View Full Version : I got the MERS and Survived! :D
Frog
May 15th, 2014, 04:22 AM
I haven't really been active for the last month and I just realized CJ 3.0 is back. I thought it was going to be CJ 2.2?
And the reason I wasn't active for the last month has to do with...
-Hiking in the desert
-Withdrawal symptoms from quitting nicotine
-Catching a cold thinking it was withdrawal from nicotine
-Catching MERS thinking it was catching a cold thinking it was withdrawal from nicotine
-Being violently ill and weak even after MERS
Some fun facts about my experience with MERS:
-The symptoms don't go away unless you treat the symptoms
-You cough at least once a minute for a week+ straight, even when you're sleeping
-There will be blood...
-That fever I had, that was no nicotine withdrawal...
-1/3 of people contracting MERS die
Not really a C.J. topic... yet...
Ash
May 15th, 2014, 04:39 AM
How did you recover? Did it just go away?
Also, I thought the MERS was just introduced into the U.S?
Frog
May 15th, 2014, 04:57 AM
Yeah that's right I heard about those 2 in the US. I live in Dubai and spent time hiking in Oman. Honestly I think I caught it from hooking up with either a flight attendant or a school teacher, because I was never around camels while hiking.
For the first week I didn't treat the symptoms.
Then I treated the symptoms with medicine.
I stopped taking medicine earlier this week and almost all of the symptoms are gone.
I might still be contagious, but I'm feeling 99.99% better now, still a little weak.
Nick
May 15th, 2014, 05:25 AM
From what I can gather from your posts, you are neither in hospital nor in quarantine.
Bunny
May 15th, 2014, 05:41 AM
did a doctor diagnose you with this?
Frog
May 15th, 2014, 09:33 AM
Yeah I avoided the hospital route, or telling anyone official I was sick. Are you kidding me? I have to travel for business, I can't afford to be blacklisted from flights.
Cryptonic
May 15th, 2014, 09:41 AM
lol yes, good idea, go on flights and infect others with a disease that kills 1/3 ppl.
Anyways, how do you know you have it? WebMD? Are you sure it's not cancer?
Frog
May 15th, 2014, 11:18 AM
The women who most likely infected me were both diagnosed with MERS. I'm assuming I got it from either or both of them.
And yeah, it's a little irresponsible, but I cancelled my trips for the last several weeks... I'm probably not contagious anymore.
Bunny
May 15th, 2014, 11:33 AM
Yeah I avoided the hospital route, or telling anyone official I was sick. Are you kidding me? I have to travel for business, I can't afford to be blacklisted from flights.
well then you have no idea you had it.. i had a terrible cough for 2 weeks with blood and I'm certain i didn't have that.
Cryptonic
May 15th, 2014, 11:33 AM
So, if you and these 2 women had it, which one you 3 do you think is gonna die?
Cryptonic
May 15th, 2014, 11:34 AM
well then you have no idea you had it.. i had a terrible cough for 2 weeks with blood and I'm certain i didn't have that.
hi. u made me have to view my post before posting.
Bunny
May 15th, 2014, 11:47 AM
hi. u made me have to view my post before posting.
forgivesies?!:shy:
Cryptonic
May 15th, 2014, 12:04 PM
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Apache
May 15th, 2014, 12:16 PM
what do you do frog where you fly all the time
were you afraid to die?
i think it depends on how good your immune system is if you survive
Orpz
May 15th, 2014, 02:24 PM
rip flight attendant
Frog
May 18th, 2014, 03:47 AM
@ Crypt, LOL!!!! The teacher is alive and well. The air hostess is still sick... 1/3 ... 0.o
@ Apache - When I was violently ill I didn't realize I was in a position of life and death... so no, I had no fear of death. I travel often for market development - analysis, setting up, opening operations in new countries.
**Finally 100% ! Back to the gym !
Cryptonic
May 18th, 2014, 06:43 AM
Honestly, who wouldn't go to the doctor if they thought they had an illness that could easily kill them? I find this story really hard to believe.
Nick
May 18th, 2014, 07:01 AM
**Finally 100% ! Back to the gym !
Make sure to make a detour through the old folks home and childcare center.
Honestly, who wouldn't go to the doctor if they thought they had an illness that could easily kill them? I find this story really hard to believe.
Will only kill people with weak immune system and comorbidities.
Bunny
May 18th, 2014, 08:09 AM
Make sure to make a detour through the old folks home and childcare center.
don't forget maternity wards/nicu!
lol sry but self diagnosis is dumb..
one time i heard crypt say something but he said he didnt, must be schizophrenia..:smile:
Frog
May 19th, 2014, 05:21 AM
LOL! You make a very good point. If I venture out towards the gathering of an entire industry/sector, I could potentially wipe out 1/3 of it. So if I were to hang out with Hanson/One Direction etc. the odds are favorable.
Bruno
May 22nd, 2014, 02:46 PM
this whole thread is a shame of what couldve been
Helz
May 22nd, 2014, 11:59 PM
Lol. I called it!
Glad you are feeling better
Cryptonic
May 23rd, 2014, 07:20 AM
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Impactor Logia
May 23rd, 2014, 07:23 AM
Some MERS patients didn't even get symptoms.
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