dollface

the "mild flu" you are referring to takes on a whole different look if it hits your lower respiratory area.

dollface

Hope your son gets over it soon - defo worth a trip to the docs or ER depending on the severity.

Cookie

Doesn't seem to be too severe but this virus has highs and lows so has to be monitored. You are right about chest complications too. Definitely requires medical treatment.

Although I don't want the flu myself, my main concern is not being able to provide care for those who need it whether it's family or my residents.

Souvy

I won't be getting it. Too late, I suspect. My brother in the UK, with whom I spent time last week, is laid up in bed. Last night, we discussed his symptoms with my SIL (a nurse in Montreal). She had little doubt. Vaccination would be of no use to me now.

Casting my mind back, a few of us on here got sick about Feb/March, with very similar symptoms. I think we wrote it off as gastric flu, or somesuch.

I now wonder. I've had flu before, several times. It didn't come with the squits and uncontrollable vomiting.

dollface

But, not all H1N1 comes with vomitting or squirts. These are symptoms, yes, but not in all cases.

Steve_P

Yes this may well be a mild flu virus for most of us, but and it's a big but for some people it can be a killer and there is no real way of predicting who it may affect severely.

So there is real reason for some concern, panic maybe overstating things.

Cookie

In NS, regular flu always seems to come with squits and vomiting. If we had that in the UK we would call that gastic/stomach flu. In fact most people here who have had a sickness/diahorrea call that flu too even when there are no other 'flu' symptoms.

If you have had flu several times you should consider getting an annual flu shot (chance would be a fine thing right now of course).

BristolUK

Absolutely.

Last week I was in an at risk group. I know there are things I am less capable of doing than a year ago -cutting the grass, walking 20 minutes without becoming heavy legged, staying awake so I'm quite prepared to accept I am more at risk of complications.

Of more concern is the fact I'm carer for my wife who qualified under last week's 'at risk' list several times over.

The priority list was considerably shortened, displacing the sick and disabled completely and clinics were cancelled left right and centre.

The health officials said they would be looking at how to vaccinate the displaced 'at risk' folk but all that's happened (a week on) is the announcement of a few clinics for all next week. Last week a clinic for the original priority people only was swamped by all and sundry; Understandably in some cases, less so in others. There was a three hour wait outside in sub zero temps before the 90 minute wait inside.

What's it going to be like when everyone is wanting to go and allowed to go and you can't stand for extended periods or you're waiting in a wheelchair in the cold?

Jingsamichty

Don't come to Calgary, then. The sick and the needy will be trampled in the queue at the clinic by thousands of perfectly healthy neurotic Albertans who "have to" get their shots first.

Steve_P

Hopefully the powers that be will have sorted out their priorities by then and the healthy will only be trampling those of their own group.

Give them a tiny bit of credit they do appear to be maybe on the right track after numerous false starts.

pinkkristen

Those symptoms are more common in children - sounds like you had gastroentirtus (however spelt). That comes with fever/vomiting etc mmm..... nice!

BristolUK

Sadly, NB seems about to repeat the mistakes of last week.

The officials are bragging about a larger percentage of the province having been vaccinated than other places even though the 'at risk' groups haven't been done.

It's a real contrast with the situation in Ontario if the comments on BE were anything to go by...websites giving waiting times, activities organised for kids, flexible hours to cut down on waiting times, doubling the number of clinics.....while NB has been cancelling them.

Souvy

Oh yes. Very nice. There is nothing quite like having to clean up when your vomit made it to the bathroom before you did. I never thought I could puke that far.

BristolUK

"Weak stomach?"
"Waddya mean, I can throw it further than you!!"

gryphea

You might find his excema clears up if he is allergic and he's been eating eggs. With eggs, its how they are cooked (or not in the case of a jab) that is the issue as the egg proteins most people are allergic to break down under prolonged heat.