SPARKIE Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 yesterday i was diagnosed with swine flu, iv'e been feeling crappy for a couple of days and spent them in bed but i though it was just a bad cold until yesterday when all hell hit me. ache's being sick,headaches you name it i had it, so i went down doctors to see what they say and my suspicions were right iv'e got swine flu but surely just swine flu can't be this bad can it? its got to be a mutated bitchmother aids version surely iv'e never been this poorly and its just in time for crimbo so my question is this..... has anyone else had this strain of flu and did they find anything that they could do to make them feel better? oh and merry christmas and a happy new year,hopefully will get through and see some of you in the new year a dying sparkie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta28g Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 Hope youre not ill for the weeeeeeeek. Get better soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 yesterday i was diagnosed with swine flu, iv'e been feeling crappy for a couple of days and spent them in bed but i though it was just a bad cold until yesterday when all hell hit me. ache's being sick,headaches you name it i had it, so i went down doctors to see what they say and my suspicions were right iv'e got swine flu but surely just swine flu can't be this bad can it? its got to be a mutated bitchmother aids version surely iv'e never been this poorly and its just in time for crimbo so my question is this..... has anyone else had this strain of flu and did they find anything that they could do to make them feel better? oh and merry christmas and a happy new year,hopefully will get through and see some of you in the new year a dying sparkie. I had it last October(2009), worse symptom for me was the persistant painfull chesty cough..I was prescribed 500mg Co-codamol 2 x 4 times a day and confined to bed for 4 days. Take paracetomol or one of the stronger Migrane prescribed pain killers which are paracetomol based and available from the pharmacist or lempsip lemon Max I found was very good.( take care not to over dose the paracetomol ) Also make sure you drink plenty of fluids and I mean plenty. Fruit drinks rich in Vitamin C are best. Expect it to take about a 4 to 6 days to improve substantially and 3 - 4 weeks before you start to feel 100%. I must admit that It has appeared to give me some immunity this year( Touch wood) as Ive been surrounded by cold and flu victims for the last 10 weeks but not so much as a sniffle. Good luck.... Hope you recover soon,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPARKIE Posted December 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 cheers ill try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 Agree with the above, I had it last September. Industrial strength Lemsips and lot's of fluids and vit C. Worst thing for me was the fever, sat in the garden at 3am in my pants trying to cool down :blink: 4 - 5 weeks recovery period and another couple of weeks before you feel chipper agin. And I believe that it does give some form of immunity. Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveo26 Posted December 24, 2010 Report Share Posted December 24, 2010 I had something horrific a few weeks back i was bad for the best part of a week.Then the best part of 2 weeks before i felt well Same advice as above mate, I drank pints and i mean pints of orange. I had a fever that made me hallucinate which was pretty frightning a minging headache and felt terrible. I went to get a pint of pop and when i got back to my sick bed i could see the outline of my head in sweat on the pillow. You'll be right for new year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZ550Kevlar Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Did the OP get better within the week and how bad did it get?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddan Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Did the OP get better within the week and how bad did it get?? Why have you now got it? I had it over Christmas, fever and headache. my other half had it worse with lung pain continuing afterwards. She is on antibiotics now. Took me 4 dsys to feel well enough to get up and function. still feel a little weak. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libs Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Glad I have my antivirus up to date reading this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 i had 'the flu' before christmas. took about 1 week to get well enough to go back to work. coughing like a mutha . I have the issue of fevers more than anything. Worst one i had was 2 years ago, felt like i was trapped in a submarine, with all the pipes bursting. sounds odd, but when you are tripped out on temp, its a mad one :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libs Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 i had 'the flu' before christmas. took about 1 week to get well enough to go back to work. coughing like a mutha . I have the issue of fevers more than anything. Worst one i had was 2 years ago, felt like i was trapped in a submarine, with all the pipes bursting. sounds odd, but when you are tripped out on temp, its a mad one :lol: Had the standard flu (none of your fancy swine/bird/lion varieties) a few years back and I can safely say the celling was about 2" from my face at some points and the curtains were suspended from their bottom edges :blink: :blink: Never wasting my money on acid again, just gonna stand out side a GPs inhaling deeply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Had the standard flu (none of your fancy swine/bird/lion varieties) a few years back and I can safely say the celling was about 2" from my face at some points and the curtains were suspended from their bottom edges :blink: :blink: Never wasting my money on acid again, just gonna stand out side a GPs inhaling deeply :lol: :lol: Its horrid. i get a fever very easily, and normaly twice a year i have a week escaping U521 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbbingfinger Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 My Mrs has been Ill or weeks. She has had swine flu and now has pneumonia. Just got back from the hospital after waiting five hours to be seen. Got some strong antibiotics. Was talking to the doctor about the age groups affected most. She was saying out of all the people admitted an in total she has seen the age of most of them badly infected were in there 20's and 30's which has made me feel a little less immune to illness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper3 Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 just got over 6 weeks of the stuff.... not nice at all hope you all start to feel better soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 ME and the missus have something, hopefully normal flu but she is asthmatic so more serious for her if complications do arise, according to thermometer no fever but definitely not feeling right......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddan Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 ME and the missus have something, hopefully normal flu but she is asthmatic so more serious for her if complications do arise, according to thermometer no fever but definitely not feeling right......... Im sure i read that 95% of cases this year were swine flu, i would contact the dr if i was you. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-B Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 I feel like i'm coming down with something, last night in bed i was aching all over, having hot and cold flushes, a quite bad thirst, had very little sleep and a pounding headache. Today I feel very weak still have the bad headache and also been sick a few times, just feel generally unwell. Hopefully get myself pulled round by tomorrow as I wont risk going into customers houses like this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Im sure i read that 95% of cases this year were swine flu, i would contact the dr if i was you. Dan She has just booked an appointment this afternoon with out of hours which ironically is at the hospital A+E dept! John Sounds like you have classic symptoms http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Pandemic-flu/Pages/Symptoms.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Got back fropm out of hours with a script for Tamiflu and extra asthma meds... Not good i feel like i did shots with Gazza last night and got run over on the way home, she was also told to be off work for at least a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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