[at-l] Re: The flu bug...UGH!!!!

[shellydhale at earthlink.net (Shelly Hale)]

Sleep?!?!  Never heard of that animal.  At least not when my girls are
home...and did I mention that Leastun has been home with me all day with her
own pet flu bug?  And, Blondie and Middleun had early dismissal from school
today.  Sheesh...I can't even find time to be sick!  LOL

Shelly Hale
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Hudson" <hudsom@us.ibm.com>
To: <at-l@backcountry.net>
Cc: "Shelly Hale" <shellydhale@earthlink.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 1:47 PM
Subject: The flu bug...UGH!!!!


>
>
>
>
> <<Have you or someone you known gotten sick out on the trail?  If so, how
> was the illness
> handled?  Did the person keep on hiking?  Anyone have a story along this
> line that they want
> to share...and please...let's not be too graphic with body fluids and
such.
> LOL>>
>
> My father asked that question when I got off the trail. My reply was that
I
> didn't think the (virus) bugs could stand all the fresh air and exercise,
> so not counting aches and pains my health was great!
> That said, a lot of the other hikers were picking up sniffles coming out
of
> the towns. Never seemed to develope into full-blown colds, but trying to
> hike with that "run-down" feeling probably wasn't a whole lot of fun.
> Probably another good arguement for spending as little time in town as
> possible... less chance to pick something up.
>
> Take care of yourself! Probably the best thing to do is try to sleep
> through it <g>
>
> skeeter
>