Have you had the flu this season?

not had the flu since i started cleaning my ears with diluted hydrogen peroxide

I think people get flu and bad colds very mixed up.

well sure i agree a little. humans don't do these things. at least not consistently. i see little kids playing on restaurant floors and then immediately eat food at their table. i see grown adults daily not wearing hats, gloves, or coats when its cold and rainy. the other day a young child was wearing flip flops, shorts, and short sleeve tee shirt outside at the shopping center when it was like 40 degrees.

You sound like your in great shape for an old battle axe. ;-) Just messing with ya. What do you think is the reason for your great health? I quit taking vaccines about 5 years ago and have had nothing but a few minor colds since.

I used to get the flu several times a year when taking the vaccines.

this is for certain. the flu generally is fever, body aches, some congestion, fatigue. It's not a sinus infection. My sinuses are fine. Medium high fever, body aches, and fatigue for me thus far.

Throwing up, shaking, congestion, body aches, sneezing.. yep!

yuck. i had a few waves of nausea but it was because my fever got so high

had mine washed out a few weeks ago. was interesting.

THIS^^ in my case I never had a flu shot until five years ago ( after my DR convinced me ) and ever since , every year :FLU Followed by PNEUMONIA !!!!

To answer OP's question , I am suffering from it right now , started antibiotics today I almost can't breathe and I am not a smoker

sorry to hear that. ive had lots of fever and aches all over. the fatigue is bad. ive tried to keep doing things around the house. finally had to crash tho.

I hope you feel better

no way, got my shots early this year. traded a gun for it at wal mart!

I haven't had the flu in a very long time. My secret? Tobacco.

hope that works out for you. may need that gun back lol

never heard that one. day 3 for me. still battling fever etc etc

No, actually the last time I can think of when I had the flu was when I was 6 or 7.

Either there are two strains of flu this year or one of them is simply a virus - not related to the flu.

This flu includes vomiting which is unusual for the strains we have had lately. Some people are saying they have the flu - saying things like it just started today, etc. If you have the flu, it is very doubtful that you would be able to stand upright for days, with the strain from this year.

In my house, four out of five of us had the flu. The one who didn't had a flu shot. I know that they say you a person who gets a shot with the "dead" virus, can't give it to others. However, I don't believe that. My husband got the shot and within ten days, the rest of us came down with the flu.

It's awful. I couldn't lift my head off of my pillow for three days...same for the other three in my home (my adult daughter and two younger). Three out of four of us had to visit the ER for fluids due to dehydration - my adult daughter had to go two times before it was over.

We have a no flu shot policy in my home, but my husband let himself be talked into it this year. He didn't tell us and we were wondering where the heck we got it from. We didn't know another person with it. When my husband did not get sick and we started questioning that, he owned up to having the shot. Our doctor then agreed we had the flu, but of course insisted we did not get it from my husband. This was end of October/early November before it was getting out there.

The worst flu I ever had was the one year I got the flu shot. Don't get the shot!

the flu i have is type a. moderate body aches, fevers around 100-102 and severe fatigue. no sinus related issues at all but some deep down congestion

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mine has turned to pneumonia today. just awful.

Last time I got the stomach flu was 2003. I had a tight stomach all day and then 12 hours later - bam! It hit me hard. 2 weeks ago, I woke with the same tight stomach feeling. I started drinking 1/2 tsp of baking soda with a cup of water about ever other hour. I felt like shit around the 12 hour mark, but 6 hours later I was hungry as hell and felt perfectly fine.
Drink baking soda if you have the flu! Viruses cannot live in an alkaline environment!

fortunately havent had any stomach issues. just high fevers and now pneumonia in left lung which is very painful. hard to breathe. im healthy normally and middle aged. try to take care of myself. this is very unusual.