First of all I want to apologize to all my loyal readers.  I’ve been very neglectful of this blog, and the only excuse I have is it’s been a bit of a rough few months for me.  Enough said, I’m sorry I left you all without new info for a few months.

Have you all been following the latest on the swine flu?  I’m happy to say we had it in my house, it was very mild and I was able to take Tamiflu and avoid it myself altogether.  I do have to say Tamiflu is great stuff and if you can somehow stockpile a quantity, do it.  I had two kids sick and started to get a sore throat, the first day I took it I definitely felt a surge of energy and then the sore throat went away completely and nothing ever developed.  Of course I was maintaining my daily ration of vitamin C also.  Fortunately my kids had very mild cases and were well within a week. 

One of the main symptoms for us was a hoarse cough that lasted about 2 weeks.  I sent them back to school after 7 days as they were fever free, but the cough lingered.  Cool mist humidifiers were the best relief and regular Dimetapp for the cough was sufficient.  Frankly, I’m glad they’ve had it so I don’t have to think about the vaccine. 

Thankfully at this point the pandemic seems mild, at least here in North America if you don’t have underlying medical issues.  We should all learn a valuable lesson and be stocked up on masks, alcohol gel and other necessities as there were shortages in the beginning.  It could have been much, much worse, or it could get worse.  As always it pays to be prepared.