I have a retired medical friend that gets a flu shot every year, but he has also told me that at best they are only about 30% effective year to year.

Great advice as Influenza A is running rampid around here and hoping for a speedy recovery

Wow, glad you are feeling better and best of luck in your recovery. And thanks for the heads up.

Glad you are finally home Dan, hopefully the worst is behind you and you can begin to heal well now. It is very difficult to fully relax and rest in a health care facility like you can at home. I hope the best for you in the coming days and weeks.

What an ordeal, Dan ! Heal up. Scary .

According to another thread, you should have just done the world a favor and died, Dan.

Thank you all for the kind wishes.

Glad you are feeling better
I'm now waiting for you to post fishing pictures

It might be a good while. The local lake is still ice free. I could take the boat out and catch some rainbows.

I need some time to get this crap out of my lungs and get off oxygen. Then my focus will be to try and run a few cat traps before season ends.

man you were lucky you went in when you did, prayers for a speedy recovery

Prayers for a speedy recovery. The nursing home my brother in law is in, is on lock down because of this flue.

Did you get a spong bath from Bubba or Betty?

First of all, glad to hear you're on the mend, Dan.
I've never had a flu shot and haven't had even a cold in at least 10 years or better. But, right after Christmas I developed a cough that wouldn't go away. On New Years Eve day, my wife pushed me to go to urgent care. She was thinking I would develop pneumonia if I didn't get it checked out, so I did. My lungs were clear, my oxygen level was 98. Test for covid was negative. Test for the flu was negative. They put me on an antibiotic and I took over the counter Mucinex. That seems to have taken care of it.

However, then my wife got the same symptoms. She felt really tough and she has asthma. So, she went in the next day to urgent care. She was negative for covid and the flu. But, her oxygen level was down to 86. They put her on prednisone and has to use her nebulizer every 4 hours. It's taking her longer to get over the cough, but is getting better. Her oxygen level was up to 92 today.