Guest guest Posted October 3, 2009 Report Share Posted October 3, 2009 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...
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