swine flu isn't that much different than regular flu, but just enough to knock you completely off your feet. i would say it's much more respiratory than regular flu, with a brutal cough (and gunk with the cough). the fever seems higher and more tenacious (can a fever be tenacious??) the aches are WAY more intense. and fatigue ... whoa. the fatigue feels like 1st trimester pregnancy fatigue, and then some. i stand for like 10 minutes and can't even sit up for the next hour. my muscles feel all rubbery like after an intense workout. like today, i made the girls smoothies for lunch. not very labor intensive, right? but by the time i was done, i was in tears trying to lift the spoon over and over to feed little gwenner. i know, sounds pathetic.
i'm on meds for the flu and a new type of asthma inhaler because my doc didn't want me to have a major flare up resulting in me having to take prednisone. (whoa, that was a run-on if i've ever seen one.)
basically it's hellish. the girls are cranky because they want to go to the beach, playground, walks, friends house, etc. i'm cranky because i want to lay down and rest and can't, and i don't have the energy to properly care for my children. and case wants to stay home and take care of me, but we are trying to buy a house, and that does take money, and at this point every penny counts.
only a few more days ...
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Oh yuck, Stef! I'm so sorry, but I must say that I finally can tell someone that I know someone with the swine flu. You are my first swine flu, go you! Feel better soon, and I hope your doctor is so wrong about your little girls :(
Holy crap, I know you wouldn't joke about getting the swine flu...it just sounds so surreal. Oh that's so awful. I hope the girls don't get sick too. Feel better woman!
i hope you feel better soon. it really is a hard horrible thing. i am sorry you guys have to go through it. but the good side is that you are no longer contagious after the fever breaks.
heres to good health!
yes, here's to your girls not getting sick and you feeling better and less lethargic! when i was feeling crappy last weekend, i had no energy, just as you described, and i had aches. but other than that, i cannot compare anything else. here's to being healthy again!
Ugh, how awful. I hope its over soon.
Man I wish I could come over and help, but it sure doesn't sound like fun having the swine flu! I hope you are feeling better soon.
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