'Just' a cold

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Bloody hell I'd forgotten how rough a cold can make you feel!

I know in the grand scheme of things I'm incredibly lucky and I'm v pleased it's not Covid (negative PCR and 2 negative LFTs) but I'm still feeling sorry for myself.

Think this must be the worst I've felt with a cold for years and years. It's never ending. Just when I think it's going it moves to a new part of me. Newly my chest which has made me sound like a cartoon character on zooms all day.

DP dared to suggest I was being dramatic and that it was 'just a cold' early and I burst into tears... definitely not helping that dramatic look...

Any tips of how to shift this beast any faster? Old wives tales etc? My boss said wrap a smelly sock round your throat... apparently an oldie but a goodie

been there a couple of weeks ago.
decongestant nose spray & paracetamol got me over the worst, but I'm still slightly tired.

I hope you feel better soon!

I had a stinker a couple of weeks ago - dreadful cough and felt terribly tired. Did a test to be sure it wasn’t the plague! There’s evidently a real stinker doing the rounds.

Dh didn’t catch it, lucky bugger!

Look after yourself, OP - plenty of rest, nice soothing warm drinks and vitamin C.

Old wives tale - eat an apple whilst sitting in a hot bath!

No idea if it works I haven’t had a cold in over a decade!

Hope I don’t jinx myself!

I don’t get ill often but colds always make me feel absolutely awful. It’s never “just” a cold with me.

I had "just a cold" about a month ago, I'm pregnant and couldn't take anything.

Ended up spending a week in bed and still have a bit of a cough.

Colds suck!

A 'cold' is just the common name for all sorts of horrid respiritory infections. Im.terrible with them. They often go straight to my chest and i camt breathe, sleep, regulate my emotions or function properly. Hideous.

I feel empathy for you op. I've had some right stinkers and the worst was when ds1 started preschool. He bought home a new virus every week. After several months of hell every cold I had was accompanied with a fever and a sudden return of my asthma that hadn't bothered me for years. My left sinus still hasn't recovered and gets very painful if I get a cold now.

1000 mg vitamin C every 2 hours
Zinc supplements
Elderberry extract eg in Samento
Spicy food
Lots of hot drinks
Honey for a sore throat
Lemon and fresh ginger in hot water
Crunch a clove of garlic if you can stand to
Rest

Hope you feel better soon.

Keep your neck and face warm.
Heat helps to kill viruses.

I'm at the end of 'just' a cold and it's knackered me! I WFH and don't have a lot of interaction with others these days. One event a couple of weekends ago and I brought home this germ that's completely knocked me for six. My theory is that having been so isolated during covid, my immune system hasn't been challenged at all so is flabby and out of shape.

same here - it's going round at work
I've not needed time off but did have to put myself to bed at 8.30pm two nights running.
I was loads better after 4-5days, just a couple of lingering sniffles/stuffiness 10days on. Peppermint tea and sudafed helped a bit.

Ah thanks for the sympathy and tips. DP needs to take a leaf out of your books.

My decongestant is my new BFF and I keep sitting in a hot bath with a flannel over my face. Will add an apple to proceedings this evening!

Also agree that my immune system is out of practice after 18 months of being oh so carefully wrapped in cotton wool. I used to be the kind of child who could lick lampposts and eat creepy crawlies and be fine and I always thought it had stood me in good stead. Bloody pandemic ruining more stuff.

All we did was take a vaguely snotty DNephew to the park last weekend...

Some thinly sliced ginger in a cup of hot water and honey with a pinch of tumeric.

I’ve had two episodes of ‘just a cold’ which have floored me. One started off pretty manageable then I woke up with the chills and a raging fever. It was when we had that Beast from the East a few years ago and I remember struggling through the snow with baby DD in the pushchair to get some Night Nurse the next day.

Another one was a few weeks ago where I had green snot for days and then a lovely morning of headaches and vomiting - that only lasted 12 hours but it was minging. I’m wondering if that was actually a sinus infection

I agree with @SunshineThelma our immune systems aren’t as good and as we go out more and encounter more germs it’s hitting hard. I can feel a cold starting:(

DH has been in bed all day with a horrible cold (and he’s not normally one to make a fuss), and DD has been suffering with one too. It’s like looking into my future, I can feel myself coming down with it already!

Argh it's grim isn't it 😢
I stopped wearing my mask last week at work, then bang on Thursday sore throat and runny nose

Sorry no advice, only sympathy.... Hope you're feeling better soon

I often will get really floored by a cold. I've had people say to me oh it's just a cold. I remember once I was really ill and couldn't go to work when I called in sick my manager said we'll you just have a cold so you should come in. It was a retail job while I was at uni mind.

So I feel your pain. It's especially annoying when people don't seem to understand there are various viruses which cause colds and therefore various severity and people's bodies are different!

In August '19, I had what I thought was a cold. However it came on so suddenly from being fine to crawling up the stairs after a hour nap on the sofa I decided the next day (a Saturday) to call OOH GP, despite the protestations of my arsehole ex husband. Went in, my BP and heart rate were worryingly raised so they did a chest X-Ray. Turns out I had pneumonia. I was on a drip for fluids and antibiotics in hospital for a while. Very serious. I also have asthma. I can't help but wonder if C19 has been around for slightly longer than suspected. Sorry for derailing!

First sniff of a cold I always take antihistamines followed by a fry up of:

Mushrooms
Garlic
Ginger
Fresh coriander

I make the above so strong, it makes my eyes water. Wash it down with a straight brandy, honey and lemon juice then go to bed. Sleep it off and feel brand new in the morning