[Closed] This years annoying virus/cold symptoms ? what are yours?

I have that now.

Called in sick and brought lots of work to do at home.

Also bought lots of hot curry mix which normally helps me. Try that once your temperature is down.

Paracetamol to sort your temperature.

Put on something on yt that is funny and laugh.

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Feeling hot - normal temp

I meant - I was feeling hot but my temp was normal

We are currently on week three of the mystery virus - temperature spikes , aches , sinus pain & v sleepy , we had a couple of days feeling a little better and now the missus sounds like she smokes 40 woodbine per day and has a bronchial cough.
I have a sore throat. grr. Doctors have said keep hydrated , nowt they can do.
Brandy helps... 🙂

Week three of sinus pain bronchial cough lethargy and aches and ltd sleep due to afore mentioned cough - the 11 moth olds had a dose and now the 15 year old and mrs have got it. Given the Mrs and little un are at home i have been into work every day and ridden at the weekends for a rest !! Pushing up at Aston in early morning snow on saturday may or may not have done me much good though !

I've miraculously managed to avoid it so far despite being surrounded by others who have brought it into the office. Looks like a nasty one!

Been an odd year yes.
MrsBouy has a corker of a sore chesty cough and when she does cough it almost blows the doors off the room shes in.

Very odd.
But then my Mrs is very odd.

Swollen glands (everywhere), general fatigue, bronchial phlegm, wheezy chest, swollen tonsils, cracked and sore side of mouth.

Was primarily in my right tonsil yesterday seems to have wandered over to my left tonsil now.

Bored of this.

Not flu but takes a long time to recover. [url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/anyone-else-laid-up-with-cold ]There was another thread on the subject a month back[/url]. Six weeks on I'm back up to speed on skis but limiting swim sessions to 20 minutes (it's an outdoor pool and there was sleet falling this morning which is pretty unpleasant on the back and neck).

Pretty much the same as Senor J. 3 and a half weeks now and developed into a chest burning cough to go with headaches,dizzyness, lethargy and fever. Second trip to GP today having been told "these things can linger" a week and a half ago. I really need to be 100% for work and want to make sure there is nothing more sinister lurking in the background!

Just realised I was the last poster on the previous thread.

Fed up of it now. Think the last one cleared then this one started.

Felt rotten about 10 days ago, thought it was a migraine, fine day after then got sore throat, unbelievable snot, blocked right ear. Now feel fine but left with a partial blocked left ear which is really annoying.

Not been on the bike much or been to the gym so feel weaker but that may be psychological.

I've had a few snotty colds this winter thanks to having a 2 yr old in nursery. Had a sore throat from no to few, went to docs, got antibiotics and it cleared up in 2 weeks. Got another cold end feb and throats bad again. Went to docs with our little un and doc said she was surprised the other doc gave me antibiotics. Said gargle with diflam. Doesn't seem to have done anything so still sore throat. Driving me mad.

Some bar-stewart dry cough virus that was brought to me flat by me bar-stewart bro-in-law when he visited with my sister. He passed on the virus to everyone ... bar-stewart he is.

Took me nearly three weeks to recover with cough syrup. 😡

edit: Bro-in-law is a bar-stewart scum! I mean it.

Jesus.

Last Monday I went out for a ride, first in a while, I thought I'd push myself. Didn't ride very well, but didn't feel ill until the following day.. felt terrible. Aching everything, unable to exert myself in anything, didn't want to sit up, sick of lying down, aching skin, cough causing my body and ribs to ache.. it was grim. Taking ages to recover too.. only today have I been approaching normal for half the day. Just felt over tired despite having loads of sleep.

Worst symptoms are mental - I felt blackly depressed, anxious, worried, grumpy, no confidence.. horrible.

I sneezed twice today.

Similar symptoms to the OP but 1000s f miles apart

Knew the week before i git symtoms something wasn't right, due to feeling shattered, followed by a week of a corker cold the snot works, followed by a week of feeling off, followed by another week of a corker cold, and lost voice with cough.

Coming up to end of week three just now and I am hoping that this is the end of it.

I had a horrible sore throat which I picked up from the two biological weapons factories called my nieces. Age 3 and 1. They're like two cute little weapons of mass destruction, tripping happily through life while infecting all around them with plaguebola.

Immediate consumption of ibuprofen, Lemsip, Strepsils and vitamins seems to have contained it to nothing more than that, quite often a sore throat is the prelude to week of being really ill.

My history with sore throats and colds is terrible, I'm talking 3 to 4 throat problems a year to the point of having barely any voice.

Last 6 months nothing, not a sniffle. The only difference is that I have started drinking 5 cups of redbush tea every day and am a little OCD about washing my hands in the office and not touching door handles and then touching the face etc.

Seems to be working well despite every human and semi human in my office being struck down this winter.

Just got diagnosed with mumps. GREAT!

Ah well.

Few days confined to my bed.

MrsBouy has a corker of a sore chesty cough and when she does cough it almost blows the doors off the room shes in.

Been 2 weeks since I stopped coughing and I'm still feeling slow and struggling to push the pedals!

....well that didn't last long !

Woke in the night with swollen glands(not tonsils) , so off to the docs this morning and he says it's all part of the sh1tty virus and it's my immune system doing its job ! Should be down in a few weeks, if not off for blood tests.

Anyone had similar??

Now I see why I have to wait 2 weeks for an appointment if people see their Dr for having swollen glands.

Bit unfair !

I've had two different colds since the turn of the year
1) aches, fever, thick mucus at the back of my throat that gave me an irritating cough. Well, my colleagues found it irritating. Went on for about a month
2) starting last Friday, proper snotty nose, sneezing, aches & fever. Just about done and so far, preferable to #1

I have not bothered a doctor for either of these

Not unfair at all. For cold symptoms best place is a pharmacist.

I just seem to have a regularly recurring cold, once every 6 weeks since September I reckon, it's a pain in the butt.

That's more likely to be haemorrhoids.

Well, it's subsiding - went for a short run this morning and did not die. Still got a slight cough though. Should be ok to ride at the weekend.

Well apart from the swollen glands I feel normal - a little tired.

Well apart from the swollen glands I feel normal - a little tired.

I was meant glands under chin btw lymph ones

unfitgeezer - Member

Finally back at work today after spending a week feeling ill without any real symptoms !

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Feeling hot - normal temp
Sleepy - lots of sleep
Ears blocked
Red tonsils- but not sore
Generally feeling ill

I did not have
Snot
Cough
fever

Went to see the GP yesterday and he said its a very odd virus this year lots of people have the same symptoms - it will pass which to be fair it has been getting better everyday.

[b]Have you had this ?[/b] Or full blown cold etc ?

GP was useless, but got referral to private care and they checked through properly with an endoscope and identified a very swollen gland on left through/base of tongue which was also causing aggro to the ear.

I also seem to have a slightly restricted airway/lung capacity which is really screwing with stamina. Hence my concern. Tried a longish ride last Sunday and it is the nearest I've ever come to literally keeling over and lying on the floor on a ride.

Been on and off like this since Christmas. I knew I shouldn't have given up drinking.

About a month ago I got home from work with a really sore throat and feeling colder than I should do. Went to bed early feeling unable to get warm, only to wake up at about 2 in the morning sweating so much I had to get up and have a shower! Had cough and snot but not too bad. A bit later left ear got blocked and also an odd weepy eye for a couple of days.

Most of the symptoms went pretty quickly, but my ear only went back to normal in the last week or so and for a while walking up a couple of flights of stairs was really tiring me out! It's mainly been really tedious.

Had this virus two weeks ago.Got rid and now its returned in a slightly different form.Sore throat,sweats and need to cough up phlegm.I think living in a block of flats doesn't help matters,for a number of reasons.

Ears, clogged up on one side. Making me wander roynd in circles.

GP was useless, but got referral to private care and they checked through properly with an endoscope and identified a very swollen gland on left through/base of tongue which was also causing aggro to the ear.

Unless this was a suspicious looking gland (doubtful, given the other symptoms and acute onset) this sounds like another "[i]secondary care in spending lots of money and performing unnecessary tests in order to tell you what you've been told by primary care shocker[/i]"..... 😉

Don't forget - there's a difference between being useless, and simply NOT being able to do anything with benign self limiting illnesses.

DrP

Fact: your GP knows that 95% of the cases that walk into the surgery will sort themselves out after a few days or weeks.

Another fact: quack remedies and bogus cures succeed because their use coincides wth 95% of cases clearing themselves up.

From a personal perspective, the similar symptoms as described sound rather unpleasant and so far, nothing to report here.

As yet, this winter, I have not suffered from a cold which is a first for many years. The occaisional sniffle and sneeze but nothing manifesting more than that. I'm placing this phenomenon down to a newly adopted approach of hibernation. Or rather going to bed between 7.30 and 8pm and ensuring I get plenty of sleep, a minimum of 9 hours, sometimes nicely tucked up by 7pm. I'm up at 5am each morning for a work start of 7am and work has been generally outside.

My thinking is that winter time and reduced daylight suggests that my body and mind could do well from using this time to 'hibernate', recoup and rest. So far so good.

About a month ago I had a 24hour bug that wiped me out, two weeks after that the flu knocked me out and I'm only just coming out the other side. After yesterday's ride I felt awful and I want it gone now. Horrible winter!

Unless this was a suspicious looking gland (doubtful, given the other symptoms and acute onset) this sounds like another "secondary care in spending lots of money and performing unnecessary tests in order to tell you what you've been told by primary care shocker".....

Don't spoil the illusion.

Yup,blocked up ear feeling and a dizzy spell when out shopping.Three weeks in the novelty is starting to wear off.Thankfully,I'm asthmatic so its bound to end well!

slackalice-interesting post,have thought about Hibernation myself.

So this is what I've caught today then? In addition over had the cough from hell since December and now it is the middle of match. Symptoms: aching , running hot, weak, sleepy super sleepy. Smidgen of sore throat. I thought it was bad hay fever but seems I'm part of the in crowd!

Edit: and one week business no miss travel next week to Turkey. Will be fun.

MsWife is now on her 10th consecutive day of not / barely leaving the house. I've never seen anyone so ill and not in hospital.

Hot/cold/cough/sneeze/sore throat/ringing ears/funny taste in mouth/funny smell in nose/sleeping for 12+ hours without trying, etc.

She's even refusing whisky, wine and or chocolate, this is serious.

I'm about 4 days behind her, but I suspect the flu-jabs I've had over the years have given me a slight headstart, so I'm only feeling completely rubbish. As above, my asthma will ensure a memorable end to my suffering, one way or another...

The flu jabs you've had won't make a difference unless she's suffering from a flu strain you've been immunised for.

Not sure what I had but the flu jab didn't prevent it.

Today's ride was the first one in weeks where I didn't spend 20 minutes coughing and reaching for the inhaler afterwards...progress at last maybe...

I wonder if this virus is only hitting the stressed out/asthmatic types.It doesn't seem to widespread.I,m also amazed how those of you with asthma dare go riding with this illness.Suicide I should have thought!

This is my first bug of the winter and it's got me bad. Started midweek and the main thing at first was a horrendously sore throat. Not much coughing or sneezing, but I could barely talk and every time I answered the phone people told me how rough I sounded. Came home from work early on Friday, was flat out the whole of yesterday. Today I had a pre-booked thing I wanted to do. Not too energetic, but a couple of hours of gentle walking around. BAAAD idea. I am now absolutely wiped out again.

Really hope it clears up soon - going on a cycling holiday to the canaries next weekend.

Started with a sore throat and glands up a bit, running hot and cold at times and wasn't really a proper cold but an underlying chesty/dry/tickly cough which was with me for exactly 3 weeks. I still had the odd coughing session for a few minutes which then went away as quickly as it arrived.

Factoring in the hamstring niggle I've had since the beginning of the year, weight I've put on from not being able to train I'm way off schedule where I should be.

However, this is the first 'cold/cough' I've had since last August

Taking cheer, but only a little, from the fact that I am not the only one. A week off with the flu in January. Just about got back on the bike when the second bout started much as described by OP,that was mid February. Finally began to feel better last week and was really looking forward to getting out in great weather this weekend and woke up on Saturday with hacking cough and headache. Grumpy doesn't begin to cover it.

Drac - Moderator
The flu jabs you've had won't make a difference unless she's suffering from a flu strain you've been immunised for.

I-am-not-a-virologist, but that's roughly what I was guessing...

i.e. I get flu jabs, Mswife doesn't, she's been hit waaay harder than I have - which makes some kind of sense to my non-virologist brain.

or have I got it wrong? Is immunity an all-or-nothing thing?

Anyway, 12 days in, and a short 5min walk dumped us both into an afternoon coma.

I didn't get the sore throat thing, just woke up after a post-reliability ride nap and was shivering uncontrollably.

Horrendous coughing followed, got prescribed anti-bios for the fever and steroids for my asthma couldn't look at the bike all week.

Had a trip to Mallorca last week which was a bit of a struggle but a weeks rest afterwards seems to have done the trick...crossed fingers...

Been out,eyes wouldn't stop watering.Also lac k any energy despite the cold sunny weather.Getting a bit fed up of it now.

Everyone recovered now?I seem to have graduated to sleeping sickness.