worst flu you've ever had?

Toots

I got gastric flu last november and it was the sickest I've ever been in my whole life. It started at about 9 pm with nausea, and then puking/pooping simultaneously. Within about 6 hours my body was still trying to poo/puke but there was nothing left to come out of me, but it wouldn't stop. I ended up just lying in the bath because I hadn't the strength to sit up on the loo, or to walk back to my bedroom. I looked like a zombie, with grey skin, and then bright red eyes because I'd burst all the blood vessels, and the same on my face and neck. My mouth and eyes were like sandpaper because I was so dehydrated I wasn't making any more saliva or tears. Any time I took a sip of water, my body immediately said "nope" and it came straight back out. I was genuinely wishing for death at that stage.

My husband got the out of hours doctor, and it's a testament to how unwell I was, because I let him examine me while I was lying in the bath half naked, wearing a tshirt covered in blood and puke. I was given a few injections and husband had to drip feed me diaoralite through one of those dosing syringes. The doctor told him that if I didn't keep down the diaoralite for at least an hour, he was to call an ambulance for me. The shot worked, and the vomiting stopped, but I was in such a jock it was about 12 hours later before I finally had the strength to get out of the bath and get back to my bed.

sunbeam

Back in 2007 I had the flu for about a week. Just as I was starting to feel better I developed the most horrendous chest infection, could barely breathe and was coughing up phlegm by the bucketful for another four weeks. I also developed a severe ear infection, was in terrible pain and could barely hear for a fortnight. It took two different courses of antibiotics to even start to have any effect.

Worst of all, I was a 24/7 carer for my elderly mother and couldn't really rest much at all. She had the flu injection and was fine. Ever since this I've made sure to get it too.

Voltex

Had the Beijing Flu in 1994. Totally redefined what being sick meant.
I went from being fine to totally b olloxed in less than 12 hours and was sick for about a month.
In fact at one point I was so sick I thought I was going to have to go to hospital. The worst headache in the world, nausea, sore throat, body aches and a fever that almost had me hallucinating.
That lasted almost 2 weeks and then developed a secondary infection that f ucked me for another 2 weeks..it then took another 2 weeks to finally recover fully as it felt like I was in a car crash!

suicide_circus

Got the swiners in 2009. Was in a bad way, hallucinations, profuse sweating, shaking, weak as a kitten. Awful stuff, would not recommend.

Voltex

Toots wrote: »

I got gastric flu last november and it was the sickest I've ever been in my whole life. It started at about 9 pm with nausea, and then puking/pooping simultaneously. Within about 6 hours my body was still trying to poo/puke but there was nothing left to come out of me, but it wouldn't stop. I ended up just lying in the bath because I hadn't the strength to sit up on the loo, or to walk back to my bedroom. I looked like a zombie, with grey skin, and then bright red eyes because I'd burst all the blood vessels, and the same on my face and neck. My mouth and eyes were like sandpaper because I was so dehydrated I wasn't making any more saliva or tears. Any time I took a sip of water, my body immediately said "nope" and it came straight back out. I was genuinely wishing for death at that stage.

My husband got the out of hours doctor, and it's a testament to how unwell I was, because I let him examine me while I was lying in the bath half naked, wearing a tshirt covered in blood and puke. I was given a few injections and husband had to drip feed me diaoralite through one of those dosing syringes. The doctor told him that if I didn't keep down the diaoralite for at least an hour, he was to call an ambulance for me. The shot worked, and the vomiting stopped, but I was in such a jock it was about 12 hours later before I finally had the strength to get out of the bath and get back to my bed.

You just made Ebola sound like a head cold!

retro:electro

I had swine flu and I couldnt move for the guts of a week. It took all of my energy to string a sentence together or nod my head. I've never been so sick in my entire life. The only way I can describe it is I was lifeless, wouldn't wish it on anyone. Got vertigo as well on top of it all and ended up in hospital on a drip. Twas a bad one twas

dirtyden

I generally just run it off and don't whinge too much about it.

Lia_lia

Toots wrote: »

I got gastric flu last november and it was the sickest I've ever been in my whole life. It started at about 9 pm with nausea, and then puking/pooping simultaneously. Within about 6 hours my body was still trying to poo/puke but there was nothing left to come out of me, but it wouldn't stop. I ended up just lying in the bath because I hadn't the strength to sit up on the loo, or to walk back to my bedroom. I looked like a zombie, with grey skin, and then bright red eyes because I'd burst all the blood vessels, and the same on my face and neck. My mouth and eyes were like sandpaper because I was so dehydrated I wasn't making any more saliva or tears. Any time I took a sip of water, my body immediately said "nope" and it came straight back out. I was genuinely wishing for death at that stage.

My husband got the out of hours doctor, and it's a testament to how unwell I was, because I let him examine me while I was lying in the bath half naked, wearing a tshirt covered in blood and puke. I was given a few injections and husband had to drip feed me diaoralite through one of those dosing syringes. The doctor told him that if I didn't keep down the diaoralite for at least an hour, he was to call an ambulance for me. The shot worked, and the vomiting stopped, but I was in such a jock it was about 12 hours later before I finally had the strength to get out of the bath and get back to my bed.

Yes I had that 3 years ago. Was hell. Also had to get the injections. Was on my own for the night also in student accommodation, so no one to clean the puke that was ALL over my room. I was too sick to do it. Had to get a security guard from the complex to drive me to the late night doctors. The stomach cramps were horrendous. I've never given birth, but I imagine that's similiar to what contractions are like My Mother drove up to me (an hour away!) the next morning, bless her!

Had it again last year, but was nowhere near as bad! Still horrible though. Also had it when I was young a lot. No wonder my stomach is so fecked!

I've never had the flu before, not that I can remember anyway. I had glandular fever when I was about 16. Was horrible! I was in France for the whole summer when I had it, and there was a heatwave. Worst summer ever!

ChunkyLover54

I've probably had flu three or four times but the one I had this time last year was a most harrowing experience.

It came on me over the course of a morning and by mid afternoon I was in bed shivering uncontrollably. Lets just say the rest of that day/night was something I never want to repeat.

I was back at work three days later but I wasn't myself for about a month afterwards.

demanufactured

Had a woeful dose of flu in 2009.
6 days in bed...
Went to doctor on day 3 as I was struggling to breath.... He tells me I have a chest infection..every time I couched it was like being hit in the chest with a hammer... And possibly a touch of pneumonia.. **** ... Steroids and antibiotics....
Day 5 I got out of bed to go to the loo... Sat down on the throne and next thing the room started spinning.... The wife was in the room next to me... I remember trying to call her to get her attention to come in to me as I couldn't see straight... Couldn't get the words out.. Could barely put a sentence together... She walked into the room and nearly fainted..... Apparently I was a red as a tomato... The sweats started to pour out of me.. And I mean pour... Was running down my face and onto my chest like someone threw a bucket of water at me... Herself try to cool me with the face cloth and cold water... Thought I was dying tbh... Never had anything like that before... Or since....

CabanSail

The Flu and Colds are both viruses which spread by aerosol (ie airborne particles). Various strains of these viruses can have varying symptoms and risks. They are also always evolving.

My worst flu like episode was a bit over a year ago. Was on holidays in Thailand for a few weeks and got a bit of a cold. Wasn't going to let feeling a bit poorly get in the way of me experiencing the life and culture in various areas in Thailand. A friend also had a cold too but he also carried on as normal. We shared a room in Bangkok before flying out, his flight was three days before mine. The night before I was due to depart I woke at 2am and felt horrible and found it hard to walk across the room to the loo. Rang the Travel Assist people on my Insurance and they arranged with my hotel to get me a cab to go to a medical centre to get checked out. So at 3am I headed off in a Bangkok Taxi to the hospital the insurance people recommended. It was best to go then as the traffic in Bangkok is a fright in the morning. We were only a couple of km from the hotel and the taxi had an accident. I was shaken but OK but soon the driver kicked me out into the night and I staggered off and collapsed in the middle of the road. I think I laid there for about 5 or 6 minutes with both drivers watching but not assisting. I eventually summoned enough energy to get up and limped off into the night with an injured leg. Somehow I found a major road and was able to flag down another taxi. I showed the driver the name of the hospital I had on a piece of paper and he took me there. The rest of the trip was a bit of a blur. When we arrived I tried to get out and walk but I fell again and could not walk. The driver got someone to bring a wheelchair and took me into Emergency. I did remember to pay him and tipped him more than the actual fare, I appreciated his help. The insurance people had rung ahead and so they were expecting me. I had to show ID and then they got to work. It was quiet but working in a hospital I knew there was concern. Lots of examinations and Xrays then some jabs and a drip and I was put into a room. Apparently I had very severe pneumonia. The next afternoon when i had a visit from the doctor and the antibiotics were starting to kick in, he told me that they have had people arrive with better vital signs than I had who had died on them. I had a Sa02 of 50% and a temp of 41 degrees. I spent five days in the hospital at a cost of US$1000 a day. Then discharged but I was unable to bend my leg due to the injury, so had to wait for the insurance to arrange a Business Class seat home. Another two weeks recovery before going back to work. My friend also had pneumonia but not as severe as he was already on antibiotics for an another problem.

seventeen sheep

dirtyden wrote: »

I generally just run it off and don't whinge too much about it.

Well if you managed to run it off, I'm guessing it wasn't flu.

Hoop66

Robsweezie wrote: »

...mad cough has me barking like a dog, sore throat, bunged up and just feeling crap...

You don't have flu.

picturehangup

Is it just me and my son... or is anyone else dying of a rotten dose?
Started off with sudden sneezing, feeling of pin pricks in nose, then sore throat, headache, cough, aches, temperature and feeling very spaced out (no alcohol!!!) We both up and down to the beds.
Just wondering has the Aussie Flu hit our shores, or maybe this is some sort of variation of the common cold virus.
A nasty one, stay safe, everyone!

4068ac1elhodqr

With the flu, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Had about 2/3 severe ones in last 15yrs, so if avaian-horse-bird-pig flu ever gets sent out a lab 'by accident' (population reduction)
there is a good chance those of us with a few under our belt will simply shake them off.

If you're able to eat food and move about during the 3/4day apex period then you don't really have 'flu'.

dmc17

Only ever had it once that I can remember. So, that was the worst one I had.

whoopsadoodles

Had the flu twice. Once when I was a kid and I still remember the TV causing me so much agony. I also got Swine flu. Swine flu was absolutely horrific. I never had experienced pain and suffering like it. I couldn't lift my head. Couldn't speak. Could barely breathe. Ended up with a secondary bacterial infection in my lung too.

A few years ago I thought I had flu, took to the bed and refused to go to the doctor because it would pass. All the same symptoms as swine flu plus my throat was almost closing up and I was blacking out if I tried to stand. Eventually when I was getting progressively worse after 4 days my dad made me call the doctor. Turned out I had a really bad case of tonsilitis and doc said I was lucky not to have gotten blood poisoning :eek:

I do get the flu jab every year now so would hope I won't get it again but a very bad cold can be crap too.

smeal

I get a cold every Christmas guaranteed. Its as if my body just completely shuts down. Last year’s turned into a grade 10 flu.

Woke up on St stephen’s day with blocked sinuses which eventually led to step throat. Couldn’t get out of bed for 2 days. Took every over the counter drug possible. We were in Donegal for NYE and I could barely speak or hear as my ears were completely blocked and the pain was horrendous. Went straight to bed after the countdown. Battled on to work in the new year but felt like I was dying inside constantly. Didn’t go to the doctors as was just expecting the usual “its a viral thing”.

After about a week the cold subsided into manageable sniffles which continued throughout january. Eventually just got used to it as I have bad sinuses anyways. Went back running at the end of january which was a terrible, terrible idea as my cold was still lingering. Eventually the whole thing moved into my chest with the most excruciating bark to the point that strangers nearby would stare at me in the street. Didn’t sleep for about 3 nights. Took a vomiting fit in work due to all the over the counter meds. Went to the doctor and was given antibiotics for a chest infection. Still no improvement after 5 days and literally burst back into the doctors with tears rolling down my cheeks as I hadn’t slept in about a week and was still battling on with work. Doctor confirmed the chest had worsened and told me I had pneumonia. Signed off work for 10 days, antibiotics, steroids, 2 inhalers (1 of which had to take for 6 months after) and a referral to get a chest xray.

It was honestly the worse thing I have experienced to date and I had a dose of the swine flu back in the day which was a walk in the park compared to that! Got the flu jab this year but can feel a prickly throat coming along....

r93kaey5p2izun

Didn't think I'd ever had flu because everyone says it's so awful and you would be bedridden. But since I have been diagnosed with a serious health issue I get monitored more closely and had what I what I was sure was just a bad cold confirmed as swine flu in 2010. I was still at work. On that basis I'm not sure if I've had other flus in the past because I've certainly been sicker than that several times before, but never bedridden. But presuming that's the only flu I've had then that's the worst one (2010 swine flu) and it wasn't too bad at all.

There seems to be a nasty chest infection going around at the moment. I know a few people suffering badly who I've never known to be off sick before. Seems to be a rotten dose.

XsApollo

About 5 years ago at Christmas.
Bed ridden for a week ,
Couldn’t here a bloody thing , nose and ears blocked with rock solid dry mucus,
The whites of my eyes were blood red and one was half closed.
Near the end I had to pull myself out of bed and drive to Paris as I had Disneyland booked for New Years, nightmare.
Felt better at the end of the trip.

RobertKK

I had influenza twice.

Last time was the worst, on my own on my farm, all the neighbours sick with the flu too and no one to help, all I could do was make sure the cattle had enough to eat and that was a proper struggle. Cows were starting to calve to which made it even worse.
Took over three weeks to recover. That was about 3 years ago.

Planet X

Had it February 2017. 10 days in bed. Thought I'd ride it out, but I didn't succeed.

Just succeeded in dragging myself up to the GP on day 10 to be prescribed antibiotics and ganzy loads of paracetamol.
Another week flying on one wing after the drugs.
It was great fun altogether.

beefburrito

Sometimes when I've the onset of the flu I'll get out into the surf and paddle out back,burn as much energy,blow out all the airway's etc
Plenty of wipeouts and poundings...

Go home put on a hot bath.... herb's and my own concoction.....

Burning all that energy seems to starve the flu,then I'll call in sick for a day....

Rest up and usually I'm fine......

thee glitz

I've a dose the last few days (it seems every Christmas), feeling a bit better now but sure back to work tomorrow.

Only had the flu once, with a chest infection too - I spent 13hrs dyin in a&e while they tested for pneumonia. I was as sick as a small hospital for about a week.

I had an LED alarm clock beside my bed and, for the duration, it didn't matter what time it was as I'd no interest in whether it was am or pm. Blind down, curtains closed, no sound was the only way to have it. Those above talking about hallucinations and sweating etc are spot on.

Mena Mitty

I've not read a single contribution to this thread but I know there is a Heaven. If ever there was a perfect topic for me this is it. I 'll read and savour every word after supper, to feed my inner hypochondriac.

Thank you all !

woodchuck

I've never had the actual flu, but the worst I've ever been was with a strep throat. I was bed ridden for nearly 2 weeks, hardly able to eat a thing and I couldn't sleep for more than 2 hours a night because it would cause my temperature to rise to the extent that I'd wake up hallucinating. Luckily the voices in my head kept bullying me into drinking water! I could also see, taste and smell the layer of bacteria growing in my throat (the most disgusting thing ever!!).

Trebor176

The worst flu was Christmas 13/14 years ago. It was bad enough for me to be relegated to bed for most of Christmas Day. I am very rarely bed-ridden due to illness, but I was never nor have been as sick as I was then.

charlietheminxx

The only time I’ve had proper flu was in January 2013. Sweats, shaking, eyes hurt like mad, constant pressure in my head and my back and leg muscles cramped and ached. Once the fever broke on about day 3, my throat started to ache like crazy and I developed a bacterial throat infection which seems to happen any time I’m significantly run down. It got so bad I apparently damaged my vocal chords and was barred from speaking at all for a week. It was horrible.

There is a nasty cold doing the rounds at the moment but hope most of us dodge any nasty flu viruses! I would hate to ever have it again.

Stephen15

Never had it thankfully. The closest I've ever got to it was a bad cold

MilesMorales1

Just after we moved to Ireland in 2009, I had the worst flu for two weeks, violently throwing up, couldn't get out of bed without getting dizzy and feeling sicker, couldn't even drink water without wanting to vomit, or watch tv even. Absolutely awful.

Four Phucs Ache

Last Nov. In my 36 years I've had colds and man flu but last year was the real deal.5 days in bed and fook me the dreams where unreal.Pains, shivers, aches everywhere.

When I was in the depths of it my father in law dropped by from work.He was wearing a black shirt and the fooker stuck some tissue under the collar to look like a priest and said the rosary.

I was that sick I didn't even get to call him a bo**ox.

RabbleRouser2k

I still remember it, many years later...

I was 15, there was this rotten flu going around my secondary school. It took many of us out of school for a week or two. Oh, and it was the middle of the Junior Cert, with woodwork and metal work projects to do...ugh.
I vividly remember being drenched in sweat, one morning, day 1.5 of the flu, and getting up to go to the toilet. I was standing at the sink, washing my hands. Then my last thought was about getting a glass of water, or going to the kitchen for orange juice. I woke up on the floor, I'd fainted, and my nose and head was aching. Blood pouring from my nose, torn and cut on the outside and blood on the inside(I didn't know it at the time, but I'd fractured my nose, I had no idea what I hit my nose off of). I had to be helped back to my room. With a glass of juice.
I was out of it for a week or two.
That year there was a terrible strain going round. My mum got it, it became pneumonia
My dad got it, it became a chest infection. They went to the doctor, I did not. I swear, it was a solid year before I was back to normal.

Noveight

Don't think I've ever had a flu to be honest! Got pretty badly knocked out by a stomach bug twice in the past two years, hate not being able to keep food down.

Lorelli!

Had the flu once when I was a teenager but reluctantly went to a house party in my friends older sisters house. Her brother who was a year or two older went with his gf and his mam would only let them both stay the night in the sisters house if me and my friend also stayed.

They were saying to me to stay but I was saying "I am sick. I'm dying here. I have to go home." I didn't want to "cockblock" the brother so it was a bit of a dilemma but I have to be home when I'm sick! I think he was more sick than me when I wouldn't stay though :pac:

Mr.Wemmick

I have had it 3 times and the last time was bad - reckon there was some swine flu mixed in the strain as it was very intense. With me the shivering is violent, it wracks my body completely and I don't stop moaning and crying with the pain. Delirious as I don't really remember much the first 24/48 hours. Drugs work in that they dull the flu to help you sleep for a bit, but as soon as the drugs wear off the shivering begins again.. and you swing from shivering cold to sweating. Pains everywhere.. and you're in bed, can't move.

After 48/72 hours, that's it. The worst is over.. begin to feel wholly normal a couple of days after that. The lucky thing once I was well, felt great, immune system stronger. No lingering illness.

And my experience is I have caught the flu every 5/8 years. I had the flu jab once and felt sick and unhealthy for 3 months so swore never to get it again. I might change my mind about flu jabs when older and weaker.

You can not manage the flu on your own, really need someone there to help pile on the bed clothes, fleeces, socks, wooly scarves when the shivering starts and peel it all off again when sweating. Fluids and medicine to control temp is very important.

This is the longest I have been without the flu. I put that down to being better at washing my hands than when I was younger.. I have kids now so am more responsible with reminding them to wash hands as well as myself.

4068ac1elhodqr

On the other hand, getting one of the standard Influenza strains when young and healthy, will do no real harm.
It may even increase resistance when/if ever the next 'novel' major strains arrives.

Purple Mountain

Four Phucs Ache wrote: »

When I was in the depths of it my father in law dropped by from work.He was wearing a black shirt and the fooker stuck some tissue under the collar to look like a priest and said the rosary.

I thought you were going to say he stuck some tissue over his mouth and nose in case you were contagious!

marketty

Summer of 1918, died.

Jobs OXO

beefburrito wrote: »

Sometimes when I've the onset of the flu I'll get out into the surf and paddle out back,burn as much energy,blow out all the airway's etc
Plenty of wipeouts and poundings...

Go home put on a hot bath.... herb's and my own concoction.....

Burning all that energy seems to starve the flu,then I'll call in sick for a day....

Rest up and usually I'm fine......

That sounds like a cold rather than the flu

Atlantic Dawn

I've a cure I use for it every time I get it, works every time, it involves treating the flu to some powerful stuff available in all supermarkets.

ella23

I've had flu a few times in my life, but the two most recent ones will stick in my memory a long long time. The first one was Christmas 2013. Was not feeling myself christmas day, thought I was coming down with a cold, on St. Stephens Day every single bone in my body ached, was chesty, blocked up. By the 27th I was delirious in my bed. I was staying at my parents for a couple of months while my mother fully recovered from a major heart attack a few months before. I remember hearing my mother calling out for me and my father screaming at her that she'll be okay, while screaming for me. I ran out of the bed in a panic in to their bedroom... The noise stopped as i got the door, I looked in and they were sound asleep..a legit hallucination... As I was sleeping the majority of the time, my family were telling me I was shouting a lot and sleep walking as well. I could not get out of the bed until January 1st. I then decided that I was well enough to go out that night. Not a good idea, the next day it was back with a vengeance. This time though both my eardrums burst as well. I spent a total of fifteen days sick in bed. By January 10th 2014 I was 2 stone down in weight from sweating and shivering the entire time. It was hell on earth.

The next flu I got was in February 2015. Came home from work on the thursday, literally on the 40 minute drive home my legs and arms started killing me, I was cold the whole time (its my first sign always that i'm coming down with something), on the friday I was sent home from work as I looked like death warmed up. With this flu I literally thought i was going to die, that there was something very seriously wrong with me. On the monday I went to the doctor. He said i was on the verge of pneumonia this time and it had gone to my chest, could not breath properly so was given an inhaler, steroids and antibiotics, he also put me on an nebuliser in his office to clear me up. I was off work for ten days with that one. Again, about a stone and a half came off me with that one. I dont be long putting it on again though when i can eat. It's crazy, with a real flu you literally do not have the energy to drag yourself out of bed. It's awful!

This Christmas I got a bad bad cold that went straight to my chest, majorly snotty, a little achy, aching throat, pain in head... Feel exhausted for it...but by god, I know it is not the flu... I am sitting on the couch wrapped in a blanked giving out about my snotting nose... Not in the bed delirious... there's a massive difference. It kind of annoys me when someone sniffs in my direction and wails about having the flu... i'm like... love... get the flu and you'll know short term severe illness. Saying that though, if the flu is the worse thing i'll ever have to contend with in my life, then i'll be a very grateful person! People are suffering a lot more than that at the moment!

4068ac1elhodqr

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I've a cure I use for it every time I get it, works every time, it involves treating the flu to some powerful stuff available in all supermarkets.

Chew a few bulbs of raw Garlic?
Or maybe a boat load of fresh lemon, lime with honey?

up for anything

I've had proper flu probably three times in my life. Twice in the 00s and the Russian flu back in 1977. They all felt equally terrible but I believe from all accounts that I nearly died in 1977 - had it in boarding school and care was a few paracetamol and bugger all else.

entropi

2 weeks laid up in bed as a teenager. Hardly any energy, could barely eat, and had a few hallucinations.

What most people consider flu, is just a cold. Flu will put someone out of commission for up to 3 weeks.

Atlantic Dawn

Xavier Repulsive Shortchange wrote: »

Chew a few bulbs of raw Garlic?
Or maybe a boat load of fresh lemon, lime with honey?

Whiskey, 6 measures of on initial diagnosis

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

I was about 10 or 11. Never felt so bad since or before. Remember not being able to get off the couch, my tongue feeling like it didn't fit in my mouth, and my mother not understanding how poorly I was and trying to cheer me up by insisting on bringing me shopping. I remember laying on the back seat crying begging her not to make me get out of the car. I think she realised then how sick I was.

Nekarsulm

As a kid, I went to a machinery auction once with my Dad. It was a bitterly cold day, raining a lot and got soaked and frozen standing about for hours.

Spent 3 or 4 days in bed as a result with a really bad dose.

On day 4, recovered enough to ask for the tv.
Mum brought up a little b&w portable we had at the time.

Through the snow and interferance (rabbit ears!), I watched them raise The Mary Rose.

Never had as bad since.

prinzeugen

Flu for two weeks.. (Man flu according to some).

5 weeks later I was recovering from pneumonia. 24 at the time and was fit and healthy.

Mountainsandh

Can't remember the year, but that was the time of the swine flu epidemic. Caredoc GP on the phone advised not to call in which was a blessing really. Mr M also had it but started on my day 2. We were very lucky that the children were vaccinated and we took turns struggling to ensure a minimum parenting service for 4 days or so each (after the first 2 days respectively as there was no functioning for that).

I started feeling ill a Saturday morning at 10.00 am, by 2pm I was deep in it. I remember most the feeling of being battered as if I had been kicked and punched in a fight. Can't remember much of the temperature, except hardship, and it took 2 full weeks to deal with extreme tiredness.

RabbleRouser2k

Mountainsandh wrote: »

Can't remember the year, but that was the time of the swine flu epidemic. Caredoc GP on the phone advised not to call in which was a blessing really. Mr M also had it but started on my day 2. We were very lucky that the children were vaccinated and we took turns struggling to ensure a minimum parenting service for 4 days or so each (after the first 2 days respectively as there was no functioning for that).

I started feeling ill a Saturday morning at 10.00 am, by 2pm I was deep in it. I remember most the feeling of being battered as if I had been kicked and punched in a fight. Can't remember much of the temperature, except hardship, and it took 2 full weeks to deal with extreme tiredness.

I remember that-the swine flu i mean. I didnt get it as bad as others, but I remember gasping for air, like I was being suffocated. Only lasted a few days. Wasn't the worst flu ever, but really serious if you had asthma or some other long term illness.

Tbe tiredness was something else entirely.