i had the most painful and bizarre flu i've ever had a few months ago. there were a few times i was close to going to the hospital(which was a big jump for me, as i didn't have insurance at the time) but i toughed it out.

idk if that was swine flu or not though. either way it was one fucking killer flu. it's like it went around trying to shut down an organ every couple hours.

My flatmates friend who gave  it to us was just confirmed by the doctors as having it so yyyyeah!

At least it's not hantavirus

sarevok gave me swine flu

A guy who works at the same shop as I do got swine flu this week. Apparently he is the third person in his street to get it.

The swine flu is pretty big deal over here, as we are the 2nd country with most mortality after USA, but at this rate we should surpass em.

Let me get some things straight:

Swine Flu gives the SAME symptoms as the normal flu.
So if a guy says you "just have normal flu", it means nothing, it could have either. UNLESS HE IS A DOCTOR.

However, because we are less prepared to fight the new swine flu, there is a small chance the situation gets worse. Usually pneumonia.
What kills you is the pneumonia, not the flu.

How to fight the swine flu:
AS SOON AS YOU GET FLU SYMPTOMS YOU FUCKING CALL THE DOCTOR.
He'll probably tell you to rest, DON'T GO OUT IN THE STREET OR ELSEWHERE, and probably give you Tamiflu for Swine Flu Treatment, or some other anti-viral stuff.

How to prevent the swine flu:
For all I know, I could be a swine flu carrier. I can be an asymptomatic carrier of the flu. That means I have it but it doesn't do shit to me. How so? Because of good body defenses.
How to get good defense? Pretty simple follow these 3 steps:
-Be Clean (take a shower everyday)
-Eat Well
-Sleep Well (imo the most important one) That means +8 hours of sleep.

This is what you should do in normal circumstances. In this swine flu infested world there is just one more step:
-Wash your hands frequently.

i do neither of these three, yet i'm rarely ill. guess i'm lucky

do you socialize and/or go in public transports/places?

i do neither of these three, yet i'm rarely ill. guess i'm lucky

yea i only shower once a month too

yeah this is what i was ranting about in the other topic, it's the same as the seasonal flu, there is no treatment and prevention is the same (don't be gross).

the only reason it's dangerous is a lot of people have had seasonal flu before, so if they catch it again they're going to get better quicker, whereas since this is new it's like that first time all over again <3

aside from school, and public transport to get there, not really.

i would think this would be plenty of reason to be careful on its own

you've only been going to school for two years?  you must be quite the young'n!

but basically if you are out in public at all you should probably do your best to avoid the flu, two years ago we weren't having this strain spreading so how about this year you just BE CAREFUL and avoid being sick?  just because you've been lucky so far doesn't mean you can't get diseases if you don't take care of yourself

Just stay away from us mexicans, it's the only proven way of not getting the flu!


I had to post this. Soooo epic.