what is Tamiflu? Do you need an RX > for it? Take care, Bobby > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Hi Bobby, Here is a link that describes Tamiflu and it's uses. http://www.tamiflu.com/ Hope you are doing well. Warmest regards, Don > > From: dadkins88 <donaldadkins@...> > Subject: [ ] H1N1 > > Date: Saturday, October 3, 2009, 4:39 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I apologize if you have already read the post. Since I am basically lazy, I cut and pasted it on a number of sites. > > > > As I sit at home right now with a case of H1N1, I think how timely the H1N1 article on the UK site is. My case started Monday night after babysitting the grand-kids over the weekend. They were both diagnosed with H1N1 on Monday. The kids didn't start showing signs until late Sunday night when they started coughing and running a fever of 103 degrees (F). Their doctor diagnosed them both the next day and confined them to their home for seven days. There fevers have subsided and they are doing much better. They drank a lot of liquids so as not to dehydrate and took Ibuprofen for the fever. They both went through a few days of nausea, but that has also subsided. Overall, a mild to medium case of the flu. > > > > I have not had neither a standard flu or H1N1 jab (jab just sounds sexier) since they are still not available at my clinic (neither has either grand-child) .. Since I am a SCT transplant patient, the doctor started me on Tamiflu on Monday. I had the same symptoms as the grand-kids, but I must say after starting Tamiflu, I improved much faster than they did. After 48 hours I was feeling much better. Usually, my transplant doctor would have sent me to the Clinic for an IV just to be safe, but he said they were overwhelmed with flu cases and did not want to risk further spread if I could eek it out at home. Even the ER didn't want any flu patients unless you were having respiratory issues. I don't see this slowing down anytime soon. > > > > The purpose of this post is to let everyone know that Swine flu is still around and can be quite bad on folks with preexisting conditions. > > > > My daughter is an RN at a local hospital and she has two young ladies as patients in their early 20s hooked up to respirators fighting for their life. Neither had preexisting conditions that would have warranted this outcome. This disease continues to baffle even the professionals. > > > > Please feel free to ask any questions you might have. I can tell you this, you must stay hydrated or you will end up in the ER getting an IV. You don't want to go there, too many bad diseases just hanging out ready to attack you. > > > > Good Health to ALL! > > Don > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2009 Report Share Posted October 25, 2009 That's what I thought!! But no, when my hubby took my son in, they wouldn't give me a prescription... I was upset. It only lasted 2 days for me though, not the 5 it was for my son. So, I guess that is good. I even took clorox wipes to the living room floor this morning. Sprayed everything with Oust. LOL. Glad some are able to get the Tamiflu - the newspaper reported that it is hard to find in our city. 21% of one of the high school's kid's were out last week with it. Ugh! Including one of mine! Tammy _____ From: dickie_64012 [mailto:dickie_64012@...] Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2009 12:54 AM Subject: [ ] H1N1 My wife is just recovering from the flu with symptons that match the H1N1 except we got her to the doctor before her lungs began to fill. Because of her prexisting conditions he did not want to wait for the results of the blood test as it had to be sent to Calif. from MO. and he did not want to lose treatment time in waiting for the obvious results. We were the sixth patient that morning and they closed one school nearby for two days because this flu pandemic. The Dr. immediately put her on Tamaflu and rest and all the other precautions we are hearing about. She has many health issues as I do and she is recovering nicely. I have been told that anyone with health issues should not take the nasal mist but should wait for the vacine. We have a friend that is a nurse in another state and when she heard what our Dr. did she confirmed that the clinic she works in is doing the exact same thing. Tamaflu, had washing, cough into sleeve or something simuliar, do not touch the face, wipe down and spray all areas with disfinfectent. If another member of the family shows any symptons call the Dr.'s office and they should call the Rx for Tamaflu to your pharmacy and not have you come in to the office and expose more people. H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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