Has the flu season hit your area yet?

@jillhill (37354)
United States
October 22, 2008 7:25am CST
Where I live it's been running rampant around here....just in time for flu shots. Many places have had a hard time because so many are calling in sick! So far I have escaped it. Have you had the flu yet?
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
22 Oct 08
Yes it has and I am waiting for my Letter as I know my Flu Injection is due that I have to have every Year as the Flu can kill me with this silly Illness but I know a few People are suffering already specially because they can not keep their Homes as warm as they want to because of the Fuel Rises so we all try to keep the Bill down by not turning the Heat to High
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
23 Oct 08
Yes Jill I have COPD, Emphasimia Chronic Bronchitias, and Asthma I was diagnosed 6 years ago and still trying to accept it, I miss going out to work and I miss being Healthy
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
23 Oct 08
I get one every year as I have bronchial asthma. Also for the fact I care for the elderly, my dad. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@jillhill (37354)
• United States
23 Oct 08
May I ask what is wrong with you gabs?
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@mands61123 (2098)
23 Oct 08
oh yes hun everyman and his dog is ill at the moment including me even the pets are getting watery eyes. I had the jab a couple of years again and it mad me extreemley ill never again the doc said it was normal to get a bit sick thats how it worls but i got extreemley ill typical i can never be normal lol well done you escaping it my immune systems shot at my boyfriends is really good i'mextreemley jealous!
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
23 Oct 08
I hope you feel better soon hon!
23 Oct 08
thanks babes hope you manage to keep avoiding it
@carolbee (16230)
• United States
22 Oct 08
Funny you mention this...lol I am feeling puny right now. Started out with a slight earache over the weekend and then progressed to what I thought was a sinus infection. This morning I am coughing, blowing my nose and feel terrible. Was up all night last night. This has been going around our area for a week or two. Some kind of upper respiratory infection. I have a tendency to get pneumonia so need to be careful if this gets any worse. Have a great day and hope you continue to escape the little bug that's floating around making people miserable.
@carolbee (16230)
• United States
24 Oct 08
Thanks Jill. I am feeling better today but now barking like a dog. This cough is rather amusing.
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@jillhill (37354)
• United States
22 Oct 08
Oh Sweetie......hope you feel better soon!
@cjgrooms (4456)
• United States
22 Oct 08
I seldom get the flu, even when i worked in the health field. Now that i stay at home i doubt i will get it (watch me get it and it almost kill me). I do watch both my boys pretty close (they both have asthma) because although they have neither ever had the flu i know that it is russian roulette wheather thay will get it or not once it starts going around the school.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
22 Oct 08
I had the flu back in 1972....and since then I haven't had it...maybe just a touch but like you nothing much!
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@cjgrooms (4456)
• United States
7 Nov 08
Thanks for the best response. My husband and oldest son has the flu as we speak but i have STILL been squeaking by without getting it.
• United States
23 Oct 08
i think it is since everyone i know is sick or just got over it but it seemed like more of a sinus thing though so maybe not
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
23 Oct 08
Around here it's been the plain old flu! I don't usually get it.....but I get the sinus thing and that's not pretty either!
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• United States
23 Oct 08
yeah i have been fighting the sinus crap and i dont know why but i have been having a lot of sinus infections the past 12 months or so so i just may be messed up..
@leenie50 (3992)
• United States
22 Oct 08
Jill, Where did you say Albert Lea was? I for once got my flu shot early at least 3 weeks ago. Of course I caught a cold with it. My hubby says I got a cold last time as well. I don't remember that. I'm very fortunate, knock on wood, that I have a high tolerance against catching the flu and colds. This last one wasn't too bad. I just wish I could talk my hubby into it, but no way. Stay well. Hugs leenie
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
22 Oct 08
I don't get the shot either....and I don't get the flu much either! Albert Lea is in Minnesota...where are you located?
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@leenie50 (3992)
• United States
23 Oct 08
I live in Orlando,Florida. The weather is a little cool at night but still in the 80's during the day. I'll bet you are having some coool weather Jill. Are you a realitivly healthy person? My hubby has asthma and a stint in an artery so I feel he should get a flu shot. But it's his decision. leenie
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
23 Oct 08
Nope & I shopuldn't either. My dad and I both got our flu vaccine a couple weeks ago. I get it each and every year. Mainly as I am his caregiver and also due to my respiratory problems. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
23 Oct 08
I hope you both stay well this winter....Debbie too!
@AmbiePam (94045)
• United States
22 Oct 08
I don't have the flu yet. Although in a few weeks several pharmacies are going to have flu shots available for people to come and get. I got a flu shot last year, but I don't think I'll get one this year. I am not afraid of needles, it would be impossible after all the times people have had to take my blood and operate on me, but I'd rather not get it. My mom should though. Flu season always gets her down, and sometimes she had a flu shot anyway.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
22 Oct 08
I don't get one either.....the last time I did was the swine flu shot and I felt crappy all winter....I'd rather get it if I am going to and get it over with instead of feeling out of sorts for the winter!
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
22 Oct 08
Hi jillhill, ohhh..I hope I will not be able to get it as well as my hubby! I hate getting some flu!
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
22 Oct 08
Me too..but I have been lucky not to have it for several years...
@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
22 Oct 08
I can only hope the flu don't hit my family. I got my flu shot two weeks ago today so it should be kicking in about now to help prevent me from getting it. Stay well.
@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
22 Oct 08
They have not said anything yet on the news about flu in our area. Just a lot of allergies right now for people.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
22 Oct 08
I hope you all stay well!
@writersedge (22563)
• United States
23 Oct 08
Yes, my husband came down with it a couple of days ago. He worked his way through yesterday and part of today, but he had to come home. His get up and go, got up and went, by noon, he was exhausted. Now I'm sneezing and I can't afford to be sick.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
23 Oct 08
I am with you on that one! I don't need to get sick either!
@PearlGrace (3171)
• United States
23 Oct 08
I luckily haven't had the flu yet. I just got my flu shot yesterday. They usually do them in mid October down here. It's funny because people in FL always blame the "snowbirds"--the people who come down from up north to stay through the winter--for the flu. The FL people say that the snowbirds bring the flu down and that if it wasn't for them, "we" wouldn't get the flu. I think that's silly to blame them for something like that. Last year, I got a flu shot and still got the flu. And it hung on for a few weeks. Hope I escape it this year, especially because we are planning a trip in earling Dec. and I don't wanna be sick when I fly. Glad you haven't gotten it yet. Maybe you'll make it through this year without catching it. Good luck.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
23 Oct 08
I feel worse when I get the shot....so I don't. But it's been a long time since I had the flu too! Hope you stay well also!
@fluffysue (1482)
• United States
23 Oct 08
I don't think the flu season has hit here in NJ just yet. But I haven't been working the last month or so, so I'm not sure. Usually it starts a bit later though. I hardly ever get it, but now that I've said that, I probably jinxed myself.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
23 Oct 08
Let's hope you don't get it!
• United States
22 Oct 08
I am not sure where your at. I am in Ohio. I have not had the flu yet this year. But I don't feel good right now .. I think I have a sinus thing going on. I am very tired too. I might get a nap soon. I did get the at awful flu last year. I had it over 3 weeks. I can not get the Flu shot.. So I probably will get it again this year..
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
22 Oct 08
Ah thats too bad! I hope you stay healthy! I am lucky...I don't get it often.
@Fishmomma (11377)
• United States
24 Oct 08
Many people are sick in my area. Most of them don't have the flu. My area has had to many fires and the ash is making me sneeze.
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
22 Oct 08
I have not seen much of it here in Southeast Missouri yet. My son did stay home from school with a slight fever and a case of the blah's yesterday, but he seems fine today so he went to school. His aunts friend got him sick when he was visiting her in St. Louis this past weekend I think. She felt like crud later the same day the she hung out with them.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
22 Oct 08
That's too bad! Glad he is feeling better now!
• India
22 Oct 08
flu season????????well here there is on thing known as flu season it is always here even in the cold season my area is not that clean if you once see my area you will find that there is a lot of stagnant water good breeding place for vectors and no one cares they have developed a resistand a kind of immunity from them yes oour place is not like yours it is really different.have a nice day.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
22 Oct 08
THanks for the info!
@onlydia (2808)
• United States
22 Oct 08
No I have not had the flu as of yet. I don't get the flu that much. I don't get a flu shot. I got one once and got sick as all get out never again. That was a long time ago and I have not had the flu that bad since the time I got the flu shot. So no I will not get the flu shot. But I have not had the flu this year and I have not had the flu in a couple of years so we will see what happens this year. Your friend onlydia
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
22 Oct 08
Same here....when I get one I get sick!
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