Anyone else ill just now with possibly flu?

[junipermarten]

I feel dreadful. Been in bed since the weekend and can barely make it to the toilet. Came on suddenly on Saturday with really bad headache and sore throat and I've been in bed since. Ache all over and have zero energy or appetite. It sucks.

Any suggestions of what I can ask my husband to make me for dinner? I'm not hungry but feel I should eat. Last night it was pancakes with Nutella and banana which was immense but can't face that tonight again...

We all had it last week, it lingered. Ready made cheesy mash and bisto.

I have similar - but mine is Covid too (likely from works Christmas do). We have all had similar symptoms over the last couple of weeks but only my mum and I have tested positive; I have had to cancel a few nights out so while I am a bit gutted about that, I am rather enjoying napping, wearing festive PJs and a Santa Oodie, watching Christmas films, drinking hot toddies (medicinal, of course) and sending hubby out to the shops! Mostly soup and noodles for me too, but am really fancying a bowl of wagamama ramen.... Get well soon everyone.

@TaffyandTeenyTaffy interesting that yours is Covid. Dd and I tested and were negative but I have only ever tested positive on a pcr (did a neg lf immediately after a positive pcr at one point) so I don't 100% trust them for me.

Still knackered, still achey, still off food. I did have some carbs around lunchtime (croissant and a pack of quavers - all major food groups covered) but it rapidly worked it's way through so tummy still upset.

I did just tell dh I need to nap if I'm going to make Traitors. I feel about 100....

Week 2 for me.

I'm dialling in to my meetings and then going to bed for a nap if I get a break between them. Anything that doesn't have a deadline isn't getting done.

As well as the fatigue I'm still very hoarse, snotty and waking up at 4am with a rattly chest. Last night I was lying awake at 1am because the pain in my face from the pressure was just too much.

Eating: pasta mostly as it's soft (sinus pain was so strong it hurt to bite), soups and noodles. A kind colleague had a tray of brownies posted to me and even though I haven't felt like eating, I'm having two a day just because it's low effort...

Still, swings and roundabouts. That's the Christmas half a stone taken care of in advance!

Not flu, but a really manky cold here that has me either sweating or shivering and So Much Snot.
Last night it was pasta and cheese, tonight I think jacket potato with cheese and sweetcorn or risotto if I can get DH to cook it. I had chicken and rice soup for lunch and that did not work with my sore throat/ tonsils at all

My sympathies though. Actual flu is going through a group of my colleagues overseas and people are really suffering with it

I’m on about day 10 of this.

I have 0 energy at all. How much longer can it last 🙁

I’ve been searching for posts on this.
Not sure what the hell this thing is but it’s the most ill Any of my family have been for years (and in some cases ever) I’ve had it the worst but all of the kids have missed school and it’s been going on 2-3 weeks.
im on week 2 but it came for 2 days (sore throat and shivering) and then went. Then 5 days later hit me again like a train. Full on shivers and temp. Headache. Felt absolutely dreadful. Awful cough started. Then 2 days later the completely bunged up head and nose like a tap.
Its going on and on for days. I still feel awful and I am never ill for long. Just can’t pull myself together and still so tired but got to look after multiple sick kids. DH is at the shivering stage and feels so awful too.
I think it’s a bad adenovirus? Someone on another thread who worked in a hospital mentioned there is a really nasty strain going around and some have been hospitalised with it where she works.

On day 3 of being ill, and now testing Covid +.

Checking back in to say still here and still ill.

Wednesday night was absolute hell. I thought I was turning a corner in the day <hollow laugh> and then during the night I would have quite happily met my maker. I was hallucinating with fever and started with the coughing. Thursday morning was likely the most ill I've been, DH was concerned and called the doc who said it sounded like flu and I just had to basically ride it out. And to call back if he was concerned 😒 We both thought I was on the way out so how much more concerned was he to get??

Anyway, still feel like utter shit BUT not as though I'm dying anymore thankfully. Even managed a shower and attempted to tidy up my bedroom. That's when you know you're getting better, when you start noticing the place is a shit tip around you.

Back in bed because the shower wiped me out. From experience, I'm still a long way off from recovery, got the joys of post-viral fatigue to deal with, nothing speeds that up.

Hope everyone is feeling a bit better.

Yep. Just started a thread on it actually.

I had potato waffles for dinner yesterday. I knew I was hungry, but didn't really have an appetite....if that makes sense. Just wanted something soft, quite bland and carby. Did the job 👍

Hope you feel better soon.

Hi everyone,

My 5 yrs old daughter caught a viral infection and the next day I caught the same thing. It's been 7 days now for me my initial symptoms were:

We both had high fever, feeling hot and pressure in ears
Runny nose with yellow mucus
Feeling extremely cold and shaking
Headaches and aching back and legs
No appetite and burping a lot

Recently my daughter has started eating again but still very less she still has a runny nose and a barking cough.

I feel like s* still have sharp pains around my head due to nasal congestion. Not only that my back upper molar has cut my mouth inside so the inside of my left upper cheek is irritated and hurts. My appetite is still very close to nothing, feel very nauseous and like I am just holding on otherwise will just start to vomit, being having abdominal cramps and stools smell like rotten eggs.
Didn't knot flu could affect the gut. Gp said it's all the mucus which is affecting my gut. Everything smells and tastes awful like rusting metal combined with mucus. Just feel so negative and hopeless and this barking cough is causing my centre chest to hurt. I have had many moments where I had to calm myself down as I started to think that I am having problems with my lungs and heart since having the flu my ectopic heartbeat is happening at full swing.
Can flu really affect your appetite this bad? When will it get better.