The 2016 Manflu thread.

[Butter Face]

Anyone else suffering?

I'm on day 3, blocked nose, cloudy head, sore throat. I've got the whole package including the cold sweats.

Obviously I'm still getting up and going to work because I'm a man

Edited by Butter Face on Saturday 1st October 07:21

[Dan_1981]

Woke up with it this morning.

Powering through.

Curry tonight. That'll cure me.

[Riley Blue]

I have a theory (you're welcome to disagree) but I reckon the sniffles return when central heating is switched on again. It was down to 5.2C here last night, the switch-on is getting closer...

[Chris Stott]

A week with mine. fking miserable.

Not missed any work though... MTFU and all that.

[N7GTX]

Don't want to piss you lot off but I am about to start my 5th week with little let up. Thick sore head, eyes running, bloody awful irritating cough and was hot and cold although that has settled now. Trouble is my cancer injection makes me sweat/flush regularly too
Been to the doc as pharmacists said I had to go after 3 weeks coughing. Given some antibiotics - amoxicillin - but so far no change

[anonymous-user]

That is just a mancold, you will not be going to work with a proper flu..

[jbudgie]

gottans said:

That is just a mancold, you will not be going to work with a proper flu..

True, if you've ever had real flu you wont forget it.

[rog007]

Hate flu, and hate man flu even worse so it's a flu jab for me this week. Just hope this winter's strain is what was mixed in to the vaccine!

Get well soon everyone!

[anonymous-user]

Yup, you won't forget a proper flu in a hurry. I caught a proper flu over Xmas a couple of years back, laid low for the rest Xmas/New Year and signed off by the Doc for the 1st week back in January. Took ages to get back to 100% afterwards.

Not an experience I care to repeat, the flu jab is looking quite an attractive proposition and I hate needles.

[Monkeylegend]

jbudgie said:

gottans said:

That is just a mancold, you will not be going to work with a proper flu..

True, if you've ever had real flu you wont forget it.

Yep, with a mancold if there was a £20 blowing around outside, you would run outside to get it.

With flu you would remain curled up under the bed covers feeling sorry for yourself.

[popeyewhite]

N7GTX said:

Don't want to piss you lot off but I am about to start my 5th week with little let up. Thick sore head, eyes running, bloody awful irritating cough and was hot and cold although that has settled now. Trouble is my cancer injection makes me sweat/flush regularly too
Been to the doc as pharmacists said I had to go after 3 weeks coughing. Given some antibiotics - amoxicillin - but so far no change

Poof.
I've had the same strep virus lodged in my throat for 5 years. Because of it I now have a kind of neuralgia that causes intense pain in the throat, tongue and ear - all on the same side of the face. Apparently now my 9th cranial nerve is 'compromised' in some way. I'm on anti-convulsants and will need my skull opened to sort it out. What's really freaking me out is the routine dentists appointment on Thursday. Fortunately the female dental assistant has huge breasts. Every cloud etc..

[Johnnytheboy]

There's a cold doing the rounds at work.

My tried-and-tested defence has worked, and I have only had a mild version thereof. Said defence is a bottle of super-cheap red wine as soon as I start feeling symptom, well that evening anyway.

I envy my father, who aged 80 NEVER gets colds; I get them all.

[N7GTX]

gottans said:

Yup, you won't forget a proper flu in a hurry. I caught a proper flu over Xmas a couple of years back, laid low for the rest Xmas/New Year and signed off by the Doc for the 1st week back in January. Took ages to get back to 100% afterwards.

Not an experience I care to repeat, the flu jab is looking quite an attractive proposition and I hate needles.

Snap! 2 years ago came home Xmas day and more or less stayed in bed for the whole week. Thank f*ck for Immodium.

[Regiment]

Had it a few weeks back, just managed to get over it fully.