fleighing
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Joined: 04/29/08
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I'm actually leery to post this in fear of starting panic. I went to the 4 NYC shows and got sick after Webster Hall, was still sick when I flew to LA for those four shows. All my symptoms have been respiratory (no puking or runs). Was secretly kinda glad that the Fonda show got cancelled/postponed because I could barely breathe or move after Palladium. Slept all of Thursday, got up and passed out. Went to the ER (I HATE hospitals, but particularly those not from where you are and thus aren't familiar with---I'm a doctor and am used to the perks I get in MY area). Found out I have pneumonia. Advised NOT to attend any more shows, and not to fly anytime soon. Well, I sure as fuck AM going to the last shows and am flying back on Monday.
This does not mean everyone or anyone else will get this sick, a very small % of flu victims get pneumonia and/or other serious complications. Its usually just the very young and the very old that get hit hard. But I am a *special snowflake* and have serious underlying health issues that not only will shorten my life (thank god at this rate) but also make me prone to pneumonia. And since I'm not contagious, the only risk to going to these shows is to myself.
Just wondered if anyone else got fucked by the fickle finger of the flu fate fairy.
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