Is this the goddamned flu??

[Systematic Chaos]

I'm not seeking medical advice in this thread. I'm only looking for possible confirmation of whatever the hell my wife and I are going through based on others' experiences.

So here's what's going on. Three days ago, both of us started having symptoms, which are:

Me -- Slight chest and sinus congestion, headache and body aches, vertigo when sitting up or lying down, extreme fatigue.

Wife -- Slight cough, headache and body aches, very bad cases of the chills, extreme fatigue.

I'm talking fatigue of the "sleep 12 hours and nod off in a chair 5 hours later" variety. Both of us.

We're both clearly fucked up with something! Does this sound like the flu? I've never had this type of thing happen before, so I don't know. I've had killer colds and pneumonia so bad it almost killed me, but never anything this weird. Anyone else had symptoms like these without feeling like they also have a horrible cold?

On edit: Nevada is in the 2nd highest category according to the CDC map for seasonal flu outbreaks. I only get out occasionally, while my wife is out and about a few times a week. Her symptoms started a day before mine, roughly. So, this is some more evidence that we caught some kind of crap.

[femmocrat]

1. Sounds like it.

Did either of you have a flu shot?

[Systematic Chaos]

2. I did last year and I was supposed to while in the hospital late this year, but...

it fell through the cracks. They told me they had run out just before my discharge, and I forgot to ask again before I finally left.

My wife is only insured under the local low income services, so even getting to see a doctor is next to impossible, and she also forgot to get a flu shot with the many other issues she had to discuss in just a few minutes. Good news is that she will have full Medicaid thanks to the ACA! It's a definite step up from what she has now.

It's probably too late now, but I'll see if our local drug stores are doing them.

[TexasBushwhacker]

6. It's not too late for flu shots

Peak season is actually January and February. I got a flu shot but still got the flu. It turns out the first batches of vaccine were for 3 strains of influenza and they found out there are actually 4 out there this year. It's always kind of a crap shoot anyway, but I still think they are worth it.

[B Calm]

3. Flu Symptoms facts

http://www.flufacts.com/know/symptoms.jsp

[Systematic Chaos]

4. So yeah, pretty much. But so far this has been comparatively mild. Mostly just annoying as hell.

I count us both lucky, unless there is a sudden major worsening for either of us.

[benld74]

5. Tis the flu.

Our oldest has it now making it the 2nd time for her since October.

[Systematic Chaos]

7. Ew, that sucks!!

Give her our best and our good vibes, and I hope she's only as bad off as the wife and I. Sore and impossibly tired is better than coughing our lungs out and being unable to breathe too!