Originally Posted by
JanMM
Congrats on a good recovery!
As you experienced, influenza is a respiratory illness - what people call 'stomach flu' or 'GI flu' has nothing to do with influenza.
Did you have the vaccine this season? Not too late to get it for anyone not yet vaccinated, even if you already had the flu.
Next year, I'll be going for the 'high dose vaccine' which is intended for those of us 65 and over. Went with the regular vaccine this year, as it is free for employees of the hospital where I work and easy to get in the same building as my office.
Thanks... Honest, I was an idiot this year and never got the Flu vaccine. I drive a school bus for a living and do multiple schools from elementary to high school. I have little 1st grade kids coming on the bus and saying, "Good morning, Mr. Butch! *cough* *cough* *hack* *sneeze*..."
My wife is a manager of a daycare center, and she and all the other ladies got Flu shots, and none of them got sick at all! For the first night or two, my wife did kick me out of bed and she made me sleep in the spare bedroom. Nice... Real nice... Feel the love...
