Anyone else got this horrible virus that won't turn into anything?

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For the last ten days I've felt slightly run down, sore throat, slightly blocked nose, headache on and off, but it won't turn into a proper cold.

It's so frustrating, because you feel ill but you're not that ill, so you can't stay off work or laze around all day. Anyone else in this?😭

Yes!! I’ve felt like this for a few days. Keep expecting to wake up one morning with a full blown cold but it’s yet to materialise. It’s really weird and I’ve never had anything quite like it.

DH had something similar about a couple of weeks ago, fortunately I haven't caught it, he wasn't too bad but very tired and headaches for days with slight cold symptoms and a bit off his food

Exactly!!! I went to bed last night with the worst headache I've ever had, full of pressure around my sinuses and thought today must be the day I wake up on my death bed

Nope, just back to this horrible slightly off feeling

I've no appetite either. It's horrible

Ah. That explains something

ive been achy with headaches and joint pain. I was putting it down to age or cold weather. But given it came on within a day or two before the cold snap… it’s probably a virus isn’t it?

Very sore throat and occasional cough/splutter. Losing my voice now, too. Sound like a smoke 40 a day.

Hey ho. Could be worse. May protect us from some of the more serious bugs out there!

mine fully started on boxing day. Few days before felt fatigued. Boxing Day woke up feeling rough. Then it turned into a chest infection that I needed 2 rounds of antibiotics for. Now feel tired.

DP had it before Christmas and still not right. He has a cough and so tired.

Yup I had horrible muscle aches last night!! It's just horrible, because it's hard to justify sitting around all day when you just feel a little under the weather and not really poorly

Have you done a covid test? Could be worth doing.

We've got that here too. Enough to make you sluggish and feel rough, not quite bad enough to stay in bed. The headaches, muscle pain and also icky tummy makes me wonder if this is yet another COVID variant.

Yep done three, all negative!

A friend of mine seems to have just got over something similar, if not the same.
Sore throat, headache, very tired, little appetite, just blah and tired.
She drank loads of herbal/green teas, kept warm and slept when she could.
The one thing that I know she's done before for sore throat is Oregano oil.
It's amazing stuff, and I'm going to proactively get some soon to have on hand.

Yes! I've had it for over a week now. It started with a hacking cough which was so bad my back ached when coughing and it brought tears to my eyes. I had to go to the post office but I was coughing so much in the queue, I ended up leaving before I'd been served! Also, a really sore throat, no appetite, and a headache so bad, not even codeine helps. Covid test is negative. I hope everyone gets better soon x

DH also had his thermometer in his mouth at least three times a day, his temperature was about normal.

No fever, just this low level bleh feeling that won't go away

Yep, on day 9 and thoroughly fed up of the sore throat in particular 😡
Sudafed is helping the blocked nose thankfully, want a full nights sleep where I'm not waking in the early hours for painkillers for my throat 😭

I am feeling the same, started with a sore throat on Thursday that lasted one night, then a headache and sore muscles, then a half but not fully blocked nose. So strange, nothing has come out properly but I am feeling fatigued. I am having a rest in bed today to try and face the week ahead but definitely not feeling full on cold symptoms just a bit run down like you said. Very strange.

Queasy and Bleurgh today.

I'm feeling slightly better today!! Less tired but still got a headache

We all had it just after Christmas, concluded it was probably mild flu in the end. I’d had the vaccine and mine was the least severe but was still miserable. Must have only been contagious well before we were symptomatic as all my colleagues had it too but we’d all seen each other a week before we were ill and none of my extended family picked it up from us on Christmas Day.

It lasted just over a week and once the symptoms went we were very tired for a few days. Didn’t eat much, only time I felt better was in the shower. Hope you feel better soon!

I had this, but it did turn into a very heavy cold in my case. Probably the worst cold of my life. Then it turned into a chest infection which I needed antibiotics for. I’ve had it since before Christmas and I’m still exhausted.

The headache is back, and my nose is blocked again

When will it end?!

Yes, I've had this too for about 10 days now. Horrible headache that comes and goes, joint pains, head feels full of cold but not a cold that comes out, very tired, slightly dizzy and weak legs, stomach is off. Not ill enough to go to bed for the day, just dragging myself around wishing it would go away. Napping seems to help. Waking up some days and feeling better and then bam, hits me again. Really bored of it now.

DH has it now too. Obviously a lot worse for him though 🙄

Hope it clears for us all soon!

This is what gets me. I'm not unwell enough to spend a day off work in bed, but I'm not 100% either

I would definitely recommend taking a sick day in bed even if you don't feel as ill as your normal threshold for that - your body is clearly communicating that something is wrong and it needs rest. I predict that you will feel much better for it