The Influenza bug has been moving across the country from west to east...
Just saw my first true influenza bug her in the mitten of Michigan,
yesterday... Temp 105.9 F I was impressed he hadn't seized, limp as a
dish rag, cherry red lips, etc... Sent him to the ER for fluids and
evaluation... He wound up going home after some 8 hours of hydration and
treatment... I expect to see a bunch more of this now... Gonna be a lot of
sick kids for xmas...
Denny
"Roger Long" om wrote in
message ...
I had sudden onset of flu like symptoms Tuesday evening and went to the
doctor Wednesday morning. She said she didn't think it was flu but they
are
jumping hard on any possible case since it hasn't shown up in our area
yet.
She also gave me "Tamiflu" to take. This is the medication that can cut
the
duration of the illness by a couple of days if given early.

I spent the centennial of flight sick as a dog with fever and obvious
virus.
Thursday I gradually got better and felt quite human by evening. I woke
up
this morning (Friday) feeling groggy but by mid morning was bounding with
energy and ran around all day feeling almost euphoric. Very, very
different
from the usual "run over by a truck" feeling after being as sick as I was.
Great stuff. Of course it probably was just a mild (relative to flu)
virus
and Tamiflu was overkill.

However, looking back at the day, I realize I've done a number of very
spaced out and stupid things. I am really glad I didn't decide to go
flying. I've been sort of in the high altitude without oxygen frame of
mind
but buzzing around at high speed. Almost bent the car as well.

There isn't too much experience with this stuff yet and you can't draw any
conclusions from an individual case. Still, this illness and recovery was
unlike anything I've experienced. If you use Tamiflu and feel great, take
a
few moments for a really thorough self assessment before you fly. The
body
may recover quite a bit before the mind.

--
Roger Long