Sod's law.

[Taupotreeman]

Flu virus was doing the rounds here a couple of months ago. Short but sharp. Woke up one night felt like every bone in my body was going to break. Electric blanket on full blast plus duvet and a blanket and I was still cold. Couldn't move for three days, all of which I spent curled up on the floor in a ball. Then the headaches kicked in. Fortunately, no snotty nose or sore throat but took me about six weeks to fully regain my energy.

[peatff]

It wasn't real

or you'd have been incapacitated.

[Wolfie]

Just had 1.5 weeks off because of a football injury. Yesterday I got flu and feel like...

 

 

Sorry to hear that you had to play football.

[treequip]

I had man colds in the past, then I got flu. The difference is that when you have flu, if there were a button marled "die now to relieve the misery" you would press it:laugh1:

 

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I am sorry you had to play football as well

[skyhuck]

Yes if you have real flue you start by thinking you are going to die, soon you are hoping you are going to die!!!

 

I doctor once told me there is a easy test for flue, simply enter the sick persons bed room after speaking to them discreetly drop a £20 note within their sight from the bed. Later enter the room again, in the £20 note has gone, they do not have the flue.

[Ray1]

Dont think ive ever had flu, and after reading this thread i dont want to get it. Turned down my flu jab every year but after reading this i may take them up on the offer this year.

[breffni]

I got flu a couple of years ago, was off work for a week. Horrible thing felt like I was gonna fall apart

 

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[Jamie M]

I had flu about 10 years ago. I was burning up then absolutely frozen to the bones, cold sweats, hot sweats, crampy muscle spasms, aching bones and speaking absolute gibberish. I'd rather have been hit by a bus

It was that bad that its the only time my wife hasn't had a chuckle at my misfortune....

Truly do not put a really crappy cold down to being a dose of flu.

[Stubby]

Only ever had it once . Had glandular fever , that's pretty horrible lost a day or two out of my life then .

[wrsni]

On a slightly different note, anyone ever had the "winter vomiting bug"?

 

We all got hit with it (me, mrs, two weans) about a dozen years ago, man it was intense. Totally debilitating for a couple of days, and then maybe another week odd to recover.

 

Thankfully unlike the cold, it's a virus that doesn't mutate as much and once you've had it there's a reasonable degree of immunity. Certainly in no hurry for it again either.