Who else has had Man-flu !!

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

i am just getting over-it with antibiotics, but I'm not sure if it was pig flu or bird (pigeon ) flu, as the guy i got it off in Yorkshire was yes a pigeon fancier he read pigeon mags every tea-time :yikes: and he thought he was Strong until he arm wrestled me rrr: i have never seen anyone go so many shades of red , in a north verses south strength test one lunchtime (his idear ) :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Ian]

Mate i've had it and beaten it! Good 2 see you back. Hows it going?

 

[Gazzer]

Been laid out for 2 days now, just getting over it. The cough is killing me though.
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[Aston]

ive had it for a week now and i know weve had a laugh about man flu but this really is flu. first time ive had it since 1989.
the cough is a pig..head aches, skin aching and ive lost 6 and a half pound this week...no way can i eat a christmas dinner tomorrow. everytime you think its getting a bit better, it turns..

 

[SandyFloor]

Had it last week and worked through it. Wish I'd taken a day in bed though.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

get the anti-biotics guys they really help!! i felt better after the first day of taking them i might even go for the jab next year

 

[user123]

Are you sure they are anti-biotics, Dave? It's just anti-biotics don't fight any virus, only bacteria....

Get better soon, all of you, even Saad in Cairo has it!!! He's been really poorly for ages!

 

[kilty55]

had it for weeks,still not shifted the barking cough,just worked through it as i was super busy,a few comments about me looking like i had been dragged through a bush backwards from customers lol

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

Are you sure they are anti-biotics, Dave? It's just anti-biotics don't fight any virus, only bacteria....

Get better soon, all of you, even Saad in Cairo has it!!! He's been really poorly for ages!

yes g they are called Amoxicillin 500mg three a day seven day course i had a chest infection and laryngitis !!

 

[user123]

yes g they are called Amoxicillin 500mg three a day seven day course i had a chest infection and laryngitis !!

I see, yes, Amoxicillin is a Penicillin type anti-biotic that is most commonly used against upper respitory infections, this does mean you did not have the flu, (influenza virus) but that you had a bacterial infection. Sorry Dave to appear picky, but I am medically trained and just want to avoid misconceptions about antibiotics which do nothing to help against flu, only against often secondary bacterial infections. The use of antibiotics when they are not appropriate is largely the cause for many infections and complications now. Your doctor obviously recognised the true nature of the 'bug' you had.

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

thanks for the correction G and a great explanation, you are a clever lady !!

 

[kilty55]

any sign of the sniffles g and we all have man flu:smilewinkgrin:

 

[SandyFloor]

I tend to avoid antibiotics if possible so I don't build up resistance to them and also to give my immune system a work-out. I have this fear I get really ill and antibiotics don't work.

 

[user123]

I tend to avoid antibiotics if possible so I don't build up resistance to them and also to give my immune system a work-out. I have this fear I get really ill and antibiotics don't work.

YES!! Brilliant! Makes my heart sing...

 

[dilz000]

had it 2 weeks now

 

[aph257]

had runny nose, thats it.

 

[Andy Allen]

i had the flu jab and the piggy flu jab this year so far iv'e managed to stay away from the dreaded lergey, saying that my son had them to but hes suffering at the momment , just a bad cold i think, but even at the tender age of seven i have managed to install in him that its man flu and his mother must treat as such.

 

[White Room]

No flu here

 

[DHTiling]

Nah.. all fine here.. only twist when Man flu is present... sounds like a common cold with a chest infection chucked in....

 

[jona]

1st week was hell, heat shivers sickness coughing!...2nd and 3rd week its still lingering around..if i still drank id blitz this with a bottle of jim beam..not advocating such an act just my own little preference.

 

[newlineuk]

Had it for a couple of days now. But then I always get something as soon as I stop working, happens every year. i don't like taking anything for it I think the body needs to fight infection on it's own and strangely enough i'm better a day after going back to work.

 

[Scott]

Man up you lot jeez like being on a 'girlsforum' rrr:rrr:rrr:

 

[user123]

Man up you lot jeez like being on a 'girlsforum' rrr:rrr:rrr:

There wouldn't be so much talk about flu on a girls' forum... we are made of tougher stuff... :lol: nope, it's a mens' forum alright.... :lol:

 

[Ajax123]

9 weeks now - had 5 different colds and coughs - still got one now......I guess that is what you get working with children.......

 

[strummerman]

for the first time in years ive ad man flu ive been in bed for the last 2 days god do i feel rough

 

[tfs]

think Im coming down with something, not gonna winge like you lot though:lol:


:bigcry: o nly joking, I want my mummy!

 

[user123]

Actually, both Hubby and me are starting with it, too, achey, slowww, sore chest, sore joints, but not too bad as yet... his daughter who we spent Christmas day with just started then, perfect timing then, three days incubation period... ho-hum... he's huffing and puffing about it more than I am though...:lol:

 

[user123]

ive had it for a week now and i know weve had a laugh about man flu but this really is flu. first time ive had it since 1989.
the cough is a pig..head aches, skin aching and ive lost 6 and a half pound this week...no way can i eat a christmas dinner tomorrow. everytime you think its getting a bit better, it turns..

If I lose 6 and a half pounds, too, bring it on!!! :lol: It's descending fast... who needs aliens, eh? You can't even step on a virus to squash it, it's that small, what the heck is it doing crawling all over me??? Be gone, I say!!! I always turn a bit loopy in the head with a fever, so I apologise in advance if I sound even more like a very laterally thinking person over the next ... well, who knows? :lol:

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

love it G , my mrs has gone down with it now !! after giveing me hell, i'am feeling much better now
but how would we know if it was pig-flu or bird-flu thats what you have G (sorry could not resist that )

 

[DHTiling]

a bit loopy in the head

I can't argue with that.. :lol: