The Flu.

You would assume that our HSE would put out a national alert especially with 800 people in hospital and advise people that they should consider wearing a mask for their own protection

Flaneur OBrien

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122997514#Comment_122997514

Tested positive for COVID the day before my driving test this summer.

Cancelled (obviously), no refund given as it was outside the 3 day window. Ridiculous in this day and age to bin €85 like that.

Oíche Na Gaoithe Móire

Snowflake.. firstly it's an American BS imported word.

Every poster on here is a descendant of survivors. Just to go back 1,000 years in Irish, English, Welsh and Scottish history, your ancestors survived unimaginable poverty and hardship, all types of illness, wars and famine. The reason you are here is due to the toughness of your ancestry in brutal times.

If you say you had the flu but could walk 13,500 steps a day during it and it was cured with a few hot whiskeys, you got a very light brush of the flu.

We are all different, our immune systems are of differing strengths. Some of us have illnesses we were born with, or developed, that complicate things. This is no reflection on us, or our 'toughness'. You can't make a casual assumption that people are weak or snowflakes. Because you haven't got a fecking clue what it's like to live their life, or what's going on in their life.

Often people who are never sick, and blessed to be so, are the ones that moan the most when they eventually get sick, not used to having to to keep going while unwell. And you will get sick some day, that's a given, so count your blessings instead of thinking you are superior to others you know nothing about.

Cluedo Monopoly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122997796#Comment_122997796

Gotcha thanks, wishing you a speedy and full recovery.

Oíche Na Gaoithe Móire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122997946#Comment_122997946

Thanks Cleudo!

Wishing everyone on here a full recovery. Hopefully we all have a great 2025 ahead of us.

Akrasia

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122997323#Comment_122997323

Lol. The hard man who would be blubbering like a baby when faced with the reality of a severe acute infection.

kneemos

Loss of appetite seems to be a common trait with this dose. Wasn't feeling too bad this morning,even got out for a spin on the bike.

Still trying to force a few morsels down the throat though.

amandstu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122998740#Comment_122998740

Are you getting any nausea/queasiness or is it just loss of appetite?

I went to the shop this afternnon and eavesdropped on the first people I saw there-a couple exchanging news and one saying she had been barely able to move.

kneemos

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122998937#Comment_122998937

Had a mild bit of nausea this evening. Had a couple of sandwiches,seems to be helping.

dougm1970

i have what i think is a bad enough cold since say 23rd / 24th....i'm at tail end i think...barking like a dog and coughing up very brown phlegm, i think blood soaked from tear in throat from coughing.

covid test negative.

i had pneumonia once...but also another time had flu...that flu in my early 20s was a near death experience in my head...i actually was hallucinating for 24 hours and lost a stone weight when i didnt have weight on me at time...i honestly felt like it was death coming.

this has been a lot of coughing, vomiting, and profusely sweating...like in bouts of 20 minutes where i am like a bucket of water thrown on me...and really sore bones and joints all over......but compared to flu i had all them years ago i'd say this is a bad cold for me...in my 50s now.

BorsukBroCsNake

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122995032#Comment_122995032

The ex wife called me many things but nothing this bad 🤣

But on a serious note it's a nasty one, tends not to floor you but it's pneumonia all the same, can be bad news if not treated, does seem to be popular on the illness bingo card this year.

Jinglejangle69

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122998061#Comment_122998061

100% what happened.

fits

I have two golf balls in my neck now ( swollen glands). No other symptoms only a bit of fatigue. Throat isn’t even sore. Just tender to touch neck. Odd! My Fitbit is telling me to take it easy.

Ashbourne hoop

I started feeling symptoms Stephen's night. Started coughing, within an hour I was throwing up, then swating and freeezing at the same time. Genuinely never so sick in all my life. Feel a bit better now but still a bit of a cough and no appetite.

I got the flu jab but I'm told that at best it's only 60% effective and that efficacy decreases as you get older, I wasn't completely aware of that tbh.

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122997828#Comment_122997828

That is bad from RSA, can you appeal, you were being safe, I have heard of tests cancelled by RSA as testers were out sick, rescheduled

banie01

A neighbour of mine who attended a wedding feeling a tad unwell yesterday. Was in with her doc today, diagnosed with walking pneumonia he prescribed multiple meds including antibiotics and steroids and a letter for A+E if she doesn't improve.

Her husband & adult daughter were also at the wedding along with about 120 other people who are now exposed to quite a nasty dose of illness.

fits

if its mycoplasma pneumonia its not nearly as bad as other bacterial or viral pneumonias. Just drags on a long time. I didn’t take any meds and got over it ok. My son had it at same time - diagnosed with chest xray. He got antibiotics.

tearsofaclown

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122997406#Comment_122997406

Aye indeed. The brother was unwell last week and I happened to comment how I never seem to get sick...

banie01

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123002146#Comment_123002146

She is as sick as a dog and was before the wedding. The letter was given as she refused to go directly from GP to hospital. She is adamant that the meds will set her right quicker than a trip to A+E. Her stubborn insistence on going did her no favours and likely has spread whatever she has around quite a bit too.

I had a mild head cold for days and felt fine - now I've the cough though, not feeling too good. Hopefully a couple of hot toddies will help me sleep well.

Oíche Na Gaoithe Móire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123002494#Comment_123002494

Best to go to A&E even if it means weighing a few hours. The treatment you get, like intravenous meds, nebs, cortisone shots etc aid your recovery far quicker than oral antibiotics and steroids.

Chest x-ray, Ecg and all the other tests are useful too.

lumphammer2

Flu is everywhere …. Covid 19 is everywhere …. no mention at all of Covid but at least 15 people I know have Covid at present …. before it was all Covid not flu now it is all flu not Covid …. but both are everywhere is the truth …. 4-5 years ago they all thought they could control Covid via a 2 week lockdown that became a 5 month hell on earth …. one extreme to the other I guess …. now they do nothing at all !!! …. surely there are ways of dealing/preparing for obvious winter surges in viruses somewhere between doing nothing and panic lockdowns ??? …. !!!

amandstu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123002884#Comment_123002884

Have those "at least 15" people taken Covid tests?

How would they know it is Covid otherwise?

From the HSE website Covid is extremely scarce over the past few weeks (although it is increasing)

fits

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123002494#Comment_123002494

Ah ok. My understanding of the term walking pneumonia is different. Hope she feels better soon.

BrianD3

We've learned nothing from Covid, not surprising I suppose given the attention span and memory of the average idiot. Working from home is dying out in many places and dirty fcukers are going to workplaces and shops, coughing and sneezing all over each other having had a "meaningful Christmas" drinking and gluttoning.

IME healthcare workers are some of the worst offenders. The hospitals are bedlam and part of this will be due to careless, arrogant healthcare workers not adhering to IPC (infection prevention and control) procedures. Many don't bother getting vaccinated, also I've heard healthcare workers talking about getting antibiotics for their (viral) flu/cold because they're "dying" - yet somehow they're still fit enough to plan socialising for NYE.

I now understand more why we needed Covid restrictions and the likes of Bishop Holohan on the TV to continually tell us how to wipe our arses. Now remember to sing Happy Birthday to yourself while washing your hands.

FreshG

Nasty head cold floating around for a couple weeks now alright.

Coolcormack1979

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123003310#Comment_123003310

😂😂😂ok Tony bugger off.covid lockdowns did more damage to public trust than he ever envisioned .

Kalimah

My persistent head cold is driving me mad. I can’t sleep at night for the coughing. Nearly throwing up sometimes. Daytime is not too bad but my energy levels are low. This is going on for nearly two weeks.
I feel very sorry for anyone with flu- it must be miserable.

My brother came down with this (flu) on Christmas Day. He feels a bit more awake today, but it's a bad one (and for him to say that means something). The cough is horrendous - I was just on a video call with him and it was bad. One thing he noted was he couldn't eat at all. Struggling just to keep hydrated with water and cups of tea, and is going to try soup today. He went down to the pharmacy for paracetemol when he ran out (luckily there is one at the bottom of his apartment building) but he wore a mask (because he is not an inconsiderate cnut).

I got the vaccine in October, and I know it doesn't cover all strains, but I'll still be doing my best to avoid catching it.

Buddy Bubs

Woke up with something nasty today, knocked lumps out of me.

At the moment it's a cold, hope it doesn't get upgraded

First time I remember being sick since testing positive for covid on Xmas eve 2021 so I've had a good run of it