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FLU .. with sickness?!

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pasinphoebe · 07/12/2022 16:46

Ok .. this flu bug that’s going around has floored me. Started off with the shivers/ boiling hot, sore throat, so congested and can’t move for aches and extreme tiredness. But i’m also super nauseous, no appetite and if i move too much i’m sick. Anyone else? sickness / upset stomach with flu?! Any remedies for a desperate woman ?! I’m so over this now
(Not covid had that this autumn already) AARRGGH I WANT TO BE WELL ALREADY

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Ilovepotato · 07/12/2022 17:01

Sadly, I wouldn’t write off covid. I have a friend who caught it twice within 6 weeks! Do you have any tests? Xx

Ilovepotato · 07/12/2022 17:02

As for relief, could you manage soup? Chicken noodle is an oldie but a golden one for me when I’m sick! Xx

FiveGoMadInDorset · 07/12/2022 17:03

DS was sick when he had flu recently (definitely flu he was swabbed on the childrens ward as he had appendicitis symptoms as well)

pasinphoebe · 07/12/2022 17:07

thank you @Ilovepotato my test was negative. i feel more poorly than when i had covid!
ive been eating little bits so managed some soup. but when i nice i start to gag and am sick. (sorry that’s grim) I didn’t realise you could be sick with flu. i’m so dizzy too? Eugh. wondered if it’s worth taking anything, gaviscon, imodium, pepto bismol .. i don’t know, i’m desperate, it’s like the torture of pregnancy sickness !

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pasinphoebe · 07/12/2022 17:10

*move not nice eugh

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Ilovepotato · 07/12/2022 17:11

pasinphoebe · 07/12/2022 17:07

thank you @Ilovepotato my test was negative. i feel more poorly than when i had covid!
ive been eating little bits so managed some soup. but when i nice i start to gag and am sick. (sorry that’s grim) I didn’t realise you could be sick with flu. i’m so dizzy too? Eugh. wondered if it’s worth taking anything, gaviscon, imodium, pepto bismol .. i don’t know, i’m desperate, it’s like the torture of pregnancy sickness !

I’ve chucked up Pepto bismol. 0/10 -do not recommend!! Ugh I feel for you. Hope someone arrives with a super remedy! ❤️

pasinphoebe · 07/12/2022 17:13

oh bless you @Ilovepotato maybe not then. Clutching at straws as Im supposed to be the kids out to a show saturday 😷 nausea is bloomin torturous .
thanks !

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pasinphoebe · 07/12/2022 17:27

@FiveGoMadInDorset did it just resolve with rest? i’m pretty fed up now, been on the sofa for 5 days. Hope your OH is much better now

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BiddyPop · 07/12/2022 17:32

This week, we've had a bug in our house that saw all 3 of us (in succession) getting diarrhoea, shuddering with cold, and then losing the entire contents of stomach at once (and just one). Another day of having a fair amount of feeling very cold, and very sore achy bones, but much more human again on day 3. No sore throats, no covid. 1 has a nasty cough but I think that's coincidental.

FiveGoMadInDorset · 08/12/2022 06:49

@pasinphoebe it did, took a good week for him to feel better but he was still being randomly sick the second week so missed school

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