# The FLU. **URL:** \ **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:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![nvrtolo4me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e274bd/32.png) [@nvrtolo4me](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nvrtolo4me)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/21 "2008-03-28T20:48:57Z")
i feel your pain i’m just almost thru week 2 of this myself i almost never get sick but this thing has kicked my ass. it seem like every day it was a different thing. the only thing i have not had was vomiting but the first week i didn’t eat much. ---
**Author:** ![pruGAR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@pruGAR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pruGAR)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/22 "2008-03-28T21:58:24Z")
> [@SOLD: 1991 240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold-1991-240sx/35432/21): > > 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. ya i had it almost 2 years ago and im 1 of those people that will work and go to school with body aches…i didnt get out of bed for 5 days and i thought my throat was gonna swell shut.i ended up looseing almost 20 pounds in 6 days…i will admit it was a little scary. ---
**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2008, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/23 "2008-03-28T22:05:23Z")
fuck the flu! my family had it about 3 weeks ago… thankfully i was on antibodic right after surgery so I didnt get sick from them. ---
**Author:** ![starboy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/starboy/32/5985_2.png) [@starboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/starboy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/24 "2008-03-29T01:56:20Z")
> [@SOLD](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sold/35628/6): > > ya i had it almost 2 years ago and im 1 of those people that will work and go to school with body aches…i didnt get out of bed for 5 days and i thought my throat was gonna swell shut.i ended up looseing almost 20 pounds in 6 days…i will admit it was a little scary. that sounds like mono ---
**Author:** ![pruGAR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@pruGAR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pruGAR)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/25 "2008-03-29T05:44:50Z")
> [@Sweet deal - HDTV/X360/Halo 3](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sweet-deal-hdtv-x360-halo-3/35703/6): > > that sounds like mono ya thats wat i thought but they tested for it and it came back a negative.Im not a huge fan of needles to begin with and to have someone poke u when u ache so bad isnt very pleasent.i had so many tests run on me that week i guess they just gave up and said that i had the flu. ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/26 "2008-03-29T08:05:32Z")
I had mono in high school, I was over it in 4 days. I got a call from the doctor saying I had mono and he wants me to come in, I told him I was over it already. Kick ass immune system FTW. 😃 I got a flu shot for the first time this year because of my kids, I didn’t want them to get something from me. A few guys at work described the exact same thing Starboy did, it doesn’t sound like a good time. ---
**Author:** ![Swarzkopf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@Swarzkopf](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Swarzkopf)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 8:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/27 "2008-03-29T08:21:04Z")
I’d heard that mono lasts a lot longer than the flu, but doesn’t make you nearly as sick. I do know that my wife is still sick as fuck. She is flat out fucked up. My doctor’s got me taking TamiFlu to try to keep me from getting it from her. > fuck the flu! my family had it about 3 weeks ago… thankfully i was on antibodic right after surgery so I didnt get sick from them. LOL…if anything, the anti-biotic made you more likely to get it (if it was really influenza). ---
**Author:** ![Sinner6.0L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sinner6.0l/32/6016_2.png) [@Sinner6.0L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sinner6.0L)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/28 "2008-03-29T18:57:18Z")
I’m on about my 3rd head cold this season, it’s certainly been a fucked up winter ---
**Author:** ![04liquidS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/04liquids/32/6002_2.png) [@04liquidS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/04liquidS)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111/29 "2008-03-30T00:23:53Z")
> [@Anyone know where to get parts for a washing machine?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-know-where-to-get-parts-for-a-washing-machine/35708/6): > > I’d heard that mono lasts a lot longer than the flu, but doesn’t make you nearly as sick. I had mono twice. Instead of running it’s course and going away, it reactivated; so I had it again a second time. I don’t recall being terribly sick. Mainly just swollen glands and constantly exhausted…For months. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-flu/196111.md?page=1)