Flu - tell me I'm not alone

Ya, as already mentioned that’s the real deal flu and not like the bad colds that can mistakenly get labelled flu. Very sudden onset, usually accompanied by severe headache, bad muscle pain and a 24-48 hour period of vomiting. It took me months to get back to normal after getting it in my mid 20s. I have been assiduously getting the flu vaccine since then and so far have yet to have had a repeat, going on 15 years.

I do wonder what all this illness says about our way of life. As soon as we stop working and relax, the various bugs hammer us. Alcohol is probably a major factor as it significantly reduces the immune system.

For me having all the covid boosters and the flu vaccine the only thing i get is a sore throat and have been using Vicks First Defence for the last 3 years and not once did i get a cold.

Anytime my hair would get wet sore throat followed by a miserable cold.

Coughing i have bought Bronco Stop Lozenge's and sucking them is amazing and they work

So try Vicks First Defence nasal spray and it helps to clear colds up quicker and might give more protection with covid.

Any cough Bronco Stop Lozenge's.

Report back when you have tried them for others to get them

I had it around the start of November for about 5 days. Sinus pain,headaches, sore throat, chest pains, no energy had the lot. There was two nights I couldn't breathe through my nose and waking in the morning with a mouth completely dry. It's a rough few days with it

Diagnosed with chest infection on Dec 12th. Course of antibiotics and I felt much better. A few days later this cough / sinus thing hit me and I have been sick since. My ribs and throat hurt from coughing.

Mr Sam and the minions all sick too. Antibiotics and steroids all around. Christmas week we spent 240 euro on doctors and 60 odd on meds.

Lost count of how many covid tests we did. I went back to work today and spent the day coughing in my little office corner.

I spent the Thursday night before Xmas vomiting , 5 trips to the dunny. Weak, blurred vision, pain in my stomach that I would rate 9/10 which traveled around to my back. Was genuinely in agony. Couldn’t work Friday. Didn’t eat anything Friday or Saturday. Felt ok Sunday and pain was only completely gone yesterday. Didn’t go to doc but did have negative covid test. Lost 8lbs in 3 days, i weigh less than 10 stone to start with.

18 month old daughter has been off crèche since 9th December, runny nose , bad cough keeping her awake at night, intermittent high temp, not eating as normal. Has been to doctor twice with it and he just said viral infection and has to fight it herself. Second visit was today (Wednesday) as cough is so chesty we’re thinking she won’t be going to crèche next Tuesday unless a massive improvement.

It's worse than COVID was back in January this year, I'm surprised people aren't calling for more lockdowns.

I think people are just doing more mixing as those wfh are in more days which also means more days on public transport. More socializing etc.

Pre COVID you'd have a dose that went through a school or office and no one really thought too much of it. Once it gets into a school it's gets into the community etc. Anyone with kids will know this. Just how it works.

Some people are just more prone to it than others.

Depends on the situation. In a medical setting yes. Mostly not though. I'm not in close contact in a crowd that often though. So rarely in a situation where I'd need to.

Yep, I wish people with a two day cold stopped saying they had the flu

A lot of my relations are complaining about a mildish illness giving them (a) tiredness, (b) sore throat and (c) sore lower back. I immediately thought Covid but they were all negative.

I'm not going to turn this thread into another boring argument about lockdown and how "worth it" it was.

In ours thus far only the unvaccinated kids got a heavy dose. The rest of us got much milder cough/cold. Might be just luck. I've only ever had flu once in my life. Heavy colds often enough.