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Title: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Cogidubnus on February 22, 2007, 12:28:37 AM
Well, here's to hoping Mrs. Amber feels better soon. :<
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: superluser on February 22, 2007, 12:37:58 AM
This time of year, you know.  I'm sorry, Mrs. Amber.

(also--and you knew I had to do this--the runic appears to be ``grooble grooble pfft pfft blarp,'' if it's Futhark)
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Distracting on February 22, 2007, 12:47:43 AM
It's going around pretty badly. I blame winter for getting everyone's moods so low. I personally believe that your mood can affect your health...and that there's something going around. Around next month of last year, there were hundreds of kids gone from school (and it's not a big school either) because of illness.
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Regal on February 22, 2007, 12:51:09 AM
My sympathies, Amber. There are all sorts of nasty things going around. I'm recovering from a sinus infection myself. Good luck with being dead and all. I'm sure Fluffy can find a voodoo spell or mad scientist to get you going again.

get well cookie with get well mow  :mowcookie
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Zedd on February 22, 2007, 12:51:31 AM
Darn flue...Its taken you and my mother by storm!
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: xHaZxMaTx on February 22, 2007, 01:05:27 AM
Oof, I've already gone through all that this winter, no fun at all. :<  Get better without getting worse.
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Zorro on February 22, 2007, 01:33:24 AM
BRING OUT YER DEAD!  Bangs on Chime   :U
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Aridas on February 22, 2007, 01:42:44 AM
but I want my dead to stay here :<
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Manawolf on February 22, 2007, 02:40:07 AM
"I'm getting better."

I really need to, since this is midterms time.
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Alondro on February 22, 2007, 04:24:29 AM
People are getting sick all around me!  There are germs creeping about everywhere!   :U

Hope yer better soon, Amber.  My brother and I had an influenza-like illness early in December.  Very achy body, fever, nausea, and incredible tiredness.   :mowtongue
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Valynth on February 22, 2007, 04:45:26 AM
I only suffered from the flu once to my memory, but it was like living hell, Vomit, shifting from hot to cold in the span of a few minutes, headaches, you name it I had it in that one week of time.  Of course that was back when I was only around 10 or so.  My memory doesn't go that far back and I've already progressed to repression and I've never had the flu since.  Though I have had the occasional cold bug.

Anyway, I hope you get well soon Amber.
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: King Of Hearts on February 22, 2007, 05:56:38 AM
Of course miss Amber is sick sometimes, havent you seen her piece with th-- o wait... THAT kind of sick?

*offers Chicken soup for the Cartoonists' soul*

Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Sunblink on February 22, 2007, 08:05:15 AM
Awww, being sick is no fun. I know that from experience, and from being a wuss when it comes to stomach pains. :< Here's hoping you get better soon, Amber. *offers hugs*  :hug

~Keaton the Black Jackal
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: llearch n'n'daCorna on February 22, 2007, 08:16:57 AM
Indeed. GWS.
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Akisohida on February 22, 2007, 08:54:53 AM
There is a lesson here; when you sacrifice readers souls for artistic talent, keep a few in reserve to sacrifice in order to not get sick.
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Madmann135 on February 22, 2007, 09:20:49 AM
your not suppose to use chicken blood for the flu... your suppose to use white tiger whisker.

Kidding.

but still... I've been in a constant horrendous mood for the past 2+ years and I havn't cought any sort of cold for like 10 years.  And when I did catch a cold it didn't last very long.


Try a little lemon tea that helps a little.  Though there are a few flu reedies that are modern day but can make you gag.
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Brunhidden on February 22, 2007, 09:25:23 AM
Quote from: superluser on February 22, 2007, 12:37:58 AM
(also--and you knew I had to do this--the runic appears to be ``grooble grooble pfft pfft blarp,'' if it's Futhark)

silly fluffy, everyone knows that Eldar Futhark runes have to be CARVED INTO HER FORHEAD and then the inscriptions are to be read backwards whilst inlaying the runes with a material such as the sap of an ash tree, menstrual blood, or meade thats been spat in. if the wounds start to fester be sure to wash it off in the traditional boiled ox urine for that extra authentic scandinavian first aid flair.

im impressed that anyone bothered to translate it, but this does prove that the artist which made this also knew Futhark. sadly eldar futhark is actually read right to left so it translates as " pralb tffp tffp elboorg elboorg". for all i know that could mean something.


wait, maybe its NOT Eldar Futhark! it could be a later script!
*spends twenty minutes trying to translate it to gothic futhark, norwegan futhark, egyptian roon, medieval rune script, drunken irishman, 'street' futhark, and pig-futhark*
well, the closest i can find is that if you really slur your norwegan it sounds like "rasberry gelatin desert, spanking with a boat oar"......... ya know, that works too.

QuoteWhere it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Narethlian on February 22, 2007, 11:20:58 AM
*Holds up bottle of Pepto Bismol*
Here's to Mrs. Amber and hoping she feels better! Bottoms up!

-Nar
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: rt on February 22, 2007, 11:53:57 AM
 :ill Oy yes there is a nasty one going around .. hope amber feels good soon  and doesn't get the worst of it  :ill
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Yugo on February 22, 2007, 03:18:38 PM
-huggles the amber- I hope the Amber-lady feels better soon.  :mowsad
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Tezkat on February 22, 2007, 03:59:45 PM
Yeah, I definitely concur about all the nasty bugs going around. I've been stuck in bed myself with a bacterial bronchitis that just won't die.  :ill

I know how you must be feeling, Amber. Get well soon!  :mowcookie
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: KarlOmega1 on February 22, 2007, 04:19:49 PM
Oh snap! Amber with the flu? Geez, I hope she gets better.
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Amber Williams on February 22, 2007, 05:36:27 PM
Amber here, got the ability for a quick update.

I'm not entirely sure what I have...though I'm somewhat doubtful its the full on flu since my throat/nose are unscathed (save for a slightly scratchy throat but nothing terrible)  Whatever I got, hit me right in the stomach and also seemed to disable my sense of balance.   Which was a horrible combination since everytime I tried to make a break for the bathroom, I had the issue of getting queezy or near blacking out.

I'm doing a bit better now, in the sense I can sit up for a couple hours at a time.  But things are still a bit bleh.
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Kenji on February 22, 2007, 05:42:48 PM
Sorry you have an imperfect immune system. :< We'll try to send you a wheelchair and a bedpan to assist you in your time of need.  :harley
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: ardaron on February 22, 2007, 05:49:01 PM
Quote from: Akisohida on February 22, 2007, 08:54:53 AM
There is a lesson here; when you sacrifice readers souls for artistic talent, keep a few in reserve to sacrifice in order to not get sick.

I've got it!  We can start a help-Amber-get-better soul-drive!  You can have mine, if it helps.  *puts soul in a cardboard box labelled "Amber wellness fund"*

I really hope you feel better soon.
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: llearch n'n'daCorna on February 22, 2007, 06:27:19 PM
Get out of there!

... And whoever wrote this on here can just bog off, as well. :-P
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: superluser on February 22, 2007, 07:51:06 PM
Quote from: Amber Williams on February 22, 2007, 05:36:27 PMI'm not entirely sure what I have...though I'm somewhat doubtful its the full on flu since my throat/nose are unscathed (save for a slightly scratchy throat but nothing terrible)  Whatever I got, hit me right in the stomach and also seemed to disable my sense of balance.   Which was a horrible combination since everytime I tried to make a break for the bathroom, I had the issue of getting queezy or near blacking out.

That's no good.  The flu doesn't typically have otolaryngological symptoms (http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/cold/sick.pdf), anyways, so it could still be the flu.  Given your symptoms, I'm wondering if it might not be food poisoning.  Food poisoning tends to have an ``everybody out of the pool; all exits now!'' quality to it, which the flu doesn't often have. (food poisoning symptoms (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/food-poisoning/NU00637))

I'm no doctor, but based on what I've been reading, I'd suggest plenty of fluids and possibly something with electrolytes and/or glucose to keep yourself from dehydrating.
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: GabrielsThoughts on February 22, 2007, 07:59:13 PM
honey, eat lots and lots of honey...or sugar. both work equally well in making you feel better when you're sick.
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: superluser on February 22, 2007, 08:18:35 PM
Quote from: GabrielsThoughts on February 22, 2007, 07:59:13 PMhoney, eat lots and lots of honey...or sugar. both work equally well in making you feel better when you're sick.

I don't know what Amber's present relationship to solids is, but she might try diluting honey in water, thus getting both fluids and glucose (31% of honey according to Wikipedia).  Maybe add a pinch of salt for electrolytes, and she's in business!
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Brunhidden on February 22, 2007, 08:37:43 PM
sounds more like a gastral virus then a flu- which is just as well cause my cold and flu remedy would make someone with a stomach bug hurl.

what is my cold and flu remedy? a shot glass full of lemon juice, repeat every 2-3 hours as nessesary.

*is abused by photobucket*

Quotemmmmm, chowder

Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Amber Williams on February 22, 2007, 08:42:13 PM
Bru...your signature string is too freaking huge.  Shrink the eye so its on one line or remove it.
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Zedd on February 22, 2007, 10:13:37 PM
Just get better now
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Mavus on February 23, 2007, 02:13:13 PM
I started off in Early January with the Flu.  Headache, Sinus, cough and body aches :erk.  Then in late January got the Stomach Flu, Headache, Nausa, Sinus :<.  Now it's round 2 with the Flu again, back to the Headache, sinus, coughing, bodyaches and now also virtago :cry.  I've been sick so long that my inner ear can't handle it. :P As well as having fevers of 102.9 I can't navagiat to the restroom that easily.

I hope you get better quick Amber.  This flu season really is nasty.  Go and Grab some Vitamin C too and start building up your immune system because you really don't want the other type of flu that is going around it's super nasty.
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Nikki on February 23, 2007, 04:21:26 PM
Quote from: superluser on February 22, 2007, 12:37:58 AM
This time of year, you know.  I'm sorry, Mrs. Amber.

(also--and you knew I had to do this--the runic appears to be ``grooble grooble pfft pfft blarp,'' if it's Futhark)
you were fairly close...

'grooble grooble pwwt pwwt blarp'

That is, unless i got the 'f' symbol and the 'w' symbol mixed up...i can write fluently in runes XD
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Lomgren on February 23, 2007, 04:44:30 PM
Well, everyone seems to be getting something nasty of one kind or another.  I hope you get well soon, Amber.

For me, it was a high fever (101+ Fahrenheit, or 38.3+ Celsius) with a cough and gunk and just general nastiness.  I still have the cough, sadly, but it's not nearly as bad as it used to be.
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: The LizardKing on February 25, 2007, 12:50:41 PM
Man...everybody at my school is getting the cold (including me, although i have a pretty good immune system. probably because i had never heard of the five second rule as a child   :3 But i just got renewed on my hepatitis A becuase i'm going to China for my school band trip (I live in cleveland and i don't go to a private school) so when i'm there i've got to worry about asian bird flu......which means, quite cecinctly, this:
D0|\|'7 DR1|\|K 73|-| \/\/473R!!1!!11!!!!!!!! :zombiekun2
get welll 500|\|, 4|\/|83r.
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: llearch n'n'daCorna on February 25, 2007, 01:00:39 PM
"Don't drink the water, don't breathe the air."


Tom Lehrer rocks.
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: ShiningShadow on February 26, 2007, 07:46:00 AM
be well I haven't been sick in a while thanks goodness. I hope everybody including Amber get well very soon.
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Ted Schiller on February 27, 2007, 01:27:28 AM
Greetings Mrs. Williams,

Perhaps you prepare a strip for use in just such occasions.  Next time you are to sick to draw you can put it up.  :)

"Meanwhile back at SAIA."

*Fa'Lina is leading a tap dancing class* 

More tap dancing Fa'Lina.  Sounds good to me.   :boogie

With regards,
Ted
Title: Re: Flu - 2/21/2007
Post by: Ted Schiller on February 28, 2007, 01:14:07 AM
If we are to hold a funeral for Mrs. Williams, we better hurry up before she stops being dead.     :zombiekun2

With regards,
Ted