I've never had flu before. It came on on Friday night with a hot dry cough in the middle of my chest.
These symptoms persisted through Saturday and were joined by muscle and joint pain and total lethargy.
I took a codeine based painkiller on Saturday night (I was desperate and it's all j had) . I woke up pain free but tired so I rested all day.
I woke in the middle of the night last night with an extreme sore throat, the headache from hell and back pain. These have continued all day.
To top it all I am constipated again which means I am scared to poo because of a rectocele. I've taken 6 movicol and a suppository today but no joy.
I am alone in the house, I can't get out to buy any other painkillers but need something (I have solpadol and tramadol but scared to take the former because of constipation and the latter due to anxiety.
Is flu always this awful? Could it be something more serious? (Kidney infection?) what can I do to have a poo? I last went on Friday and have eaten only vegetables, prunes and nuts since. I'm drinking gallons of water, peeing every hour.
I know I can't go to the dr with flu. But what can I do?
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flu, I feel like death is this normal?
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flamingnoravera · 29/02/2016 20:47
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