How often do you get debilitating flu?

[CharlotteRumpling]

I am hardly ever ill, but once a year or so I get a terrible bout of flu. Got it now and can barely get out of bed. ( have had my flu jab).

DH has flu several times a year but not severe attacks. Can usually keep going but just WFH.

He's always quite taken aback by how ill I get quite quickly.

That does not mean that it cannot be mild or asymptomatic. It absolutely can be.

Mild flu symptoms is even mentioned. by one of their health boards here because they are aware that mild symptoms could potentially be flu.

I've potentially had flu twice (I think!). Neither time was I completely incapacitated for days - quick onset, fever, aches, headache - so perhaps another virus.
I have had colds that were too bad to go to work, and pneumonia.

Never since I make sure I have the flu jab each year.

I'm 46 and I think I had the flu 4 times. Last time last year, I recovered pretty quickly, but was incapacitated for 5 straight days, so I got the jab this year, I live alone, I'm naturally quite underweight so I can't have another episode of not being able to look after myself and eat for 5-6 days again.

Before that I was in my 20s and before that I was a child, so it didn't hit as bad.

Once, over Christmas many years ago, the whole family came down with it except bouncy excited 5 year old DS3. The older kids couldn’t even be bothered to open their presents and we didn’t eat Xmas dinner until more than a week later. It was hellish, I pay for a jab at the chemist now.

I'm 67 and have had it just once in my life. I must have been 11 or 12.

I’ve had it twice and I’m in my 50s.
The worst was over the millennium. We were very bad that year, even up to New Year’s Eve DH was talking about driving to his parents. I cried and then he agreed we wouldn’t make it.