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Leith

(7,813 posts)
Mon Feb 16, 2015, 08:15 PM Feb 2015

I Have the Flu!

Don't worry - it's fairly mild and I'm not in a category that it's a danger for (no chronic illness, not over 70). I'm okay during the day with Dayquil, but last night I woke up a couple times aching all over and slightly nauseated.

I haven't had the flu in decades. Hubby & I are hunkering down for a few days until it passes. We are stocked up with chicken soup and other good foods so it's just the passage of time now.

Thanks for listening.

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I Have the Flu! (Original Post) Leith Feb 2015 OP
I had it last week. GoCubsGo Feb 2015 #1
Hope you feel better soon! nt femmocrat Feb 2015 #2
Feel better ASAP! LiberalEsto Feb 2015 #3
Thanks, Everyone Leith Feb 2015 #4
Hope you feel better soon! cwydro Feb 2015 #5
it's a drag being sick. orleans Feb 2015 #6
ugh, feel better soon! KMOD Feb 2015 #7
Watch comedies. lovemydog Feb 2015 #8
Oh no! Phentex Feb 2015 #9
Well, Not Really Leith Feb 2015 #10
I hope you feel better. bigwillq Feb 2015 #11

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
1. I had it last week.
Mon Feb 16, 2015, 08:22 PM
Feb 2015

I got off fairly easily, and glad to hear that's the case for you, too. Just a fever, some moderate aches and pains, and some congestion and a cough, which I kind of still have. And, lots of tiredness. I did the chicken soup thing, as well. Quite helpful. The good thing is that I think I managed to drop a few pounds.

Leith

(7,813 posts)
4. Thanks, Everyone
Mon Feb 16, 2015, 09:58 PM
Feb 2015

This bout seems to be a lot like GoCubsGo's. I went out and got some daytime and nighttime Theraflu so I have plenty of meds. I just hope that tonight isn't as painful as last night. I could barely get out of bed because my whole body, especially my head, ached so much.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
8. Watch comedies.
Tue Feb 17, 2015, 07:45 AM
Feb 2015

I think NBC is rerunning the big 40 anniversary show, this Friday night.

Feel better Leith.

Leith

(7,813 posts)
10. Well, Not Really
Tue Feb 17, 2015, 11:32 AM
Feb 2015

I'm unemployed.

But trying to keep busy. I wrote a deuces wild video poker program that works in your browser. Now I'm writing a program that analyzes the stats of whatever hand you put into the program to be analyzed.

First, you click on checkboxes to get a dealt hand. Then you click on buttons of which of those cards you want to keep. It works fine when you replace the cards once, but when it goes for more than that, it gives weird results. It once told me that a wild deuce and 2 sixes was a royal flush. Hhmmm...

The problem is that I have been too fuzzybrained to debug it.

I wrote the programs to up my credentials for getting a job. I'm getting quite good at JavaScript and jQuery, but I need to get better. I'm putting together a portfolio of webpages to show prospective employers what I can do.

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