Author Topic: THE FLU BUG HITS HOME!!! (Read 628 times)

shaner · « **on:** February 05, 2005, 12:06:02 PM »

man has anyone else been so lucky as to getthe flu bug this year , i ainttalkin the gastric type iam talkin the real flu ,the coughin hackin headache fever you name it it hurts flu , wow i have had it over aweek and iam bout had it , wentto the doc friday and he gave me some flu meds , they wont cure it but do help the symptoms of it , next year flu shot for this old non believer ,,,, hows everyone else doin

James B · « **Reply #1 on:** February 05, 2005, 12:47:09 PM »

So far so good at our place. Hope you shake it soon.

Rogmatt · « **Reply #2 on:** February 05, 2005, 01:20:41 PM »

Sorry to hear that Shaner. Hang in there.

ONE HOLE 4570 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 05, 2005, 01:21:57 PM »

Hey Shaner, sorry to here of your illness. I work in the medical feild(not a doc) but I get one every year (except this one so called shortages But that goes back to the previous administration & the policy's) I believe in it & the more often you get them year after year you be come more immune IMHO. Or if you do get it it is shorter & less virulent with shots. Take care the boy loves his hornet but I have not got it to group great, just have a wood forarm, may bed the barrel in it being an extra light

one hole :gun4: hang in there it will get better

Ditchdigger · « **Reply #4 on:** February 05, 2005, 02:29:53 PM »

I found the quickest way to kill the flu is to go swimming in very cold water,and when you finaly quit shaking its completly gone.I've got friends that have done the same thing and it works for them also ( They sure don't like to tell about it though)Whatever warms the body up in a crisis will burn the flu right out.The easiest way is 4 cc of Penicilian ( I know the doc's says it wont work) but you ask a very old Doc and he will will agree with this. The Indians used the cold water treatment for thousands of years and it worked for them. Digger

Brett · « **Reply #5 on:** February 05, 2005, 03:52:51 PM »

I've always used the opposite approach. I sweat and pee the bug out. To begin with I'll drink lots and lots of fluids, water, juice, tea, whatever until I feel like my teeth are going to float. Then I'll take a shot of Niquil (sp?), don sweat pants a sweat shirt and even heavy socks and climb into bed and burry myself under every blanket in the house and sleep for about 10 hours. When I crawl out of the pool of sweat at the end of the 10 hours or so the bug is usually pretty much gone.

shaner · « **Reply #6 on:** February 05, 2005, 04:10:53 PM »

thanks for all the ideas fellas ,

kenscot · « **Reply #7 on:** February 05, 2005, 07:46:17 PM »

ditto to Brett's reply I got rid of in two days with that remedy

MSP Ret · « **Reply #8 on:** February 06, 2005, 01:45:10 AM »

Hey Digger, far a couple of years I met with a very diverse group around January 1st and we would meet at one of the local beaches (remember I live on Cape Cod near the ocean) push the ice floes out of the way (if there were any but there was not salt water ice near the beach every year, it depended on temperature, winds and current). Anyway, at a given single we would disrobe to our bathing suits and run in for a nice swim, and after the initial shock IT WAS STILL COLD!!!
when we we left the water the bystanders, all dressed in winter coats and standing there shivering, would always offer us towels and blankets to warm up, of course after leaving the water we would be warm in the cold air!!! I don't think I ever caught a cold from doing that and I always great after!!! I kind of lost track of doing it because the day and date was never the same. Now that you have me thinking about it I'll try to get together with the group next year and do it again, your all invited!!! Every newcomer gets a certificate and the opportunity to lead the way that year!!!....<><.... :grin:

Ditchdigger · « **Reply #9 on:** February 06, 2005, 03:00:34 AM »

MSP; I swim in my pool until the water gets down to 50dgr. ,I smoke 2.5 pks a day and hav'nt had a cold in 10 or 15 yrs. I also take a lot of vitamun C . Digger

MSP Ret · « **Reply #10 on:** February 06, 2005, 03:45:28 AM »

DD, since salt water freezes at about 28 degrees and there were ice floes where we were swimming I would think the water temperatire was just around 28 degrees, If you ever get up this way in the winter you are welcomed to jump in and swim around a bit and then tell me if 50 degrees feels any different that 28 degrees, I would like your input and opinion!!!....<><.... :-D

(by the way was that air temperature or water temperature of 50 degrees?)

Ditchdigger · « **Reply #11 on:** February 06, 2005, 05:46:07 AM »

MSP; I can totaly block it out most of the time,my wife thinks I'm crazy (I am) I do'nt even get a chill bump or anything. The blockout thing was courtsy of the U.S.N. several years ago. Digger

Hildy · « **Reply #12 on:** February 07, 2005, 05:13:56 AM »

Not quite sure if it's the flu yet....but I am feelin' like crap today. Sore throat, drowzeness, light headed, stuffy nose. Started a little bit last night when I was at the local firehall watching the Superbowl. That sure was a good game!!

Ditchdigger · « **Reply #13 on:** February 07, 2005, 08:23:56 AM »

Msp ; 50 deg. water temp. If I feel a cold coming on I swallow lots of Vitamin C. Digger

quickdtoo · « **Reply #14 on:** February 07, 2005, 08:29:06 AM »

Be careful with the heavy vit C doses, that'll give ya kidney stones and I'd rather have 1000 colds than to have one more stone! :eek: I used to take heavy vit C doses and was told that it would cause stones......it did, spent a week in the hospital in '84...but I survived! :cry: