Started with a sore throat, progressed to nasal congestion and drip cough, aches in every joint and muscle, GI discomfort, progressed to wet cough with heavyness and occ. chest pain, aches continue, now it has been 3 weeks and this flu/cold is not going away. Everyone in my family has it. Sat next to some people in a 2 day class on Thurs & Fri this past week, everyone who talked to me or sat at my table came in on day 2 c/o sore throat and sniffles. Now It's already been three weeks and I still seem to be contagious. There is no way I and everyone else who has this can take off work or miss school for up to a month while this virus kicks our butts. I've missed 3 days of work so far because of it. Funny thing about this is that there is little to no fever! How are our bodies supposed to fight this if we never get a temp or with the occasional low grade?I did get my flu shot, guess it didn't cover this strain. My kids have been on 2 different ab but it didn't help. Many also suffering from otitis media as a complication. Hearing stories of progression to pnuemonia, even that a husband of a acquantance died from his lungs filling up in the middle of the night. All our hospitals are full and many on diversion. There beds are full of pnuemonia patients. The very young and frail elderly are dying from this virulent virus. What is even stranger is that there have been sporadic days where I'm feeling better and have almost no congestion or s/s. Then by the next day, It's back. This virus is smart! It seems like my body is trying hard to fight it but everytime I start to win, it must mutate and we start all over again. Will it ever go away??? Is this going on all over the US?
I do not remember a flu season quite like this! This virus is virulent and damaging. What are you seeing out there?
