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jacko

posted on 3/1/14 at 01:34 PM Reply With Quote
Flu

So who has it iv had it for over a week now and fed up with it
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r1_pete

posted on 3/1/14 at 02:04 PM Reply With Quote
To quote Rowan Atkinson 'If I'd had the Flu for a week I'd be pretty fed up with it too'

But, have escaped it so far this winter, fingers crossed touching wood and all that..........

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sdh2903

posted on 3/1/14 at 02:11 PM Reply With Quote
Ive had a bit of man-flu (cold) for most of the last week, didn't help working outside for 8hrs straight in torrential rain the other night. Managed to avoid proper flu up to now.
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omega0684

posted on 3/1/14 at 02:55 PM Reply With Quote
Woke up this morning, swollen glands, sore throat and a dry cough that causes an inferno in my chest when I cough!





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ste

posted on 3/1/14 at 03:05 PM Reply With Quote
Flu jab £9 Tesco. No flu is well worth the money.
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StevieB

posted on 3/1/14 at 03:31 PM Reply With Quote
I had proper flu last year for the first time - made me realise everything else to date had been just a bad cold by comparison.

Took me out of work for 2 weeks and a total of 6 weeks to recover to anything like normal. I'd been training hard for 4 months towards doing some triathlons and was trying to get myself down to a decent fighting weight - I was doing reasonably well with it, but the flu really got me over the mark!

Problem is I lost 4 months worth of fitness gains (was training 8-10 hours per week and going hard at it) and then did nothing for 12 months - am just starting out again now, from scratch






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Slimy38

posted on 3/1/14 at 03:43 PM Reply With Quote
SWMBO has had it since I broke up for Christmas mid December,I had a runny nose for about five minutes but that was about it. She did the flu jab last year and thought it was bad because it knocked her about for a day or so, but I bet she'd prefer a day of roughness compared to more than a fortnight!
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David Jenkins

posted on 3/1/14 at 04:00 PM Reply With Quote
In my lifetime I've had plenty of colds and general-purpose winter bugs - but I've only had real flu once or twice, and I never want to experience it again, thank you very much.






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britishtrident

posted on 3/1/14 at 04:05 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by ste
Flu jab £9 Tesco. No flu is well worth the money.



+1. Morissons in my case





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Minicooper

posted on 3/1/14 at 04:12 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by ste
Flu jab £9 Tesco. No flu is well worth the money.


A flu jab doesn't stop you from getting Flu, it just stops you from getting certain types of flu and even that isn't guaranteed

[Edited on 3/1/14 by Minicooper]

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jacko

posted on 3/1/14 at 04:51 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by omega0684
Woke up this morning, swollen glands, sore throat and a dry cough that causes an inferno in my chest when I cough!


Yes that's the one
I have had the flu jab every year for year's but didn't bother this year
I wish i had now
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JoelP

posted on 3/1/14 at 04:58 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by StevieB
I had proper flu last year for the first time - made me realise everything else to date had been just a bad cold by comparison.

Took me out of work for 2 weeks and a total of 6 weeks to recover to anything like normal. I'd been training hard for 4 months towards doing some triathlons and was trying to get myself down to a decent fighting weight - I was doing reasonably well with it, but the flu really got me over the mark!

Problem is I lost 4 months worth of fitness gains (was training 8-10 hours per week and going hard at it) and then did nothing for 12 months - am just starting out again now, from scratch


That's a truth that only people who have had flu will appreciate! I've had it once in my whole life.





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ste

posted on 3/1/14 at 04:59 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Minicooper
quote:
Originally posted by ste
Flu jab £9 Tesco. No flu is well worth the money.


A flu jab doesn't stop you from getting Flu, it just stops you from getting certain types of flu and even that isn't guaranteed

[Edited on 3/1/14 by Minicooper]


I haven't had flu this year so regardless of it's alleged effectiveness I'm happy.

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liam.mccaffrey

posted on 3/1/14 at 05:03 PM Reply With Quote
I've had flu proper only once and it wiped me out.
It was honestly worse than my chemotherapy for lymphoma!

Not as bad as the stem cell transplant but pretty bad





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britishtrident

posted on 3/1/14 at 05:12 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Minicooper
quote:
Originally posted by ste
Flu jab £9 Tesco. No flu is well worth the money.


A flu jab doesn't stop you from getting Flu, it just stops you from getting certain types of flu and even that isn't guaranteed

[Edited on 3/1/14 by Minicooper]



That is a bit like saying looking both ways before you cross the road won't guarantee you won't get run over.





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Minicooper

posted on 3/1/14 at 05:33 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
quote:
Originally posted by Minicooper
quote:
Originally posted by ste
Flu jab £9 Tesco. No flu is well worth the money.


A flu jab doesn't stop you from getting Flu, it just stops you from getting certain types of flu and even that isn't guaranteed

[Edited on 3/1/14 by Minicooper]



That is a bit like saying looking both ways before you cross the road won't guarantee you won't get run over.



No just lowering the expectations

I religiously have my flu jabs every year as I have chronic heart problems, yet I wouldn't go near a person with flu.

The flu jab is very effective as long as the flu virus mutations are the correct ones

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maccmike

posted on 3/1/14 at 06:25 PM Reply With Quote
Im recovering as we speak
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