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[Sector7G]

Now that more and more people are getting it, including western teachers, I was just wondering how most people are describing how bad it was.

The reason I ask, is that 2 famous people in the news, Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN, and UFC Heavyweight Champ Brock Lesner, both had it and both said it was the sickest they have ever been in their lives. Both I would imagine would generally be regarded as healthy people in the low risk category(of dying, that is).

But I have been hearing of elementary and middle school students getting it and describing it as not that bad -in fact actually glad they had an excuse to stay home from school, like I felt when I was kid.

Obviously it is harder on some than others. But what kinds of comments are you hearing at the old water cooler?

[mayorgc]

I had it but it was incredibly mild. It hit me like a ton of bricks and I was in pain for one night. It literally just snuck up on me and clobbered me over the head; I was feeling fine one minute and maybe 30 mins later, I definitely felt uneasy.

For about 6-8 hours, I was in bed, throbbing headache, fever and slightly dizzy.

the next morning, I felt about 90% better. Felt like I just woke up from a cold, not the flu. Got tested at the hospital and I tested positive for h1n1. But by then I was well on my way to recovery.

It lasted about 1 night for me.

[Forward Observer]

NPR podcast: Doctor specializing in the area said that less than a tenth of 1 percent of healthy people who get it will suffer severe pneumonia and die as a result. The rest of us will get a bad flu and get over it in a few days.

[Spud10]

Not entirely sure I had it, but my experience sounds similar to the poster above:

[freethought]

by most accounts and analysis to date, the impact is much harsher for adults and that's why more adults are dying.

[hochhasd]

[Spud10]

[vaticanhotline]

I think there's a relatively large number of people who believe that swine flu is just one of those bad flu's that goes around every few years, and that it's being used by unscrupulous people (i.e. politicians) as a scare tactic. This is, I would think, to some extent true (look at what the Ukraine are doing, and it's largely because they have an impending election), but there is also no doubt that it's a dangerous disease; I haven't had it, but a friend of mine who did before I came here told me that she was coughing up blood at one stage. All things considered though, it's not ebola.

[Neil]

I read once that 50% of people who get seasonal flu show now symptons and its impossible to know how many times you've had it.

So between that 50% and the handful of people who die from flu....I'd assume it's a broad range of symptons. Probably similar with this pig flu.

[hochhasd]

[spc525]

I had it. It was pretty mild. I was weak and had chills for a couple days, but the tamiflu made all the symptoms go away. I honestly thought it was just a cold.

[fortysixyou]

One of my high school students had it and she said it was the best week of her life.

Sufficient sleep, tons of food, computer games, television, and mom-care.

She said her symptoms were pretty mild.

[Pikkle]

My friend got it. She said she just felt uncomfortable. She didn't feel "flu-ish" though. More like she had a cold. She didn't think nothing of it but brought it up during a routine check-up she had scheduled and the doctor tested her.

Anyway, I'm not too worried about it. I get it, but I think it's turned into hysteria blown way out of proportion. Think of all the people that die from the regular flu...

What I'm trying to say is that if I get it, I get it. I'm not going to avoid public encounters or anything, and I'm not going to wear a silly mask. (And on the note about masks, I want to yell at everyone I see that wears it around their mouth and not their nose that THE MASK ISN'T HELPING YOU IF YOU DON'T COVER BOTH!)

[rusty1983]

I think my friend had it last week, he was in bed for a few days, the sickest he has been for years. Achey legs, cold sweats and such.

However when it set in he was drinking with me, and sitting right next to me for hours, sharing beers and the rest. I was totally convinced I was gonna get it and felt bizzarely tired one day last week. Then the feeling went away and I was fine. Id be surprised if I didnt have it to be honest, but I used to live in such squalor at university that I think my defences have been boosted to abnormal levels. I havent been sick in years and if I do get sick its usually cos Ive been doing something really stupid.

[Pikkle]