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Pox?

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  • Oldmangloom315Oldmangloom315 [ENFORCER] Boston, MARegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I was good yesterday but this morning Post-Nasal drip. I'm willing to bet a lot of our sickness was due to being over-tired and DST royally screwing us all.

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  • Menolly07Menolly07 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I think I may have a little funk. I started feeling especially run down on Sunday. Partly due to tiredness, but I think the overtiredness made me more susceptible to who knows what from who knows who. This time around I interacted with many more people. I washed my hands frequently, drank lots of water, didn't join Sumo puppy piles. Still, maybe caught something minour.

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  • tortured3tortured3 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    i have the PAX Plague...been coughing and i have a fever and this started Sunday night.

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  • MaiuMaiu Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I've been popping pills left and right. Had to miss work yesterday, but that was due to straight up fatigue. I couldn't afford to miss more, even though I've got cold/flu symptoms. Runny, stuffy nose, sore throat, cough, general out-of-it-ness. The usual, really. If I hadn't been wearing annoying to put on gloves, I would have been washing my hands a lot more often.

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  • IxmasatIxmasat Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I only have some exhaustion and a slight case of the post-PAX blues. :(

    I really lucked out, though...usually, when I let myself get this run down, I get a nasty cold. *knocks on wood* I'm taking all sorts of precautions to prevent this now, especially since my husband seems to have the pox.

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  • punziepunzie Cookie Pimp Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Whhooooo!! No sickness here. I didn't do any special Purell-ing/handwashing (post bathroom use was it) and I shook hands, hugged people, handled cookies and monies for Cookie Brigade, played demos, etc. Lucky me!!

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  • digitalwhodigitalwho Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    No Pox yet. just post-PAX blues and general exhaustion. Getting back home at 2:30am Tues morn only to get up for work by 7am prob just added to it. oye.

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  • DisruptedCapitalistDisruptedCapitalist I swear! Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Well as time has gone by, I can say with 90% confidence that whatever I got, I got from my daughter. So I think Pax was safe.

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  • LimondLimond Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I seem to be immune to catching diseases at PAX, but I still lose my voice every year.

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  • MelesMelesMelesMeles Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    No Pox for me either. I felt a little under the weather, but as per previous comments it was just from four days of treating my body like hell. What I'm hoping is that my body still got infected by all the PAX poxes. I only go to PAX to build my immune system.

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  • DisruptedCapitalistDisruptedCapitalist I swear! Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    ...And now I have pinkeye.


    piiiiinkeeyyyyyyeeeee!!!!!

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  • RachiekinRachiekin Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I didn't get sick but my husband came down with something on Monday. He has a nasty fever and cough. He's on antibiotics and a fever reducer now.

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  • mad_typistmad_typist Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Holyyakker wrote: »
    dirkgently wrote: »
    My throat is sore, don't know if that was from the three days of talking/yelling or from being sick.
    I'd bet it is probably overuse, under hydration, and general fatigue.

    That's what I thought at first, but here it is several days later and my throat is worse and I felt like I was going to pass out all day from fatigue, so I suspect it is indeed the PAX flu 2011. Today the cough and minor phlegm have begun (noooooooo).

    Several friends of mine who were at PAX are reporting similar symptoms.

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  • kitties_on_acidkitties_on_acid Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    ...And now I have pinkeye.


    piiiiinkeeyyyyyyeeeee!!!!!

    That's what you get for using Worcestershire sauce as an embalming fluid.

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  • HardcordoHardcordo Registered User new member
    edited March 2011
    I high fived like one dude. only regret of PAX.

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  • cyphrcyphr Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Yeah, I felt like death on Monday and have had a sore throat and general sick feeling this whole week. Although I'm not sure whether that's from PAX or from walking around Boston on Sunday night without a jacket on. Herp derp.

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  • RappakRappak Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    It's been going around Boston. I now also have a sore throat, more likely strep after this past weekend.

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  • Jorge D. FuentesJorge D. Fuentes Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I've got a bit of a cold.
    I seem to have picked it up on the very last day (Sunday night).
    It didn't kick until Wednesday though. Hopefully it goes away by tomorrow/Saturday.

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited March 2011
    I am not sick, but have been tired all week.

    From Wed-Sunday I got a total 14 hours of sleep. PAX is a harsh mistress.

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  • olleeollee OhioRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    So umm, i fear I may have been part of Patient Zero for this one...im so sorrry..

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  • LollerskateDJLollerskateDJ Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I think I'm a carrier of the pox.....I didn't get sick but everyone else around me is starting to get sick at work and sadly, I find that more funny than anything.

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  • SoyduckSoyduck Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    My POX is finally going away!!! FINALLY! I've spent probably 36 out of the past 48 hours SLEEPING. Which is a lot more than I actually got at PAX so that probably had something to do with it! I hope everyone else suffering with the POX is getting better!

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  • auspexauspex Skullcrusher MountainRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I was exhibiting at PAX and almost every one of our staff members became sick during or immediately following the con. Maybe we spread it to each other? Lots of headaches, sore throats and icky coughing. We had hand sanitizer and everything, but I guess money + hordes of people is a deadly combination.

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  • TheRobotGuyTheRobotGuy Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I thought my sore throat came from 10 minutes of pirate ARRs, but I was wrong. I feel much better now.

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  • Richy59Richy59 Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I was fine until this morning, where I think I am starting to get a cold or something now. Might be a bit late to blame it on PAX, but I can still try :P

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  • ZimmyZimmy Registered User new member
    edited March 2011
    On the Monday after PAX, I woke up with my left ear all blocked up and it kinda hurt. I've been taking ibuprofen to deal with the pain and meds to deal with the cold/flu/whatever I have. I haven't had an ear infection since my childhood. Anybody else experience similar symptoms?

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  • StraderStrader Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Maybe i was lucky but i feel super fine...
    I washed my hands after using the controler at console freeplay and same for the mouse at the PC freeplay. That is pretty mush the only thing i did to prevent anything and it worked for me.

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  • rnicollrnicoll Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Strader wrote: »
    Maybe i was lucky but i feel super fine...
    I washed my hands after using the controler at console freeplay and same for the mouse at the PC freeplay. That is pretty mush the only thing i did to prevent anything and it worked for me.

    Did you also eat sensibly, get plenty of water and sleep? I think that's the big things a lot of people miss at PAX and it really makes a difference.

    Also, thanks for washing your hands. It helps not just you, but everyone else (you can't be a carrier) :)

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  • SausageSausage FLRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    It's unfortunate, but there was just something going around and it lined up with PAX. It may seem like PAX pox, but really, it's just dirty human pox and completely unrelated to PAX in general. We came home and our kid's were sick, now we're sick and I know lots of people who did not attend PAX, like our children, who are also sick.

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  • StraderStrader Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    rnicoll wrote: »
    Strader wrote: »
    Maybe i was lucky but i feel super fine...
    I washed my hands after using the controler at console freeplay and same for the mouse at the PC freeplay. That is pretty mush the only thing i did to prevent anything and it worked for me.

    Did you also eat sensibly, get plenty of water and sleep? I think that's the big things a lot of people miss at PAX and it really makes a difference.

    Also, thanks for washing your hands. It helps not just you, but everyone else (you can't be a carrier) :)


    I did no slept much between Friday and Sat (5 hours) but i slept a lot between Sat and Sunday (9 hours)
    Drank water and pepsi but not in crazy amount and i had to grab the overprice food at the food court so nothing super healthy either.

    I work as a dispatcher so im always in contact with truckers from all around North America so maybe my immune system is a little better because of that i don't know.

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  • ElbasunuElbasunu Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Hardcordo wrote: »
    I high fived like one dude. only regret of PAX.

    Was he wearing a TRON t-shirt? If so, I feel fine.

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  • VmKidVmKid Gone Bananas Shuggazoom CityRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I just got over a pretty short cold that I may or may not have gotten at the convention or somewhere else (The T, coming home, etc.)

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  • Fetch26291Fetch26291 MassachusettsRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    was fine on Monday, started feeling bad Tuesday afternoon, ok Wednesday morning, then WTF Wednesday afternoon until Thursday evening, and still not feeling totally 'normal'. On top of that, it spread to my little sister and my brother, so they want to hurt me now.

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