Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: sick
  • Music: Sophie B. Hawkins, "Don't Stop Swaying."

Sick even unto death.

I have been talking about this a lot on Twitter, to the point that I figured everyone knew, but apparently, I was wrong. So:

I am sick. Like really, really sick. Like "missing a week of work, barely getting out of bed, too exhausted to deal with anything" sick. I caught the flu. And yes, I got my flu shot. It's not a magic bullet; it just increases resistance and sometimes decreases the severity of the flu itself. Well, if that's the case, I'm damn glad I got it, because I think I'd be dead now without it.

This is a bad, bad flu season. Take care of yourselves. And please, please, don't pressure me for fast responses to anything. I am too sick to die, and you may have to wait longer than usual for an answer.
Tags: medical fu
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alicetheowl

January 16 2013, 03:47:46 UTC 4 years ago

Feel better soon!

I kept reading about how this was getting classified an epidemic. Where I live, we shut down a whole school for a week, we have flu shot shortages, and there are two different bugs running through the populace. The more minor one is a stomach bug that passes within three days. The other is this flu, and it doesn't appear to be affecting people who got the shot in the fall. Which, as one such person, all I can say is, I hope it stays that way.