Flu season

[lizzie]

Well - can officially say I've had my first ever bout of flu. What a shocker. Lost over a week drooling in fever and green gunk! Now on day 10 and finally starting to come right after a course of antibiotics.

So, who else has caught this new strain of lurgy this year, so that we can have a group hug and sympathise?

 

[Ideo]

Day 2 of being confined to bed.

I'm starting to feel a bit better. At least I'm not changing from shivering to sweating every 5 minutes now.

 

[HotRod]

Got mine on 1st July with a cold fever and the shakes and it lasted until about the 13th with two courses of anti-biotics. Took me about 4 weeks before I could walk at a reasonable pace without hacking up gunk. No pleasant.

All this after I miss my free flu shots here at work because I was too busy and thought I would not get it this year.

 

[7smurfs]

Not the flu but the common cold has struck for me!!!

On day 2 of it... hopefully it doesn't develop into a flu of some sort!!!!

 

[wylie]

At least I'm not changing from shivering to sweating every 5 minutes now.

Sounds like menopause

 

[Lamingtons]

The entire July was a write off.
Flu is horrid.

 

[Casserole Dish]

I'm into my 3rd week with really bad cold/flu. I had some flu symptoms like aches and pains and fever but the worst part was the cough! Three times in the first week I had that cough that just starts at bad times and you can't stop. I had tears and was trying to gasp in communication to the butcher who was at a loss to help me during a bad cough attack. I eventually grabbed the meat and dashed out waving.

Truly bad. The good news is I feel better today, just tired. So nice to feel a bit 'normal' again.

Group hug

 

[wylie]

I had tears and was trying to gasp in communication to the butcher who was at a loss to help me during a bad cough attack. I eventually grabbed the meat and dashed out waving.

I hope you paid for the meat

Hope you feel better soon

 

[evisional]

Me, 1st day

 

[HomePage]

I didn't think antibiotics did anything against viruses like the flu.

 

[twobobsworth]

I didn't think antibiotics did anything against viruses like the flu.

Not true, it's called placebo effect.

 

[Casserole Dish]

No antibiotics are often given to help with secondary infections ie. sinus etc.

There has been mention of 'green gunk' which indicates a bacterial infection (Urk..)

I didn't take any this time round and I didn't see a doctor as I got 'bad' but not that 'Bad' IYWKIM. And I had nothing that a doctor could help with .


Wylie, don't fret, I had paid and it was the normal chit chat about paying that brought on the coughing. (I shouldn't talk at all when the tickle starts) Thankfully, I was the only customer at the time, and was rewarded with such a look of compassion and sympathy from the butcher it was (almost) worth the embarrassment. This is my excitement as a SAHM at the moment sigh

 

[Graves]

I've been getting hit pretty bad by the flu bug too, my roommate's also been pretty sickly =/

 

[lizzie]

I didn't think antibiotics did anything against viruses like the flu.

True - which is why I avoided them until it settled itself into a shocker chest infection (which they do work on).

Apparently the flu shots are not much use this year as we're facing a whole new strain.

 

[weg]

The flu vaccine still covers around 11 or so of the most common flu viruses going around, so definately still helps - it's just this year, for what ever reason there were a few viruses that did not make the concoction.

 

[JIT]

I got a sore throat and runny nose, oh noes it's man-flu!