[Popman]

What we are seeing is an epidemic of H1N1 that seems to hit very hard the early middle age (40-60) with a couple of chronic disease conditions in the early stage. Most of my patients are exactly as the article describes, obese, maybe a little hypertensive, diabetic.

Wow...sounds like exactly what I had...for the last two weeks...I am 55, obese, little hypertensive, Type II diabetic.

I was sick for about three days and whatever I had turned into a sinus infection that lasted for two weeks...

I do take a regimen of vitamins and supplements...

This is the first time I have gotten the flu in about eight years...I attribute that to the multi vitamins and D3 I take...

I realize the flu can be very serious if your health is already compromised...I just never thought the 2009 - 2010 flu season was a pandemic...

[VeniVidiVici]

You had “the crap”. I had it a few months ago. Finally cleared after a few weeks and all congestion was gone after about 4 weeks.

Almost as soon as this was ending I got nailed by something else that gave me hives (not an allergic reaction), fever and more congestion. Three weeks later this was gone. Hives took a week to go though.

Doc theorized that the Prednisone given to me by the “Critical Care” place down the road for the first illness, weakened my immune system and left me open for the second illness.

Regardless. I rarely get sick two years in a row let alone twice in a year.