What's the sickest you've been?

beks101 · 21-01-2016 09:15PM #1

So like many people I am currently suffering with a January flu to end all January flues.

My ears are ringing, my throat is full of razorblades, I haven't eaten any solids for about four days, my voice has gone MIA, my temperature varies from 500 to -500 C every five minutes and I've been coughing up all sorts of sh1t night and day. This post is a bloody struggle and is about all the energy I have right now. In fact i might die any second.

So needless to say the self-pity is at an all time high. I need some stories to put me in my place. The more gruesome and disturbing and TMI the better.

What's the sickest you've been AH?

MaryAntoinette · 21-01-2016 09:19PM

You cant be too bad to say you are able to be on social media, flu me hole.

ygolometsipe · 21-01-2016 09:20PM

I was surfing in Australia a few years back.
It was a pretty normal day, did not know about rip tides
or sharks, was swimming along one day and the BOOM out
of know-where a giant wave, it flung me way up into the air
and I did like three very high flips over and over and over...
When I cam out, some Aussie guy said that was sick man, like the sickest thing
I have ever seen, so sick man...
sickest I've ever been.

johnayo · 21-01-2016 09:22PM

I was sick as a dog once:D

Harry Palmr · 21-01-2016 09:24PM

Anyone who can post a message on the internet is not suffering full blown flu.

The Backwards Man · 21-01-2016 09:28PM

I had the flu once. It was at the start of the first Gulf War so I would have been thirteen. Haven't been sick since apart from an odd sniffle.

Ted_YNWA · 21-01-2016 09:28PM

johnayo wrote: »

I was sick as a dog once:D

That's nothing.

I was sick as a small hospital last year.

cookiexx · 21-01-2016 09:30PM

Stomach bug combined with pneumonia in the immediate aftermath of getting my tonsils out. How I survived that Im not sure.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 21-01-2016 09:32PM

I contracted an exotic tropical disease, the name of which I can't remember some 40 years on, I remember little of the illness itself as I was only semi conscious but the recuperation took a couple of months and was very debilitating. Thankfully I've rarely been ill since. I have had Flu a couple of times but that's minor stuff in the grand scheme of illness.

Menas · 21-01-2016 09:34PM

I had shingles once. Not pleasant...but not the worst illness either. I am lucky enough that way.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 21-01-2016 09:35PM

As a plane to Lourdes.

21-01-2016 09:36PM

MaryAntoinette wrote: »

You cant be too bad to say you are able to be on social media, flu me hole.

Duno, I'd say it's about the only thing you can do in between staring at the walls

FTA69 · 21-01-2016 09:41PM

Nearly a year ago to this day I contracted dysentery from drinking dirty water in Bangladesh. I was right as rain that evening going to bed and then shot awake at 3am with the feeling someone was sitting on my chest. Ran outside and projectiled over the balcony before collapsing in sweat. After managing to crawl back to bed I passed out only to awake again in my own sh*te. My "room" was a steel bed in a concrete outhouse and for the whole day I dragged myself from bed to the toilet in order to squirt out the vilest stinking mess known to man. The jacks was a squat toilet and was rancid.

I was laid up for two days with two local tribal young fellas who force fed me rehydration salts and Coke until I could leave. I ended up losing 3/4 of a stone in the few days. Utterly awful and a doctor nowhere near the place.

Azalea · 21-01-2016 09:48PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Anyone who can post a message on the internet is not suffering full blown flu.

I had the 'flu 11 years ago - it was so horrendous I can remember the exact date. After four days I would still have been able to key in a social media post on a phone lying down in bed though - and it was definitely the 'flu, not a bad cold. The OP did say she has barely any energy in fairness.

'Flu is an awful dose though - you only get out of bed if you have to go to the toilet, and you have to crawl/stagger rather than walk. As described in the opening post, your temperature goes from freezing to roasting, and having the heating on for hours and hours sometimes doesn't get rid of the feeling of extreme cold. You feel really sick too - especially if you stand up. I got up to make a cup of tea on the third day and had to hold on to the counter on my knees, rather than standing at it. The sweat was pouring off me and I felt like I was gonna puke. :pac:

The Backwards Man · 21-01-2016 09:50PM

bluewolf wrote: »

Duno, I'd say it's about the only thing you can do in between staring at the walls

I dunno, when you contract a virus with a 10% mortality rate you don't even feel like staring at the walls.

Influenza occurs globally with an annual attack rate estimated at 5%–10% in adults and 20%–30% in children. Illnesses can result in hospitalization and death mainly among high-risk groups (the very young, elderly or chronically ill). Worldwide, these annual epidemics are estimated to result in about 3 to 5 million cases of severe illness, and about 250 000 to 500 000 deaths

Source

Mint Sauce · 21-01-2016 09:53PM

About 11 years ago, so sick did not even have the strength at times to sit up in bed. Had to venture out of the bed one night to find the paracetamol and the thermometer. Bed was soaked with sweat, it pouring off me, but still felt freezing. Rigors so bad had to take the stairs one step at a time, holding on to both sides. Took me 2-3 weeks total to get over it, two courses of antibiotics. Over half of one lung all congested and infected.

Simply Red · 21-01-2016 09:56PM

I had man-flu once, was lucky to survive, haven't been the same since

hairyprincess · 21-01-2016 09:58PM

Had double pneumonia when I was 21. Survived it with meds. Could have been worser and far badder

Fr_Dougal · 21-01-2016 09:59PM

I had manflu once.

Mods, you can close the thread now.

Lisha · 21-01-2016 10:00PM

I suffered from Migraines on and off for years. I've violently puked bile until my throat bled. I've laid in bed shaking from pain and feeling hot/cold. I've begged my toddler to watch cartoons while holding my head as I can't handle the pain and I'm desperately waiting for my husband to come home so I can get to bed . I've puked while cooking for family as I can't handle smells. I've felt guilty as hell as I'm afraid migraines have made me a bad mother.
Migraines are hell. I used to get 2 a month but I've had very little for last 3 years. It's really improved my quality of life.
It really is like living the dream.

Frank Bullitt · 21-01-2016 10:10PM

When i was in college, I wasn't feeling great and thought there was a cold on the horizon for me, just as the Easter holidays were starting. Woke up one morning to go to the toilet and on the way back to bed I pretty much collapsed onto my bed.

Later on I was going to go down to the shop to get a roll for lunch, and it took me a good 25 minutes to get the energy to get up out of the chair. I got to the shop, and in the Q, everything started to go quiet, next thing one of the servers in the shop was holding me up asking if I was alright, and I was soaked to the bone in sweat. The workers in the shop began to diagnose me, where I was told I had anything ranging from pneumonia, pleurisy and kidney stones.

Turns out I had the flu, I was totally bed stricken for 2 weeks, I had no energy and lost 2 stone.

So when someone who says "I couldn't go to work yesterday cause I had the flu", I feel like smacking them solid.

Azalea · 21-01-2016 10:13PM

Gintonious wrote: »

When i was in college, I wasn't feeling great and thought there was a cold on the horizon for me, just as the Easter holidays were starting. Woke up one morning to go to the toilet and on the way back to bed I pretty much collapsed onto my bed.

Later on I was going to go down to the shop to get a roll for lunch, and it took me a good 25 minutes to get the energy to get up out of the chair. I got to the shop, and in the Q, everything started to go quiet, next thing one of the servers in the shop was holding me up asking if I was alright, and I was soaked to the bone in sweat. The workers in the shop began to diagnose me, where I was told I had anything ranging from pneumonia, pleurisy and kidney stones.

Turns out I had the flu, I was totally bed stricken for 2 weeks, I had no energy and lost 2 stone.

So when someone who says "I couldn't go to work yesterday cause I had the flu", I feel like smacking them solid.

Or when someone is AT work and says they have the 'flu!

Some colds can be very nasty and miserable, and require a day or two of bed-rest, but they're not the same thing as the 'flu. If anything, the "cold symptoms" part of the 'flu are the least concern (in my experience anyway).

Turtyturd · 21-01-2016 10:22PM

Had that Noro Virus over Christmas a few years back. Laid out in bed for a few days only able to move as far as the bathroom to throw up every 20 minutes. Pounding headaches, falling in and out of the worst, most restless sleep ever, think I would have gladly given up on life at one point.

Also suffer from migraines so can sympathise with the poster above, horrible feeling.

Azalea · 21-01-2016 10:33PM

Turtyturd wrote: »

Had that Noro Virus over Christmas a few years back. Laid out in bed for a few days only able to move as far as the bathroom to throw up every 20 minutes.

Very same here around Christmas a while back. The auld every-15-minutes pukes. You could set your watch to them. :pac:
I relented and just put a basin at the side of the bed.

It's a fecker because it hits you suddenly unlike your "standard" stomach bugs (where you get a more prolonged stint of appetite loss, then gradual nausea) so you could have eaten loads, hence so much vomiting.

Whosthis · 21-01-2016 10:42PM

It was probably the time I fcuked a chicken in the ear.

Azalea · 21-01-2016 10:43PM

Lisha wrote: »

I suffered from Migraines on and off for years. I've violently puked bile until my throat bled. I've laid in bed shaking from pain and feeling hot/cold. I've begged my toddler to watch cartoons while holding my head as I can't handle the pain and I'm desperately waiting for my husband to come home so I can get to bed . I've puked while cooking for family as I can't handle smells. I've felt guilty as hell as I'm afraid migraines have made me a bad mother.
Migraines are hell. I used to get 2 a month but I've had very little for last 3 years. It's really improved my quality of life.
It really is like living the dream.

Crikey.

The feeling of guilt is awful - easy for me to say but you shouldn't feel that way, it's not your fault. Friends of mine who get bad migraines describe actually experiencing short stints of blindness, and having to grip the walls to walk anywhere. Must be terrifying.

I got two migraines ever, and they were very mild compared to what you have experienced, but they were still awful - you just have to go to bed, nothing else for it.

Wibbs · 21-01-2016 10:46PM

I've had all the flus; bird, swine, elephant with a limp called Herbert etc. Had malaria once. That wasn't fun. Basically like the flu, only with extra sweats. Really odd one, comes in waves. Been exposed to infectious tuberculosis but have an immunity to it. Also to the plague. Handy that, should I time travel to medieval Italy, or parts of modern India… I"ve been blessed really. Nothing too bad, at least acutely. I would say the sickest I ever felt was from a dose of gastroenteritis when I was 19. Going both ends. Sweet Jesus, I wanted to just die. Pure fcuking misery. Malaria was a piece of piss by comparison TBH.

I am in one way extremely (and it seems very rarely)blessed though, especially when I read of poor Lisha's experiences, I've never had a headache to speak of. Can't recall the last time I had one, if ever.

Hazys · 21-01-2016 10:46PM

I had horrible withdrawal symptoms once which included anxiety, fatigue, sweating, vomiting, depression, seizures, and hallucinations.

Then Boards came back online and I was fine again.

nacho libre · 21-01-2016 10:47PM

Azalea wrote: »

Or when someone is AT work and says they have the 'flu!

Some colds can be very nasty and miserable, and require a day or two of bed-rest, but they're not the same thing as the 'flu. If anything, the "cold symptoms" part of the 'flu are the least concern (in my experience anyway).

16 years ago i ended up in hospital because of the flu.i started to suffer shortness of breath and my temperature was dangerously high. i was confined to bed for two weeks, even getting up to go the toilet was a struggle.

Wibbs · 21-01-2016 10:47PM

Azalea wrote: »

The feeling of guilt is awful - easy for me to say but you shouldn't feel that way, it's not your fault.

Quoted for truth.

21-01-2016 10:48PM

Swine flu.

Fcuk me I thought I was dying. I couldn't walk. I couldn't eat. I couldn't really see. I couldn't really talk coherently. I couldn't keep liquid down. I couldn't hold my own head up. I was in the most horrific pain. I'll never forget it.

A close second was a couple of years ago when I *thought* I had flu. All the above symptoms except very slightly less severe. Wouldn't see a doctor because it was flu. Ignored it. By day 4 my throat was closed over. Got it into my head that it was mumps because someone in work had it the previous month - continued to ignore because t was still viral. Eventually the doctor saw my and was utterly horrified at how bad a case of tonsillitis I had. Whoops.

Some migraines have been so horrendous I wanted to die too.

They all passed though thankfully

What's the sickest you've been?

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