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Warning: Island flu
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:56 pm
by kirk
Just to let everybody know that there is a very nasty flu going around the Island right now. it knocked me
down for the last 15 days or so. just about everybody i know has had it,has it or is coming down with it.
kirk
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:35 pm
by mbw1024
wow Kirk. hope you are feeling better!
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:39 pm
by Pianogrl
I wonder if Ruth or Pia or anyone else living there has heard of an outbreak of any kind on island?
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:31 pm
by designbyroe
With all the rain and the bugs, sure you did not get dengue fever? So many people I know come back from island and get flu symptoms and never even find out it is dengue.........It seems dr's stateside have a problem diagnosing it
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:53 pm
by StJohnRuth
No wonder I haven't seen you.
I was starting to wonder what the heck you were up to.
Sorry you were sick. Stop by when you feel better....and all the germs are gone!
-Ruth
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:02 pm
by Jan&MikeVa
I HOPE that I didn't get this from the Island........... 
I'm sticking with the sneezing man in a cramped airplane theory. Man, and I thought I was better today, fever is back up.
Hope all on Island fair well, you especially Kirk. Keep us posted.
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 6:06 pm
by Maryanne
Ruth---is there something bad going around the island? Just concerned about Caitlin...
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:18 pm
by Pia
Sorry you are feeling ill Kirk 
get better soon.
I have not heard of anything going around - Ruth ????
Pia
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:38 pm
by StJohnRuth
A few months ago. Not recently. I'm not sure if Kirk has the end of that or a new thing.
What is that "Airborne" stuff you're supposed to take before you fly? Does it work? Maybe everyone should take it coming and going!
Years ago the local pharmacist said he frequently had people who travelled to St. John who got sick 36-48 hours after being on an airplane. What's up with that?Why is it that we can put people on the moon, but we can't have germ-free air on an airplane?
-Ruth
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:55 pm
by BreakawayBarb
Hi, all...I just returned from STJ and didn't hear or meet anyone with the flu during the past 10 days. I did, however, feel a little cold coming on around 3 days into the trip. It must have been jet lag (or perhaps a Painkiller hangover!!!) because it vanished the next day.
To answer Ruth's question (hi, Ruth! Great to meet you last week!), I have taken Airborne in the past, and it seems to work.
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:34 pm
by RonUSVI
Well , I got it and am in week two! They say it lasts two weeks. Not quite an epidemic though!
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:37 pm
by BreakawayBarb
Sorry, Ron. Hope you get better soon!!
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:57 pm
by kirk
Ron I'm feeling your pain. cream of chicken soup has never tasted so good.
kirk
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:43 pm
by brenda
Hope you guys afflicted are on the mend. Two weeks of illness sounds like the pits
.
Kirk, I have a humorous picture of us at dinner at the Banana Deck when several of us went after The Beach Bar Get Together. The way I am draped on you smiling in that picture, forumites might think you were my husband instead of Gary
. BTW, like your haircut
.
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:15 am
by Teresa
Red Hook Clinic can test for different flu strains and I said on another post - my husband had strep and it knocked him out for a week. They were about to test him for dengue, but thankfully it wasn't that bad. Strep is bad enough.
Take your vitamins and definitely a C vitamin and/or Airborne or similar boost. Taking vitamins daily keeps your immune system up. (Darn, I sound like my grandma already and I am only 33!)
Get well soon!
Teresa