| Colds n Flu n whatnot 11:30 - Dec 24 with 1454 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Any one else had this one?
Slight cough started last week, Suddenly changed to a full blown cold on Monday, felt awful.
Now i'm left with a chesty cough and a sore throat. The lad has it too. |  |
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| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 11:33 - Dec 24 with 1419 views | Zx1988 |
Not yet, touch wood.
Decided to take up my firm's offer of a free flu jab this year (slipped my mind last year and suffered a bit as a result), so I'm hoping that's given me a decent chunk of protection. |  |
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| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 11:41 - Dec 24 with 1375 views | davblue |
mine started a week ago on Monday.
Started as a runny nose, tiredness. Then progressed to a blocked nose and chesty cough since last week and fatigue. It's not wiped me out but ive felt pretty shattered. Looking forward to it being over. |  | | |
| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 11:43 - Dec 24 with 1361 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 11:41 - Dec 24 by davblue |
mine started a week ago on Monday.
Started as a runny nose, tiredness. Then progressed to a blocked nose and chesty cough since last week and fatigue. It's not wiped me out but ive felt pretty shattered. Looking forward to it being over. |
Christmas? Or the cold? | |
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| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 11:54 - Dec 24 with 1319 views | davblue |
| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 11:43 - Dec 24 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Christmas? Or the cold? |
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| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 12:19 - Dec 24 with 1231 views | Steve_M |
Yeah, had a cough since last week and a couple of days of feeling totally sh1te but not consecutively. Still coughing a bit but just about on the other side of it too.
I've been nowhere near as ill as some people I know either so I probably escaped the worst. |  |
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| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 12:52 - Dec 24 with 1132 views | wischip |
I've had a strange cold for 4 days now. The only constant is a shortness of breath if I do too much physical activity. And no appetite. Feeling light headed when I wake which goes, then exhausted again after sunset. Occasional tickly cough. No sore throat. No headaches. A weird one. Can't tell if it's peaked yet or coming around for a second hit. |  | | |
| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 13:54 - Dec 24 with 1040 views | mellowblue |
Started 3 weeks ago. Shivers and shakes, high temperature, nauseous, but thankfully no being sick or diarrhea. Felt better next day as the body fought back, but then declined again. Continuous coughing, lots of night sweats, complete loss of appetite, heart rythms all over the place. Got over that and now have post-viral fatigue. 3 weeks in and am improving slowly. Appetite is fine now, but get fatigued easily, by evening I am very tired. Made it to the last home game so that is always a good sign of improvement ! Had the flu jab as well, whether that helped or not I don't know, probably not. | | | |
| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 14:40 - Dec 24 with 975 views | Plums |
Started feeling rough last Monday, it's been ups and downs since. Worked from home all week but on Thursday hit the wall at 3pm. Symptoms seemed to change almost daily, ranging from headache to feeling hot, cold, chesty cough, fatigue or just a sinusy thick head.
Not much fun but far from the wind down to Xmas I was after. |  |
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| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 15:01 - Dec 24 with 947 views | Swansea_Blue |
Have you tried manning up? 
I sympathise. I normally get them easily, but so far I’ve been ok. The Mrs made me get the flu jab though - god I’m feeling old! |  |
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| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 16:10 - Dec 24 with 871 views | djgooder |
I did. Was bad for three days ish, then cleared completely by about 20
Days with the last few days being an annoying tickle in the throat |  | | |
| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 16:24 - Dec 24 with 841 views | BlueBadger |
| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 11:33 - Dec 24 by Zx1988 |
Not yet, touch wood.
Decided to take up my firm's offer of a free flu jab this year (slipped my mind last year and suffered a bit as a result), so I'm hoping that's given me a decent chunk of protection. |
Had my jab in October.
Like everywhere else [redacted] general hospital is RIDDLED with flu, covid and RSV - beyond a couple of sniffles in early November I've been gloriously virus feee so far this winter.
That said, I'm still;l masking up whenever I'm doing patient contacts or entering areas where the patient demographic is particularly vulnerable. It's a very nasty strain that's seen me and my colleagues take a fair few people o ITU with it, I'd definitely recommend y'all getting jabbed.
(Plus, the wifi signal you get from the latest vaccines is INSANELY good). [Post edited 24 Dec 17:52]
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| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 16:38 - Dec 24 with 816 views | boysof1981 |
Hospitalised on Sunday with it. Apart from the usual cough, aches, headache and fever, had a very low blood oxygen level along with an upper respiratory tract infection. blood tests confirmed Influenza A. Still bed ridden today, although the aches and chesty cough are going. [Post edited 24 Dec 16:41]
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| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 16:46 - Dec 24 with 791 views | DJR |
At 66, I got the flu jab but this year the cut-off for Covid was 75 which seemed to me to be driven at least in part by cost-saving. So I paid privately because I thought the more the merrier when it comes to warding off respiratory viruses.
So far, so good, including after standing on a crowded train back from Leicester. But I do wear a snood on public transport in the winter which I will raise over my nose and mouth if I think I'm at risk. Probably just as effective as a basic mask, but less obtrusive.
Of course, I could take the view take the view that it's not going to kill me and not take any vaccine, but personally I'd rather not go down with something which appears to be rather nasty if I can do things to avoid it or lessen the chances or impact. [Post edited 27 Dec 11:33]
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| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 17:31 - Dec 24 with 723 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 15:01 - Dec 24 by Swansea_Blue |
Have you tried manning up?
I sympathise. I normally get them easily, but so far I’ve been ok. The Mrs made me get the flu jab though - god I’m feeling old! |
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| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 18:50 - Dec 24 with 626 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 16:46 - Dec 24 by DJR |
At 66, I got the flu jab but this year the cut-off for Covid was 75 which seemed to me to be driven at least in part by cost-saving. So I paid privately because I thought the more the merrier when it comes to warding off respiratory viruses.
So far, so good, including after standing on a crowded train back from Leicester. But I do wear a snood on public transport in the winter which I will raise over my nose and mouth if I think I'm at risk. Probably just as effective as a basic mask, but less obtrusive.
Of course, I could take the view take the view that it's not going to kill me and not take any vaccine, but personally I'd rather not go down with something which appears to be rather nasty if I can do things to avoid it or lessen the chances or impact. [Post edited 27 Dec 11:33]
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Very sensible at 66 DJR. I’d heard people with an IQ of less than 70 were more susceptible 
You’ve got just over 10 years on me, so I had to go private for the flu jab (no problem with that as it seemed overkill to me, but keeps my better half happy). That seems a very high cut off for the Covid jab, although I’ve no idea whether it’s much of a risk any more. I had an attack of it last Christmas and it wasn’t as bad as pre-vaccine. Not pleasant and a couple of days in bed, so on a par with flu probably, but nowhere near as bad as when I got it in 2020 (that took months to get over and I’ve never been able to get my fitness back to where it was before). | |
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| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 21:36 - Dec 24 with 496 views | BlueForYou |
Gone down with it here too. Felt shivery for a day, then coughs & sneezing for England. Feel pretty weak so in bed now keeping warm & hoping to sweat it out. As others, had flu jab but no Covid jab this time. |  | | |
| Colds n Flu n whatnot on 11:25 - Dec 27 with 236 views | BlueForYou |
I'm on day five of it. I've had a thoroughly miserable Christmas. In & out of bed. The shivering & sneezing might have been easier today, but breathing is still difficult & the coughing has been so severe I'm aching all over. Feel like I've done ten rounds with Fabio Wardley! Not had anything this bad for years. | | | |
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