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I am sick, sick, sick!

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OBIO

Retired SOH Admin
Sicker than I have ever been before. The bulk of the last 30 hours has been spent sleeping, going in and out of fevers, coughing my head off, going from sweating like a fat man on a hot summer day to shivering like paint shaker. I have no idea what the name of the particular Creeping Crud that I have is, but it is the worst I have even been hit by it. Weak! OMG do I feel weak. And washed out/pale. I don't think it's fatal, but I don't think it is far off from being so based on how horrible I feel.

OBIO
 
OBIO said:
Sicker than I have ever been before. The bulk of the last 30 hours has been spent sleeping, going in and out of fevers, coughing my head off, going from sweating like a fat man on a hot summer day to shivering like paint shaker. I have no idea what the name of the particular Creeping Crud that I have is, but it is the worst I have even been hit by it. Weak! OMG do I feel weak. And washed out/pale. I don't think it's fatal, but I don't think it is far off from being so based on how horrible I feel.

OBIO
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Tim,

I hope and pray you feel better!
Take a lot of fluids (juice, water, soup)
...And a lot of rest!
 
Sounds like what I had just before Christmas. Hope you get over it soon.
 
Hope you get better soon. I know I hate being sick.. Try taking some Vitamin C, and Zinc tablets.. Seem to help me ward off the worst of things. Although I still get the beginnings of stuff here and there.
 
....A momentary sickness like this always puts the thought of one's mortality into his soul.....
(Hope ya' doin' better Tim......)
 
I am 99.9% sure that I caught this Crud from Glenn, my land lord, the other night as I was helping him move about his house. He's 82, has really bad knees, took a fall out by the mail box and has the Crud. I just got a call from Mrs. Land Lord and Glenn is in the hospital. His Crud got worse, much worse.

I will be going into town for a hot second here in a bit to buy some more OJ, some honey, and some tater chips....I know tater chips won't help me get better, but the sharp edges on chips...plus the saltiness...will help "scratch" the inside of my throat.

OBIO
 
When I was sick last month, eating was the last thing on my mind and water was all I was wanting to drink. Never did snot up, just high fever alternating with chills and sleeping for the duration.
 
OBIO, I know just the feeling you're experiencing. Mine lasted for a good 3 days. One minute cold, the next hot and stripping clothes. There were times I had on a full hooded sweat suit under the heavy covers in bed. Chills like no other.

You'll get past it. Till that time comes, go with the flow of adding/stripping thing on and off to stay warm or cool. There were times I swear I could have planted my bare butt on the fireplace insert and not gotten warm.
 
OBIO, from the sounds of this, I strongly recommend you seek medical attention for evaluation and treatment. There's a new outbreak of H1N1 sweeping through many states right now. This may or may not be H1N1 but the weakening factor you mention and fever, you run the risk getting more and more dehydrated and you may end up needing IV fluids and other medications to stabilize your condition from getting worse. From 3 cases I have seen locally, it's nothing to chance with.

Please take care of yourself!

DFA
 
OleBoy said:
OBIO, I know just the feeling you're experiencing. Mine lasted for a good 3 days. One minute cold, the next hot and stripping clothes. There were times I had on a full hooded sweat suit under the heavy covers in bed. Chills like no other.

You'll get past it. Till that time comes, go with the flow of adding/stripping thing on and off to stay warm or cool. There were times I swear I could have planted my bare butt on the fireplace insert and not gotten warm.
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Yep, that's it. I was 4 days with it though.
 
In my parts there's a drink called 5-Alive. It's a mixture of orange, grapefruit lemon, lime and tangerine juice. Put that in with chipped ice and it's great for the sore throat from all that coughing.

WH
 
I second the motion, see a GP and do what he (or she) tells you, I had symtoms like the ones you descrbe and it turned out to be an infection and I spent a week in the hospital on IV antibiotics
 
Sounds EXACTLY like when I had H1N1 in late 2009. I missed college classes and work for an entire week. Much of the time I barely had the energy to get up and walk to the bathroom. My temperature was in the 100's for at least 4 days straight. It was by far the sickest I've ever been. It hit like I ran into a brick wall too. The night before I felt like I had a little cold, but the next day it was awful.

Hope you feel better! Get lots of rest and drink as much water as you can. Blankets are good too.
 
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