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[fredericks]

[Poll #1089721]

I ask because one of my patients was surprised when I said I never, in fact, have been struck down by influenza. It can't be *that* common, otherwise we'd label it "the common flu" like we toss around "the common cold", no?

ETA - The CDC website on the flu versus cold symptoms.

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[blood-of-winter.livejournal.com]

I had it once several years ago at the same time as my husband. We were in bed for three to four days. The cats were happy to have us around on day one but you could see, as the days passed, that they were getting annoyed that we were taking up bed space all day...

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

The only person in my house who's ever had it was my mom. I've never seen someone so miserable outside of a hospital. She was literally secluded in the dark for three days, and my dad would pop in the room to feed her and rub her down because her back and joints were killing her. I never want to get hit with that...which doesn't explain why I ran like a fool from the shot, but oh well.