[martian1]

My son had a bad cold about 2months ago so did i...i felt rubbish but stuck work out. This time however my son took bad last friday started complaining of being cold [turning heating on etc] i told him to but a top on instead. He then said he's too hot then that night the cough and severe vomiting started and it went on most of the night..phoned the NHS helpline and had to get him some Tamiflu. Since taking it he's getting a lot better but me and the wife are ill. I spend most of the day in bed feel a little better try getting up then it hits me again, my symptoms are wheezing cough [bit like a smoker] neverending headache [4 days virtually solid] sweating till the sheets are soaked and an upset stomach so i cannot face food or a cuppa...my wife's symptoms started a day after mine and are similar. Paracetamol is becoming inefective with the headaches anyway.
We are now both on the sick and i really don't know if i should get some Tamiflu myself. I think i could beat it without Tamiflu but i cannot risk it running into another week off work i feel better at the moment but the damn thing just re-surfaces and i am knocked back again. Yesterday i thought by today it will have eased a lot but i still keep having bouts of feeling sick as a dog and smooching back to bed. I went to bed around 11pm last night as i had been in bed most of yesterday [and slept] i had a reasonable night getting up about 3 times until i was so uncomftable i got up at 7.30am felt bad again so back to bed and i slept till lunchtime
As its been stated on here we may just be unlucky and have some flu variant and not swine-flu so if we took Tamiflu and the real thing struck it would not have much of an effect.
not sure what to do...

[ghostdog]

hi

They say that tamiflu is best taken within 48 hours of symptoms appearing otherwise it won't make much difference (says on the actual notes included with the Tamiflu tablets)

If I were you I'd call the pandemic flu hotline 0800 1513513 and get their advice on whether to take it or not

I feel for you, I'm still getting over mine which started last weekend as well. I was advised to take tamiflu and am now halfway through the course of treatment. You have to finish the whole course of tablets (2 a day for 5 days). There are side effects though and they're not very pleasant.

The night sweats stopped after the third night so no more soaked sheets, however I do have hot and cold sweats during the day.

Let's hope that we all get better soon