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Update on Flu

Kachina624 — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 16:51:00 GMT

Get your flu shots! You don't want what I've got. Worse today, headache, congestion, cough, body aches. I did find a drugstore that has Tamiflu and I'll go pick it up about 3pm. All the local Walgreens are out of it.

@On It

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Love my grandkids — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 16:51:15 GMT

@Kachina624 Glad you found it. Our whole family got the flu shot in the last few weeks. I've gotten it as long as I can recall. I'm 73 and haven't had the flu since high school.

I did have a bad cold in 2006, but that's it.

Take care and get well soon.

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nana59 — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 16:57:19 GMT

Get well soon!

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LindaSal — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 16:58:24 GMT

@Kachina624 Sorry you are not feeling well. Sending you wishes to feel better soon

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On It — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:01:58 GMT

@Kachina624 I am sorry you are getting worse. Drink water, then drink some more water. I hope the Tamiflu kicks in quickly and shortens your illness.

I think it is a good sign that you still feel like posting. Use that for your benchmark. If you find yourself feeling worse and you don't have the energy to post, call for help.

I had the flu once. It is tough and takes a couple of weeks to get back to full strength. Don't be a hero and try to do too much. Get plenty of rest. Please keep us posted.

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godi — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:00:14 GMT

Sorry your worse today. Get the tamiflu and rest. I got my shot a few weeks ago. I heard on news they said it will be a bad year for flu. Get well! 🍜

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BostonMommy — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:21:41 GMT

Take care of yourself. I am so sorry you got the flu. I hope you feel better soon

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goldensrbest — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:24:06 GMT

When one of us four got the flu ,years ago ,we all got it, i always now for many years get the flu shot, hope your dogs are comforting you.

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meallen616 — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:29:01 GMT

@Kachina624,

Take care of yourself,

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CelticCrafter — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:37:04 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Get your flu shots! You don't want what I've got. Worse today, headache, congestion, cough, body aches. I did find a drugstore that has Tamiflu and I'll go pick it up about 3pm. All the local Walgreens are out of it.

@On It

@Kachina624 can't you get it delivered? Curbside pick-up at the very least.

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NickNack — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 17:39:36 GMT

@Kachina624 I'm so sorry you've got the flu. I hope the Tamiflu helps and you feel better soon.

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catter70 — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 18:02:00 GMT

@Kachina624 , sorry to hear you are ill. Hope the Tamiflu has you feeling better soon. Please take care of yourself.

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ECBG — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 18:51:56 GMT

I'm so sorry you feel badly.

I still get my yearly flu shot just like I did when I taught.

I did have full blown flu in about 1990. Talk about rough!!!!

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Foxxee — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 18:53:39 GMT

@Kachina624

You're still able to drive to the drugstore and that's important to know.

I'll be waiting for more updates.

Hope you feel better soon.

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FastDogWalker2 — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 19:03:26 GMT

Wishes for your getting well - so sorry you are so sick.

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on the bay — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 19:13:32 GMT

I've read that xofluza is the best treatment for flu. Better than tamiflu but whatever works.

For me, I haven't felt good since I got the flu shot over a week ago.

It's only my second one I've ever got.

The first one a few years ago I had no reaction but had the worst I don't know what it was that year-so did my whole family-maybe covd before they knew what it was?

This year I got my second ever flu shot and it was the "sr" one I felt awful and my arm is still sore over a week later. I had nausea, headache,

chills

Now I feel like I have a cold and just about everything you are feeling.

So who knows?

I don't. I guess I'm glad I got it but don't know if I will get it again next year, at least not the sr one.

All the years I never got the flu shot, I never had the flu, just a summer cold every July, which maybe was allergies.

Who knows?

At this point, I don't know. Everyone reacts differently. I certainly don't want to get the flu but I also know these vaccines do not protect against every strain.

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Desertdi — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:11:46 GMT

@Kachina624 Your symptoms sound AWFUL....I'm sending you some cyber ENERGY! Ask the pharmacist if you can take some elderberry with the Tamiflu. Kitty

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FastDogWalker2 — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 19:24:52 GMT

@on the bay - I get a flu shot every year and this year I did feel ill after it. This has never happened to me. I was tired and achy. Thankfully, it only lasted a day or two. I will continue to get the shot every year because the one year I didn't I was VERY sick with the flu.

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On It — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 19:50:42 GMT

@FastDogWalker2 wrote:
@on the bay- I get a flu shot every year and this year I did feel ill after it. This has never happened to me. I was tired and achy. Thankfully, it only lasted a day or two. I will continue to get the shot every year because the one year I didn't I was VERY sick with the flu.

For the first time ever, I was tired after receiving my flu shot. My arm was somewhat sore. I take the senior dose and never miss getting a flu shot so I wonder if this year's mix had more varieties of flu it was trying to stave off.

Anyone who has ever had flu knows it is a small price to pay to avoid having it again.

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on the bay — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 19:52:46 GMT

@FastDogWalker2,

Thank you for the validation. I know it's not just me!😟

and @Kachina624,

I hope you feel better soon and the tamiflu knocks it out of the park!