Posts Tagged ‘Sickness’

Stay Alive Panikku! lol

// February 18th, 2010 // 3 Comments » // Pictures, Web Related

I was going to have a new layout for Panikku but nothing was making me happy. I think if I want to change it again I will attempt to make my own theme. It may be a while before you see something new because making my own theme is a lot of work.

I have been joining a lot of different web communities for the hell of it. If you have any of these then don’t be afraid to friend me.

DeviantArt – Facebook – Twitter – Plurk – Tumblr – Flickr – we♥it

Not a whole lot to say lately. My family is catching that stomach bug so I’m just waiting for my turn. I’m really not looking forward to it. I hope I can be lucky and miss it again but… the second round is bound to catch me.

My sister is in a painting class. She is using linseed oil right now and it’s the first time she has actually painted. Here is her first attempt. I think it is pretty good. 0_0 She will always amaze me with her art talent.

Cold Vs. Flu

// November 12th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Informative, Rants

I really get irritated when people tell me they have the flu yet they are sitting on the computer or on the sofa. I also roll my eyes when people say the would take their chances with the flu than take a shot.

These type of people just don’t understand how painful and serious the flu can be and they mistake having a common cold for the flu.

I’ll tell you right now, if you have the flu, you are not getting out of bed.

Here is a chart I found from Tamiflu website.

Symptom Cold Flu
Fever Fever is rare with a cold. Fever is usually present with the flu in up to 80% of all flu cases. A temperature of 100°F or higher for 3 to 4 days is associated with the flu.
Coughing A hacking, productive (mucus- producing) cough is often present with a cold. A non-productive (non-mucus producing) cough is usually present with the flu (sometimes referred to as dry cough).
Aches Slight body aches and pains can be part of a cold. Severe aches and pains are common with the flu.
Stuffy Nose Stuffy nose is commonly present with a cold and typically resolves spontaneously within a week. Stuffy nose is not commonly present with the flu.
Chills Chills are uncommon with a cold. 60% of people who have the flu experience chills.
Tiredness Tiredness is fairly mild with a cold. Tiredness is moderate to severe with the flu.
Sneezing Sneezing is commonly present with a cold. Sneezing is not common with the flu.
Sudden Symptoms Cold symptoms tend to develop over a few days. The flu has a rapid onset within 3-6 hours. The flu hits hard and includes sudden symptoms like high fever, aches and pains.
Headache A headache is fairly uncommon with a cold. A headache is very common with the flu, present in 80% of flu cases.
Sore Throat Sore throat is commonly present with a cold. Sore throat is not commonly present with the flu.
Chest Discomfort Chest discomfort is mild to moderate with a cold. Chest discomfort is often severe with the flu.

I had the flu once. Never again. I never want to go through that EVER again. It was bad because I had just gotten over a stomach bug, which caused my immunity to go down. I got the flu not much later and had a hard time with it. I was stuck in bed for 7 days straight, throwing up, getting high fevers, waking up with sweat only to pass out again with drugs to help reduce my fever. I hardly moved while I was in the bed too and started to get sore spots on my bottom and back. I couldn’t take any of the flu medication because it hurt my weak stomach. The flu is hell.

I’m not saying a cold is something to laugh about, but it just isn’t the flu.

Oh yeah, and Hay Fever is not a cold either. You sneeze once doesn’t mean you are coming down sick. Stupid anime shows! LOL

Stranger in my Room

// May 13th, 2009 // 11 Comments » // General, Rants

Gah, looks like I need to make an appointment with an Gynecologist. This is starting to be ridiculous. I’m not looking forward to dropping more money. Buh.

Has anyone ever had a strange feeling in their room before falling asleep or being woken up from it?

Sometimes I get the feeling that there is someone else in my room. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not talking about the monster under my bed or the boogie man in my closet kind of deal. I’m just saying, it feels like there is something else.

Most of the time I can roll over and ignore that feeling. It doesn’t usually creep me out just makes me think I’m going crazy. There are times when it happens that I think it is one of my family members grabbing something from my room but when I ask them they always look at me weird and tell me they haven’t been in my room.

However, there is the rare time when the feeling actually makes me scared. I don’t know if you would just call those panic attacks or what. Anyway, I will be laying with my face towards the wall and get that feeling that someone is leering over me. I know no one is there but it is like my body is frozen in place so I can’t turn around to prove that there is nothing there.

Now, I would just write these things off if it only happened once or twice, but the fact that it has happened a number of times just makes me wonder… WTH is in my room?!!

Those scary ones always happen when I’m already asleep. They wake me up and make it so I can’t move. I don’t know… it’s just weird and not normal. I never get this way when I sleep anywhere else.

The weirdest thing is I’m not afraid of my room or anything. In fact, I still sleep the best in my room. It is only those strange accurances that I don’t like.

Strangely, it isn’t just me. My sister doesn’t like to be in my room because she thinks it is creepy at night.

Shrugs.

Anyway, I just mention this because I had that feeling last night before I went to sleep. I just ignored it this time and went on to sleep. I just got to thinking about it this morning and decided that it’s just weird.