Has anyone else had a tough time with flu bugs this winter? I've had two bronchial/flu episodes, one for the entire month of December, and another recently for two weeks.
It's almost impossible to play under such conditions, but just as difficult is the fact that it breaks my routine. When I can finally breathe again without coughing up lung tissue, I have to overcome inertia all over again to get back into some semblance of a practise regimen.
Boy, it's been a rough winter.
It's been a rough winter...
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I've got flu or cold symptoms right now, and it seems to have started in the lungs. Hurts to cough. I've got a bunch of upcoming gigs, and I will be getting rid of it in the next few days. I feel it running its course. Don't tell me it'll take weeks.
My wife's sister in Ireland had a bad cough which turned into a mild case of pneumonia during our visit recently.
I had a customer today who said he had bronchitis recently.
My wife's sister in Ireland had a bad cough which turned into a mild case of pneumonia during our visit recently.
I had a customer today who said he had bronchitis recently.
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I currently work at a very large upscale health club (7000 or so members) so I'm around people all day, and I get to know many of them. This year I've seen more people sick with the flu than any year I can remember. Even more notable is that that many folks are getting quite sick from this year's worst flu strain which is Brisbane/10 I believe. This wasn't included in the Northern Hemisphere flu vaccine this year, so a flu shot didn't help.
Most of my clients have gotten the flu already and many have been sick enough that they had to miss 2 weeks or more of training (which is killing me financially). 4 of my clients so far got sick enough that they had to go to the hospital. Now that's bad. For many folks, there seems to be a very long lasting cough that lingers for over a month as well. Lots of hacking going on around here in Boston.
I did get some version of the flu, but I was still functional, so I think I didn't get the Brisbane/10 strain, thankfully.
Definitely a bad flu year around here.
Loren
Most of my clients have gotten the flu already and many have been sick enough that they had to miss 2 weeks or more of training (which is killing me financially). 4 of my clients so far got sick enough that they had to go to the hospital. Now that's bad. For many folks, there seems to be a very long lasting cough that lingers for over a month as well. Lots of hacking going on around here in Boston.
I did get some version of the flu, but I was still functional, so I think I didn't get the Brisbane/10 strain, thankfully.
Definitely a bad flu year around here.
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I lucked out a few years ago, and my doctor caught my pneumonia before I had to be hospitalized or died. It most likely came from a flu (I'd seen a doc-in-the-box two days earlier).
I will never not get a flu shot again. I figured I was healthy and in shape and had never had a serious flu before, but I came very close to dying. A single flu shot may not have helped, but many years of flu shots will give at least partial immunity to most strains. My wife worked in hospitals for many years and had to get shots, and she hasn't had the flu since I've known her.
Oh, and according to my doctor, the nasal flu vaccine has stronger cross-reactivity than shots. Not sure if it's even available any more.
I will never not get a flu shot again. I figured I was healthy and in shape and had never had a serious flu before, but I came very close to dying. A single flu shot may not have helped, but many years of flu shots will give at least partial immunity to most strains. My wife worked in hospitals for many years and had to get shots, and she hasn't had the flu since I've known her.
Oh, and according to my doctor, the nasal flu vaccine has stronger cross-reactivity than shots. Not sure if it's even available any more.
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Its early autumn down under.
I have had this thing that comes and goes for several weeks now.
Tomorrow I am going to have my second blood test to see if I have
Ross River Fever which I may have got because I was bitten by pernicious mosquities when I was camping at the edge of a sub tropical rain forest on one of my tours up in the North country.
The worst thing is when I feel nauseous for hours on end and I feel like there is a lump of mucous at the back of my throat somewhere up deep in my sinuses. It really saps my energy for any activity other than reflective stuff like scrying the landscape, talking and reading or listening to music. I don't watch much TV.
I hope you have enjoyed some of my recent reflective posts. I know they made me feel better.
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I have had this thing that comes and goes for several weeks now.
Tomorrow I am going to have my second blood test to see if I have
Ross River Fever which I may have got because I was bitten by pernicious mosquities when I was camping at the edge of a sub tropical rain forest on one of my tours up in the North country.
The worst thing is when I feel nauseous for hours on end and I feel like there is a lump of mucous at the back of my throat somewhere up deep in my sinuses. It really saps my energy for any activity other than reflective stuff like scrying the landscape, talking and reading or listening to music. I don't watch much TV.
I hope you have enjoyed some of my recent reflective posts. I know they made me feel better.
Bon Sante!
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I've been sick for most of this year. I still have a cough. And I've still played every day and recorded all my clips with cough, congestion, asthma off and on. Low grade stuff but I'm still far from 100%.
FWIW--I think, though, that it can have an upside: due to limited air supply, I have to be as economical and focused as possible. It forces me to make the most of my energy and air. A former roommate of mine, probably the greatest jazz bassoon player in the world (Paul Hanson, look him up) who was/is just a phenomenal musician, woodwind player (one year I bumped into him and he said he had been touring Europe playing clarinet in a Klezmer band--I didn't even know he played clarinet or Klezmer) has really bad, chronic asthma who said the same thing when he had a bad cold/flu--it can be a great time to practice to learn to make the most out of the least. Well, he could circular breathe which helped on the reed instruments. We, I'm afraid, don't have that luxury.
FWIW--I think, though, that it can have an upside: due to limited air supply, I have to be as economical and focused as possible. It forces me to make the most of my energy and air. A former roommate of mine, probably the greatest jazz bassoon player in the world (Paul Hanson, look him up) who was/is just a phenomenal musician, woodwind player (one year I bumped into him and he said he had been touring Europe playing clarinet in a Klezmer band--I didn't even know he played clarinet or Klezmer) has really bad, chronic asthma who said the same thing when he had a bad cold/flu--it can be a great time to practice to learn to make the most out of the least. Well, he could circular breathe which helped on the reed instruments. We, I'm afraid, don't have that luxury.
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Flu is why every flute player should play concertina, - or some other instrument not powered by lung.
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I've been fortunate so far this year to avoid that nasty respiratory bug that seemingly hangs on forever. I get a flu shot every year now, and I try to wash my hand frequently. Several years ago, I got pneumonia and it kicked my butt, and have no idea how I got exposed to it. I guess it's just out there.
My son, who attends UC Santa Cruz, has been sick most of the winter quarter. He was becoming a regular at the campus health clinic, and they had him on antibiotics and cough medicine with codiene. He called one day and just sounded so sick, and when he told me he was coughing up blood, I went and got him and brought him back to his family doc. The doc said his lungs sounded like someone with acute asthma and put him on Prednisone. He's much better now but can't shake the cough completely.
Man, I feel for you folks if you've got that crud. Now, my wife has come down wife the endless cough thing, and I work in a setting where I come into contact with lots of people. So far my luck has been good...maybe I should head for Reno.
My son, who attends UC Santa Cruz, has been sick most of the winter quarter. He was becoming a regular at the campus health clinic, and they had him on antibiotics and cough medicine with codiene. He called one day and just sounded so sick, and when he told me he was coughing up blood, I went and got him and brought him back to his family doc. The doc said his lungs sounded like someone with acute asthma and put him on Prednisone. He's much better now but can't shake the cough completely.
Man, I feel for you folks if you've got that crud. Now, my wife has come down wife the endless cough thing, and I work in a setting where I come into contact with lots of people. So far my luck has been good...maybe I should head for Reno.
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It's been a rough winter...
Here in Illinois we've got it too. I teach in a primary and JH school and get coughed on, breathed on, and germ ridden high 5's all the time - missed it so far although both my little ones got it. Around here it lasts for 2-3 weeks!
Hypothetical question since we all seem to push on no matter how we feel.... You're not up to par, but you practice anyway not knowing you're contagious and then next day come down with something truly nasty - what do you do with your contaminated wood flute?! Can you clean it or just leave it alone?
Hypothetical question since we all seem to push on no matter how we feel.... You're not up to par, but you practice anyway not knowing you're contagious and then next day come down with something truly nasty - what do you do with your contaminated wood flute?! Can you clean it or just leave it alone?
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I had the flu really bad last winter and was out for most of January and February and into March. I got really behind on flute orders and all year it has been a game of catching up.
Add to that has been some chronic stuff that knocks me flat with flu-like symptoms about every fourth week on average. These started two years ago. After tons of tests we finally figured out that I am fighting Lyme Disease, usually caught from a tick bite. All of this has slowed my production. Hopefully the antibiotics I am taking will cure this but its going to take time, as these flu-like episodes continue despite being on antibiotics for two months. May take up to a year or more of this therapy. In the meantime I have been suffering from one of these episodes since Wednesday, and mostly hiding under a blanket.
Fortunately, my clients have been most patient! Thank you everyone!
Get well everyone!
Casey
Add to that has been some chronic stuff that knocks me flat with flu-like symptoms about every fourth week on average. These started two years ago. After tons of tests we finally figured out that I am fighting Lyme Disease, usually caught from a tick bite. All of this has slowed my production. Hopefully the antibiotics I am taking will cure this but its going to take time, as these flu-like episodes continue despite being on antibiotics for two months. May take up to a year or more of this therapy. In the meantime I have been suffering from one of these episodes since Wednesday, and mostly hiding under a blanket.
Fortunately, my clients have been most patient! Thank you everyone!
Get well everyone!
Casey