Yes, yes, I know, WHY ISN'T MERCEDES DOING AWESOME THINGS RIGHT THIS MINUTE!!???

[antarcticaa]

Take care VV and DONT rush it.  I had the flu, went back to work 3 days later (cause teachers cant be sick or so we are told) then it became bronchitis.  Two weeks of that and then I got the stomach bug, probably because I didn't use common sense and rest from the flu in the first place.

So hugs, hugs, hugs and lots of chamomile tea.

[Vasarto]

Because Mercedes caught the flu.

This is influenza, not stomach flu.  I have been:

Coughing up lung, to the point that at one point I thought I had torn diaphragm muscles.  They're still sore and it hurts to laugh, cough, and breathe.
Exhausted merely by taking a shower to the point I have to lie down.
Sleeping about 12 hours (or more) at a stretch.
Pushed to the limit to get my paying work done.

I'm guessing it's going to be at least another week before I'm over this, so please be patient.

Take some Antioxidants and drink plenty of Orange Juice.

[Kriiden]

How dare you take personal time off to get better! Blasphemy! WORK!










(Disclaimer: Sarcasm. Take your time, and get better soon VV!)

[0nehanklap]

As with everything else you do, I am sure it is an absolutely awesome flu.    Get awesomer soon.

[Shadowe]

*asks his BOLO to shoot at anyone annoyed with Mercedes*

Get well soon!

[Lucretia MacEvil]

This thread is just another example of how wonderful this community is!

Get well soon, VV!

[Mistress Urd]

Because Mercedes caught the flu.

This is influenza, not stomach flu.  I have been:

Coughing up lung, to the point that at one point I thought I had torn diaphragm muscles.  They're still sore and it hurts to laugh, cough, and breathe.
Exhausted merely by taking a shower to the point I have to lie down.
Sleeping about 12 hours (or more) at a stretch.
Pushed to the limit to get my paying work done.

I'm guessing it's going to be at least another week before I'm over this, so please be patient.

Get well soon!

[Mister Bison]

I'd like to send best wishes to the OP, but I'd also like to remember everybody here that hugging should not be done IRL with flu clinging on somebody involved in the hug. That's how it becomes an epidemic ;)

[Victoria Victrix]

I'd like to send best wishes to the OP, but I'd also like to remember everybody here that hugging should not be done IRL with flu clinging on somebody involved in the hug. That's how it becomes an epidemic ;)

Virtual hugs only please.

Hydration, check.  Celestial Seasonings Bengal Spice Tea FTW.
Sleep, check.
Vitamins, minerals, yada, check.  Cold Snap (herbal thing) and lotsa EmergenC.
NOT doing Tamiflu (possible side effects I don't like), or Day/Nyquil (side effects of fuzzy brain I don't like).
Warm, check.

Tempted to apply Ye Old Scottish Cure.  Hang yer hat on th' bedpost.  Get inta bed.  Drink gud whiskey until ye see twa hats.

[Kriiden]

Virtual hugs only please.

Hydration, check.  Celestial Seasonings Bengal Spice Tea FTW.
Sleep, check.
Vitamins, minerals, yada, check.  Cold Snap (herbal thing) and lotsa EmergenC.
NOT doing Tamiflu (possible side effects I don't like), or Day/Nyquil (side effects of fuzzy brain I don't like).
Warm, check.

Tempted to apply Ye Old Scottish Cure.  Hang yer hat on th' bedpost.  Get inta bed.  Drink gud whiskey until ye see twa hats.

Scottish is good. I prefer ye ol'e irish. (Me being 50% irish does NOT sway my opinion!)

[Mister Bison]

Tempted to apply Ye Old Scottish Cure.  Hang yer hat on th' bedpost.  Get inta bed.  Drink gud whiskey until ye see twa hats.

Heh. Meh wud hav done dat until aye seein' twa hats witt an eye closed, heh !

[Mentalshock]

Tempted to apply Ye Old Scottish Cure.  Hang yer hat on th' bedpost.  Get inta bed.  Drink gud whiskey until ye see twa hats.

I'm partial to the Pictish cure.  Stare down the virus until it surrenders.

[houtex]

I'd like to send best wishes to the OP, but I'd also like to remember everybody here that hugging should not be done IRL with flu clinging on somebody involved in the hug. That's how it becomes an epidemic ;)

Until Madagascar gets wind of it...

/shut.
//Down.
///EVERYTHING.

[Mister Bison]

Okay, I got it now, congrats guys and gals, flu can get caught online :P

[Kadmon]

Thats what comes of being careless on the internet - it gets you viruses!

[houtex]

Obviously your Anti-Virus didn't have the latest updates.

[MindBlender]

Does Team Wildcard give paid sick days?  :P  Get better soon!  Virtual hugs in a hazmat suit.

[Kriiden]

Thank god I'm immune to the Flu...


(Seriously. Been alive 21 years, still haven't caught it. Last year, when I thought I had it, I went to the doctor and he specifically told me I had caught an odd virus. NOT the flu.)

[Ironwolf]

Pedialyte popsicles for whenever you are sick.

Nothing else is close.

[JaguarX]

Thank god I'm immune to the Flu...


(Seriously. Been alive 21 years, still haven't caught it. Last year, when I thought I had it, I went to the doctor and he specifically told me I had caught an odd virus. NOT the flu.)

I get a flu shot every year. Well, one it's required for any gov. employee that work as part of the health organization, although I really dont deal with patients directly, it probably easier to implement "everyone in this organization, which by definition is a hospital, to get a flu shot" instead of trying to figure out how often each employee come into contact with patients. By definition I  only deal with patients there is a food borne illness outbreak and chemical/biological/viral/radiation incident, but usually that mean something of the excrement type has hit the fans. And with the second one, (chem/bio/rad/virus "like smallpox,anthrax,ebola etc attack"), the flu is the least of the worries.