# The FLU.
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [March 14, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111 "2008-03-14T06:25:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@starboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/starboy)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/1 "2008-03-14T06:25:58Z")
So after 2 full weeks of body aches, vomiting, restlessness, extreme fever, migraine headaches and just general sickness, I think im finally over it. Being in the hospital and having the doctor tell me, “a degree higher fever I would have had brain damage,” I thank god that its over. Did anyone experience this extreme of the flu this year?
And if you haven’t gotten the flu yet I wish you the best of luck.
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### Author:  [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2008, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/2 "2008-03-14T06:29:21Z")
I had some of that stomach flu a little while back… Hopefully I can avoid whatever you had, Sounds like a beast.
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### Author:  [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2008, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/3 "2008-03-14T06:29:51Z")
wow
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### Author:  [@imported\_Sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Sleeper)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2008, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/4 "2008-03-14T06:30:36Z")
Walking pnuemonia for a month, the flu aint shit compared to it…
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### Author:  [@starboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/starboy)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/5 "2008-03-14T06:32:30Z")
> [@when are you guys pulling ur ride off the road???](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/when-are-you-guys-pulling-ur-ride-off-the-road/35450/3):
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> Walking pnuemonia for a month, the flu aint shit compared to it…
had it when I was in high school, this was worse.
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### Author:  [@Swarzkopf](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swarzkopf)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2008, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/6 "2008-03-14T06:46:05Z")
> Walking pnuemonia for a month, the flu aint shit compared to it…
You’ve obviuosly never had the actual flu. Looks like starboy did.
Everyone gets a stomach virus or nasty cold and complains about “having the flu”. Actual influenza is HORRIBLE, and leaves you basically incapacitated for at least a week. Lots of folks go through their entire lives without ever having the real flu. I’ve been unfortunate enough to have it twice, both times were absolutely awful.
You pretty much won’t feel sicker than influenza makes you feel unless you have Ebola or something.
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### Author:  [@jph102900](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jph102900)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2008, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/7 "2008-03-14T06:47:26Z")
I feel bad for all of you guys who got sick. Luckily I have not even had a runny nose or a sore throat this year. I don’t know if I have just been really lucky or if it is becuase I have been taking multivitamins and buffered vitamin C all year. Hopefully I can get through the spring without any cold/flu.
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### Author:  [@Swarzkopf](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swarzkopf)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2008, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/8 "2008-03-14T06:52:42Z")
I’ve been sick three times this year (never happened to me before), nasty colds/sinus infection. It’s been a bad year for just about everyone I know as far as getting sick goes. If I get the fucking flu I’m going to kill whoever gives it to me.
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### Author:  [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2008, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/9 "2008-03-14T06:52:44Z")
I came in this thread with the full intention of making fun of Starboy, and jokingly wishing him even worse symptoms. Now, after reading his post I kinda feel bad about it. I mean, not THAT bad… I doubt I’ll lose any sleep over it, but still…
thankfully I have a badass immune system and haven’t even had anything more than 24 hours of mild congestion any time in the last 10 years. :bowdown:
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### Author:  [@German\_with\_a\_Bowtie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/German_with_a_Bowtie)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2008, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/10 "2008-03-14T06:56:14Z")
Hey Starboy, I’m curious . . . Did a flu shot in the past year?
A couple people I know that have had the shot seem to be getting a very bad case of the flu.
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### Author:  [@jph102900](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jph102900)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2008, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/11 "2008-03-14T07:05:25Z")
> [@German with a Bowtie"](#):
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> Hey Starboy, I’m curious . . . Did a flu shot in the past year?
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> A couple people I know that have had the shot seem to be getting a very bad case of the flu.
My office always offers a flu shot during the fall, and I never get it becuase I have heard a lot of people actually get sick due to the shot or it doesn’t even end up protecting them from the current season’s flu strain that is going around. Based on what the guys above have said about what the real flu is like, I have never really had it and I probably have not had a flu shot in the last 10 years.
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### Author:  [@Jeff95TA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeff95TA)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2008, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/12 "2008-03-14T07:15:21Z")
You don’t get sick from a flu shot, but there was a strain that they hadn’t predicted this year (seems to be every year) when the vaccine was created.
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### Author:  [@eurodad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/eurodad)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2008, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/13 "2008-03-14T07:16:34Z")
> [@Callouts....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/callouts/35434/28):
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> So after 2 full weeks of body aches, vomiting, restlessness, extreme fever, migraine headaches and just general sickness, I think im finally over it. Being in the hospital and having the doctor tell me, “a degree higher fever I would have had brain damage,” I thank god that its over. Did anyone experience this extreme of the flu this year?
>
> And if you haven’t gotten the flu yet I wish you the best of luck.
thats the influenza. that the real flu. my brother had it a few weeks ago and it lasted 2 weeks. he went to the doctor and they did bloodwork to confirm it. there lots of cases of it coming out of allegheny county.
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### Author:  [@eurodad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/eurodad)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2008, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/14 "2008-03-14T07:18:19Z")
> [@SOLD: 1991 240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-1991-240sx/35432/21):
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> You’ve obviuosly never had the actual flu. Looks like starboy did.
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> Everyone gets a stomach virus or nasty cold and complains about “having the flu”. Actual influenza is HORRIBLE, and leaves you basically incapacitated for at least a week. Lots of folks go through their entire lives without ever having the real flu. I’ve been unfortunate enough to have it twice, both times were absolutely awful.
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> You pretty much won’t feel sicker than influenza makes you feel unless you have Ebola or something.
i just read this after i made my post. you are right. most people call a stomach ache and a cold the flu when it’s not even close.
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### Author:  [@starboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/starboy)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2008, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/15 "2008-03-14T07:38:06Z")
> [@German with a Bowtie"](#):
>
> Hey Starboy, I’m curious . . . Did a flu shot in the past year?
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> A couple people I know that have had the shot seem to be getting a very bad case of the flu.
I have never had a flu shot in my life. Why? Well due to…
Companies come out with a vaccine that THINKS will take care of the flu. Ever notice that the vaccine comes out before the flu hits? How are you going to cure something that hasn’t came out yet?
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### Author:  [@beat90tsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/beat90tsi)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2008, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/16 "2008-03-14T11:24:07Z")
> [@Honda-Tech un&pw](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/honda-tech-un-pw/34978/9):
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> Companies come out with a vaccine that THINKS will take care of the flu. Ever notice that the vaccine comes out before the flu hits? How are you going to cure something that hasn’t came out yet?
Hard to say for certain, but I really wouldn’t be surprised.
I had the flu this year, no vomiting, but I felt like death warmed over…for about a week. I was very weak, slept a lot, and was constantly hot then cold. I seem to snag a sinus problems from time to time, but rarely get anything like this. It sucked, but I don’t believe mine was nearly as severe as what Starboy described.
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### Author:  [@04liquidS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/04liquidS)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/17 "2008-03-14T13:33:13Z")
I got the flu shot for the first time this year. However, I don’t think I have ever actually had the flu despite working in a hospital/healthcare for several years.
Taken from the CDC website:
Each vaccine contains three influenza viruses-one A (H3N2) virus, one A (H1N1) virus, and one B virus. The viruses in the vaccine change each year based on international surveillance and scientists’ estimations about which types and strains of viruses will circulate in a given year.
About 2 weeks after vaccination, antibodies that provide protection against influenza virus infection develop in the body.
The flu shot: The viruses in the flu shot are killed (inactivated), so you cannot get the flu from a flu shot. Some minor side effects that could occur are
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* Soreness, redness, or swelling where the shot was given
* Fever (low grade)
* Aches
```
If these problems occur, they begin soon after the shot and usually last 1 to 2 days. Almost all people who receive influenza vaccine have no serious problems from it. However, on rare occasions, flu vaccination can cause serious problems, such as severe allergic reactions.
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### Author:  [@mustang03gt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mustang03gt)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/18 "2008-03-14T21:40:24Z")
I had walking pneumonia for a month in Sept 2006. It was nothing compared to what Starboy is talking about. Yeah, it sucked, but Ive felt shitter with other illnesses.
After I was better, I got a flu shot because the doctor told me if something like that hit me again, my immune system wouldnt be able to handle it as well as this time and the common cold would turn into much worse. So I got the shot and wasnt sick for a year. My friend/roommate is always sick, so I almost always caught it off of her, but nothing. It was great. I should have gotten another one this year.
Just out of curiousity, what was your fever? The highest I had was 104.8, and Ill tell you what, that was the worst thing ever. I managed to play 3 games of volleyball with it, but when I got home, took my temp and saw it, I laid with heating blankets, comforters, piled higher than I could see over, and still froze. Totally sucked!
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### Author:  [@Swarzkopf](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swarzkopf)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/19 "2008-03-26T12:09:55Z")
My wife has the flu right now, basically the same as starboy described…I took her to the ER last night after her 103 degree temperature wouldn’t drop no matter what medication I gave her. She was throwing up the water I was getting for her and said she was having trouble breathing. She’s super fucking sick. After lots of tests the ER doc diagnosed her as having influenza with possible complicating sinus and bronchial infections.
Taking to the doc, found out that it’s actually possible in years like this to get the flu twice, as there are two different strains going around. Yargh.
It’s been an extra shitty year with everyone I know for getting sick. Hopefully it’s almost over.
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### Author:  [@sasquach](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sasquach)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/20 "2008-03-26T13:44:46Z")
> [@any local honda tuner\*\*\*\*A.S.A.P\*\*\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-local-honda-tuner-a-s-a-p/35444/10):
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> You don’t get sick from a flu shot.
one almost killed me in 99 . Gave me a virus Called Gillion Barea (think thats the way to spell it ).
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