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The swine flu vaccine has finally arrived in New York, and not a moment too soon, as it has finally afflicted one of our own: Lindsay Robertson at Daily Intel has been stricken with swine flu for the past week—or so she thinks...
Robertson's doctor didn't test her for H1N1, telling her that because the test is expensive, everyone's just assuming any case of the flu at this time is H1N1. Her doctor also told her, "everyone's going to get it, so don't feel too bad." So brace yourself, because it sounds like a nightmare, which in her case started with a fever of 101.6, which rose to 104 by morning and reduced her to "thrashing about, teeth chattering, in a full-on malarial stupor."
The worst of it came in slowly on Saturday afternoon: an excruciating, horrifying, unimaginably painful sore throat, the likes of which you haven't experienced unless you've had strep as an adult. But, unlike strep, which quickly improves within the first few hours of antibiotics, this sore throat is caused by a virus, and it will last for a week. It will make you ask yourself questions like, "If I knew I would have this sore throat for the rest of my life, would I choose to go on living?" And the answer will be, "No."Finally, "your friends will abandon you... TV is your new friend." (People have non-TV friends!?) The only saving grace was that her doctor decided her throat was swollen enough to merit Vicodin! So you've got that going for you. Her funny/sad account of the experience in Daily Intel is full of helpful hints for when the porcine virus comes for you. And it will come. Why, if you put your ear to the floor you can almost hear those little hooves scrambling toward you up the stairs...
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Awesome, I've now jumped right onto the crazy-paranoid bandwagon. Thanks Lindsay and Gothamist!
actually the technical term is "pig virus"
My 4 year old weathered the swine flu months ago with far less bitching and moaning. Just saying...
"Internet phenomenon Lindsay Robertson has been stricken with swine flu"
I'm not worrying too much about anything in that account, because once blogger becomes a "writer," and then an "Internet phenomenon" you can pretty much assume that anything they say about themselves or their experiences is an exaggeration.
I've had a sore throat bad enough for a doctor to prescribe me Vicodin. That was a fucking horrible amount of pain.
Matty....are you from DG?
I had it earlier this year, and while it was pretty miserable (sick for a week), I took tons of Tylenol, drank gallons of water and ginger-ale, and ate a lot of miso soup, and I got over it. It was no fun, but it wasn't as bad for me as the person in the "article".
If you're a young adult and relatively healthy, you have little to worry about apart from missing some work and being in pain.
Also, if you're not under 12, over 65, pregnant, or at-risk due to health complications, and you're figuratively shoving people out of the way to get an H1N1 shot because you think you're important (i.e., bribing your doctor for a shot), then I hope you get extra-sick. The shot will be available to everyone, but lots of people are more deserving of early consideration over others.
Almost everything I have read about H1N1 contradicts what you said. Young adults have been affected more than the elderly (defined as those over 60). The elderly are more at risk from seasonal flu than from H1N1. Priority should be given to pregnant women, health care workers, those aged six months to 24 years, followed by 25 to 65 with underlying health problems.
I agree that priority should be given to kids, preggos and health workers, but I don't know about the elderly vs. young adults.
I do feel, though, that a healthy 30-40 something will likely be able to sweat and rest it out better than someone who is 85. I could be wrong, though.
but I don't know about the elderly vs. young adults.
Well are you basing your conclusions on anything or are you just guessing? Do some research. Google is your friend.
It's a novel H1N1 strain that people born after ~1950 have had no prior exposure to, so they're more susceptible to being infected. And it's highly contagious through the air. Otherwise it's no more dangerous or virulent than seasonal influenza.
Well are you basing your conclusions on anything or are you just guessing?
I'm not sure I actually stated any sort of definite conclusion - more of a sense of what seems likely, given doctors I've spoken to, and I had the flu. But, I admit that I do not know enough about the vaccines to say that people over 65 are at less risk than those under 65.
Do some research. Google is your friend.
This is why there are so many retards on the internet (including you). Just because it's on the internet doesn't mean it's fact. I'm sure you're one of the idiots, to (or more likely at) whom I used to teach in college, using Wikipedia as a legitimate citation. Plus, if you have so many awesome sources up your sleeve, why don't you save us all a lot of trouble and post some links and show us what a winner you are?
Pussies. I had it in the spring and it didn't change a thing for me. I worked through it every day (no, I didn't endanger my coworkers - it doesn't affect canines). Also my job is a bit more demanding than this "Lindsay" psuedo-human's is.