Who else has a bug at the moment?

[Lottapianos]

I was bragging just last week to DP about how I had made it through the whole winter without being ill 🙄 well things took a turn on Monday. Been feeling worse every day since then - aches and pains, chills, sinuses on left side of face feel like they want to explode, runny eyes, snotty nose

Don't know if it's COVID or some horrible virus or what. Sending DP to the chemist later to get something to dry up the snot and ease the sinus pressure. Bloody miserable

Anyone else got similar?

Poor you

I had this about three weeks ago. Completely wiped me out. I quarantined myself in the spare bedroom and the rest of the house managed to dodge it. I also stayed off work (unlike ‘typhoid Tim’ who brought it in the first place)

I found chewing gum constantly helped ease the sinuses, gallons of warm drinks, and the steam inhaler thingy… it was a v yucky one though

Thanks @AbzMoz . It's pretty shit. Thankfully I work from home most of the time so hopefully haven't infected anyone!

I had similar a month ago. You can still buy covid tests and mine was negative. Mine started as sneezing/itchy eyes, then sinuses and eventually a lingering cough. Some things I did:

-neti pot really helps with sinus pain and congestion. Ensure you use the salt sachets they come with an only use boiled water- never tap water
-sudafed blocked nose spray
-you can also get pseudoephedrine sinus tabs from a pharmacy, but not everyone can take them (I think high BP and certain heart conditions shouldn't have them)
-A steaming machine helped
-Take paracetamol and/or ibuprofen if you have a fever