Need to recover from flu for TOMORROW help please!

[Kitkat189]

Sorry this is not aibu as such but I’m desperate - I have a super important interview at 9am tomorrow which can’t be moved - but I have a 39.5 degree temperature and feel rotten!! Aside from paracetamol, what can I do to bounce back fast (enough to last for two hours)? Don’t worry, it’s via zoom so I won’t get anyone else sick but I need to be able to think VERY clearly.

If anyone has any tips I’ll very gratefully take them. Thanks!

Absolutely this. This has been debunked on MN every year since 2010 when I joined, 'Oh the test for flu is whether you could get out of bed to pick up a £10 note!' - complete nonsense.

I'm 67, have had 9 million colds or other viruses, and flu THREE times, so I do know the difference, and I had small kids two of the times and HAD to get up and do a few things. It wasn't nice, but it was possible.

Flu affects people in various degrees. Some encounters with it keeps you in bed, sometimes you die, sometimes you are able to function for some of the day even if it's unpleasant.

But I just know the likes of PickettyPick will be around every single year to claim 'it's not flu if you aren't totally floored by it' so I'm wasting my breath.

Good luck with your call, OP. Hope you have one of the milder experiences, and feel better soon

That's a myth, many people, including me and my 82 year old mum carried on with getting up etc with confirmed influenza A - everyones immune response is different.

Well, thanks for your contribution, I’m sure this has made the OP feel much better.

Some people have walked a mile on a broken leg. You can normally force your body to do things if you really have to. You don’t tend to have 39.5 degree fever with a cold.

Good luck today Kitkat189 I hope you feel a bit better and your interview goes well

Hey Kitkat - how rotten for you but I hope you woke up feeling just a little better and managed the interview? I’m sure they’ll be able to tell that you’re unwell and they’ll just think you’ve done so well still attending.

How did it go?!

Thank you, saving all these tips - managed to get this from the 24/7 pharmacy and I think it helped massively. I was able to pull through and felt pretty ok - back in bed now!

I’m not sure if it’s actually the flu (hopefully not) but had 39 degrees.

Look up a recipe for a flu bomb to drink with the other suggestions.

The one I swear with is
Full lemon quartered, skin too
Full orange quartered, skin too
Tea spoon of cinnamon, turmeric, ginger, quarter teaspoon of cayenne pepper, shake of salt and pepper.
Put this into a nutri bullet, cup of warm water, 4 desert spoons of honey.
Blitz as long as it takes to smooth it out.

Add a couple of dessert spoons to a cup, add hot water, drink every two hours with whatever meds you like. Magic.

Thanks everyone for the tips and well wishes, I think it went ok, I actually felt fine for the duration of the meeting. Thank heavens for zoom in times like these. Hopefully others who find this thread after searching for ways to (temporarily) bounce back fast will find it helpful too.

I honestly have no idea if this is the flu or just some random virus, either way I hope I don’t pass it on to the rest of the family.

Love this. Sounds like it would speed up recovery

I once did an important dance exam with an utterly dreadful cold - I took day nurse(?) beforehand, which had pseudoephedrine in back then (not sure if it still does), and I got the highest mark I ever had 😂

I worked in ICU and over the course of a shift found it harder and harder to change my patient's sheets. I got home, went to bed, and pretty much slept for 2 weeks. It was flu and it came on that suddenly.

Glad it went ok. Hope you get an offer!

There's some evidence that anti viral nasal sprays such as Boots Dual Defence can reduce length of symptoms - and can also be used preventatively too.

Also, black or green tea and a mouthwash containing CPC used twice a day may reduce your viral load and help you clear respiratory infections faster.

Next year it's definitely worth considering getting a flu jab in October, and consider avoiding crowded indoor settings and/or wearing a mask where appropriate for 2 weeks before any important appointments too.

This made me chuckle, pseudo is a starting material for meth which is why it’s pharmacy controlled. In the US you have to sign your name when buying it so they can keep an eye on if someone is buying a lot….myabe I am Walter White 😂

Glad it went ok! Hope you feel better soon and no one catches it!

This exactly, you haven’t got flu.
A virus or a cold I suspect.
Edited to say sorry, late to the party. Glad it went well!

This has stopped in its tracks, the head feeling full of wool, eyes watering, constant sneezing and nose streaming within a couple of hours and two cups of it.
I might add a couple of disprin to it to disolve in it if a sore throat was part of the symptoms.
Magic stuff.
I think it tastes fine.
My children think it tastes shite🙄, but agree it works 😁.
Hope you feel better soon.

This exactly, you haven’t got flu.
A virus or a cold I suspect.
Edited to say sorry, late to the party. Glad it went well*

As others have said this simply isn't true. I had 'Flu A confirmed just before Christmas. I had managed to go to work for one short day before having it confirmed.

Thanks for the 5000 amusing posts mocking me. I get that I missed that bit but I'm blind in one eye so if I'm reading small print on my phone I often miss a couple of words.
But don't let that put a stop to your fun.