Pandemic influenza (H1N1)- EMEA website

Hi Sandy,

As I sit at home right now with a case of H1N1, I think how timely this article is. My case started Monday night after babysitting the grand-kids over the weekend. They were both diagnosed with H1N1 on Monday. The kids didn't start showing signs until late Sunday night when they started coughing and running a fever of 103 degrees (F). Their doctor diagnosed them both the next day and confined them to their home for seven days. There fevers have subsided and they are doing much better. They drank a lot of liquids so as not to dehydrate and took Ibuprofen for the fever. They both went through a few days of nausea, but that has also subsided. Overall, a mild to medium case of the flu.

I have have had neither a standard flu or H1N1 jab (jab just sounds sexier) since they are still not available (neither has either grand-child). Since I am a SCT transplant patient, the doctor started me in Tamiflu on Monday. I had the same symptoms as the grand-kids, but I must say after starting Tamiflu, I improved much faster than they did. After 48 hours I was feeling much better. Usually, my transplant doctor would have sent me to the Clinic for an IV just to be safe, but he said they were overwhelmed with flu cases and did not want to risk further spread if I could eek it out at home. Even the ER didn't want any flu patients unless you were having respiratory issues. I don't see this slowing down anytime soon.

Good Health to ALL!
Don