Posted on 04/04/2020 10:50:28 AM PDT by Kaslin
They are certainly not enjoyable. Not by any means. And why they strike is still a mystery, unfortunately. A cousin died of meningitis at a young age. The (small town)doctor was at a loss not knowing what might be going on. If one illness doesn’t get you, prepare for the next.
I think I had that one about 15 years ago. :-) Thought I would die. I also started taking the flu shot and wearing a face mask during flu season and I’ve never had it again either. I wear the mask trying to prevent the strains that don’t get included in the shot.
I didn’t see the words “phantasmagorical visions” in her list of symptoms.
Fredo said he’s having them under Covid-19. Maybe his strain was laced with LSD when he caught it.
Both accounts are great.
I asked. They did not give her Quinine, well, at least Hydroxychloroquinine or what ever that is called.
“I didn’t see the words “phantasmagorical visions” in her list of symptoms.”
In some patients it attacks not just the heart and lungs but other organs and the brain. Much like a stroke victim has vision issues Fredo’s “phantasmagorical visions” may indeed be from the virus.
They didn’t have the “Wuhan flu” test when I was in the hospital in Jan/Feb so I can’t say I had it but I had the heart muscle pain and shortness of breath up front. Then two weeks later I had “phantasmagorical visions” on the back end of it. Sparkles, shimmering, brightly colored shapes, eyes not focusing correctly etc.
The big issue imo is how long the ancillary damage lasts. I saw a YouTube of a “recovered” Chinese man detailing his life after Covid. It was rough. He had difficulty breathing as he walked and it was apparent he had greatly diminished stamina. The cheery, CCP-approved “everything fine now” went over like a lead balloon.
People here were having an “unknown virus” since January. I get the feeling some of the numbers in NYC might not be Wuhan Virus.
DW and I had about of flu so bad we couldn’t move on our own, chills, every fiber of our being hurt. Our blood pressure plummeted. We had to have one set of parents care for us and another set care for the kids.
Finally made it to the ER were they said we had the flu and we would feel better in a few days. Never knew what that was or how we got it. But we thought we were dying and at one point that seemed ok.
Wicked, think your dying, flu is nothing new. What’s different is so many of us will get close together and we have social media to scare the daylights out of each other.
I was flat on my back for four days. I was a pack a day smoker then. I remember trying to smoke a cigarette just once during that time. I couldn't manage to inhale the smoke. All of you smokers out there will appreciate how bad that must have been.
I don't think I would do well with this Wuhan virus. Six years ago I ended up in the hospital with flu-like symptoms. I spent two days on a ventilator, had a minor heart-attack, a cat scan discovered a tumor on my intestines, and I lost 13 pounds in two weeks. The rest of the year was spent recuperating from quadruple bypass followed by cancer surgery.
I already get out of breath after just a couple of minutes of light exertion. In addition to any lung damage already inflicted, I found out last year that my cancer medication was causing lung damage.
Despite all this I am the major care provider for my wife who started chemo on January 30th. Since that time we have been self-isolating because of her lowered immunity and the fact that there would be no good replacement for me if I got sick. My wife's surgery has just been postponed and so her treatment has suddenly become other than the doctors originally recommended.
What happened to all the old people I remember from my youth in their rocking chairs enjoying their golden years? I been robbed.
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