is there a virus doing the rounds?

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Ds and I both sore throat ears heavy cold and feel sick Dp had it last week and I said it was man flu!

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We are coughing for england!Sorely temted to buy some benilyn as no one slep last night ears crackling non stop

I had it a couple of weeks ago and it does drag on- still coughing up gunk.

DH has been ill for 4 weeks with this off and on. We've had to cancel going out tonight, and it ws his Christmas gift

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this time last week I had the worst cold i have ever, ever, ever had in my life. For two nights running i was up watching god knows what on telly at 2 am. purely because i felt i was suffocating in bed, the congestion was that bad!

that nust be it.I am no stranger to il;ness but this has floored me!I am coughing so much I am going to pee myself I am sure of it (sorry).

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me and dh have had tummy bugs with diarrhea since returning from paris on thursday - do they have cholera in France???

dior I am exactly the same as is ds(13).Any remedies to make us feel better.Don't need to be too 'lentil weavery' as all morals of that type out teh window we feel so rough!

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yes, we've all had this exact thing lately, unfortunately for me mine ended up including a nasty painful ear infection I hate earache...

and yes, the virus does leave you feeling really unwell doesn't it. I second sleeping sitting up as far as you can. I had honey drinks with lemon for purposes of trying to stop the cough. Also if you feel really bad or have lots of pain you can take two sorts of painkillers together, like aspirin and paracetamol and I find this really helps far more than just one type on it's own.

And resting is really important, I am convinced that I got the ear infection as I was so run down because I did too much while ill.

Sore throat here, plus horrible headache that won't shift, and generally feeling unwell.

No cough yet though.

we all have earache too but hopefully not infection.I started with just throat rhubarb and now am on my knees!Resting when I can.

headache, sore throat, feel rubbish. no energy and coldy like feeling, dh had it last week and is still not right now

I had it last month, completely floored me! I couldn;t do anything. nasty virus

Horrible virus. It started like a cold and by the middle of the week I was saying 'DH, this is NOT a common cold.' I still have a bit of a cough, and find that by 5pm, I get that hit by a brick feeling that you really don't want at bath and bedtime. I understand it takes over 3 weeks to shift. Roll on the week after next then.

I'm on NightNurse. It does help with the sleep but can't say my cold is getting any better. Virtually no voice. Really grim. And I stupidly started toilet training DS 2 days before it started!

I got a sore throat on Tursday, still have it and feel generally exhausted

I always get ill in February

I'm wondering if a bit of wine will cure mine?

I tried that and it numbed it for a bit

Yes a chilled white soothes my throat a bit. The problem is you have to keep drinking & then mixing it with NightNurse isn't so great the next morning

It's definately doing the rounds here as we've all had it.
Dh is still really quite bad and has been told he now has a severe chest infection,is coughing up phlem the whole time and is currently on 11 tablets a day,to try and get rid of it,but it isn't shifting at all.
It's got to be the worst virus he's ever had-really horrible thing to catch!

this is a nightmare ds threw up this morning and I just feel dreadful.