Anyone got the flu?

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Just came down with "freshers" flu yesterday, got muscles pains, sore throat (+mucus stuff), also felt very faint today, constantly got a headache from coughing and decongested. Just wondering if anyone has got the dreaded flu yet now winters approaching? How long is it going to last, i have lectures on monday and would love to have it out of my system by then.

I know the best remedy is just to relax, but i can't miss those lectures! I'm currently taking beechams flu plus tablets coupled with vicks vaporub as a decongestant and flu strength relief powders for aches and pains. Should this suffice for quick recovery or am i stuck with this for 10 days or so? Thanks for any replies.
 
lol well I've had the flu for at least a week so far and it seems to be letting up alittle. I can breath now some I'm thinking thats a good thing. I don't know that I've got the same one you have though so you'll probably be different. I know some people at school that were about ready to hit me over the head and drag me home during the week because I was so sick but refused to go home. I'm in the same situation I was really sick but didn't want to miss classes or well I just couldn't miss them they were to important.
 
i had the flu back in february....for 24 hours...but let me tell you...it sucked the hardest....anything i consumed was vomited up violently...everytime i stood i stomach convulsed with aching to hurl...i had to carry around a blue bucket wherever i went...i couldn't eat solid foods for 2 days...lol...pretty much...i never want to get sick againg...it was good though...made me appreciate the days that i feel un sick...its the illest to be healthy...

hope you get better bird...i'm feelin you...
 
Thank you all for the replies, again i can't tell you all how much i appreciate the thoughts. Well it's been the 2nd day now and i somehow managed to get to the laundrette and do a quickstop shop for some essentials. Flu is still holding me down as expected, only it's more along the lines of a runny nose, sore throat, headache and chest pains from coughing too goddamn much. Muscle pains have subsided, but i kinda dosed myself with too much Nurofen as it weren't doing jack and voila! 😀

Anyway DD, if you were that sick... well all i can say is your one brave bunny! Soulgasm, just got off medication for an eating problem, generally throwing up after everything i had eaten too. If i had the flu back then, i'm sure i'd of kicked your butt on being the sickest. 😉

Thanks again.
 
I had the stomach flu for about a week, last month. It sucks. Yesterday, I think I had some sort of heat stroke...well, not that severe...but I felt like I was going to pass out while I was driving. My truck has no air conditioning, and where I am, we are still in the triple digits for temperature. I began to feel a little dizzy and sick to my stomach... I'm not too sure what that was about.
 
I've just gotten over it...very annoying first week back at uni and i'm ill. I only had to take two days off though, thats when it was at its worst. Sadly I had to cough my way through class as this is an important year.

My advice - drink hot toddies, we've done that for years, some dark rum and hot water, honestly it does wonders!
 
I wonder why they call it freshers flu; when we get it every year when we go back......I'm dealing it'; dose yourself up on paracetamol and get loads of sleep; just don't mix the paracetamol and hot toddies 😀
 
You guys keep that 'flu away from me - I'm off on holiday tomorrow and that's the last thing I want with my sun sea and ouzo 🙂
 
Willow,
LOL - I had more hangovers than colds when I was a fresher - just not bright enough to call 'em the 'flu 😉 Happy days, sigh...
dons rose-tinted spectacles and disappears into nostalgia (or one of those pesky Greek islands, anyway 🙂)
 
lol...i'm feelin ya ninja....stomach flu is a p bitch

yeah...don't worry bird...compared to what i've seen...i know it wasn't nothing compared to what some other people have gone through...but for me...it was an all time low...i guess its cause i felt ****ty for not being able to work out or do anything but watch ****ty tv...
 
Hot Toddy, as I recall, is a "medicinal"😉 drink involving whisky, hot water, lemon and sometimes honey or even aspirin. There may even be a proper recipe but I think it will vary from family to family...
 
...and I've got to ask...what the heck is a hot toddie?...crazy Brits
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I'm British and was also clueless to what that means

I had the flu the second week back at college for 2 weeks and then i had it for anohter 2 and a half weeks after that.
 
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