H1N1

Post by **SMushroom** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:18 am

i have it. and i feel...like piggy doodoo. i hate it.

Oink.

anyone eals know the feeling?

Post by **Twisted_Pixie** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 3:08 am

hahaha. Yeh i had it, well i believe i did... just another flu to me really.

Post by **Greymalkin** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:13 am

I'm sure I had it when this all first started. I was so bad I seriously thought I was going to die.

If you get it once does that mean you won't get it again?

Post by **Twisted_Pixie** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:19 pm

No, you could get it again... its just like the normal flu, what happens is, the flu virus can mutate over time and change the antigens on its surface to be a completely different invader, so the body has to learn to fight it all over again... but you are immune to the certain strain you were infected with... but yeh, just like every other flu virus, it can change and attack you again.

Pix

Post by **Greymalkin** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:41 pm

Well I'm not happy to hear that.

I really wouldn't want to go through that again!

Post by **Twisted_Pixie** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:20 pm

Then try to prevent it =) Build up ur immune system

Post by **AzureImpaler** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:05 am

Yeah, I just got sick, and I'm trying to fight it out too. (though I can't say it's H1N1, just that I'm sick. :\ )

I feel ya though! I had it earlier in the year and it wasn't fun. D:

Post by **Greymalkin** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:19 am

Twisted_Pixie wrote:Then try to prevent it =) Build up ur immune system

I am. I'm taking so many vitamins at the moment I rattle when I walk. LOL!

Post by **Twisted_Pixie** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:54 am

Hahaha... well be careful with taking supplements... sometimes too much can be harmful!! Try some probiotics too like Vaalia yoghurt =)

Post by **Greymalkin** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:32 pm

Really? Can suppliments be harmful??? How???

I take one of those pro-biotic, pre-biotic yogurty drinks everyday.

Post by **Twisted_Pixie** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:30 pm

They sure can!!!

Well if you think about it, most vitamins and minerals have a certain amount u can have before they begin to have toxic effects... so say you are having almost ur daily intake thru supplements, then you go and have food on top of that... well you can sometimes get too much. (i just woke up so i hope im making sense lol)

Anyway, just be sure you dont overdo it on the supplements =)

Pix

Post by **Greymalkin** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:00 am

Oh I see what you mean.

Yes I can see that, but I had surgery earlier this year on my stomach to help me lose weight so I eat a very small amount of food anyway.

If I eat 700 calories a day that's a lot!

Post by **Twisted_Pixie** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 7:31 am

As long as ur taking them with professional advice =) Haha listen to me, i still have a year to go and i already sound like a naturopath hehe

Post by **Greymalkin** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:03 am

My surgeon has said I need to be on vitamin suppliments probably for the rest of my life. He prescribed me three different vitamin pills to take but since then I have gone a bit over the top.
Now I take about 25 vitamin pills a day.
They're different ones, garlic, omega oil, St John's Wort, etc..

But maybe I have gone a bit overboard.

Post by **Twisted_Pixie** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:56 pm

Ah.... yes..... do ur doctors know ur taking all those?? Especially the st johns wort..... Just make sure u tell ur dr etc every vitamin ur taking and get his advice or a nutritionists or herbalists advice, because especially with herbs, mixing and matching can be extremely dangerous

Be very careful hunni =/