I HAVE THE FLU!

IM0

no you dont you have a cold, now htfu, if you had the flu you would know all about it

when did we decide to call colds the flu?

get better soon

irishgirl19

I had the flu a few days ago ,and I tell ya,you would be too sick to go on boards.no joke

lisaj

Its the black lung Pop...

Drives me mad when people say they have the 'flu and they're functioning perfectly well, albeit with a rosy nose.

When you can't lie down, sit up, walk, sleep, talk, eat, drink or watch tv.. then you may have the 'flu.

Davidth88

How to tell if you have the flu.



If you you have a cold , and you notice someone has left a 50 euro note in your back garden , you struggle out and get it.

If you have the flu , you can't even face going out to get that.

9times out of 10 people have a cold , I can only ever remember have the flu once in my life , and TBH I didn't leave my bed for 48hrs except for to struggle to the toilet.

Mr Benevolent

irishgirl19 wrote: »

I had the flu a few days ago ,and I tell ya,you would be too sick to go on boards.no joke

No-one gets over the flu in a few days.

davet82

because irish people love to over exagerate e.g i'm dying (hung-over), i'm starving (peckish), i have the black lung (tickley cough)

Where To

If someone is able to tell you they have flu then they have the cold

MurdyWurdy

People telling me they have the flu when it's just a cold drive me absolutely mad. My husband got flu when the whole swine flu epidemic was big a few years ago. He lay in bed not moving for almost two weeks and it took another 2/3 weeks before he was right.

It's the same when people talk about getting the flu jab, I've heard people say I didn't get the flu last year so it's not worth me getting. Eh, real flu is a serious illness not an annual thing you get in the winter that you get over after a day or two.

When my husband had flu it turned out to be normal flu, not swine flu. Luckily I'd had the flu jab that year (at the time swine flu was new and not covered by the vaccination) and didn't get sick so I swear by it now, get it every year. I don't know what we would have done if both of us were laid out with it. It's a nasty, nasty thing.

donvito99

I'VE GOT THE POWER

SEPT 23 1989

I died of the flu a few years ago

gimli2112

Have had the flu twice. It's just fcukin painful all over.

Scientists have now proved it's a less severe form of man flu which thankfully I've never had.

Sauve

donvito99 wrote: »

I'VE GOT THE POWER

I'VE GOT THE KEY

Vicar in a tutu

I have the flu:( I honestly thought I was at deaths door last night:(...... I feel so bad I actually dont care if im at deaths door actually:(

NegativeCreep

What's htfu? Internet confuses me sometimes.

Rasmus

Another funny term is 'fluey', as in 'feeling fluey' at work. So do they mean they are delirious with fever, aching all over, unable to make sense of normal coversation? If you have the flu, you can barely make it to the bathroom let alone outside of the house. You also wouldn't give a crap about that 50 in the garden, because it looks like a crisp bag to you.

IK09

ive the flu

ScumLord

I don't think I've ever had the flu. Even the colds I get aren't that bad.

a fat guy

I've had it twice I think, and I honestly would have preferred to just go to school at the time.

It was absolutely horrible, I couldn't do eat, sweat so much that the sheets had to be changed on a daily basis, couldn't eat anything and I got so skinny that you could clearly see my stomach muscles.

I looked totally ripped, but I'd never do it again.

TeddyTedson

I get the flu a couple of times a year. Sometimes Im able to shake it off before it really kicks in. Luckily enough I've never once had a cold though.

IM0

NegativeCreep wrote: »

What's htfu? Internet confuses me sometimes.

harden the **** up

irishgirl19

Confab wrote: »

No-one gets over the flu in a few days.

in my experience it never lasted longer than a week a time

lisaj

irishgirl19 wrote: »

in my experience it never lasted longer than a week a time

'Flu takes at least 3 weeks to get over

girl2

Oh ffs…

Here's more fuel to add to the fire :rolleyes:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/science/man-flu-exists-says-female-1554248

Where To

donvito99 wrote: »

I'VE GOT THE POWER

Sauve wrote: »

I'VE GOT THE KEY

I'VE GOT THE SECRET

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt91rG311OM

craggle

lisaj wrote: »

'Flu takes at least 3 weeks to get over

About three weeks to completely shake the drained feeling you get after a flu but your temperature peaks after a few days. I work in a chemist and we always get people saying theyve the flu when clearly they dont, if they did they wouldnt be in the shop

klose

I got the flu for the first time ever last winter, thought i was gonna fcuking die.

mark renton

I once died from the flu, just as well Im as tough as coffin nails or I wouldnt have made it back.

hairyprincess

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I died of the flu a few years ago

Let me guess, is your anniversary sept 23rd 1989? :pac:

frozenfrozen

i had the flu for my two weeks of holidays over christmas. Didn't get up on christmas day... and left the house probably at most twice over those two weeks. Starting to feel my throat closing up a little so I hope I don't have any sort of cold flu or cough coming my way, especially after having the flu so recently

oldyouth

IM0 wrote: »

no you dont you have a cold, now htfu, if you had the flu you would know all about it

when did we decide to call colds the flu?

Man = Has Flu
Woman = Has Cold.

Poor thing, I'll wait a while for my sammich darling

franktheplank

IM0 wrote: »

no you dont you have a cold, now htfu, if you had the flu you would know all about it

when did we decide to call colds the flu?

I really think the IMO need to work on their bedside manner.:D

skyfall2012

I have a cold right now, runny nose, sniffles, block sinuses. I have tried some natural remedies like Sudafed and Budweiser and neither of them help to alleviate my symptoms. I will have to look east, some Tiger balls or something.

Daveysil15

skyfall2012 wrote: »

I have a cold right now, runny nose, sniffles, block sinuses. I have tried some natural remedies like Sudafed and Budweiser and neither of them help to alleviate my symptoms. I will have to look east, some Tiger balls or something.

Sudafed and budweiser, what the hell? I must try sometime ha.

Cold's can be bad too. Sometimes when I get a cold it turns into a sinus infection which can last for a long time. I would rather get the flu any day than get a sinus infection. Those things are extremely irritating.

StinkyMunkey

Have not had the flu in many a year. Last time i had it, i lost a stone and a half in just under 2 weeks. I kept getting violently sick, i couldnt even hold down water. Got to the stage where i was puking up the lining on my stomach. My mother started to get really worried when i became delirious, my temp was so hi. On the up side, when the doctor came to the house he said you only get the flu that bad once in your life time.

Always getting colds, and moaning makes me feel better:D but i laugh at people when they have the "flu".

Madam_X

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Sudafed and budweiser, what the hell? I must try sometime ha.

Cold's can be bad too. Sometimes when I get a cold it turns into a sinus infection which can last for a long time. I would rather get the flu any day than get a sinus infection. Those things are extremely irritating.

I get them too and theyre horrible, but the flu is way worse.

Heroditas

Daveysil15 wrote: »

Sudafed and budweiser, what the hell? I must try sometime ha.

Cold's can be bad too. Sometimes when I get a cold it turns into a sinus infection which can last for a long time. I would rather get the flu any day than get a sinus infection. Those things are extremely irritating.

Yep, the mother in law had a cold at the end of November and got a sinus infection from it.... Then got blocked up ears because the sinus infection was so bad and could barely hear.

Then got progressively worse over the last few weeks... was finally brought into hospital last week because the doctor said she had the flu and then to cap it all off was diagnosed with pneumonia and will be in hospital for another week at least.
Pretty crappy

Daveysil15

Madam_X wrote: »

I get them too and theyre horrible, but the flu is way worse.

It depends on the person I suppose. Whenever I get the flu it usually only lasts a few days, whereas the sinus infection could last a couple of weeks.

bullets

I reckon I got the flu. felt ill about 2-3 weeks ago and needed to go home from work, overnight I could not breathe in or out, could not move from the bed lay slumped against a radiator without feeling warm. Blood pressure was up around 170 over 110! Went to the doctor and and he put me on 6 steroid tablets a day, anti-biotics and 2 different types of inhalers, was crippled for a few days until finally things started to clear up. Roll on two weeks later WHAM its back, no energy, could not move, felt as though I would die, could not eat, been barely able to move since Thursday, so back to the doctor to get more antibiotics, last night I could not move and sweat all night so much the duvet cover was drowned. went to weigh myself to find I'd dropped nearly a stone in weight over he last week or two just from being sick.

~B

Mrmoe

I would say I only got the flu once. I wasn't able to get out of bed for a week. An ordinary cold can be very debilatating though especially if you have a sinus infection. Nothing to sneeze at.

Mint Sauce

skyfall2012 wrote: »

I have a cold right now, runny nose, sniffles, block sinuses. I have tried some natural remedies like Sudafed and Budweiser and neither of them help to alleviate my symptoms. I will have to look east, some Tiger balls or something.

Must be bad if only able to manage budweiser.

:eek:

Heroditas

bullets wrote: »

I reckon I got the flu. felt ill about 2-3 weeks ago and needed to go home from work, overnight I could not breathe in or out, could not move from the bed lay slumped against a radiator without feeling warm. Blood pressure was up around 170 over 110! Went to the doctor and and he put me on 6 steroid tablets a day, anti-biotics and 2 different types of inhalers, was crippled for a few days until finally things started to clear up. Roll on two weeks later WHAM its back, no energy, could not move, felt as though I would die, could not eat, been barely able to move since Thursday, so back to the doctor to get more antibiotics, last night I could not move and sweat all night so much the duvet cover was drowned. went to weigh myself to find I'd dropped nearly a stone in weight over he last week or two just from being sick.

~B

PFFFT!!
As has been already stated, if you're well enough to post on Boards.ie you don't have the flu! :pac:


Get well soon. Sounds absolutely rotten

miss no stars

bullets wrote: »

I reckon I got the flu. felt ill about 2-3 weeks ago and needed to go home from work, overnight I could not breathe in or out, could not move from the bed lay slumped against a radiator without feeling warm. Blood pressure was up around 170 over 110! Went to the doctor and and he put me on 6 steroid tablets a day, anti-biotics and 2 different types of inhalers, was crippled for a few days until finally things started to clear up. Roll on two weeks later WHAM its back, no energy, could not move, felt as though I would die, could not eat, been barely able to move since Thursday, so back to the doctor to get more antibiotics, last night I could not move and sweat all night so much the duvet cover was drowned. went to weigh myself to find I'd dropped nearly a stone in weight over he last week or two just from being sick.

~B

I had that happen once as a teenager. Must have missed about a month of school with it, then I got it AGAIN about a month later but it went a bit quicker. Very much was flu though.


I think people call colds flu because of the reaction "cold" gets.

"I have a cold" (feeling absolutely AWFUL and quite unwell and really fit for nothing other than bed) gets a response of "Ah sure it's only a cold"

"I have the flu" gets a response that's a bit more sympathetic and takes the person a bit more seriously. Most people are probably thinking "nah, if you had the flu you wouldn't be able to tell me that you have the flu... but it's probably a really bad cold and you're probably actually suffering with it".

Cold just seems so.... so like it doesn't matter and shouldn't have an impact on you!

goz83

Every man who has a cold, has the flu. Do people still not get that?

I think i'm coming down with a bit of man flu right now. The wife will have to bring me breakfast in bed :pac:

skyfall2012

goz83 wrote: »

Every man who has a cold, has the flu. Do people still not get that?

I think i'm coming down with a bit of man flu right now. The wife will have to bring me breakfast in bed :pac:

My husband had adult chicken pocks for 3 weeks, in bed and he couldn't stand noise, I nearly smothered him with a pillow towards the end.

Mountainsandh

I think Mr Mountains and I had the swine flu, 2 years ago, was it, when the big epidemic was on. He was just back from the US, and others on his flight also got very sick shortly after getting home.
I remember on top of all the fever, etc... feeling battered like someone had kicked me in the ribs, legs, all over. That was the pain the body was in. I had to check if I had bruises it was that bad. There was a cough with that flu, you'd nearly cry with the pain every time you had to cough. It took a long time to come back to normal form, 3 weeks or so.

The 2 children were vaccinated, in great form, and had to more or less take care of themselves for the first 4 days. We had to take shifts with Mr to throw them some scraps . Thankfully it was kind of staggered, and mine started 2 days after his (you could pinpoint the exact hour it started), so he was a bit better able to cope.

I rang the doc but of course was told not to call in (don't think would have been able to anyway), so we never knew for sure.

edit : good thing to have freezer stocked up for these eventualities.

goz83

goz83 wrote: »

Every man who has a cold, has the flu. Do people still not get that?

I think i'm coming down with a bit of man flu right now. The wife will have to bring me breakfast in bed :pac:

I totally jinxed myself. I'm in bed with the winter vomiting bug.

Had to have my clients rescheduled.

Lad Of Banter

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I died of the flu a few years ago

how long did it take to recover from that?