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Woke up feeling grotty - by the time the 1337 pulled into WOS I felt like dying

Phoned the docs - ooutlined the symptoms and how quickly they set in - was asked about my daily habits

They are making a clinical assumption I have swine flu - symptoms fits and with the amount of people I must come into contact with........

Now on tamiflu - and apologies to the people i may have infected on the 1337

And before someone tells you - oh its nothing - depends on the person and ive never felt so ill in my life!

Well Sorry to hear that FallenAngel... Get well soon ;) :)

sorry to hear your not well hope you feel better soon

I dread to think what my passengers have been thinking of me, looking like a crack addict with red eyes and a manic sniffing every two seconds! Probably in the wrong job to be allergic to sunshine, pollen and diesel fumes. To keep the record straight (and topical) I'd like to point out that I am not however allergic to moonlight, good times or boogie.
Locking myself in a cupboard at home tomorrow to avoid the weather.

the one place on the internet without the m j jokes and you had to spoil it

Hope you feel a lot better soon.. If it's any consolation I'm also on Tamiflu as I was ill at the start of the week and was also diagnosed over the phone as having symptoms that fit swine flu. I am feeling quite a bit better now though so hope you will too soon... (I knew I was ill when I had to lie under a thick duvet when it was 30 degrees outside because I was still cold!  :))..

Large quantities of Blackthorne are know to have similar effects.  ;)

by a crazy coincidence i was about to say the same thing! but i have no cans left now

Including an effect on spellun/tiping  ;) ....tis Blackthorn. A once great wess-cundry cider now ruined by Gaymers. Bring back the '5.5' now! Til then I've switched to Thatcher's Gold. Yer I know......wrong place to rant about cider, but I've 'ad a few!

Technically, yes ... but then this is hardly a technical thread.

FallenAngel ... Get Well Soon

-- Graham
(from the commercial home of "Black Rat" (http://www.molesbrewery.com/site/?page_id=122))

Blackthorn ?
Gaymers ?
Black Rat ?

Oh dear ! There is only one cider:-- http://www.thatcherskaty.co.uk/

I've planted a Katy tree in my garden - only 10 years to wait ! Give me time to get the press organised.

(PS:  3 bottles for ^4 in ASDA)

Well I can now give a "survivors" account of swine flu - maybe Jo can compare her story:

Thursday
8am Sore throat, feeling a bit low but in hotel in slough may as well go into work - didnt even think of swine flu or I would not have considered it
10am - staff around me suggesting I needed to go home - still okayish but feeling worse
11:30am - shivering and its 33 outside
11:34am - tell client - I think I need to take up the offer of going home
noon - someone else tels me to go home - I point out the next train is 1337 so I may as well stay until then
13:15 - leave office - now shivering and unwell
13:37 - 16:XX - worst journey of my life - I know the turbo was a green house but I was going between freezing and boiling - at one point I poured a bottle of water over my head

During journey phoned docs - swineflu diagnosed. 

Started on tamiflu - luckily (maybe) Mr Fallen gets to tamiflu before he comes into contact with me (because I was away the night before) so he may avoid it.

18:00 - temperature 102

Little memory of the rest of the night other than shivering, sweating, unable to eat, and sleeping

Friday:
Sleeping, shivering, swetaing, temp ranging 100-103 at varying intervals.  Vague memories - all a blur - seem to remember Murray lost

Satuday :

Woke up awful
By luntime okayish

Now: very weak physically but alert and with it again.  wont be running any marathons soon but I am now functional.  doc says I can be released from house arrest on Wednesday - client wants me to stay away for the week - but at least I can work from home!

I will never ever ever ever again say I have the flu when all I have is a cold

I'm sure we're all glad to hear that you are on the mend, and interested to hear your story.

Whilst it sounds horrible, there is part of me hoping that the family get it in the next few weeks, as it provides immunity from the expected mutation that could easily turn out to be a lot worse in the winter months.

I'm glad you're feeling a bit better.. I don't think I had it quite as bad as you.. But... Monday evening I went from being okayish (well my brain hadn't been working well all day at work which might be something to do with being ill) to being very cold or hot (as I said before the cold didn't make sense when it was so warm outside)..and having aching arms and legs and my eyeballs felt hot (strange, yes, I know!)...By bedtime I could hardly summon up the energy to move..

I didn't really sleep much monday night and when I did I had the most strange and vivid dreams and woke up exhausted..

Tuesday I spent the day adding extra layers because I was cold and then taking them off again because I was very hot. But by tuesday evening I was feeling slightly more normal (mainly thanks to nurofen tho)..

Since then I've just been exhausted and the aching arms and legs seem to have come back today. It's taken me all my energy today to do some household chores. I ended up having two days off work ill and then two days working from home as they didn't want me in the office. I'm hoping to go back Monday...

I have had no guidance at all from my doctors other than to phone the flu helpline when I first called them. And no follow up from anyone once the tamiflu was prescribed. So I'm assuming that once tamiflu is all gone, I can go back to work.. As long as I feel OK..  :)

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I've read that having swine flu now apparently doesn't guarantree you immunity when it comes back with avengence in the autumn...

I've replied to Jo but I have a very good doctor who treats their patients with respect - ie they dont hide or lie

1. Getting it now is no guarantee you wont get it when it mutates - however you are LESS likely to for what its worth

2. You have to be symptom free for two days before you can go out - typically from start to finish symptoms are 7 days (however unless you get the quick onset version like I did you wont be aware for the first day or so) but with tamiflu it reduces to 5 (hence mine reduces to 3!)

3. If you get it - allow at least five days before you go into public - it wont help - its out there - we're all gonna get it - but at least you can say you tried to help!

That certainly gets my vote.

As an almost lifelong Blackthorne drinker I have now stopped drinking it as well, fortunately there are a number of other fine ciders out there.

Is there anywhere on the interweb where we can register protests.

tramway, if you have a Facebook account there are numerous groups protesting at the changes Gaymers have made to Blackthorn, just type in 'Blackthorn' (no 'e' !!) in the search box. Googling 'changes to Blackthorn Cider' (or similar) brings up numerous articles as well.