Comments on: 2009 H1N1 Flu…aka the Swine Flu

By: gp

gp — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:45:23 +0000

yup third symptom’s the charm.. slow down to go faster methinks
didnt read about it?? how’d you sprain your ankle?

take ‘er ez
gp

By: Robert H. Sydnor

Robert H. Sydnor — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:08:33 +0000

Dear Karen:

We riders are so sorry to read about your severly sprained ankle. The photograph was heart-rendering….and we can readily perceive your pain via the photograph. Please diligently follow the instructions of your orthopedic surgeon. Basically, you need to heal your ankle by resting with an elevated foot and not bearing any weight on it. (this happened to me several years ago)

Ask nearby friends in the Minden area to feed Granite Chief and Bo for a few days. With support from Bob, and all the AERC readers of your blog.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:45:49 +0000

I’m in the high risk category (younger than 25) so I got vaccinated today for H1N1. It’s free through work, and I do a lot of travelling, including flying. To top it all off – I’m single and live by myself, hours from friends and family. I’m also the type to not go to the hospital and assume things will resolve themselves. Sounds like the type of person that could end up dead huh?

Take care and get well soon Karen!

By: kchaton

kchaton — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:37:00 +0000

from the CDC: “The information analyzed by CDC supports the conclusion that 2009 H1N1 flu has caused greater disease burden in people younger than 25 years of age than older people.” and “While the disease seen in the current 2009 H1N1 flu outbreak has been mild for many people, it has been severe and even fatal for others.”

I don’t so far think this is any worse either, it’s just that it can be more serious to a larger population than the regular flu. Hopefully once we all get it, we’ll have immunity.

By: Natalie H.

Natalie H. — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:28:52 +0000

here is what I wonder…the above symptoms sound like NORMAL flu symptoms…so how the heck do you know (and would we even care??) ja have the normal, vs the swine flu. If it is like normal, ten what is all the big fuss about H1N1…I mean really…SO many ppl already die from the normal flu, more than from H1N1 far as I can tell from reports, yet everyone is all OMG, SWINE flu… sure, if you are in an already compromised health issue (asthma, etc) or are old/young…getting it may be bad…but then the NORMAL flu is the same way in those situations! I think just getting it (like it seems you have) and getting over it is no big deal, long as you keep an eye on the fever or side effects like lung stuff (which, yet again, is the same ja do anyway if you get normal flu….). In fact, heard today on the radio, “normal” flu is a combo of both a bird and a swine flu variant…so normal flu has BOTH bird and pig, yet we now have had panics about SEPARATE pig and bird flus….hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I dunno…sounds like a bunch of bruhaha over not much…. (unless you are already unhealthy, or live in a poor country where you can’t get normal meds like fever reducers, etc…)