wrote:
On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 17:07:08 -0400, RCE wrote:

On 6/19/2020 4:13 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 15:32:58 -0400,
wrote:

On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 07:18:45 -0400, RCE wrote:

Despite getting both a flu shot and a pneumonia shot and
practicing social distancing and wearing a mask on the
few visits to grocery stores for over two months, I caught
a flu type virus earlier this week.

I don't get sick very often ... in fact I can't even remember
the last time I had the flu ... but this one knocked me for a
loop. Obviously, covid-19 came to mind but fortunately no.

Started with two days of low energy, tiredness but no other
symptoms. Then, Tuesday morning I felt extremely fatigued.
By Tuesday afternoon I was in bed with all the chills, aches,
coughing and everything else that comes with the flu.

Tuesday night sweated buckets. Wednesday night same thing
only worse. No appetite.

Wife went out and got 6 quart bottles of Gateraid. Forced
myself to drink as much as I could.

Finally, Thursday I started to feel some strength returning.
Stayed in bed anyway.

This morning feeling much better. I lost almost 14 lbs though
over a week.

Flu is not nice to 70 year olds.

I'd watch (or sorta listen) to the news on different channels
and all that did was make me feel worse. Tuned the tv to one
of the music channels and just listened to it. Much better.
===

Glad to hear that you're feeling better - beware the relapse however.
It's a low blow to have caught it after all of your precautions. My
last bout of the flu was 6 years ago after a January round trip flight
to New York. It was just about the sickest I'd ever been and I'm not
sure I'd survive a repeat performance. We take all the precautions
very seriously. I've known two people who died from the flu, both
middle aged and previously healthy.
I guess I am overdue but I haven't had a nasty flu or even a bad cold
since I retired. I do tend to social distance and wash my hands a lot,
long before it was cool. When I was in DC a nasty cold, flu or
something was a constant thing all winter and sometimes even a summer
thing. Working in dozens of different accounts all the time exposed me
to lots of germs I suppose and DC is as bad as New York for collecting
germs from across the globe, maybe even worse.

That beard and mustache probably filters out all the nasty germs. :-)
It didn't work for a decade in DC. My worst bug was some bronchitis I
had the whole time I was in FT "A" school. Lots of us had it. In
retrospect I wonder if it was something in those nasty "temporary"
WWII barracks.

I've had bronchitis twice and both times were within days after getting
off of a plane.

On 6/19/2020 3:32 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 07:18:45 -0400, RCE wrote:


Despite getting both a flu shot and a pneumonia shot and
practicing social distancing and wearing a mask on the
few visits to grocery stores for over two months, I caught
a flu type virus earlier this week.

I don't get sick very often ... in fact I can't even remember
the last time I had the flu ... but this one knocked me for a
loop. Obviously, covid-19 came to mind but fortunately no.

Started with two days of low energy, tiredness but no other
symptoms. Then, Tuesday morning I felt extremely fatigued.
By Tuesday afternoon I was in bed with all the chills, aches,
coughing and everything else that comes with the flu.

Tuesday night sweated buckets. Wednesday night same thing
only worse. No appetite.

Wife went out and got 6 quart bottles of Gateraid. Forced
myself to drink as much as I could.

Finally, Thursday I started to feel some strength returning.
Stayed in bed anyway.

This morning feeling much better. I lost almost 14 lbs though
over a week.

Flu is not nice to 70 year olds.

I'd watch (or sorta listen) to the news on different channels
and all that did was make me feel worse. Tuned the tv to one
of the music channels and just listened to it. Much better.



===

Glad to hear that you're feeling better - beware the relapse however.
It's a low blow to have caught it after all of your precautions. My
last bout of the flu was 6 years ago after a January round trip flight
to New York. It was just about the sickest I'd ever been and I'm not
sure I'd survive a repeat performance. We take all the precautions
very seriously. I've known two people who died from the flu, both
middle aged and previously healthy.


Fatigue is going away and gaining some strength. Not fully recovered
but well on the way.

My last bout with a flu was further back than that. Last one I
actually remember was while in the Navy, believe it or not.

This adventure was a lot worse. As soon as I realized I was sick
my wife stayed away ... stayed with my daughter until we knew
what I had. She has pretty bad chronic respiratory issues (asthma)
and I think the outcome for her would have been worse.

No fun, this getting old ****.




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On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 17:05:32 -0400, RCE wrote:

On 6/19/2020 3:32 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 07:18:45 -0400, RCE wrote:


Despite getting both a flu shot and a pneumonia shot and
practicing social distancing and wearing a mask on the
few visits to grocery stores for over two months, I caught
a flu type virus earlier this week.

I don't get sick very often ... in fact I can't even remember
the last time I had the flu ... but this one knocked me for a
loop. Obviously, covid-19 came to mind but fortunately no.

Started with two days of low energy, tiredness but no other
symptoms. Then, Tuesday morning I felt extremely fatigued.
By Tuesday afternoon I was in bed with all the chills, aches,
coughing and everything else that comes with the flu.

Tuesday night sweated buckets. Wednesday night same thing
only worse. No appetite.

Wife went out and got 6 quart bottles of Gateraid. Forced
myself to drink as much as I could.

Finally, Thursday I started to feel some strength returning.
Stayed in bed anyway.

This morning feeling much better. I lost almost 14 lbs though
over a week.

Flu is not nice to 70 year olds.

I'd watch (or sorta listen) to the news on different channels
and all that did was make me feel worse. Tuned the tv to one
of the music channels and just listened to it. Much better.



===

Glad to hear that you're feeling better - beware the relapse however.
It's a low blow to have caught it after all of your precautions. My
last bout of the flu was 6 years ago after a January round trip flight
to New York. It was just about the sickest I'd ever been and I'm not
sure I'd survive a repeat performance. We take all the precautions
very seriously. I've known two people who died from the flu, both
middle aged and previously healthy.


Fatigue is going away and gaining some strength. Not fully recovered
but well on the way.

My last bout with a flu was further back than that. Last one I
actually remember was while in the Navy, believe it or not.

This adventure was a lot worse. As soon as I realized I was sick
my wife stayed away ... stayed with my daughter until we knew
what I had. She has pretty bad chronic respiratory issues (asthma)
and I think the outcome for her would have been worse.

No fun, this getting old ****.

Well, it's good to hear you came out of it alright. When I first started reading
the original post all I could think of was 'oh ****'!
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On 6/19/20 4:05 PM, RCE wrote:
On 6/19/2020 3:32 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 07:18:45 -0400, RCE wrote:


Despite getting both a flu shot and a pneumonia shot and
practicing social distancing and wearing a mask on the
few visits to grocery stores for over two months, I caught
a flu type virus earlier this week.

I don't get sick very often ... in fact I can't even remember
the last time I had the flu ... but this one knocked me for a
loop. Obviously, covid-19 came to mind but fortunately no.

Started with two days of low energy, tiredness but no other
symptoms. Then, Tuesday morning I felt extremely fatigued.
By Tuesday afternoon I was in bed with all the chills, aches,
coughing and everything else that comes with the flu.

Tuesday night sweated buckets. Wednesday night same thing
only worse. No appetite.

Wife went out and got 6 quart bottles of Gateraid. Forced
myself to drink as much as I could.

Finally, Thursday I started to feel some strength returning.
Stayed in bed anyway.

This morning feeling much better. I lost almost 14 lbs though
over a week.

Flu is not nice to 70 year olds.

I'd watch (or sorta listen) to the news on different channels
and all that did was make me feel worse. Tuned the tv to one
of the music channels and just listened to it. Much better.



===

Glad to hear that you're feeling better - beware the relapse however.
It's a low blow to have caught it after all of your precautions. My
last bout of the flu was 6 years ago after a January round trip flight
to New York. It was just about the sickest I'd ever been and I'm not
sure I'd survive a repeat performance. We take all the precautions
very seriously. I've known two people who died from the flu, both
middle aged and previously healthy.


Fatigue is going away and gaining some strength. Not fully recovered
but well on the way.

My last bout with a flu was further back than that. Last one I
actually remember was while in the Navy, believe it or not.

This adventure was a lot worse. As soon as I realized I was sick
my wife stayed away ... stayed with my daughter until we knew
what I had. She has pretty bad chronic respiratory issues (asthma)
and I think the outcome for her would have been worse.

No fun, this getting old ****.




Getting old aint for sissies.

The last flu I can remember started right after we got off a plane in
Florida. We were staying with friends in their condo prior to embarking on
a 4 day cruise to the Bahamas when I started feeling a little weird. A
third couple met us at the terminal end we a?l got checked in to our
cabins. I wasn't feeling any better. By the next morning I felt weak with
fever, sweats, nausea. The whole nine yards. I stayed in my cabin for the
entire cruise. Funny thing is no one else in our party got sick. The third
couple I mentioned were octagenerians. The rest of the story was a little
happier. Ill share if anyone wants to hear it.

On Friday, June 19, 2020 at 7:18:50 AM UTC-4, RCE wrote:
Despite getting both a flu shot and a pneumonia shot and
practicing social distancing and wearing a mask on the
few visits to grocery stores for over two months, I caught
a flu type virus earlier this week.

I don't get sick very often ... in fact I can't even remember
the last time I had the flu ... but this one knocked me for a
loop. Obviously, covid-19 came to mind but fortunately no.

Started with two days of low energy, tiredness but no other
symptoms. Then, Tuesday morning I felt extremely fatigued.
By Tuesday afternoon I was in bed with all the chills, aches,
coughing and everything else that comes with the flu.

Tuesday night sweated buckets. Wednesday night same thing
only worse. No appetite.

Wife went out and got 6 quart bottles of Gateraid. Forced
myself to drink as much as I could.

Finally, Thursday I started to feel some strength returning.
Stayed in bed anyway.

This morning feeling much better. I lost almost 14 lbs though
over a week.

Flu is not nice to 70 year olds.

I'd watch (or sorta listen) to the news on different channels
and all that did was make me feel worse. Tuned the tv to one
of the music channels and just listened to it. Much better.




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Happy to hear it wasn't covid, and that you're pulling through it to the other side.

Only the good die young. grin

RCE wrote:

Despite getting both a flu shot and a pneumonia shot and
practicing social distancing and wearing a mask on the
few visits to grocery stores for over two months, I caught
a flu type virus earlier this week.

I don't get sick very often ... in fact I can't even remember
the last time I had the flu ... but this one knocked me for a
loop.Â* Obviously, covid-19 came to mind but fortunately no.

Started with two days of low energy, tiredness but no other
symptoms.Â* Then, Tuesday morning I felt extremely fatigued.
By Tuesday afternoon I was in bed with all the chills, aches,
coughing and everything else that comes with the flu.

Tuesday night sweated buckets.Â* Wednesday night same thing
only worse.Â* No appetite.

Wife went out and got 6 quart bottles of Gateraid.Â* Forced
myself to drink as much as I could.

Finally, Thursday I started to feel some strength returning.
Stayed in bed anyway.

This morning feeling much better.Â* I lost almost 14 lbs though
over a week.

Flu is not nice to 70 year olds.

I'd watch (or sorta listen) to the news on different channels
and all that did was make me feel worse.Â* Tuned the tv to one
of the music channels and just listened to it.Â* Much better.





Get tested again.Â* I know people that got a positive result on try #3.Â*
I hope that isn't the case for you!

On Fri, 19 Jun 2020 22:10:08 -0400, Alex wrote:

RCE wrote:

Despite getting both a flu shot and a pneumonia shot and
practicing social distancing and wearing a mask on the
few visits to grocery stores for over two months, I caught
a flu type virus earlier this week.

I don't get sick very often ... in fact I can't even remember
the last time I had the flu ... but this one knocked me for a
loop.Â* Obviously, covid-19 came to mind but fortunately no.

Started with two days of low energy, tiredness but no other
symptoms.Â* Then, Tuesday morning I felt extremely fatigued.
By Tuesday afternoon I was in bed with all the chills, aches,
coughing and everything else that comes with the flu.

Tuesday night sweated buckets.Â* Wednesday night same thing
only worse.Â* No appetite.

Wife went out and got 6 quart bottles of Gateraid.Â* Forced
myself to drink as much as I could.

Finally, Thursday I started to feel some strength returning.
Stayed in bed anyway.

This morning feeling much better.Â* I lost almost 14 lbs though
over a week.

Flu is not nice to 70 year olds.

I'd watch (or sorta listen) to the news on different channels
and all that did was make me feel worse.Â* Tuned the tv to one
of the music channels and just listened to it.Â* Much better.





Get tested again.Â* I know people that got a positive result on try #3.Â*
I hope that isn't the case for you!

You can see why I question the science. Flipping a coin is 50% more
accurate than that.

On 6/19/2020 10:10 PM, Alex wrote:
RCE wrote:

Despite getting both a flu shot and a pneumonia shot and
practicing social distancing and wearing a mask on the
few visits to grocery stores for over two months, I caught
a flu type virus earlier this week.

I don't get sick very often ... in fact I can't even remember
the last time I had the flu ... but this one knocked me for a
loop.Â* Obviously, covid-19 came to mind but fortunately no.

Started with two days of low energy, tiredness but no other
symptoms.Â* Then, Tuesday morning I felt extremely fatigued.
By Tuesday afternoon I was in bed with all the chills, aches,
coughing and everything else that comes with the flu.

Tuesday night sweated buckets.Â* Wednesday night same thing
only worse.Â* No appetite.

Wife went out and got 6 quart bottles of Gateraid.Â* Forced
myself to drink as much as I could.

Finally, Thursday I started to feel some strength returning.
Stayed in bed anyway.

This morning feeling much better.Â* I lost almost 14 lbs though
over a week.

Flu is not nice to 70 year olds.

I'd watch (or sorta listen) to the news on different channels
and all that did was make me feel worse.Â* Tuned the tv to one
of the music channels and just listened to it.Â* Much better.





Get tested again.Â* I know people that got a positive result on try #3. I
hope that isn't the case for you!


I never got tested for covid-19. If it had lasted a day or two
longer without signs of improvement, I planned to. But, it followed the
typical course of the flu and I am on the mend.



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On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 04:20:47 -0400, RCE wrote:

On 6/19/2020 10:10 PM, Alex wrote:
RCE wrote:

Despite getting both a flu shot and a pneumonia shot and
practicing social distancing and wearing a mask on the
few visits to grocery stores for over two months, I caught
a flu type virus earlier this week.

I don't get sick very often ... in fact I can't even remember
the last time I had the flu ... but this one knocked me for a
loop.Â* Obviously, covid-19 came to mind but fortunately no.

Started with two days of low energy, tiredness but no other
symptoms.Â* Then, Tuesday morning I felt extremely fatigued.
By Tuesday afternoon I was in bed with all the chills, aches,
coughing and everything else that comes with the flu.

Tuesday night sweated buckets.Â* Wednesday night same thing
only worse.Â* No appetite.

Wife went out and got 6 quart bottles of Gateraid.Â* Forced
myself to drink as much as I could.

Finally, Thursday I started to feel some strength returning.
Stayed in bed anyway.

This morning feeling much better.Â* I lost almost 14 lbs though
over a week.

Flu is not nice to 70 year olds.

I'd watch (or sorta listen) to the news on different channels
and all that did was make me feel worse.Â* Tuned the tv to one
of the music channels and just listened to it.Â* Much better.





Get tested again.Â* I know people that got a positive result on try #3. I
hope that isn't the case for you!


I never got tested for covid-19. If it had lasted a day or two
longer without signs of improvement, I planned to. But, it followed the
typical course of the flu and I am on the mend.

An antibody test might still be in order. In spite of all the scary
rhetoric, for most people, this is just the worst flu you can remember
or maybe just a mild cold. Fauci said early on he expected 80% to get
over this spontaneously and now they are bumping that percentage
higher. We really only hear about the ones who end up being really
sick or dying. That Marion prison thing was interesting. The infection
rate was extremely high but 95% didn't even know they had it.
My wife said she was reading that certain blood types were having a
harder time with this. "O+" was the best to have and "A" was the worst
according to what she read. We are both O+ so it gives us a little
more hope.
The news had a story about the testing here last night. It turns out
our county is a little over 7% positive on the tests and the county
just north of us is 5 sumpin. It starts getting pretty grim as you
move east across the sugar cane country tho. The worst was Palm Beach
County at over 20% (Belle Glade, not the "old Jews in the condos on
the beach" that Bill Maher talks about).

wrote:
On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 04:20:47 -0400, RCE wrote:

On 6/19/2020 10:10 PM, Alex wrote:
RCE wrote:

Despite getting both a flu shot and a pneumonia shot and
practicing social distancing and wearing a mask on the
few visits to grocery stores for over two months, I caught
a flu type virus earlier this week.

I don't get sick very often ... in fact I can't even remember
the last time I had the flu ... but this one knocked me for a
loop.Â* Obviously, covid-19 came to mind but fortunately no.

Started with two days of low energy, tiredness but no other
symptoms.Â* Then, Tuesday morning I felt extremely fatigued.
By Tuesday afternoon I was in bed with all the chills, aches,
coughing and everything else that comes with the flu.

Tuesday night sweated buckets.Â* Wednesday night same thing
only worse.Â* No appetite.

Wife went out and got 6 quart bottles of Gateraid.Â* Forced
myself to drink as much as I could.

Finally, Thursday I started to feel some strength returning.
Stayed in bed anyway.

This morning feeling much better.Â* I lost almost 14 lbs though
over a week.

Flu is not nice to 70 year olds.

I'd watch (or sorta listen) to the news on different channels
and all that did was make me feel worse.Â* Tuned the tv to one
of the music channels and just listened to it.Â* Much better.





Get tested again.Â* I know people that got a positive result on try #3. I
hope that isn't the case for you!


I never got tested for covid-19. If it had lasted a day or two
longer without signs of improvement, I planned to. But, it followed the
typical course of the flu and I am on the mend.

An antibody test might still be in order. In spite of all the scary
rhetoric, for most people, this is just the worst flu you can remember
or maybe just a mild cold. Fauci said early on he expected 80% to get
over this spontaneously and now they are bumping that percentage
higher. We really only hear about the ones who end up being really
sick or dying. That Marion prison thing was interesting. The infection
rate was extremely high but 95% didn't even know they had it.
My wife said she was reading that certain blood types were having a
harder time with this. "O+" was the best to have and "A" was the worst
according to what she read. We are both O+ so it gives us a little
more hope.
The news had a story about the testing here last night. It turns out
our county is a little over 7% positive on the tests and the county
just north of us is 5 sumpin. It starts getting pretty grim as you
move east across the sugar cane country tho. The worst was Palm Beach
County at over 20% (Belle Glade, not the "old Jews in the condos on
the beach" that Bill Maher talks about).


Talked to our primary MD and she said, antibody testing is a crapshoot.
True false maybe are the results and not repeatable.