Anyone else ill with cold virus?

[GreatBigBeautifulTommorow]

Isn’t it too early for winter virus’?!
Have had cold symptoms for a week, developed a cough and having on and off cold sweats.
can’t even comfort eat as can’t taste or smell anything 😣

anyone else suffering?

Much better than I was but still not right. Off for a flu jab next week.

I actually got painkillers from lidl but was in boots and yes they were a bit thin on the ground there.

@Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain also going for flu vaccine once feel better!

Ive spoke to work this morning rang them 1st thing as I'm supposed to be on late shifts (2am-8am) until Tuesday but just told them I wont be coming back until I'm 100% at the end of the day better i take this time now amd get myself fully better than go back less than 100% then have even more time off because I went back too soon. It wasn't too difficult for me to ring my managers are pretty good with this kind of thing and know I haven't been off sick before now and never been late so they know I wouldn't be just taking sick days for the sake of it.

Sounds like Covid. See if you can get any tests. It's definitely going round.

@Catcooper25uk yes my work are good too, it’s more the internal guilt and I’m a bit of a control freak 😂
<touch wood> im rarely off sick.
I worked when i def wasn’t well enough last week as felt had no choice but have decided like you im going to wait until i feel better to go back.

I have a bad cold, started with an awful sore throat, so painful, runny nose, stuffed sinuses, day 5 now and still runny eyes/sneezing, tired, can’t really smell foods although throat is better. I did a covid test and came up positive immediately!

Currently getting over a viral chest infection. Felt a bit meh for a couple of days, then my chest started feeling tight, then my temperature started to go up, started with a runny nose and sneezing, had temp of 38 for 5 days and was still higher than normal for another few days. Am on my third week now, still coughing loads and still feeling really fatigued.
I spoke to my GP on Weds last week and she said they’ve seen a lot more of people with respiratory conditions than they would usually at this time of the year. Don’t know if it’s linked to the dry hot summer that we’ve had.