Are you sick with a cold/flu/covid at the moment?

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insertitherenow@reddit

Not yet but one of my colleagues came into work yesterday coughing and sneezing everywhere when she can work from home.

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People that do this make me soooo mad ! Literally everyone at my work has been coming in sick with pneumonia, Covid & the flu & of course they aren’t wearing masks or anything & coughing all over the place 🤬 I got Covid from work during the summer & was sick in bed for 2 weeks it was the worst thing ever & of course now im sick again bc these a holes won’t just stay home when their sick 😭

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Loud_Fisherman_5878@reddit

Mine did that too. Our manager even suggested she go home but she didn’t take the hint and kept referring to soldiering on while the rest of us glared at her and tried to shuffle away as much as desks would allow.

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ikejime1@reddit

“Soldiering on” or “powering through” is what grinds my gears. It’s like they expect everyone to think they are taking one for the team when really they are just infecting everyone and taking multiple people out…

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RegularExplanation97@reddit

Especially if they can actually work from home! Drives me mad 😭

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MarshallMathers1973@reddit

They are also subconsciously saying "when you catch it, don't be a pussy and soldier it like me'

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insertitherenow@reddit

Thankfully I can work from home and don’t stay too long.

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Loud_Fisherman_5878@reddit

We can all work from home too which is why it was so infuriating that she felt the need to stay.

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insertitherenow@reddit

Some times you need to go in even if it’s just for a bit. I’m sure some people (sociopaths) go in just to infect other people.

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Loud_Fisherman_5878@reddit

I think she is just an extrovert so prefers to be in but for some reason was really not picking up on how uncomfortable everyone was. I just don’t get how people still can’t realise this is going to make their coworkers ill.

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insertitherenow@reddit

Eww! One of those people. They are worse. (0:

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

The worst time type of person I think. It’s selfish to the max.

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RollSavings417@reddit

As someone who is on lifetime immune supprest I couldn't agree more. There's just no need. People like that are just selfish. I try to avoid going out in the winter so I don't end up in an overcrowded A&E. It's not hard to stay home for a bit while you're ill.

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spellboundsilk92@reddit

Fucking hate people that do this. So selfish.

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MarshallMathers1973@reddit

Maybe she didn't want to come in but was pressured?

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spellboundsilk92@reddit

It’s a possibility. At that point though I’d call in sick personally

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MarshallMathers1973@reddit

It's difficult with the fear of redundancies etc The manager should have sent her home

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EstablishmentUsed325@reddit

Same! Isolate when you’re sick and contagious!

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insertitherenow@reddit

I’ve got a pseudo imaginary cold coming on now.

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spellboundsilk92@reddit

Time to knock back some Lemsip!

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insertitherenow@reddit

I’ve gone with a lemsip/berocca cocktail.

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I-was-forced-@reddit

Had something horrible last week .even the air in my bedroom hurt my whole body nasty chest couldn't breathe it was awful . I couldn't get out of bed for 3 days but had preasure put on me to go to work calling me sick note and part timer. Now this week he's got it and is bed bound moaning like crazy and him and his wife are getting zero sympathy from me .

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Adeadhamster@reddit

I’m so sorry you went through that… I had Covid during the summer & had to miss 2 weeks of work 🥴 I had a drs note & contacted HR because my manager was not responding to any of my messages & they were fine with it luckily… it makes it really hard when you have a terrible manager

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iron81@reddit

Fuck that job.

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alice_op@reddit

We had the same, my fella never gets ill - 4 weeks ago I had a mild cold, he had a sniffle for one day and shook it off - that's his usual response to a cold. Never properly ill. Well 2 weeks ago he came down with a proper cold, chesty cough, nasty. He was off work for 1 week and then in the next but crashing out cold on the sofa as soon as he got home. It flared up my asthma so badly I was having 9 asthma attacks a day and needed steroids from the doctor - haven't had an asthma attack since I was a toddler. No idea what was in that cold, not bad enough to be a flu I think but it was a shocker on the chest!

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boudicas_shield@reddit

My husband rarely gets sick but had something similar about a month ago. Never seen him so ill. He didn’t leave the bed for 5 days, didn’t eat for 3, just slept round the clock and would occasionally wake up long enough to choke down a cup of orange juice when I foisted it on him. I on the other hand have very weak lungs and am in hospital every winter with a bad lung infection, but somehow escaped it entirely by sleeping on the couch. No rhyme or reason with this stuff.

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I-was-forced-@reddit

Yeah normally I can just power through it but this one knocked me for 6 it was brutal. Seems like a lot of people have been struck by it this year lots of people complaining on the Internet and the radio .

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kurttious@reddit

Ya flu, took a covid test because I thought with it been so bad the covid seems to be it but it came back negative, having my life can't lie

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admirable_turtle_55@reddit

I just got through 2 weeks of a violent respiratory virus. Horrible mucus cough, violent sore throat for a couple days, persistent mucus towards end, no nasal congestion however. I have been in bed the entire time. My fucking neighbor thought she had “allergies “ what a loser. Don’t trust people! I never had COVID so this BS caught me by surprise!

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vmoon24@reddit

THIs year it took me out. I rang in the new year with family the next morning I could barely get out of bed. My joints were aching and body felt sore all over. 3rd day it got worse. I could barely walk and luckliy my teen son and newphew were able to help with some things. I felt like my joints were broken. Never have I ever felt so disabled but I was getting pretty scared. 3 weeks later I am fully healed and everything is back to normal. Last time I got this sick was in 2021 when I got Covid. I also tested negative this year for both flu A and covid. So still a mystery.I was prescribed antibiotics and flu medicine and I just had to wait it out. Best of luck be safe out there. Do what you can to kick up your immune system and get a humidifier.

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Andyoralan@reddit

Bumping this post for advice… I’m 35, I’m on day 8 of the flu with no let up. Getting sick of lemsip and strepsils. Has anyone got any advice to help get through this? Getting depressed and can’t see an end to it. Also when do I call doctors as antibiotics don’t work and all the GP surgery’s (and 111) say to stay at home

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william-well@reddit

In CA, been sick over 3 weeks now- Just got a call from a student (organic chem) she said to look up HMPV... and to expect some announcements soon.

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Different_Initial357@reddit

Yep, worst flu I’ve ever had, was unable to get out of bed 3 days, got up on day 4 as I thought I was on the mend, hopped in the shower, went all lightheaded and threw up. Back in bed again now. Never been this ill before. Great start to the year!

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Hope you feel better soon. I still have a lingering cough after all this time!!

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DemonicFrog@reddit

Been out with Norovirus, I'd gladly have had a cold.

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StandardBanger@reddit

I still can’t eat vintage cheese thanks to Bloody Norro 😭😭😭

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Immorals1@reddit

I had a pack of samyang 3x noodles before norovirus emptied me. Not been able to look at them since

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StandardBanger@reddit

Not many people can look at Buldak noodles ever again after having them 🍑 🔥 💩

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The-big-snooze@reddit

Yip they got me

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Chemical-ali1@reddit

Probably not Norovirus if you acquired it through vintage cheese (unless the cheese had been handled by someone with Norovirus shit / vomit on thier probably unwashed hands). Plenty of other D&V nasties you can get directly from vintage cheese, but Norovirus is likley innocent in this one!

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barrybreslau@reddit

I think people get it and fixate on/associate the sickness with something they ate around the time

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StandardBanger@reddit

Nope, I’d not had any for a few days when my husband gifted me Noro after catching it at work. I just can’t eat some of the things I used to now, they’ve tasted too strong & overwhelming 😭😭😭

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wearezombie@reddit

Definitely, I wonder if it’s a survival instinct thing of associating smells/tastes with “poison”. Last year I got food poisoning and we figured out based on who in the house got sick and who ate what that it was some chicken kyivs from dinner the night before. Unfortunately the last thing I ate before the food poisoning hit was some curry. Still can’t bear the thought of eating curry even though logically I know for sure that it didn’t make me sick.

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PigeonBod@reddit

Yep. Mine was tragically sushi.

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StandardBanger@reddit

I know how Noro works. Having the virus changed how my tastebuds have felt about many foods, anything stronger tasting has been impossible to eat since having it. Ergo vintage cheese is too much for me & I used to adore it.

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Anya_Maria@reddit

Not that I miss it but my noro experience involved Wagamama 5 years ago. Haven’t eaten it since 😭

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StandardBanger@reddit

😱😱😱 I feel your pain. It’s weird, it seemed to change my tastebuds & nixed plenty of foods. Also can’t look at gluten free brioche still either 🤢

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VxDeva80@reddit

Snap mate and I've been left with horrendous heartburn lasting 8 hours whenever I try and eat anything.

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KelvinandClydeshuman@reddit

I had norovirus around this time 2 years ago. It's a horrible virus, knocked me out for days 😫 so I can completely sympathise with you.

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TangerineFew6830@reddit

I get it every year on my birthday, new years eve. 6 years in a row, I dont even make plans now, its like clockwork, absolutely horrible

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livesinateapot@reddit

Norovirus terrified me. I hope you’re better now

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anti-sugar_dependant@reddit

Nope. I don't like getting sick, so I wear a respirator mask where I'm sharing air with other people. It's easy and cheap, and it works really well as long as your mask fits and you don't keep taking it off in air that someone else breathed out. You need FFP2 or FFP3 masks though, without gaps. Surgical or cloth masks won't keep you safe, because colds, flu, and covid are all airborne, which means they move like smoke, something the UK in general seems to have failed to grasp.

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Lunabuna91@reddit

This. I honestly thought masking would become the norm, especially in crowded spaces & hospitals/Dr surgeries. It’s gone the opposite way. Nuts.

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Silent_Macaron_1285@reddit

Me too. I'm now down with some flu, cold thing because in work a customer coughed all over me then apologized saying she had that dreadful cold everyone has. Why come out in public if you are sick, throw a mask on if it's urgent. When I go back I'm definitely going back to masking up.

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anti-sugar_dependant@reddit

Semmelweis proposed handwashing in 1847, but more than 150 years later, in 1999, a gynecologist was happy to put his full name and job title on his [letter he wrote to the BMJ](https://www.bmj.com/content/319/7208/518) to say there was no way he was going to be doing this newfangled handwashing between patients lark. 25 years later, most hospitals still don't reach hand hygiene targets of I think about 80%. They tend to hoover around 50-70%. They increase when targeted efforts at compliance are made, but slump back when those efforts cease. So, given we can't trust healthcare workers to wash their damn hands, I'm not at all surprised they won't wear masks either. It's bog standard health supremacy and ableism, no different to the way healthcare workers have always behaved.

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Lunabuna91@reddit

the guy who was put in a psych ward for realising germs cause illness and proposed the hand washing and was effectively murdered in there? History has a way of repeating itself.

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DannyBrownsDoritos@reddit

Im sorry but this is utter insanity.

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anti-sugar_dependant@reddit

You don't have to be, but that's how you avoid getting sick while you're sharing air with people who have diseases that transmit via the air. It's your choice if you'd rather get sick.

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DannyBrownsDoritos@reddit

I can't really remember the last time I got sick that wasn't me being deliberately infected, but that said do you honestly think that wearing a full on respiratory mask the entire time is in anyway practical for the average person trying to live a healthy and productive professional and social life though.

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anti-sugar_dependant@reddit

I mean, I'd much rather prefer mandated clean air, but we don't have that, so I'd rather mask than get sick. It's not difficult, I've been doing it for 5 years, and I've no plans to stop. I don't really care what other people do. It's a bit weird that you do, tbh.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

The way I feel at the moment, this might be my approach too!

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anti-sugar_dependant@reddit

I haven't been sick for 5 years, for a cost of less than £20/year for my P3 elastomeric. Costs about £15 for the filters for a year, and then the mask itself was £35 and will last years. Or you can wear disposable FFP3s or FFP2s, which are more expensive (can reduce costs by reusing them until dirty or don't fit), but also more socially acceptable. FFP3 is the white one on the left, elastomeric is the blue one on the right. I prefer my elastomeric. https://preview.redd.it/iy2ukeq9na6e1.jpeg?width=3195&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15ef57f89bbeab395028f7370c4f9e29d730a602

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Orwell1984_2295@reddit

Thank you for protecting yourself and others. We FFP3 mask around anyone outside our household. I don't understand why most are ignoring the numerous medical papers and evidence that Covid is serious (damaging immune systems, organ damage, frequently sick, brain damage, Long Covid and more) and something we all need to protect ourselves from. I hope more realise the harm they're doing to themselves and their loved ones before it's too late

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Ok-Profession5841@reddit

I just was in the hospital for 4 days through Xmas. I still have post nasal drip from hell.

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PaperRevolutionary74@reddit

Just tested positive for flu a did anyone else have diarrhea ?

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Georgiaboy1492@reddit

My wife & I both have the flu right now.

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Exotic-Narwhal-3358@reddit

How is everyone now? I'm on day 6 and I honestly can't tell you the last time I felt so unwell. Started feeling unwell 5 days ago with weakness headache after 2 days I felt completely fine for a day then yesterday started to feel weak again and today my chest is so sore! Throat inflamed, temp, cough whole body aches, fever dreams! So worried I won't be well enough for christmas and my kids depend on me

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TheRealJustSean@reddit

Yup. This is one of the worst I've ever had. I'm simultaneously on fire and freezing, every nerve ending on my skin is hyper sensitive, I can't sleep because I can't breathe on my back, and I've gone through four boxes of tissues in three days. I feel weaker than I ever have, and I'm also constantly dehydrated but Amy tome I drink anything it just goes right through me and I have to pee almost immediately.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Yikes that sounds horrific. Hope you feel better very soon.

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TheRealJustSean@reddit

Thank you kindly

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This_Suit8791@reddit

I had Covid in early 2021 and ever since then when I catch the cold/flu it totally wipes me out. I don’t believe I’ve had Covid since then but not 100% sure but I did suffer from long Covid for a good while after and I honestly think it triggers again when I catch cold or flu. I was generally quite a fit person and the job I did at the time (delivery driver) meant I was up and down stairs quite a lot, even in blocks of flats I would walk up and down the stairs instead of going in the lift but since Covid I just can’t do it without getting so out of breath. People might not think it but china really did change the world with it.

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ActAccomplished586@reddit

Everyone my wife, daughter and both in laws have the same horrendous virus. I don’t, but have the flu jab. They all believe it’s dangerous so didn’t get it.

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here-but-not-present@reddit

I had COVID a month ago and now I have a flu kicking my arse. Everything hurts so bad, and all I want to do is sleep.

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Theinnerslut@reddit

Managed to catch the flu last week and was hospitalised for it 😫

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blurdyblurb@reddit

That's awful to hear, I'm going to pay for a flu vaccine!

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Theinnerslut@reddit

Yes do what you can to protect yourself

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Oh no, sorry to hear that. Hope you’re on the mend.

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Theinnerslut@reddit

I think being on a LOT of medication has helped me heal but still getting the odd chest pains thanks to it reaching my asthma quickly. Thank you so much for the kindness❤️

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Minimum_Leopard_2698@reddit

Currently on week 3 of this! Caught it from hospital when I was in for something else, the ward was full of people with severe chest infections or pneumonia… Nurses and Doctors said it’s another round of Covid but it’s not public information yet. In A&E last night (with partner this time) and masks were mandatory again. If you’re chests vulnerable please take your symptoms seriously it’s not flu ❤️

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Orwell1984_2295@reddit

Masks need to be reinstated in hospitals and other healthcare settings permanently rather than shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted. There's a huge failure to learn and do better.

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Minimum_Leopard_2698@reddit

Making anti bac gel available is so important too. My local hospital has essentially shut to the public due to Norovirus outbreak for the third time in 6 years… the hand gel bottles are always always empty or there’s not enough left

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Orwell1984_2295@reddit

Unfortunately hand sanitiser can't kill norovirus. Hand washing is needed. Good hand hygiene, at this stage, should be a given in hospitals. But this needs to go hand in hand with clean air, masks, ventilation otherwise our hospitals will continue to be overwhelmed and staff absences high too.

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fixitmonkey@reddit

Whole family has been destroyed by the flu. I'm doing slightly better than the wife and kids so I'm on the camp bed between the kids in the lounge dispensing calpol and water. My poor wife is bed ridden. Not had a virus like this for a while, it feels worse than the first round of covid. Just want it to be over now.

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Dangerous-Regret-358@reddit

I'm curious. Did any of you get a flu jab?

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fixitmonkey@reddit

No, unfortunately. My parents did get the jab but both still got this flu badly

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Atoz_Bumble@reddit

My son and I have had it too. Bloody awful isn't it? I had a day where I couldn't even sit up in bed. 9 days on and I'm still wiped out without any appetite. I think last week was the most ill I've ever felt.

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fixitmonkey@reddit

My only saviour has been cycling carb mix, it's basically flavoured sugar water but tastes less sweet (think a watered down lucozade). It's given me energy when I could only stomach liquids and got me past the sickness. Worth a try if you need it.

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Redgrapefruitrage@reddit

Yep. Husband and I are on day three of a cold (confirmed not covid). My MIL was off all of last week with a cold. So was my best friend, both my bosses, and my neighbour. It is that time of year!

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yorangey@reddit

Full of cold.

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terryjuicelawson@reddit

It is either a very bad cold or maybe this RSV thing going around but since two Sundays ago I have felt pretty rough. Started with a sore throat, then a very sore throat, then shivers and aches and a sniffle, headaches, it keeps evolving every day. Needed some time off work, annoyingly the worst day was over a weekend. Not fully right even now, I have a hacking cough and a runny nose and just feel very tired and apathetic. Covid test is clear, don't think there is signs of a throat infection as I only had about a day of green stuff. Several others I know are experiencing similar. It was a few days after I went to a gig so probably got it there.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Yeah similar to me. Evolving…!!

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-grimoire@reddit

Colleague brought something back from her trip abroad... am on day 7 of a persistent cough... wake up in the night coughing, no appetite, no energy. No OTC cough treatment touches it. The entire office now has it and my partner is at home in bed with whatever it is... merry Christmas!

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KtMrgn@reddit

Yep. Just a cold. Suffered badly with COVID for several months at the beginning of the year so I’m just grateful it’s not worse, but it’s still not pleasant!

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Dawningrider@reddit

Me? No. The hospital I work at? Put it this way...4 out of the 5 hospitals in the trust last week were so full they were not accepting ambulance re directions.

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Orwell1984_2295@reddit

It's a huge concern and makes accessing safe care, especially if vulnerable, almost impossible. Patients can't always mask 100% of the time when being tested or receiving treatment. No one should be going to hospital and coming out with preventable nosocomial infections - we need to at least try something (please, anything meaningful) to reduce the risks to already vulnerable patients

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Lunabuna91@reddit

Doctors, nurses masking and hepas in each room, windows open would make the world of difference. But they are against simple public health measures these days for some reason. We are going back to the dark ages.

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Numerous-Boot9074@reddit

I had covid for the third time just over a month ago and I still haven’t been able to return to work due to the dizziness, exhaustion and lightheadedness left behind by it. I’ve gone to the doctors so many times just to constantly be told that I just need to wait it out. Going a bit insane now 🫠

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Dramatic-Doctor-7386@reddit

Look up POTS. Very common in Long COVID.

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TasticTong@reddit

3 Days of sweating buckets whilst shivering with cold, and only getting up to go to loo or get more liquids down me, loss of apetite and plenty snot to boot. Followed by 2 days of generally feeling like crap and with a much reduced lung capacity, making me out of breath walking at my normal speed.. then today, I'm left with snot and a persistent cough that just can't seem to bring anything up 🤬

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Cough_Geek@reddit

The persistent cough that doesn’t seem to bring anything up is especially frustrating — it’s like your body’s trying to clear something that isn’t there... If you haven’t already, it might be worth trying a cough monitoring app. These apps track cough frequency and patterns, which could give you more insight into how your recovery is progressing. You’d also have objective data to share with a doctor if the cough doesn’t ease up. Hopefully, you’re on the upswing now that some of the worst symptoms have passed. Keep an eye on that reduced lung capacity, though — if it’s still an issue after a few days, it’s worth checking in with a healthcare provider just to be safe.

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Themagiciancard@reddit

Not yet but I'm sure I will be soon. I've been tired and/or had insomnia recently as well as just felt terrible mentally. They're normally a good sign illness is coming.

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And_Justice@reddit

First day of feeling normal since Sunday before last. Unsure if it was COVID or a cold but fucking hell, I think the 3 day recovery was worse than actually being ill

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Huge-Promotion-7998@reddit

Day three of feeling utterly rotten, sore throat into a chesty cough, and an intense cold where I've been sneezing and blowing my nose so much that my sinuses are now very sore and my eyes super sensitive.

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LibraryOfFoxes@reddit

Sounds similar to the one I have. Also on day three. The sinus pain is awful. My nose was literally dripping (nice) and now it feels like my lungs have been stuffed with snotty cotton wool and it hurts to cough. Even my ears hurt. It's all very annoying. I know exactly who gave it to me as well, and I can't even be cross with them as they are a baby. The parents I have been calling all sorts of things though (not to their face, just to myself). Who brings their extremely coldy miserable child out to a packed event and then lifts said baby up on to their shoulders so it can cough and sneeze on everyone around from a great height? Just stay at home and look after it you monsters.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Damn. Sounds horrible. I can relate, so hope it doesn’t last too long for you. My nose was red and gross from so much blowing!!

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ARobertNotABob@reddit

"If I had to spend my whole life on a stretcher, I'd be pretty sick of the palsy, too!"

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hairiestlemon@reddit

Had a weird one yesterday—started feeling unwell on the train to work and was considering leaving early and skipping the Christmas do, then about an hour later I was fine. Like a one-hour cold.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Of all the colds, an hour long one would be fine with me 😅

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BusinessOther@reddit

2 weeks in with a cold feeling absolutely drained can’t afford to take time off work so gotta begrudgingly push through

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Yep, that sucks. This one is definitely taking a long time to clear up.

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BumblebeeChewna@reddit

Me and my wife both came down with a cold our little'un brought home from school mid-September. It wasn't terrible but was constantly streaming, cough, feeling crap etc. My wife still has a cough from it ~9 Weeks later (she's been through all sorts of tests since). I got over it late September, only to wake up one morning early October streaming and with a dry cough. Convinced it was Covid but tested negative.. I was really ill for about 3 weeks- lost my voice for two days, hoarse for the 3 weeks. Bad sinus infection - never felt so ill in all my life.. Anyway.. end of October - my lymphnodes flared up in my neck. I started to feel better but was still full of congestion! My lymphnodes never went down by mid-November so was urgently referred to a specialist. That week I got reinfected - did a sputum sample and they confirmed bacterial infection. The stuff coming out of me was/is like toffee and slug consistency! Only mild congestion in the back of my sinuses, but absolutely floored me and constantly having to clear throat, cough to talk, hack it up. My referral is to ENT and they are drowning in referrals at the minute. I went thus week to my referral only to find the consultant had to go home sick so postponed to next Tuesday now. These viruses are rough!

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Oh wow that sounds horrific!! Hopefully you’re be back to normal sooner rather than later.

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painful_butterflies@reddit

Both me and the wife are full of cold, our schedules match up once a month where we get Wednesday to Sunday off together, (not our only days off together, just an extended 4 day). Guess what day we both started feeling shit...

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Always the way 😑

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LadyMirkwood@reddit

My sons had a terrible cough for the past 10 days and he never gets sick. He's felt very unwell. I developed a sore, lumpy throat three days ago and I'm hoping it doesn't develop as I've got too much to do to be ill..

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jr-91@reddit

Hope y'all having your vitamin D for the immune system and more (can get a year's worth for £10~ on Amazon)

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

I’m having a super strength tablet every day. To be honest I’ve avoided being sick most of the year but for some reason it got me this time around.

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artesianoptimism@reddit

For the second time in the space of 6 weeks, yes.

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Ramwolde@reddit

Office day and Christmas party tomorrow, I expect to feel like death himself by noon on Sunday.

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IrateSteelix@reddit

Nope, all good. Haven't been sick in YEARS.

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constellieation@reddit

Half my workplace have been wiped out over the last few weeks so it was only a matter of time. Had a cold last week and over the weekend, obviously no fun but just a usual cold. Was feeling a bit more human again by Tuesday, and then last night felt absolutely dreadful. Terrible sore throat, swollen glands, feverish, generally completely miserable. Don’t know if it’s another virus piggy-backing onto my original cold but I’ve not felt this ill in ages.

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PatrickBoston-123@reddit

Since exercising regularly and eating well I have found I rarely get sick anymore. Sounds cliche but it really does work.

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No-Computer-2847@reddit

No, but sometimes I like to check in on the lunatics over at /r/CoronavirusUK to see if they still hiding in their bunkers with 18 masks on. Fortunately there don't seem to be many of them left.

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eithrusor678@reddit

Got some sort of flu. Feel dreadful!

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CeresToTycho@reddit

Just like last year my partner and I have been chaining colds since the end of October with barely a couple of days between each one before we're sick again. I currently have something which is making my snot lime green, giving me a cough, making me exhausted and robbing my lung capacity. My partner has had a horrible fever for 3 days, an awful cough and is sweating like crazy. I'm sure we'll get something else as soon as this one passes. It's miserable.

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NewDate6115@reddit

Yeah, got a cold right now. Giving myself a week to rest and recover properly.

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Kitchen_Owl_8518@reddit

I was fine Saturday to enjoy my birthday 🥳 Sunday evening I felt rough as horse muck. Started off feeling tired with achy joints, then a fever that saw me up for an hour on Monday and Tuesday and slept throughout the day and night. Either too hot or too cold, not eaten anything lost my appetite, a horrible cough and sore throat that makes drinking feel like swallowing razor blades. My chest aches from coughing I still have zero energy and couldn't sleep last night from coughing nonstop.

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Neo-Riamu@reddit

I’m sick with something but I cannot tell what it is. I was fine all day Monday then at 9pm that night I got an extreme tickle at the back of my throat and I was coughing for 30 mins straight. I had a basic cough for around 24h. 9pm Tuesday I lost the cough but got extremely lethargic, nausea and then did not sleep the whole night I was basically a zombie at work. At around 9pm Wednesday I felt a 100X time better but now I have a swollen/sore throat with a slight runny nose. I hope I’m well enough for Saturday as I’m gonna go see Hamilton on Saturday.

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IsySquizzy@reddit

Whole family has come down with a vile cold/fever. Little one has had ear infection from it. Me and partner are feeling like shite and killer sinuses. Had to miss Xmas work lunch yesterday which I was gutted to miss, but not worth risking everyone else ill before Christmas.

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Downtown-Zucchini807@reddit

Not had it yet but with a few work events coming up it's only a matter of time

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yyyyzryrd@reddit

Currently on month 21 of long covid.

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PigeonBod@reddit

I have a particularly bad cold on top of morning sickness right now. It’s terrible - all the phlegm makes me gag and the pregnancy gets me to throw it all up. Been up since 4.30 with a nose like a tap.

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Proud_Temperature_55@reddit

I haven't had anything this year. Been taking high dose vitamin D and regular sauna so maybe that's helped me but I am waiting to catch something I feel it might be soon with everyone coughing everywhere

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

I’ve been doing the sauna but not consistently enough — will be upping that for 2025!

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Horror_Reader1973@reddit

Yes me and my daughter currently have Covid.

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Staccatto_Potato@reddit

Flu, yes. Got it Sunday and it's still bad. It's mostly dizziness, nausea and leg pains with a tickly cough. Completely zapped of all energy, I've not been out of bed at all since Sunday, apart from toilet trips.

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Illustrious-Pizza968@reddit

Me and my partner and our 10 month old have had back to back colds/COVID. I think it's been COVID because both times I've lost my Smell and taste, also can't get rid of this cough which has caused me to pull my abdominal muscle right hand side of belly so when I cough it's like someone stabbing you or pinching you hard. The 2 were about a week apart just got my taste/smell back then it happens again! so it's been very stressful especially because my immune system isn't as quick as my partners so I linger with it longer.

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CatFoodBeerAndGlue@reddit

I've had two different stomach bugs in the last 3 weeks and now I've got a cold so things are going great here.

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guildazoid@reddit

Just rested positive for COVID yesterday and feel like I've been hit by a bus.

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Hopeful-Ad6256@reddit

Actually no, it came and went around Halloween for me.

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Isgortio@reddit

Everyone around me has been ill over the last few weeks, I've managed to avoid it but then Wednesday was my last day of uni and I woke up feeling rough. Now I just have a stuffy nose so hopefully I've been lucky and it's only hit me for a day.

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Ianhw77k@reddit

First time I've been ill (physically) in over ten years, I caught the flu a few days ago and it's absolute agony! And yes, the flu, not a bad cold, not man-flu, actual flu.

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purpleduckduckgoose@reddit

Nah. Just depressed as shit. But at least I'm not blowing snot everywhere so that's something.

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DuckMagic@reddit

Got the flu, despite getting the jab. First time in many years but hit me like a truck, and it did take two weeks of family being sick before it finally for me. At least I'm recovering pretty fast, shudder to think how much worse it would have been without the jab. Was completely bedridden for about 30 hrs, only waking up to take medicine at 4 hrs on the dot from last dose (just as symptoms would kick back in full force) and go pee. Mad body cramps and dry heaving at night. Could only have smoothies all day long. Back to slowly waddling around sometimes and eating some solid food today. Bored out if my mind but can't sleep any more.

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TeaCatReads@reddit

I’ve had no viruses in four years as I wear an n95 respirator around people. Husband is a health worker and he is the same, as is our son in his 20s. My asthmas has almost gone and I’ve been able to reduce my meds to a quarter! Wear a mask to avoid infections!

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PrawnQueen1@reddit

I’ve just got over really bad flu

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Entire_Junket_761@reddit

Mu daughters 4 and she got a nasty flu where she slept most of the day and through the night. She had fevers, coughing fits, runny nose all the good stuff and of course my partner and I got it too.

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PurpleBiscuits52@reddit

Yep my whole household has some virus atm. Fever and vomiting and feeling generally rubbish.

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strawberrypops@reddit

Yes, I have a horrible cold at the moment. I can handle the aches, the cough and the stuffy nose though, it’s the blocked ears that’s getting to me. I can’t bear how it feels.

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Sea-salt_ice_cream@reddit

Felt shit for the past two weeks but feeling a lot better now

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Quirky-Trash6283@reddit

Post nasal drip and a swollen throat. I don't know what it is, but I'm guzzling covonia in safe quantities to shift it. Sick of getting sick at Christmas, this would be the 7th year in a row.

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EstablishmentUsed325@reddit

I am. Courtesy of my boyfriend

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HisLoba97@reddit

Woke up yesterday morning with a sore throat and coughing so much phlegm up. Now got fever and keep sneezing

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IanYanYan84@reddit

I'm lucky, I haven't caught anything yet. Maybe my flu jab is helping with this.

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Vyvyansmum@reddit

I thought that too, but I’ve been off a few days with it. Stay lucky 🍀

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Vyvyansmum@reddit

I have it now. Red raw throat, coughing & sneezing( or nearly sneezing when your nose just fizzes) rattling chest. Exhaustion, sweating then cold. I’ve been off 3 days- the most sick days I’ve ever had. I haven’t tested for COVID as I can still taste & smell ok. Stomach is fine though. I’m fully jabbed but I work with the general public so I suppose some snotty bastard has spread it round.

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F_DOG_93@reddit

I haven't been ill/sick for like 7 years now.

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wurst_katastrophe@reddit

Cold no. 4…. horrible year so far.

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turntricks@reddit

Yep, currently off with bad flu. I hate being sick this time of year but I’m hoping having it now means I won’t have it for Christmas!

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kwakimaki@reddit

Had flu/ covid jabs, still got ill. Just a shitty cold though.

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lalagromedontknow@reddit

Everyone has a cough/running or snuffy nose. Hospitality means it's one of the busiest times of year surrounded by people who also have colds/flu. I think adrenaline stops you being sick, when I'm running around, I can have symptoms (cough, runny nose)l, headache) but don't *feel* bad. Then as soon as I stopped running around (Christmas eve), I feel like death.

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PigeonLass@reddit

Not had anything except a mild cold this season (*yet*) but my partner is finishing day 6 of bad flu. He has has every sympton listed under 'flu' on the NHS website. Worst I've seen him since Covid in 2021. He feels like he got it from a guy coughing all over the place on a train last Monday, but who knows...

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Scottishdrinker@reddit

My 3 kids are and wife but i’m absolutely fine

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Aconite_Eagle@reddit

Ive had this sort of cough and phlegm - had it for a week or so and can't shift it. Have to cough every morning like a smoker and just feel a bit generally knackered and ill.

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LionAwkward4395@reddit

Sounds exactly the same as what I had a few weeks ago. Took me 3 weeks in total to get over the hump of it. You'll get there eventually. I just remember feeling like it wouldn't end but it does.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

I’m so tired every day at the moment. By 4pm (and with it being dark) I could happily pass out on the sofa!

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StandardBanger@reddit

Had Novid recently, it is a bastard… it always goes to my joints & gives me terrible myalgia. Also makes my teeth agony too 😭 Mother in Law has been out for 4+ weeks now after catching some sort of chesty bugger, she’s got brittle asthma, it turned into pneumonia in her lower left lung lobe & she’s been glued to her nebuliser, necking steroids & 2 rounds of antibiotics.

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Mxk_Monlee@reddit

Yes. Someone coughed in my face at work. Have been sick ever since. Can't shift this cough.

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TheDawiWhisperer@reddit

Yep, had flu about two weeks ago...still not really right, got a nagging cough and I'm fucking knackered all the time

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Atoz_Bumble@reddit

Yeah I had flu all last week and left with a chesty cough and zero energy. And a lingering nauseous feeling that means I've not had an appetite for ages. Just want some energy!!

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TheDawiWhisperer@reddit

Aye I've been having naps everyday to keep me functional

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Atoz_Bumble@reddit

My son bounced back and has returned to school. So I have to drag myself out of bed to walk him in each morning. Got into a nice routine of getting back from the school run and snoozing on the sofa with old episodes of Frasier on the TV. I'm guessing sleep is going to be the best thing for us right now.

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fionakitty21@reddit

I love channel 4 in the mornings!

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Atoz_Bumble@reddit

Catching Frasier is the only time I really watch live TV these days. I'd probably do the same for old re-runs of House if I saw them too. I think that used to be on Channel 4 too. Both shows are strangely comforting for me. Open to recommendations though!

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fionakitty21@reddit

I'm up pretty early so it's normally stick c4 on whilst I have a coffee and stuff (cheers, the king of Queens, frasier I think is current running order in the morns! Then when king of Queens runs through, it back to everybody loves Raymond! I may have watched each of these shows episodes a million times it feels! Like you said, comforting, and an easy watch that can be on as you potter about/get ready etc etc)

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EtoshaLeopard@reddit

Yes, I had flu which then turned into a nasty chest infection. Tested negative for Covid. 2 rounds of antibiotics, a chest X-ray (showing an issue), 3 weeks off work and I still feel like crap!!

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SoberPinapples@reddit

Hey, do you get this rarely? You sound like me, and was curious if you had any tips for avoiding it each year. Cheers

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EtoshaLeopard@reddit

Well I kept meaning to get the flu jab but didn’t, so there’s that. I very rarely am this ill but feel like I’m somewhat less resilient following a couple of nasty bouts of Covid since 2020.

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SoberPinapples@reddit

I had the flu jab last winter but it did nothing for me. Not convinced they help much for 'flu sensitive' people.

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Atoz_Bumble@reddit

This sounds very similar to what I had last week. Had a fever, shivering, sweating litres and the headache from hell. Couldn't move for a day. This week I'm totally wiped out with a chest infection and still no appetite.

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raytherip@reddit

Yeah !! covid positive 2 weeks ago, test negative last Wednesday, started antibiotics for a chest infection yesterday... it sucks... I sorta went covid 5 days, headache shivery, aches & pains. Covid negative out for a walk felt fine Thursday and Friday, Saturday felt a bit rough again, Sunday I had a fever, banging headache, aches & pains back in my joints...even my teeth were sore, nose streaming, paracetamol took the edge of it just...I'm now just nursing a blocked nose, a cough that hurts my head & chest and my breathing isn't a free as it was... least I'm getting better the joys !!

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Oh the worst!! Hope you’re on the road to recovery.

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raytherip@reddit

Cheer another side effect I just noticed, when I cough... I get noise coming out both ends !! thankfully just noise lol.

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Iaminfactjesus@reddit

I've got a cold that's been pretty bad and it's lingered for the past week or so. I'm honestly annoyed more than anything because this is the third cold in 5 months I've had

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poshbakerloo@reddit

No but I know a few people off work sick

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NextTomatillo2335@reddit

Shingles. I’d do anything for a cold instead

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Shreddd-it@reddit

I had flu a few weeks back, it absolutely kicked my ass for two weeks. I'm now on week four of bad throat, cough and horrible sinus stuff going on. I lost about half a stone in the first week and haven't put it all back on yet. It's been fucking miserable and I've come to the conclusion that every other time I thought I had the flu it was just a cold. Until this week, 20 mins of washing up was too much physical exertion. I work in a warehouse so that's been a challenge. I am very bored of feeling unwell

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Oh I feel your pain. Sorry you’ve had it so rough. I feel fucking fed up with it and can’t really get in a Christmas mood when I feel so wiped out.

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Shreddd-it@reddit

Same, we've just had the start of the Xmas rush at work and we're doing overtime. Can't catch a break. I'm thankful that I'm feeling a little better each day, but man is it slow progress. Never had anything like this before

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dinkidoo7693@reddit

I had just over 2 weeks of it last month, it wasn’t Covid but I felt so drained and I had the worst head cold.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Yeah similar to me — not really a temperature as such but head cold, feeling a bit wiped out and just generally not great. Hate it.

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dinkidoo7693@reddit

Yeah i didn’t really have a temperature, cough or sore throat. I started to feel a bit better after a few days so i went to the shops, bumped into my mum who said she hadn’t seen me so pale since i was little and she took me straight back home and made me some weird vegetable noodle soup and told me to go back to bed.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Aah that’s nice! 💙

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gadusmo@reddit

I am. Feeling bitter and sorry for myself. Missed the Christmas party too. Poor me.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Same. Not good. Rest up and feel better soon!

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gadusmo@reddit

Thanks! sending healing vibes your way.

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cowbutt6@reddit

My current employer pays for annual flu vaccinations, so I've been talking advantage of that. This year also saw the availability of a new COVID vaccination, so I went private to get that a couple of weeks before I had to travel for work. I've WFH for last 4 years, and same still somewhat cautious about spending extended amounts of time in poorly-ventilated areas. To my knowledge, I've not had COVID, and I'm down to less than one cold or flu infection power year.

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theworldsaplayground@reddit

I haven't had so much as a shuffle since about 2020. Didn't get the jab and feeling great.

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StormzysMum@reddit

Yep, with added stuffy head and dizziness, it’s not the one 😩

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mr-dirtybassist@reddit

Nope. I have my colds when the weather only just started to change around September/October. I'll get a cold again when it starts to get warmer for spring

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Butters16666@reddit

Do you have kids by any chance?

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mr-dirtybassist@reddit

Aye

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Butters16666@reddit

Just wondering. Mines 3 and she brings in colds every week for laugh

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TheTackleZone@reddit

My 3 year old has such a bad cough right now he vommed all over the bed. So that's been a fun evening.

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Butters16666@reddit

Poor kid. Hope you all manage to get some rest

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mr-dirtybassist@reddit

I must just be lucky hah

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Accurate_Prompt_8800@reddit

Same. Haven’t been ill in almost 12 months when I had sinusitis. Was a little sniffy for like 3 days in October. I have a good immune system so don’t envisage being ill anytime soon.

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mr-dirtybassist@reddit

Maybe we are just lucky. Lots lot people tend to get sick around me especially at work. Guess who takes all the overtime while everybody else takes sick days 🙃

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Suluco87@reddit

Sinus infection, throat is going. Managed to avoid the cough but bugs have taken out literally everyone I work with for at least 3 days a peace. I use public transport so I'm dreading when the cough hits as I can feel coming on in my chest.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Hate the knowing feeling that you’re getting sick 😩

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Suluco87@reddit

Yeah cause you fight it but you know it's going to take you in the end.

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Sad_hat20@reddit

Ah, it’s time for that weekly ‘DAE anyone else sick at the moment???’ Uk post. Dull. Yes people still get ill

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

I’m sorry you’re so miserable! Maybe get off Reddit and try something less repetitive?

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Sad_hat20@reddit

At least I’m not crying about having a runny nose during winter

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No_Welder_1043@reddit

For the second time.... the first was shortly after getting a covid booster and flu jab.

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chloelaura89@reddit

Have a 2 year old in nursery so it’s easier to ask when we aren’t sick at this point

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lalalaladididi@reddit

I caught covid in October. I'm Recovered now. I it put paid to the end of my hiking season this year.. I've never had flu. I'm 63 soon too.

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HNot@reddit

I have had flu and Covid jabs but currently have an awful cold. I usually dodge most colds but this one has got me!

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goldenhawkes@reddit

Yep, my nose is streaming currently. Somehow my three month old baby caught a cough/cold and now I’ve got it. Big kid was off school for nearly a week with a nasty virus too a couple of weeks ago, which I avoided somehow.

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naturepeaked@reddit

Got my flu jab early and have cruised through winter so far. I don’t know why everyone doesn’t get one?

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

I’ve never had one but think next year I will. What is ‘early’, end of summer?

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Thatwierdhullcityfan@reddit

Just got over quite a nasty cough that knocked me out for a good 10 days, but I’m not sure it was a cold or anything contagious since no one in my family suffered with anything before or after.

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gemmajenkins2890@reddit

I have been ill with some sort of cough/phlegm/chest thing for nearly 2 weeks now. I started feeling under the weather 2 weeks ago tomorrow. By the Saturday, I had a full on stuffy nose etc like I had a bad cold. It felt like it was going onto my chest Saturday night into Sunday(started coughing - like a deep, thick, phlegmy cough). I've had the cough ever since. While I am feeling much better in general, I really wish this damn cough would just go now. There's less phlegm now, but still.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Get well soon. Similar to me, luckily not a huge cough but super run down and tired with a head cold. It’s depressing!

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cheeky-ninja30@reddit

Not with cold or flu but a stomach bug of sorts. Had stomach pain today on and off. Got back from work and my bowels informed me they were unhappy.. poor toilet..

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

I had a bit of a head cold PLUS the stomach thing the last day or two out of nowhere. OVER IT.

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s199320@reddit

Had a mucky bum for about a week last week! Couldn’t eat anything without my stomach gurgling and felt knackered - definitely picked up a stomach bug, likely at the gym.

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cheeky-ninja30@reddit

Yeah I'm absolutely knackered too!..Just got to make it to the weekend

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Still-Reference138@reddit

I’ve been unwell for what feels like forever. I came down with tonsillitis, and just as I started to recover, I got hit with sinusitis. It feels like I’ve been run over by a truck, and I’m so exhausted and frustrated. I’m trying to stay hopeful, but all I want is to feel better before Christmas so I can truly enjoy being with my family.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

It’s super frustrating isn’t it? I’m fed up and not feeling festive at all. Get well soon!

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Dimac99@reddit

Caught a cold about mid October. I'm usually careful, masking up in shops and on the bus, but I decide to take a chance and get a pub lunch when I met up with my brother for the first time in months. Fortunately the cold itself wasn't that bad and it wasn't covid according to the tests I took, but it's only been about the last week or so that the cough has finally subsided. Learned my lesson.

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ForestCl0uds@reddit

I had a nasty cold/flu thing in October despite getting the jab. My partner now has it, it's lingered for a couple of weeks. I feel like I'm starting with it again now despite avoiding him as much as possible (sleeping in separate beds etc). I have a habit of getting poorly for Christmas day so that's probably what's going to happen! It's definitely going round, loads of people have been off work sick.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Sounds similar. Mine just won’t fully clear up. I felt ok for a day and then it sort of resurfaced so feel like I’m going backwards 😵‍💫😰

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ForestCl0uds@reddit

Yeah, it's super annoying when it lingers like that. Hope you feel better soon!

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PKblaze@reddit

Not yet. Probably will after travelling tho

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BabyAlibi@reddit

I have a cold. I very rarely get a cold. One tonsil is very painful. I am a pathetic mess.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Feel better soon!

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OkayTimeForTheTruth@reddit

I had a cold for like 3 weeks. It was starting to improve, I thought I'd seen the end of it. Then I wake up the next day with a new cold. Yay.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

That’s me this week!! I felt a bit chirpier knowing it was easing off but today I felt worse again. I’m really sick of it.

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Ill_Abbreviations548@reddit

Had my flu jab. But my daughter has a really nasty barking cough! Luckily it’s not covid! I’ve been wearing a mask when out in order not to bring anything home with me due to her low immunity. Hate this time of year! Germs everywhere.

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HauntedByDemons24-7@reddit

Hey not sure how old your little one is but if it’s a barking cough it could be croup. Might be worth a trip to the dr to check. If you can before you go try and record the cough so they can hear it. If it’s croup they’ll know as the cough is so distinctive. Easy to get cleared up although she may need a small dose of steroids. My son used to get it multiple times a year until we moved house >.< Hope she’s better soon.

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Ill_Abbreviations548@reddit

Hi thank you. She’s 20 with Down syndrome. We have been into the doctors and they are reluctant to give her antibiotics as they want it to clear on its own. Just have to keep an eye on it in case it turns into a chest infection! This isn’t our first rodeo with sickness over the winter unfortunately. Been giving her lots of lemon and honey for her sore throat. Hopefully she will be fine over the next few days.

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pshhaww_@reddit

Yep caught Covid for the first time ever at the cinema watching interstellar. Wack

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bronsonrider@reddit

Went 14 months with nothing now sitting here sniffling and full of flu/cold/ who cares I feel shitty, for the second time in 7 weeks🤬

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Yeah it’s a lingering one this time — the worst!

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Murky_Cricket1163@reddit

Yep, my wife decided that we must share *everything* in the marriage, so after a week of watching her fatigued and coughing I know exactly what I'm in for. Currently knackered but unable to get more than two or three hours of sleep over the course of a night, which is just delightful.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

It sucks. Hopefully will pass for you soon!

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

URGH tell me about it. I live and work alone and don't have to 'mix' much but I was playing with my little nephew (2) a few weeks ago and cuddled and kissed him - while he was a bit snotty and couging and have been sick ever since :crying: Barely been able to eat. Actually got much much worse yesterday (day 10) then woke up a bit more level today. Need to nap at least once a day.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Wow this sounds eerily similar to me. It went ‘away’ a little bit and I had a glimmer of hope, but today I feel like it’s got a bit worse again and it’s put me in a right grump. I’m so sick of it and can’t in the festive mood like this. By about 3pm I feel exhausted.

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Poo_Poo_La_Foo@reddit

I'm feeling marginally today. I've managed to eat a real meal!

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RevellRider@reddit

I have a few days annual leave this week, it was inevitable that I catch a cold now

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HauntedByDemons24-7@reddit

My husband has three days booked off he was ill with this flu the week before so he spent his days off helping me as by then I was practically stuck in bed and the kids were really ill. Thankfully we all seem to be coming out the other side apart from the coughing.

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Aconite_Eagle@reddit

It happens more than it should because youre worn down - you get a few days off, your body and mind relax, and you get ill because you CAN be ill then.

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Slowbutsure65@reddit

Yep got a stinky cold and cough this week - it’s doing the rounds - my sinuses are burning too so may pop to the pharmacy/ no point wasting time trying to get a GP appointment before Easter

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Yeah I’m on the lemsip, ginger, nasal spray and whatever else I feel like might help - but it’s not really. Get well soon!

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A_Jesus_woman@reddit

Just recovered from a cold and about 6 of my friends are ill too. One's on antibiotics. A colleague has COVID.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

It’s gone mad hasn’t it. I can’t wait to feel normal again!

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A_Jesus_woman@reddit

Hope you feel better soon!

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AnimalcrossingWW@reddit

Yes, since Saturday. I’m a nurse, work on a paeds ward. This is my third illness since November.

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Loaf23@reddit

Just coming out the other side of flu, started feeling rough Saturday the. Sunday it hit me hard. Been sleeping all day for the past three days, finally stayed awake for longer than 5 hours today. Sweating like a heroin addict on withdrawals and nasty cough that felt like it was a chest burster from aliens. It hasn’t been fun

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Hope you feel better soon!

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MediocreExcellence12@reddit

No, but just had the WORST dose of gastro for 4 days and still in agony. I can barely move for the abdominal pain. Just spent 20 minutes on the bathroom floor crying I couldn’t get up with the pain. Pathetic.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Oh I’m sorry. Weirdly I had a bit of a sore belly last 48 hours which is unlike me. Just fed up with it all now.

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BeanOnAJourney@reddit

Not now, but I contracted Covid while I was in hospital for an unrelated illness in October, and it was absolutely horrific. I've been being very cautious since then, I don't ever want to feel that dreadful again. So far, so good.

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dazed1984@reddit

I’m good so far.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

You’re one of the chosen people 🥳

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gazmbuku@reddit

Just got over it. Last week was horrid

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DualWheeled@reddit

I had the worst cold of my life mid November and have been stuffy and clogged up on and off ever since. Woke up this morning with a sore throat and thought it was going down again but it's already back to my normal baseline sniffles.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Same!! I had it for about a week, then I felt a bit better and finally thought I was thru f the worst of it. But today I feel like it’s got a bit worse again!! Can’t believe it 😖

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TwentySevenMusicUK@reddit

Yep Head feels like it’s going to explode, nose running like a tap and feeling feverish

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Damn. Hope you can rest up and recover!

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Tricky-Ant5338@reddit

Norovirus - my toddler has it too, but not as bad as me. My poor poor bumhole. I likely caught it from a very busy train (standing room only) on Sunday night leaving London.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

I’ve had a bit of a bad tummy too 🤧😤😱 Hoping it’s all cleared up within next few days and I’m avoiding the office and anywhere with loads of people.

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Majestic_Carrot9122@reddit

Loaded at the minute, I’m barking and worn out

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Consistent_Dust_2332@reddit

Runny nose & sneezy. I do wish they'd bring back free covid tests.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Same here. I can’t shake it off fully - it’s a lingering one and seriously pissing me off now. I’m a bit fed up!

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Imaginary-Quiet-7465@reddit

My 7yo has been really poorly with the flu since Saturday. It’s actually affected her legs and she’s struggling to walk, I’ve never seen anything like it! Apparently it is an uncommon but normal side effect of flu recovery though… 🤷🏼‍♀️ Expecting us all to come down with it imminently 🤦🏼‍♀️ Apparently flu cases are really high this year.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Hopefully she’s back to full health ASAP!

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nouazecisinoua@reddit

I was a couple of weeks ago. Now I'm better but my job has turned into a game of "try to call client to cancel because colleague is off sick, only to find out client is also off sick."

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Some-Afterthought@reddit

I've been coughing for 3 weeks straight, now I have the flu and the cough has intensified, I'm bloody miserable.

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Sorry to hear it. I hate feeling run down and tired like this. Can’t properly work out or anything. Hoping I’m on the end of it after almost 10 days!

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mrhippo85@reddit

Yep been ill for the past week ☹️

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MixAway@reddit (OP)

Sucks doesn’t it. Around 10 days for me and every time I think I’m feeling better, it keeps rumbling on.

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Ambitious_Rent_3282@reddit

I had two bad chest infections back to back starting in mid September. Only now and I finally over the coughing!!!

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JonS90_@reddit

I feel generally okay, but also like I cant breathe whenever I do something strenuous. Just really congested but not snotty.

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CauliflowerHelpful60@reddit

Since eating really healthy and don’t want to jinx it I haven’t caught any colds etc this whole year. I think eating healthy and working out will help.

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ThatLNGuy@reddit

Had a nasty cough and a bit of a cold last week. Took time off as not had any sickness and feeling better this week. Pretty much everyone I know has been unwell the last fortnight

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Still-Wonder-5580@reddit

My boss and his wife are both full of the cold. My colleague and I are both immunocompromised soooooo industrial amounts of hand sanitiser it is. Wish they’d just stay away 😡

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TalithaLoisArt@reddit

Yes I feel awful! Flu type of thing. I’ve spent the day in bed, only getting up to take the kids to school and pick them up! Even that was more effort than I wanted to exert

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D0wnb0at@reddit

I have worked from home since 2017. I haven’t had a single illness in that entire time. I also don’t go out and socialise or go many places at all, I’m a bit of a recluse. But never had covid at least!

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Actual-Vehicle-2358@reddit

This time last year I had back to back illnesses, that ended in pneumonia, I was working in a huge construction site with people travelling in from all over the country, so there was always someone on site with a virus. This year however, it's just me on a new site, and I'm happy to say, as I'm not interacting with many people, I haven't been ill once.

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andziulinda69@reddit

Luckily no. But nasty cold sore inside my nose.

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VeterinarianEarly539@reddit

Yep coming down with something. Shivery and sore throat, plus so tired

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KelvinandClydeshuman@reddit

Yes, came down with a cold Monday night and really started to feel it yesterday. I've been in bed most of today too, hoping it'll clear off in a day or two because I have plans that I'm not cancelling.

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spellboundsilk92@reddit

I’m on my third cold since October. I was in hospital then and picked something up there which seems to have knocked my immune system for six because I don’t normally get sick this often. Just praying I manage to avoid the nasty noro that seems to be making the rounds.

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WeightConscious4499@reddit

No. I had a flu jab

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Consistent_Leg_4012@reddit

Worst cold of my life a few weeks ago than unusually for me turned into a bark like cough then horrible chesty cough

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livesinateapot@reddit

I’m well and haven’t had a cold or anything in ages, but I’m not very sociable and try to avoid shaking hands (sharing germs) as much as possible. If I can’t avoid shaking hands, I get on the antibac gel ASAP!

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Throwaway-snooper@reddit

It’s a never ending cycle of illness in our house, 2 adults 3 children. Once the last person who caught it gets better, it starts again with someone else

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UnfinishedThings@reddit

I certainly am. And of my 28 colleagues,4 if them are off sick with it too.

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Spaghetti3000@reddit

I'm fine, but waiting for it to find me!

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PoundshopGiamatti@reddit

No, but my partner's had her first annual brush with sinus nonsense this past week. It came kind of late this year.

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mariaa-tassel229@reddit

my youngest son has caught a really bad flu from school! I guess it’s to be expected at this time of the year… only a matter of time before everyone else in the house catches it too!

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krappa@reddit

No. Didn't catch anything serious yet this season.

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corrielouliz@reddit

There is a lot of flu in the hospital I work in 🙁

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Intelligent-SoupGS88@reddit

Had the worst flu ever last month. Fever only, no snotting/coughing which was odd. Literally temperature of 38.5-39.5C sweats then physically trembling chills for 6 days straight! Zero appetite and sleeping for around 20 hours a day. Most bizzare illness Ive had in yonks!

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Calm-Quarter-5655@reddit

I'm fine at the moment (touch wood) but I visited someone in hospital today so no doubt I'll be ill very soon.

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StationFar6396@reddit

Yes, wave after wave with the kids.

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spiffing_@reddit

My 4yo twins were ill with cold/fever/stomach issues for 4 weeks. I thought it might be a virus, got a stool test done and they had Adenovirus. Pretty much everyone at their school keeps passing it back and forth. When i spoke to the gp he said he was reporting it to public health as an outbreak.

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SwooshSwooshJedi@reddit

I had COVID in late September so hoping I'm immune from that for a little while. It was ghastly.

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LondonCycling@reddit

Nope. I haven't had a cold or flu for about 10 years. I did get COVID twice, but never had any symptoms, just positive tests.

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ChanCuriosity@reddit

I caught influenza A about 12 days ago. Our 10 month old daughter also got it. Our other daughter is currently recovering from an upper respiratory tract infection that knocked her for six. It’s been utter hell! My wife was ill a few weeks before that with some kind of virus, too. The flu was horrendous. I caught covid almost 3 years ago and felt rough, but at least I could move around a bit. I couldn’t get out of bed last weekend.

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elbapo@reddit

Yeah. I have two kids and my immune system hates them

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Mandala1069@reddit

Yeah, I've had a crappy head cold for a couple of days. Kept me awake the other night with regular sneezing fits during the wee hours. Recovering and drying up now though. Definitely a cold and not Covid. A lot of my wife's colleagues (all teachers) are loaded witcold too. 'Ti's the season for it.

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No_Height8460@reddit

Yeah, started feeling like shit yesterday, spent all day in bed today barely able to move, it's come out now so feeling a bit better. But there's stuff everywhere at the mo.

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UnavoidablyHuman@reddit

Partner is a teacher. Half the school is off sick. She came home midday on Monday because she was so sick. "Walking pneumonia" is a thing. Now I've started coughing and I'm not looking forward to the next week

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BenjieAndLion69@reddit

Had it last week.. (flu) Still not right. Appetite up the creek.. Tired

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iwantmorewhippets@reddit

Always! I have a 3 year old and a 7 year old and we are constantly ill. My 3 year old had surgery on Saturday but must have picked something up on the train up there. She ended up back in hospital because she had a high fever and couldn't keep anything down. They thought she might have sepsis...nope! It's viral and we all have it now. I can't remember the last time I had a fever this high and my husband and I are miserable! A week before that we had a cough and 2 weeks before that we had what I assume is flu, that lasted 2 weeks. We cannot get a break right now!

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Durzo_Blintt@reddit

Nah, I don't leave the house and I work from home. I'm going out for a night out next week though, so I already know I'll catch something and then regret ever socialising. The last two times I went out I got COVID. I'd rather not get sick again for daring to step foot out of the house for an evening.

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Shannoonuns@reddit

I think i have tonsillitis 😭 I was sent home from work after a massive coughing fit

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Still-Reference138@reddit

I had this, and it left me with sinititus, so please look after yourself, rest!

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stoic_wookie@reddit

Nah.. sick of Christmas already

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AdministrativeShip2@reddit

Remember to sign up for the flu survey! https://flusurvey.net/en

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rightonthemoney1@reddit

Yes! Husband had a sore throat for a couple of days and a nasty cough, I was with him for ONE day and I’ve suddenly been ill for five! Hopefully this’ll be it now before Christmas 🙏🏻

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JennyW93@reddit

Yeah, my first virus of the season and it’s already looking like the beginnings of tonsillitis. Don’t actually feel too bad, just feels like I’ve been eating sandpaper

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JennyW93@reddit

Oh, actually, I sneezed so hard earlier I pulled a muscle in my back. That bit feels pretty bad. Otherwise I’m basically fine

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Lexiiiis@reddit

I was at the weekend. My partner is. My dad is.

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ChelseaMourning@reddit

Yep. Had flu since Sunday and only just made it out of the house this morning. Was due to have my flu jab 2 weeks ago and they cancelled on me when I got there. So I just went and got flu instead.

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Wang_Doodle_@reddit

Yep. And just remembered I didn’t get a flu shot this year

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coffeewalnut05@reddit

No. But I also live a relatively more isolated life. Wouldn’t have it any other way tbh

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mohammedafify1@reddit

Cold, my wife and myself, just hope not our little girl too.

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Dramatic_Dare@reddit

Yep currently with a cold!

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ridgestride@reddit

Nope. Had my flu and Covid jabs thank god

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Paracosm26@reddit

About a week ago I definitely was.

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