<p>mimk6 – so glad she finally got someone to call in medicine for her! You must be so relieved. Don’t beat yourself up about what could have been done differently. Wishing her well!</p>
<p>My son is doing much better now, but still has a terrible cough. I think St Louis has been hard hit with H1N1. I was in a Target here today and it seemed as if everyone in the store was in the Cold/Flu aisle!</p>
<p>mimk6, what a rollercoaster ride for your D! My D has very mild asthma, but in generally doesn’t need any medications (unless she excercises vigorously). I’ve learned that it is useless to call her asthma doctor, even for refills, but her primary care clinic is very responsive. D’s already had what sounded very much like H1N1. I hope your D will get better soon.</p>
<p>It’s not over. DH had a “cold” for the last few days and now suddenly looks and sounds awful – DD does not live with us. I just took his temperature – 103. He is diabetic so I have a call in to his doctor. He’s insisting it’s just a cold. 54 years old and he still doesn’t know that the common cold doesn’t give you a fever like that.</p>
<p>Would definitely call his doc & ask about Tamiflu. He’s at high risk with diabetes.</p>
<p>Just got my H1N1 shot at local market pharmacy–no appointment necessary but you had to fill out a form, checking whether you were in any of the priority categories. If you aren’t in any, they turn you away. They don’t distinguish between priority categories, any one will do. Because I’m under 65 & have a chronic respiratory health condition, I was priority, as are kids 24 & under, pregnant women, healthcare workers and others.</p>
<p>Hubby was given his shingles shot but is above the cutoff for H1N1 vaccine & didn’t get one.</p>
<p>Glad at least your D is FINALLY getting appropriate care. Really don’t understand the cavalier attitude of her other docs! Good luck getting your H healthy.</p>
<p>Thanks. I did call the doctor tonight and he said DH should go in first thing in the morning and he will. He did say that they are really less worried about older folks than young folks in terms of complications with this flu.</p>
<p>HImom,
you are first person that Iknow who has gotten the H1N1 vaccine. Please let us know if you have any ill effects or or reactions. I’m a healthcare worker who has been mandated to get the vaccine and we still don’t have any in my hospital or anywhere locally.
(however a Supreme Court judge has put a restraining order on that mandate for now).</p>
<p>Milkandsugar – my 15 year old had the H1N1 nasal spray (LAIV) almost two weeks ago and had no adverse reaction. I am a health care worker and must get the injection as soon as it’s available – hopefully next week. I’ll let folks know if I have any problems.</p>
<p>I think it may be “too late” for the vaccine for most colleges, really. D has swine and her roommate and she says the whole campus is pretty sick. They were trying to quarantine the people who were sick, but it just got impossible.</p>
<p>What is frustrating for me, as her mother, is that the professors can’t/won’t really change anything and the kids can’t miss a bunch of quiz’s, tests and labs. So they all really HAVE to go to class as soon as they can. 
I’m sure my D will infect others, but if she doesn’t make up a lab today, even being this ill, she will get a zero. No make-ups after the week. But, I guess since there are so many with swine that they aren’t allowing anyone who isn’t sick to take “to go” lunches right now, I suppose it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>I think it is too late for my daughter and I …we are both sick with a lot of the symptoms. waiting for doc’s offices to open</p>
<p>Oooh! I’m so sorry. Chicken soup and rest! I hate that.</p>
<p>The only think positive thing that could come from all these people getting sick is when the mother of all swine flus - so far - comes back years from now and our kids are immune, like the older people are now to this one. By then, perhaps we’ll have the universal flu vaccine and they won’t have to worry about their kids.</p>
<p>Instead of chicken soup, I sat on the couch and ate Ben & Jerry’s out of the carton for 5 days. :eek: Now trying to get rid of the 5 lbs I gained and haven’t been able to exercise off due to the H1N1 cough… My advice is to stick with the soup!</p>
<p>Well, at least it was Ben & Jerry’s! LOL</p>
<p>I have a question. What are people who get treated for H1N1 without being tested supposed to do about the vaccine? Since they can’t be sure if they had it or not, it seems they should just go ahead with the vaccine if they are high-risk in case it wasn’t H1N1.</p>
<p>Wow, Mim, I just want to make YOU some chicken soup! Tough to worry so much about our kids. I know the feeling. Just exhuasting.</p>
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<p>That’s what the CDC recommends too, although there are virtually no flu cases of anything other than H1N1 being reported now.</p>
<p>I was in Chapel Hill in the 70’s when many came down with Guillame Barre after the swine flu shot. Anyway, all healthcare workers at Kaiser got it yesterday-the shot just came in but mist was here two weeks ago. My wife and I (both work with kids) and two children at home did not even have a sore arm from the H1N1 or a muscle ache.
I have been caring for kids in the iCU with H1N1 and it can be nasty im certain age groups. Local schools are pretty wiped out</p>
<p>So far, so good & I haven’t had any side effects. In fact, it hurt less than the seasonal flu “jab” that I had on 9/1. I’m not expecting any side effects but was surprised it was available since I hadn’t heard anyone in town had any vaccine yet.</p>
<p>I still have a small bruise on my arm from getting the seasonal shot 3 weeks ago. I didn’t even feel it when he did it, but I had a huge bruise.</p>
<p>Nov 3 & 4, county of LA will be giving H1N1 shots at USC to students with valid ID.</p>