So 8 days ago, symptoms came on in less than an hour.

By 3 am needed IV fluids, luckily had on hand and did not need to go to the ER.
(Yeah, yeah, a few of y'all know I am a nurse)

Has been a fever fogged 7 days.
When I called our local health department, they said they could not take the info as I was not hospitalized.
Locally the docs are not testing, only treating, so as to not have the burden to report.
I was lucky, my pcp gave me an rx a month ago, so was able to start Tamiflu immediately.

According to my local health department:
IF without a fever for 24 hrs, you are no longer contagious.
I pushed that out to 36 since most of my community patients are elderly.

Seems they are now limiting the rx of Tamiflu to a select group, under 24 over 65.

Even with washing my hands 3 gazillion times a day I still caught it.

My advice:
If you suffer a sudden onset, eg <2 hrs of feeling fine to worshiping the porcelain god,
quarantine yourself.

In general:
Wash/hand sanitizer every 10 seconds.
Carry sanitizer with you at ALL times.

Do NOT touch your face till spring.

Drink as much as possible.

This is definitely being under reported.

Stay well friends,
and Canada, sorry for the fever driven incomprehensible PM's

~CD

edit: spell check

Glad your on the mend. No more

LMFAO!!! Iv never heard that before!! i love it!!

Glad your feelin better

brutal. O_O

That's my favorite saying when I've had too much to drink!!! lol I've worshipped her many a times!!!

glad you are better

glad you,,,getting well,,CD,,,just take it easy for a wile,,,,

No need to apologize, Im just thank full your okay, truly
It is truly interesting how north america is pushing tami flu, while the rest of the countries try different things,
Maybe Yun could better comment on that
its definetly being under reported on many aspects
my guess is they dont want to create mass chaos to an unstable economy, hence everybody staying home, as it circumvents the world once again, for who knows how many times, and as the Giant slowly comes out of its cave, we shall see how severe it may be, same strain as the black influenza isnt it?
poor 1930's
personally i would also suggest staying away from public transit, and yeah tons of water, with a dash of salt if you cant keep it down
and my personal favorite finely chopped raw garlic in a glass of milk

some links

UPDATED MAP OF SEVERITY

what?????
drinking water with salt will help keep you hydrated a little, but the garlic in milk ewwwwwwww... what is that for?

guess it affects people diffrently. i was just really weak, had a bad caugh and a bit of fever. was sick for almost a week, though, which is a new personal record.

My cousin died over the weekend due to complications from H1N1. She was 12 yrs old.

Damn SEB, sorry to hear that

sorry to hear that SEB... RIP little cousin

oh damn, SEB, i am sorry to hear that. my condolences to your family.

oh SEB, I'm so sorry for your loss this flu is ruthless..

so sorry to hear that bro

Awww seb, im so sorry

aww SEB im so sorry to hear that.

well i never thought i would say this but what a blessing that lilly and i never leave the house!!!

So sorry SEB.
~CD

Damn... Seb, sorry man

In Toronto people were taking it kinda lightly, that was until the other day a 13 year old boy died from it...Now everyone is in a panic to get there shot, which isn't available until Monday. I wasn't going to bother either but considering that kid lived about 5 min away from us... I've definitely changed my mind! Both my parents are quite elderly(Mom 77, Dad 84) and I moved back with them to help them out, and take care of the house, it wouldn't be able to forgive myself, if I caught it and gave it to them.