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Had this about a month back awful. Was worse than the covid I had in summer. Thought it was covid but negative 3 times. Knocked me out for a week then 2 weeks of slow recovery put it down to my immune system being fooked after covid as i never usually get ill.
My aunt has just had it too and sounds like my parents coming down with it just in time for Christmas listening to my old man hacking on the phone last night.
It's not at all pleasant.
My aunt has just had it too and sounds like my parents coming down with it just in time for Christmas listening to my old man hacking on the phone last night.
It's not at all pleasant.
I've had the same symptoms, hopefully over the worst now. First my son came down with it - fever, ache, tiredness, coughing, and taste/smell gone. He's better, but me and his mother are taking a fair bit longer to get through it.
I realise all these illnesses have the same symptoms so it might not be the same, but I just had a positive LFT for covid.
I realise all these illnesses have the same symptoms so it might not be the same, but I just had a positive LFT for covid.
Feeling dreadful here, me and Our Lass came up the Grasmere on Friday, for a pre Christmas break, and to do a bit of walking. I can barely stand up today, can’t sleep for coughing and sneezing, and my sinuses feel like they are being crushed.
We were booked into a nice boozer for two nights, in the Yorkshire Dales, for when we left here tomorrow, I have sacked that off, I can feel poorly at home for free.
I was looking forward to eating some fine filling pub food, followed with puddings and custard, washed down with beer, but I can nearly manage a f
king Lemsip at the minute.
Grim.
Did manage to see a kingfisher today though, but no photo, and a woodpecker comes to the bird feeder outside.
We were booked into a nice boozer for two nights, in the Yorkshire Dales, for when we left here tomorrow, I have sacked that off, I can feel poorly at home for free.
I was looking forward to eating some fine filling pub food, followed with puddings and custard, washed down with beer, but I can nearly manage a f
king Lemsip at the minute.Grim.
Did manage to see a kingfisher today though, but no photo, and a woodpecker comes to the bird feeder outside.
We've all had this bug doing the rounds.
Last week needed a day off as I was burning up and shivering.
Sinuses now still feel blocked, I've been steaming for the last week to get rid off it but no. Sunday night I woke up with a blocked nose full of dried snot, it's horrendous.
I always put this down to a 2 year old running riot everywhere picking stuff up but maybe its just expedited and a fall out of the C word.
Last week needed a day off as I was burning up and shivering.
Sinuses now still feel blocked, I've been steaming for the last week to get rid off it but no. Sunday night I woke up with a blocked nose full of dried snot, it's horrendous.
I always put this down to a 2 year old running riot everywhere picking stuff up but maybe its just expedited and a fall out of the C word.
nuyorican said:
Yes. Today’s the first day I’ve been out of bed in seven days. Absolutely savage. Assumed flu as tested negative for Covid.
The latest fun and games involve swollen painful lymph nodes, making swallowing difficult without effort. No swallowing means no sleep. Fall off exhausted at 6am only to wake up five minutes later coughing and spluttering and feeling like you’re drowning.
Had the same. Over the weekend, all I could eat was ice cream. Now seem to be over the worst of it thankfully.The latest fun and games involve swollen painful lymph nodes, making swallowing difficult without effort. No swallowing means no sleep. Fall off exhausted at 6am only to wake up five minutes later coughing and spluttering and feeling like you’re drowning.
Edited by nuyorican on Tuesday 20th December 17:18
BlackWidow13 said:
Did no one ever lose their sense of taste and smell with a heavy cold or flu pre covid? I did, every time. Once your nasal passages get properly blocked your sense of smell goes, and once that happens your sense of taste goes with it (see, eg, videos of blindfolded people without a sense of smell eating an onion, thinking it’s an apple).
Yep, this isn’t that though. Most stuff I can smell and taste and are absolutely fine.
Anything with vinegar in now tastes and smells like it’s been doused in acetone though, despite having tasted fine the week before this thing hit.
Edited by SlidingSideways on Tuesday 20th December 19:35
Wife and kids have been coughing for weeks. Kids seem to carry on whereas wife is very tired as well and generally feels gritty. Negative covid tests throughout.
I had a bit of a cough but went to that London for work and caught Covid for the first time. Knocked me for 6 for 2 days and over a week later I’m still tired, can’t get warm, coughing, sore throat and generally feel a bit rubbish. Worst bit is sense of taste and appetite are screwed.
Someone said vinegar = acetone. Exactly right!
Hopefully it clears soon as there are pickled goods to be eaten with ham and cheese in the coming days!
I had a bit of a cough but went to that London for work and caught Covid for the first time. Knocked me for 6 for 2 days and over a week later I’m still tired, can’t get warm, coughing, sore throat and generally feel a bit rubbish. Worst bit is sense of taste and appetite are screwed.
Someone said vinegar = acetone. Exactly right!
Hopefully it clears soon as there are pickled goods to be eaten with ham and cheese in the coming days!
Chap at work has been feeling rough for a month now,
I came down with "something" on Sunday, usually cold/flu symptoms, poor sleep and my apple watch did the "DANGER TO MANIFOLD" thing and said my heart rate was high with no activity sensed.
122 bpm when sat at my desk, and it averaged in the 120s all day, my normal resting pulse is in the late fifties, come down to mid 80s today.
Lots of shivering, crawling skin, alternately hot and cold, really sore chest and had a weird moment earlier where felt like my chest was in spasm.
Going to down some Night Nurse tonight, if you have never tried it, its fantastic stuff, knocks you out pretty effectively and allows you to get a decent nights sleep.
I came down with "something" on Sunday, usually cold/flu symptoms, poor sleep and my apple watch did the "DANGER TO MANIFOLD" thing and said my heart rate was high with no activity sensed.
122 bpm when sat at my desk, and it averaged in the 120s all day, my normal resting pulse is in the late fifties, come down to mid 80s today.
Lots of shivering, crawling skin, alternately hot and cold, really sore chest and had a weird moment earlier where felt like my chest was in spasm.
Going to down some Night Nurse tonight, if you have never tried it, its fantastic stuff, knocks you out pretty effectively and allows you to get a decent nights sleep.
My Father has now tested positive apparently, possibly a ruse to avoid Christmas day with all the family... but he sounded rough on phone yesterday! my mum wil be peeed of if so!
I thinks its some variant that's doing the rounds that no one cares about and home tests are not good at detecting. he has exact same symptoms as here as did i bar neither lost smell/taste, but then i didn't when i had proper covid either.
I thinks its some variant that's doing the rounds that no one cares about and home tests are not good at detecting. he has exact same symptoms as here as did i bar neither lost smell/taste, but then i didn't when i had proper covid either.
BlackWidow13 said:
Did no one ever lose their sense of taste and smell with a heavy cold or flu pre covid? I did, every time. Once your nasal passages get properly blocked your sense of smell goes, and once that happens your sense of taste goes with it (see, eg, videos of blindfolded people without a sense of smell eating an onion, thinking it’s an apple).
Agreed, any cold you'll lose your sense of taste and smell, only covid was when you're better and still can't taste.All this sounds like a common or garden flu. Muscle aches, high fever, dry cough, and weeks and weeks of fatigue. People do not get the flu very often, hence the surprise when it does hit.
Bit different for us. Symptoms are not so severe but linger on and on and on
Toddler had it first and he's been complaining of a sore throat for atleast 2 months. It went on so long I thought it was just an excuse not to eat his food when he wanted to skip straight to the treats after.
Only I've had it for a month now. Its annoying more than debilitating.
Toddler had it first and he's been complaining of a sore throat for atleast 2 months. It went on so long I thought it was just an excuse not to eat his food when he wanted to skip straight to the treats after.
Only I've had it for a month now. Its annoying more than debilitating.
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