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To ask if anyone has this awful virus at the moment?

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edissa · 18/01/2024 10:04

I can't remember feeling so unwell before. I'm coughing up horrible green stuff (sorry tmi), my throat is agony, my chest really hurts when I cough, I have zero appetite, haven't eaten properly in 6 days now, and instead of getting better I'm feeling a bit better one day and then 20x worse the next. I've tried to keep going at work this week despite feeling so awful so maybe that hasn't helped, I've possibly pushed myself too far. I'm at home today and feeling absolutely rotten. Im in tears with the pain all over my body and my throat and chest 😢

Anyone else got this ?? It's absolutely floored me. I've called the GP and they're ringing me back this afternoon but in all honesty they'll probably just say it's viral and I have to ride it out. 😢

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Lemonyfuckit · 20/01/2024 20:04

Sorry you're suffering OP, that sounds awful. Hope you feel better soon.

I've come down with something extremely rapidly yesterday evening and just done a Covid test, which it turns out I have. It really floored me last time I had it so really hoping it doesn't go on as long this time.

There's definitely a lot of nasty stuff going around flu/covid/bugs etc.

Jadeee123 · 20/01/2024 20:02

edissa · 20/01/2024 20:01

@Jadeee123 I'm going to push to be seen in person on Monday if it's no better then.
Hope you're on the mend now x

Good . No im not to be honest temp is starting again and can’t even walk up the stairs without gasping for breath !!

negronicake · 20/01/2024 20:02

If you have a productive cough with green sputum and you’re that unwell it sounds like this is a bacterial infection
possibly secondary to a virus
but you will need to treat it with antibiotics

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edissa · 20/01/2024 20:01

@Jadeee123 I'm going to push to be seen in person on Monday if it's no better then.
Hope you're on the mend now x

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Jadeee123 · 20/01/2024 20:01

edissa · 20/01/2024 20:00

I did tell the GP the severity of it and how I haven't eaten properly in a week, she didn't seem concerned about that as long as I was drinking fluids.

I would go to an and e and push for further tests!! X

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edissa · 20/01/2024 20:00

I did tell the GP the severity of it and how I haven't eaten properly in a week, she didn't seem concerned about that as long as I was drinking fluids.

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Jadeee123 · 20/01/2024 20:00

edissa · 20/01/2024 19:59

No I haven't been seen at all in person yet. Spoke to GP yesterday over the phone who basically said she was confident it was flu and to call back Monday if it's no better.

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That’s what my doc said but I ended up going to walk in as I knew something was not right. X ray and bloods done and had pneumonia. X

Jadeee123 · 20/01/2024 19:59

So sad yous are all feeling like this but glad I’m not the only one! I haven’t been able to eat anything really for over a week apart from when I take my doxycycline as you need to. I go to sleep every night praying I can wake up feeling. Abit more normal in the morning x

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edissa · 20/01/2024 19:59

Jadeee123 · 20/01/2024 19:40

Have you had a x ray on your chest? Xx

No I haven't been seen at all in person yet. Spoke to GP yesterday over the phone who basically said she was confident it was flu and to call back Monday if it's no better.

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TheFormidableMrsC · 20/01/2024 19:58

Yes I had this, it was Covid. Took about 3 weeks to shift.

JadeVS72 · 20/01/2024 19:58

I've had a cough since the first week of December but what I cough up is colourless/whiteish and I haven't had a temperature. There are some nasty viruses going around but I know several people who have had chest infections and required antibiotics. Yours sounds awful! Could you see a pharmacist tomorrow? I think they can listen to your chest and give you an indication of whether you need to see GP Monday,they may also be able to give you antibiotics.

HolidayAtNight · 20/01/2024 19:57

I had it for over 3 weeks over Christmas and am now absolutely exhausted. I'm getting a bit worried that I just don't seem to be getting my energy back, even after an early night and a good long sleep. Like others, I tested multiple times for Covid and they were all negative.

Celticliving · 20/01/2024 19:49

Jadeee123 · 20/01/2024 19:30

What was up with u? Hope you’re ok?

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Infection on my lower lung which triggered acute severe asthma. It was very scary.

I'm still coughing and I'm sure the infection has spread to my other lung.

ConflictedCheetah · 20/01/2024 19:44

edissa · 20/01/2024 19:35

I'm retching at points with the coughing as it's so violent and relentless but not nauseous per se, just feeling sickly during the violent coughs because they're making me retch 😫

Last time I had a cough that bad it was pneumonia. That was years ago.

I've been almost as bad recently. Finished around of amoxicillin and now into a round of Doxycycline as it hasn't shifted from my right lung. Am feeling much better though and coughing has lessened. I can even lie down to sleep now (had to sit bolt upright for a few days) as long as I only lie on my left.

I'd be pushing very very hard to have your chest listened to asap.

MyUsernameIsBetterThanYours · 20/01/2024 19:44

Me too 😩

Came down with it last Sunday. I was in bed two days this week feeling utterly miserable, awful chesty cough, throat like razor blades, totally bunged up, achey and weak. I went back to work (from home) Thursday and Friday as was feeling slightly better and thought I was on the mend but it seems to have mutated - chesty cough now a dry, hacking, tickly cough that I get big fits of to the point where my eyes are streaming. Losing my voice again too.

Really can’t afford more time off work next week, I’m so behind, I’m going to need to work late most nights as it is to get back on track after last week.

43ontherocksporfavor · 20/01/2024 19:42

OP DH got a video appointment ( our gp offers the Livi app for free) so nobody listened to his chest but he was happy to prescribe antibiotic as he said symptoms of sinus and chest infection. If no improvements he’s to go back for an x-ray.

Jadeee123 · 20/01/2024 19:40

Have you had a x ray on your chest? Xx

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edissa · 20/01/2024 19:36

@HousePlantNeglect I'm also negative for covid on 2 lateral flows I did earlier this week.

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edissa · 20/01/2024 19:35

I'm retching at points with the coughing as it's so violent and relentless but not nauseous per se, just feeling sickly during the violent coughs because they're making me retch 😫

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43ontherocksporfavor · 20/01/2024 19:34

Yes DH had it. Day 3 of Amoxicillin and he’s improving. Had it 2 weeks and he’s really fit. Have never seen him like it, almost crying out because he just could not stop coughing in the night to the point of vomiting. I had a much milder version.

HousePlantNeglect · 20/01/2024 19:33

Yes! I'm floored with it! I keep testing as I cannot believe it isn't covid.

Tight chest, horrible cough, aching skin and muscles, fever and shivering, and a bit of nausea to boot.

Poor kids have had it to. Now I know why they were so clingy and upset!

Jadeee123 · 20/01/2024 19:31

Aw hope you’re feeling better soon! It’s terrible xx

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edissa · 20/01/2024 19:31

@ZenNudist apart from the nausea and vomiting this sounds very similar to me. Extremely fatigued also, from the smallest of things like going downstairs to make a drink. I've spent so much time just lying in bed.

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Jadeee123 · 20/01/2024 19:30

Celticliving · 20/01/2024 18:12

Yep.

I was taken into hospital on Sunday and got discharged on Thursday.

I have never been so ill and it's been going on for 18 days now.

What was up with u? Hope you’re ok?

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edissa · 20/01/2024 19:30

Worriedaboutleaving · 20/01/2024 19:23

You need someone to listen to your chest in person - with a stethoscope. You may well need antibiotics / have pneumonia - please request a face to face exam.

I'm going to insist on being seen face to face on Monday if I'm still this unwell, by then it will have been 11 days since I became unwell and since I ate properly.

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