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    Melissa Auf der Maur Documents Swine Flu Recovery

    • Posted on Jul 17th 2009 12:00PM by John D. Luerssen
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    Melissa Auf der Maur has come up with a unique way of chronicling her experience and recovery from the swine flu. The former Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist has documented her bout with the H1N1 influenza strain, which she first contracted back in May, for online news journal The Mark.

    "It turns out that, somewhere between a video shoot in Vermont, a heavy metal concert in London, and my own musical showcase in Toronto , I had indeed fallen victim to a world pandemic," Auf der Maur wrote. "I am now officially on the mend – thanks to a combination of naturopathic treatments and heavy-duty antibiotics, among other survival tools."

    Auf der Maur first felt symptoms in May, when she came down with a stuffy nose, a sore throat and body aches. "But they came all at once," she explains, "and were far more intense than I had ever experienced. For a person who only gets ill once or twice a decade it was scary."

    After being misdiagnosed with a sinus infection, the bassist later learned she had the H1N1 virus and says shortness of breath led to "a roller coaster of fever spikes." Now on the mend, Auf der Maur says she hopes to be immune to it when it comes back around as expected this autumn.

    "When many other Swine virgins will be falling ill, I'll be good to go!" she writes. "However, have no fear friends: it's a terrible flu, but it is manageable, and we Swine veterans will be here to help you through it."
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    dls031568at 7-18-2009

    great........something to look forward to this winter....

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    DONNAat 7-18-2009

    people are still dying from it - two more this week in sarasota county florida

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    sublimefttwat 7-18-2009

    Antibiotics do nothing for the flu. You are actually better of having this flu (H1N1)then the regular flu which is much more dangerous.

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    Jemith88at 7-18-2009

    Yep, Soon they will recomend that everyone takes the swine flu vaccine, which was developed by the secret government to sterilize, and kill people. That's right.. The elite are getting ready to depopulize the planet. You'll see.

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    strawmanslaveat 7-18-2009

    The Swine flu Pandemic is another Fraud and the Virus is man made at a military base,... key word: Jane Burgermeister sues W.H.O. and U.N. for Crimes against humanity

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    Alannaat 7-18-2009

    Yeah, I had swine flu mid-June. Really not the most terrible illness I've experienced; it was more like a really bad head cold.

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    mander3153at 7-18-2009

    pRESIDENT Ford introduced "SWINE FLUE" AS A GIMMIC TO GET REELECTED IN THE EARLY 1970'S. sUDDENTLY EVERY BODY WAS CATCHING FLU. tHE FLU GOT MAVERICATED ALL OVER THE PLACE. DUE TO POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS GONE THE WRONG DIRECTIONS. tHE OLD MAYOR DAILY IN CHICAGO TOOK A VACINATION SHOT OUT OF POLITICAL LOYALTY AND IN 2 WEEKS DIED FROM "SWINE FLU" (OR WHAT EVER THE gEORGIA SWINE FLU LAB MADE UP. (lEGIONAIRES DISEASE) sWINE FLU SHOTS KILLED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AFTER THAT. hONK kONG/ASIAN FL WERE ALSO POLITICAL NASTY JERKS. oBAMA FLU IS ALSO A NASTY POLITICAL JOKE. pOLITICIANS LOBBYISTS MAKE SHARED PORK MONEY OFF SICK PEOPLE. sO DID 911 SICK RADITION RODS (POSINING USED BY THE LOBBYISTS IN THE INSIDE BOMBING OF THEwORLD TRADE CENTER, ALLEGEDLY) aMERICAN PEOPLE ARE SUCKERS FOR POLITICAL NEOCON ARTISTS).

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    at6152at 7-19-2009

    Your post is laden with ramblings and fragmented sentences. Nothing makes any sense and the spelling and grammer makes it even worse to decipher!

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    swimmin00nickat 7-18-2009

    I think its funny how people over-react to this (no offense to those who have lost loved ones). But the swine flu is JUST THE FLU. Actually, this isn't even as bad as the normal stomach flu. People don't realize that MORE people die from stomach flu than swine flu. People, unfortunately, can die just from the flu. The only reason why health professionals were concerned is because it was passed animal to human, then it mutated and now its spread human to human. THATS IT. Remember if you get it: It's just the flu, don't over-react. Most people who die from the flu are either very young (and their immune system isn't quite developed yet) or older (where the immune system is growing weaker).

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    lokasensualat 7-18-2009

    I had the swine flu and its the shortest illness I've ever had!!!! I found out I had the swine flu after I was better!!! Its so overrated but unfortunately some have died from it. Its no worse than a regular flu if not even milder. As for Melissa, she just wanted some attention....its not even as bad as she makes it seem. As for who wrote the article, she really couldnt find anything better to write about.

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    donda427at 7-18-2009

    sorry guys but my sister is in the hospital as we speak, has been on a ventilator for 18 days because of the swine flu... your best defense is to overreact! she is 50 years old and has no underlying health issues! she may not live! please take it serious,it is really hard watching someone you love so vulnerable and helpless because of a germ!

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    dcpdccat 7-18-2009

    Please help us care for seniors and the disabled by providing meals, clothing, and services. Go to: dcphomecare.com and Donate today! Thank you and God Bless You.

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    ariel2seaat 7-18-2009

    all i know is the swine flu scares me.especially when my kids catch everything and they already have a bad time with asthma,and flu.i wish they would hurry and find a safe vaccine and dont administer a vaccine that might be harmful or fatal to them.i hatr even sending them to school because of swine flu.

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    passnt7168at 7-19-2009

    A friend recommended this to avoid the flu www.Handlerusa.com

    Good for public bathrooms too

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    doc4hireat 7-18-2009

    I live in Sarasota FL. As Donna pointed out in her post there were two deaths this week in Sarasota county Florida. Both deaths this week were in healthy young people without known risk factors. One was a 23 yo hospital employee. The other in their early 40s. This disease is nothing to take lightly.

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    jryd97at 7-18-2009

    geez............Why so much fear over a virus??? Life is a deadly affliction, there are so many things that can end us every day it's not even worth worrying about.

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    kmacksurfat 7-18-2009

    There is no Swine Flu. It is a Hoax! I travel to Latin America alot and NOBODY knows anything about it. It was made up in America by drug companies. The drug companies had pills for it the day it surfaced, coincidence? I think not.

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    JoanneMikat 7-19-2009

    Clearly from these posts I can only conclude there must be a new strain of the FLU: Id-I-ot flu! That's all I got, IDIOTS!

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    psridgellat 7-19-2009

    My wife and two sons just got over several weeks of this swine flu, and still have coughs and sore throats, here in Midland, Texas. I am the oldest (56) and unhealthiest in the family, and I didn't get it. I had what they called a "Russian flu" in 1960. It was a type of swine flu, and I think I must be ammune. Tammiflu help cut down the symptoms on my wife and kids, but didn't halt it completely.

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    punnsterat 7-19-2009


    Swine flue is the most expensive import from Mexico. It is unfortunate our present administration was so cavalier about it when it began to come into our country. Democrats always wait till a problem becomes severe before they take action and it is usually too little too late.

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