how long does this horrid fluey thing last for?

[RubySlippers]

because i have been so ill since Friday

high temp, everything aches, throat so sore i can't eat and thumping headache

my glands are so swollen i look like a hamster

Mum had it for a week before she started to feel slighly better.

Now 3 weeks later she is still getting over it.

Sorry .

I am still coughing quite disgustingly 5 weeks after onset. Which is perhaps not what you want to hear...

oh bugger

Is it still worth taking echinacea? I take it every day in the hope it will ward off bugs

Oh no...I don't want to hear this either - I am still suffering with coughing horribly and not being able to breathe properly 2 weeks in. Sounds like I have at least another week to go

Hope you are gradually feeling better Ruby!

I got it last tuesday and yesterday was the worst. So much so that I called out of hours doctor who precribed antibiotics. I do feel a bit better today but still very bunged up and still getting a temperature every now and again.

dh has had it for 3 weeks - I've had it for 2 - tis horrid. luckily ds joined us on the sofas by vomitting last weekend. I still feel snotty and have a cough, but it didn't half knock me for. Huge sympathies

this is hardcore then!?

was going to go the docs but assumed they would say it was a virus and to rest/drink fluids