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[agoodmouse]

I just woke up shivering cold with a high fever and vomiting. That said, I'm going to work (public school). The last time I was sick a coworker told me it's because I don't enough rice. I do eat rice.

[Underwaterbob]

I've got what I thought was a cold, it's feeling more and more like the flu. I had a nasty fever last night, slept like shit and today I have zero energy, aches and pains and loads of snot. I'm at school now, but plan on running some super-chill lesson plans that largely involve me doing little to nothing besides keeping them in line.

[Joe666]

I believe I do. I was not sure what was going on, but I believe it is viral and the influeza type. Same things - chills, sweats, clogged nose and drips, ripping headaches - popping 6-9 Advil a day. My liver may fall out any minute now! I was also wondering about the polution in busan etc. Yellow Dust and pollutants from China etc. I feel it may be a mixture of both!! It's been over 2 weeks for me and I am starting to get a bit aggravated!! Never ever had this problem before!!

[JJJ]

My throat is killing me...again.

Also, after all this time here, I still can't believe parents send their deathly sick kids to school. I already know I'm a babysitter but for one day, give the kid some rest and let him stay in bed. Just had one boy coughing non-stop for my 45 min. class. And I asked him to get water twice and still was coughing up a lung. Along with that, 10 other students were coughing and sneezing up a storm and I spend 10 min. explaining why they should put there bloody hands in front of their mouth. Yesterday, a kid didn't even bother running outside or to the bathroom...he just walked a few steps and proceeded to throw up all over the hallway. Another nice sparkling day.

Stay healthy.

[harlowethrombey]

Hey guys (or girls).

Are you sure its not allergies?

Ever since the blooming began in Seoul (last week) I've gotten congested, a sore throat, eye infection, the whole 9 yards.

It feels just like my allergies back home.

I've been taking Theraflu (actual western medicine!) that I got at the pharmacy and sleeping a lot. I'm feeling better although I'm still coughing and hacking like Marge Schott.

anyway, hope you all feel better. get lots of rest, lay off the soju and remember, even though you're supposed to come to school you can always say 'ohhhhh, i'm too sick to teach, i'm going to sleep in the nurse's office, please co-teacher, go over this page for the students'

[Chris_Dixon]

The Flu is hitting Daegu hard, alot of my students and my hairdresser, me and about ten other people i know are out. I didnt have a day off, but wish i did, i was wasted...coming out of it now

[Robot_Teacher]

Yep, I was in the doctors office yesterday and got a ton of prescriptions. 1 week of them cost 55,000 won. It's for flu, cold, fatigue, and ear infection.

Managing my pill popping prescription is like managing a long list of staggered scheduled events. I got 3 kinds of antibiotic, psuedophed, mild narcotic, mild benzo derivative, antihistamine, and several others I couldn't translate.

The sickness is going around big time as half the students are sick with a few coming up absent. Students claim they don't like Spring, becuase it makes them sick even though the weather is very pleasantly pretty.

Symptoms: Red swolleness surrounds cybernetic implants, noses run servo motor oil, plastic heads rattle with pain, joints make knocking noises, breathing apparatuses become clogged with gunk; all due to bacterialogical, viral, and pollutant based infections. Bio-cybernetic robots are not immune to the differing germs of another land.

[Xuanzang]

[aquaponics08]

2 days a week, I'm at a school of about 80 students in the boonies. Until last week, there was not even a bar of soap in the whole school. I brought a bar in the male teacher's bathroom. The bar is bone dry, evidently I'm the only one in 80 students and 10 teachers and staff who uses it!

[Robot_Teacher]

[The Gipkik]

[Joe666]

If you have the chills sometimes and then break out in sweats other times, it is not allergies. That's a sure sign of a viral infection. Harlow may also be correct. We or some of us may be experiencing both. Lovely!! I agree with all the kids in schools propetuating the spread if microbes. I also see no strong cleaning agents anywhere. Unreal. I am in a public middle school. I also bring in my own soap and paper towels for the bathroom on my floor. I am the only one that uses either, in the mens room. I have paper towels for my desk. I went and bought wipes with something on them. Green tea extract and I believe either ethanol or Isopropanol in a very small concentration. I can't believe they sell wipes with just water on them. Useless!! I hate to say this, but I am glad other ex-pats are suffering as I am. Sorry ladies and gents but misery likes company sometimes! I will not go to a doctor unless I gets way out of control for a long period of time!!!

[agoodmouse]

It was my tonsils. Had fever, slept a lot today. Got my medicine, so I think I'll be okay.

[Crockpot2001]

[English Matt]

Everyone's coughing in Suwon...myself included as of the past few days. This particular whatever it is doesn't seem to do much else than make people hack up continuously. I'm thinking that it's a minor, but contagious virus that is being aggravated by allergic reactions to the poor air quality and blooming trees / flowers.

I really want it to stop - I'm using an inhaler for the first time in about 15 years, and stopped smoking a month back....goodness knows what I'd be like had I already been suffering from asthma symptoms and still smoking!