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This flu is wicked

cherry — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 14:53:47 GMT

P. Diddy's Ex has died from complications of flu. She was only in her 40's..It is such a pity..It hasn't been confirmed, I hope she didn't suffer

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6395345/Diddys-ex-girlfriend-Kim-Porter-dead.html

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dex — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:22:47 GMT

@cherry@That flu can be deadly any year.I hope she didn’t suffer too much or die alone.Terrible thought but I wonder if she had a flu shot.

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chrystaltree — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:36:56 GMT

Most people don't even know what the flu is, they think it's a very bad cold and since people they know who had the flu (or think they did) get over it, they don't understand the dangers. People can and do die from flu complications, that's why it's so important to get your flu shots. It can happen to strong, healthy, young people like I was when I was in college. I came down with a "cold" that got worse and I woke up one night unable to catch my breath. My parents rushed me to the hospital where I remained for 2 weeks. I had pneumonia in both lungs and my "cold" was actually influenza. I was on oxygen, briefly they considered a ventilator but I did improve but it took a few months for me to really recover. It still scares me because if I'd been alone that night, if my parents had been out of it I'd been in a dorm room...I probably would have died. I work in healthcare so I understand the risks of the flu and of course I get my flu shot every single year.

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cherry — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:27:42 GMT

@dex I wondered that too. Every item I have read say, unofficially ,it is flu that killed her

I think people just don't think it will happen to them. I feel so sorry for her family, she should have seen them grow , marry, and have children. They have missed so much..God rest her soul

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FrostyBabe1 — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:34:03 GMT

@chrystaltree wrote:
Most people don't even know what the flu is, they think it's a very bad cold and since people they know who had the flu (or think they did) get over it, they understand the dangers. People can and do die from flu complications, that's why it's so important to get your flu shots. It can happen to strong, healthy, young people like I was when I was in college. I came down with a "cold" that got worse and I woke up one night unable to catch my breath. My parents rushed me to the hospital where I remained for 2 weeks. I had pneumonia in both lungs and my "cold" was actually influenza. I was on oxygen, briefly they considered a ventilator but I did improve but it took a few months for me to really recover. It still scares me because if I'd been alone that night, if my parents had been out of it I'd been a dorm room...I probably would have died. I work in healthcare so I understand the risks of the flu and of course I get my flu shot every single year.

Or they think it's a gastro-intestinal malady, not a respiratory one. How many times have we all heard someone say that they have the "flu" when it's actually nothing to do with influenza and most likely some form of the noro virus?

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Caaareful Shopper — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:34:58 GMT

I heard about this yesterday. It is so sad; she was just 47 years old; a model and actress. She and Diddy were together for 13 years, before they split about 10 years ago. They still did everything together as a family; they never drew up a legal custody agreement for their 3 kids together because they just made it all work out for the kids.

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cherry — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:46:11 GMT

People also think shots don't work, because you catch the flu anyway. They stop you from dying ,if you do succumb to the illneess, many times

I have been so ill with flu ,even when I did get a shot, I shudder to think of what would have happened to me, had I not had the shot?

Two years ago ,it took me a month ,to get back on my feet after the flu, and I got a flu shot..If I handn't I might not be here now

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Jersey Born — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:48:24 GMT

I wish her family the best in coping with her untimely death. While a person can die from influenza, and from pneumonia, they can also die from the antibiotics they take to combat their pneumonia, due to heart arrythmias arising from this class of drug. I just read that Kim Porter was sick for weeks, and then she went into cardiac arrest:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2015/11/09/common-antibiotics-cause-arrhythmias-death-and-everything-else/#f611092d1705

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cherry — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 15:59:03 GMT

Antibiotics can do nothing against the flu. Flu is a virus..you need to be treated with an antiviral, unless you get a secondary infection. Antibiotics are for bacteria, I think

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SilleeMee — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:05:32 GMT

@cherry wrote:
Antibiotics can do nothing against the flu. Flu is a virus..you need to be treated with an antiviral, unless you get a secondary infection. Antibiotics are for bacteria, I think

Yes, exactly @cherry. What can happen, however, is a viral infection can weaken the immune system so then a person can become ill from a bacterial infection that may have not occurred had the person not gotten a virus to begin with. It's called a 'secondary infection'. You see that with AIDS patients.

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cherry — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:07:41 GMT

I wonder if her Dr just didn't take it seriously enough, or she just let it drag on too long, before seeking help?

I went to the ER twice ,for breathing treatments ,with my last bout @SilleeMee

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SilleeMee — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:09:16 GMT

I'm sorry @cherry. Did you have the flu?

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Trinity11 — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:09:18 GMT

According to the article it said flu like symptoms and possible pneumonia. Until they do an autopsy, I guess it really is not certain what she actually died from

RIP Kim.

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cherry — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:10:26 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
I'm sorry @cherry. Did you have the flu?

Two years ago I did. I get a shot evey year, and I always will

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Trinity11 — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:12:40 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
@cherry wrote:
Antibiotics can do nothing against the flu. Flu is a virus..you need to be treated with an antiviral, unless you get a secondary infection. Antibiotics are for bacteria, I think

Yes, exactly @cherry. What can happen, however, is a viral infection can weaken the immune system so then a person can become ill from a bacterial infection that may have not occurred had the person not gotten a virus to begin with. It's called a 'secondary infection'. You see that with AIDS patients.

It happened to me @SilleeMee. I had the flu shot last year. When I was admitted to the hospital 3 weeks later for heart issues, the man in the bed next to me had the flu. I caught it and developed a secondary infection. I was put on antibiotics for ten days. Having Type 1 diabetes for nearly 50 years has left me vulnerable to infections. I am sure, though, getting the flu shot saved my life.

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Alison Wonderland — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:22:28 GMT

Her name was Kim Porter, not "P. Diddy's Ex." I hope someday we can allow women to be named instead of identified by their relationships to men. I'm sure that's not what she would want on her tombstone.

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SilleeMee — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:25:06 GMT

One time I got very sick from a 'superbug' called Klebsiella pneumoniae. I couldn't go to work for almost two months during which I was on heavy doses of several antibiotics. many of them were not working. I was sick in bed and I really thought I was going to die...seriously, die. I was admitted to the hospital and there I was treated with more drugs and IV solutions. I was in the hospital for about three weeks. My doctors said the drugs didn't really save me. It was most likely from all the bed rest and forced food I was given. I wouldn't have eaten otherwise. I believe it was more than that

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cherry — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:25:08 GMT

I didn't recognize her name ,and that is why I posted it, they way I did. When I realized who she was , I thought others might not know either, so I did it to jog their memory ,and not to start a fight

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Trinity11 — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:30:21 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
One time I got very sick from a 'superbug' called Klebsiella pneumoniae. I couldn't go to work for almost two months during which I was on heavy doses of several antibiotics. many of them were not working. I was sick in bed and I really thought I was going to die...seriously, die. I was admitted to the hospital and there I was treated with more drugs and IV solutions. I was in the hospital for about three weeks. My doctors said the drugs didn't really save me. It was most likely from all the bed rest and forced food I was given. I wouldn't have eaten otherwise. I believe it was more than that

@SilleeMee...I know of which you speak. I have had frequent UTI's from Klebsiella and was referred to an infectious disease specialist. It took numerous rounds of antibiotics to get rid of it and I am now taking prophylactic antibiotics to keep it at bay. Apparently, it is very difficult to arrest the germ.

You must have had that kind of pneumonia? (Respiratory). It must have been awful.

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SilleeMee — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:35:28 GMT

@Trinity11 wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:
One time I got very sick from a 'superbug' called Klebsiella pneumoniae. I couldn't go to work for almost two months during which I was on heavy doses of several antibiotics. many of them were not working. I was sick in bed and I really thought I was going to die...seriously, die. I was admitted to the hospital and there I was treated with more drugs and IV solutions. I was in the hospital for about three weeks. My doctors said the drugs didn't really save me. It was most likely from all the bed rest and forced food I was given. I wouldn't have eaten otherwise. I believe it was more than that
@SilleeMee...I know of which you speak. I have had frequent UTI's from Klebsiella and was referred to an infectious disease specialist. It took numerous rounds of antibiotics to get rid of it and I am now taking prophylactic antibiotics to keep it at bay. Apparently, it is very difficult to arrest the germ.

You must have had that kind of pneumonia? (Respiratory). It must have been awful.

Yes, it was the worst sickness I ever got. I was coughing up blood and there was blood coming out of my ears, too! I hope I never get it that again. @Trinity11