Latest awful lurgey
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MBVitoria said:
fridaypassion said:
Mr Whippy said:
I wouldn’t say excruciating, but this has been the remaining annoying symptom for me for the last 24hrs.
Left hand side of face. Eye, cheek bone, forehead… teeth at that side even. Left hand nostril runny as anything.
Bogeys a weirder consistency and more opaque somehow.
Constant dull bad toothache level of pain.
Nurofen and paracetamol don’t seem to touch it so not bothering.
Yesterday a good 30mins over a simmering pan of water seemed to help alleviate it by mid afternoon.
Sudafed has taken the edge off. I always get backed up sinuses after a flu/cold my mother passed here genes on there she had to have an op at one point! Left hand side of face. Eye, cheek bone, forehead… teeth at that side even. Left hand nostril runny as anything.
Bogeys a weirder consistency and more opaque somehow.
Constant dull bad toothache level of pain.
Nurofen and paracetamol don’t seem to touch it so not bothering.
Yesterday a good 30mins over a simmering pan of water seemed to help alleviate it by mid afternoon.
Hopefully it will ease but my god I've never experienced anything like what it was like this morning head splitting pain I'm not ashamed to say it's had me in tears earlier just the relentlessness of it. Feeling quite a bit better actually hopefully sleep it off tonight but yes floored for no less than the third time in as many weeks!
To top it off, I've been coughing so much I've done something to my lower back and am hobbling around like a cripple. At least I have a few more days off work to recover.
Sorry for the moan and hope you both get well soon!!
This cold has really kicked my ass! Pretty much spent 2 days in bed followed by a further 3 days hobbling around the house. Worst Xmas break ever.
Much love to those still suffering!
Almost 4 weeks now and felt like i had enough energy to play 5 a side. Time will tell whether it was a good idea or not. Tried to take it easy throughout but definitely felt a drop in performance and stamina when i did go full pelt. On the plus side, no exhaustion or breathlessness during or after.
A very early doors lurgy sufferer.
Day 9, still cant sleep laying down, have to be sat up, ears still feel full, sinuses have started to affect teeth, feel rattly, still a runny nose, dry throat!
Don't know what it is but a dryer cough I have not had, you can literally breath for hours then have a coughing session that lasts for 25 minutes it is as dry as sand, which I know will take weeks to sod off!
Day 9, still cant sleep laying down, have to be sat up, ears still feel full, sinuses have started to affect teeth, feel rattly, still a runny nose, dry throat!
Don't know what it is but a dryer cough I have not had, you can literally breath for hours then have a coughing session that lasts for 25 minutes it is as dry as sand, which I know will take weeks to sod off!
Quite enlightening to read the last ten pages of this thread. Since Boxing Day I have been feeling like crap. Heavy cold turned in to snotting up bucket loads, then days of shivers and aches, and then a drawn out period of a heavy head cold, coughes, and general fever. In recent days my ears were feeling funny too, not blocked, as some report, but almost achy and distorted? It made me feel really wobbly and unbalanced, is the best way I can describe it? The ears are now (I guess) 80% better, but still coughing like mad, snotty, and my head generally feeling heavy. I said to my wife this morning that I have never experienced a bug be as drawn out as this one, it's doing my head.
Well, slow improvement here. Now have the dry cough and the ear problem has improved a bit but it has left me with an at least 25% hearing loss in that right ear which is annoying as I had very good hearing prior to this. My sinuses have also started to play up now and when I do manage to get anything out it's and extremely thick light green mucous, wakes me up during the night when I can't breathe through my nose, this is new in the last three days. Still got the vague headache and the tinnitus but have stopped taking any drugs like Neurofen as it was affecting my digestion.
As a way if sending out info.
Dry cough, well very little touches that, have tried mixture, lozenges, literally so dry nothing touches it, it is like a turd that will not flush.
Sinus stuff for me tried Sudafed etc, helps a little but tried a nasal spray last night that helped a lot, it has a plunger that pushes a spray into your nose and if you sniff aswell it gets right in there. Can't remember the brand sorry.
Am sleeping remarkably well almost upright!!
Dry cough, well very little touches that, have tried mixture, lozenges, literally so dry nothing touches it, it is like a turd that will not flush.
Sinus stuff for me tried Sudafed etc, helps a little but tried a nasal spray last night that helped a lot, it has a plunger that pushes a spray into your nose and if you sniff aswell it gets right in there. Can't remember the brand sorry.
Am sleeping remarkably well almost upright!!
[quote=LukeBrown66]As a way if sending out info.
tried a nasal spray last night that helped a lot, it has a plunger that pushes a spray into your nose and if you sniff aswell it gets right in there. Can't remember the brand sorry.
/quote]
I was given Actisoufre by my doctor when I lived in France and that is excellent, was surprised that it can be obtained from the French Pharmacy in UK:
https://thefrenchpharmacy.co/products/actisoufre-r...
tried a nasal spray last night that helped a lot, it has a plunger that pushes a spray into your nose and if you sniff aswell it gets right in there. Can't remember the brand sorry.
/quote]
I was given Actisoufre by my doctor when I lived in France and that is excellent, was surprised that it can be obtained from the French Pharmacy in UK:
https://thefrenchpharmacy.co/products/actisoufre-r...
I felt better after 2 weeks apart from my appetite, and I was 100% better after 3 weeks. My girlfriend on the other hand appeared to have completely recovered, but then two days later started to feel rough again and has been ill for well over a week since then.
I don't know if she immediately caught another cold or if this is the same lurgy coming back for round two. If it is a different cold I would be surprised as I have not caught it.
Only difference between us is she was vaccinated against Covid and I wasn't. I am wondering if there is any truth in the rumour it lasts much longer if you have had the vaccine?
In total she has been ill for a month now.
I don't know if she immediately caught another cold or if this is the same lurgy coming back for round two. If it is a different cold I would be surprised as I have not caught it.
Only difference between us is she was vaccinated against Covid and I wasn't. I am wondering if there is any truth in the rumour it lasts much longer if you have had the vaccine?
In total she has been ill for a month now.
Joey Deacon said:
I felt better after 2 weeks apart from my appetite, and I was 100% better after 3 weeks. My girlfriend on the other hand appeared to have completely recovered, but then two days later started to feel rough again and has been ill for well over a week since then.
I don't know if she immediately caught another cold or if this is the same lurgy coming back for round two. If it is a different cold I would be surprised as I have not caught it.
Only difference between us is she was vaccinated against Covid and I wasn't. I am wondering if there is any truth in the rumour it lasts much longer if you have had the vaccine?
In total she has been ill for a month now.
Don't fall into this rabbit-hole; my wife and I have had exactly the same vaccinations and she had a sore throat and a cough for a day or so, I had it for 5 weeks.I don't know if she immediately caught another cold or if this is the same lurgy coming back for round two. If it is a different cold I would be surprised as I have not caught it.
Only difference between us is she was vaccinated against Covid and I wasn't. I am wondering if there is any truth in the rumour it lasts much longer if you have had the vaccine?
In total she has been ill for a month now.
Into week 5 here. Doc thinks I have post viral syndrome much like covid recoverers etc. After the advice to get loads of rest I've reluctantly taken a few days of sick leave at work. Given the time scales of recovery (after a Google) I rather fear that when he said rest for a period of time he wasn't talking about a day or two.
Edited by dasbimmerowner on Friday 20th January 16:37
Just stumbled on this thread, at least I know I'm not the only one now!
Had a cold/lurgy early December that lasted till the week before Christmas. Few days later (22/23rd) started feeling like I was coming down with something again. Tested positive for COVID on Christmas day, knocked me for six with fever, hot and cold spells, coughing etc. Felt a little better by NYE and tested negative on NYD. Since then, had a dry cough that turned productive, constant blocked nose and running mucus down the throat and terrible fatigue. The fatigue cleared up about Jan 11 and the cough slowly seemed to subside, until a couple of days ago when I felt like i might be ready to go back to work - but it dawned on me I'd done nothing more strenuous than a bit of housework, so decided to try working out - got 2 minutes in, nose instantly running, coughing fit, fatigue all back within short order.
Docs have been good, went in as i'm wheezing/coughing at the bottom of a breath out so they're trying me on mild steroids. Is a little worrying as i need good fitness for work, do cardio and weights 4/5 times a week etc, but at least the comments on here about a slow recovery are giving me hope it wont be long before I can get back to work.
Had a cold/lurgy early December that lasted till the week before Christmas. Few days later (22/23rd) started feeling like I was coming down with something again. Tested positive for COVID on Christmas day, knocked me for six with fever, hot and cold spells, coughing etc. Felt a little better by NYE and tested negative on NYD. Since then, had a dry cough that turned productive, constant blocked nose and running mucus down the throat and terrible fatigue. The fatigue cleared up about Jan 11 and the cough slowly seemed to subside, until a couple of days ago when I felt like i might be ready to go back to work - but it dawned on me I'd done nothing more strenuous than a bit of housework, so decided to try working out - got 2 minutes in, nose instantly running, coughing fit, fatigue all back within short order.
Docs have been good, went in as i'm wheezing/coughing at the bottom of a breath out so they're trying me on mild steroids. Is a little worrying as i need good fitness for work, do cardio and weights 4/5 times a week etc, but at least the comments on here about a slow recovery are giving me hope it wont be long before I can get back to work.
McGee_22 said:
7 weeks and I’m 95% back to normal - good luck to everyone else.
I’m with you in this. I honestly thought a few weeks ah]go that I was clear of it, but it’s not gone. I think I was so bad, that an improvement to 75% of where I was felt like I was completely fine. I’m still waking up feeling quite lethargic and very achey, but it passes within 30 mins of getting up. It’s the getting up when still feeling grotty that I’m finding tough. Sunday I woke up coughing a bit but felt back ok in morning.
So, went to the gym yesterday felt like id done enough to restart up.
Started feeling heady again and sinuses a bit blocked.
Then sat on the sofa before bed ive got a minor ache that felt tender for a bout a 2p size area in my elbow.
Went to sleep for an hour then woke up in more pain, and overnight has turned into more pain over a bigger area. This morning it feels the same as when I woke up.
I've read up on this last night and wonder if its this https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/rheumatic-fever/ so im phoning the doctor as im worried what next.
Another thing I'm noticing is last week I did a full floss (blood shows) before illness and then I did this Sunday night and again I have felt back to lurgey territory again. I wonder if this is linked.
So, went to the gym yesterday felt like id done enough to restart up.
Started feeling heady again and sinuses a bit blocked.
Then sat on the sofa before bed ive got a minor ache that felt tender for a bout a 2p size area in my elbow.
Went to sleep for an hour then woke up in more pain, and overnight has turned into more pain over a bigger area. This morning it feels the same as when I woke up.
I've read up on this last night and wonder if its this https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/rheumatic-fever/ so im phoning the doctor as im worried what next.
Another thing I'm noticing is last week I did a full floss (blood shows) before illness and then I did this Sunday night and again I have felt back to lurgey territory again. I wonder if this is linked.
Edited by fourstardan on Tuesday 24th January 07:37
Despite finishing a course of antibiotics last week I'm still not much better. Throat still sore, voice comes and goes a bit and the horrendous dry cough is ever-present. I'm still getting random bouts of fatigue. Still zero nasal congestion or anything else to speak of - it's all throat and cough for me but I'm now a month in and it's draining. Everything irritates my throat and makes me want to cough.
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