Lurgy Alert: I'm really miserable:(

Loopylou I hope you get better soon. That sounds one evil bug.

I've just caught up with this thread but I hope you are starting to feel a bit better!

loopy and everyone with bugs get well soon. Lots to drink and tlc. for you all.

Poor loopy I do hope you are feeling better soon.

We have had it and DH 's cough is hanging on and on - no proper sleep for five nights now.

Poor you loopy. That sounds like a very rapid onslaught of the worst kind. I had 3 lurgies last winter but I didn't have the eardrum problems nor the pneumonia. What you have sounds really severe. One thing I noticed with myself it left me feeling weak for ages. Try a course of immune system boosters if you think it might help. As a nurse you will know all the other things and I'd keep away from crowded places for a while. Feel really sorry for you, and here's wishing you a good recovery that doesn't take too long. X

What I reckon is all of us with this horrible bug forgot to wear our beige cardigans to our flu jabs!!!!!

Drink lots of fluids, sleep, try ginger tablets. When you start to feel better, go for a short walk for some fresh air.
Hope you feel better soon.
By the way, what's the consensus regarding the flu jab? Is it worth having?

Not sure how you can tell?. I had it first time last year and stayed well all winter . However it was the wrong strain apparently.

I take the line that I might as well have it done if they are offering it.

E.g.: touch wood and whistle

Some good health tips here that I didnt know about.

I do use hand sanitiser when out and about, especially shopping. I know some people frown upon it, but sorry, I am sure it has saved me from colds or worse over the years.
Then I dont spread things on to others too.

Just adding my best wishes loopylou for a speedy recovery and sending some gentle {{{HUGS}}}

I can't imagine what would cause the blood blisters - that's a weird symptom. Must be awful too. Will your eardrums heal? Poor you.

LuckyGirl what's Hand Foot and Mouth?

Forgot I have hand sanitiser in the car.

Another tip - don't read magazines in the doctors' surgery. Bound to be covered in bugs. When I took my FiL to see the Dr, I picked up an old Readers Digest. I liked my finger to turn the page and thought "Bu@@er" . Sure enough lurgy followed me home.

PS I got stung by a bee today. On my chest. In October.

Poor you, Loopy,

My DH contracted a lergy; painful chest (when coughing), streaming nose, temperature. This was bad enough except, I was unable to drive or walk very far.

Three days into his lergy, my right knee and foot were so painful, I had a plethora of medical appointments = hospital/ /doctor/ physio/ X-ray and MRI. (What is the collective noun for many NHS appointments)?

Suffering from the above symptoms my DH manfully drove, without complaint, to where I needed to be. (Both sons working) He cooked too,

Maybe colder weather (which I loathe), will kill airborne bugs.

Hand Foot and Mouth is a virus that, after a few days, causes discrete spots on the hands and feet and in the mouth. Mostly it is not a problem and hardly causes any symptoms, but this year there seems to have been a virulent strain (you can get it more than once) and 3 of my local little ones have been quite poorly with it - but thankfully now bouncing back.

I thought I hadn't seen Loopy around for a while - I hope she is ok, or have I missed her on another thread?

I found with flu jabs that colds were only mild. I used to have them every year, then when we came here they didn't have an automatic call-up system and I let things slide. I had nothing, not even a cold, for about four years and then they started up again, ending with two dire colds and flu last winter, the cough from the last cold never stopped and led to a chest infection and sinus infection. This year I made very sure I had a flu jab.

Thank you everyone, you are so lovely.

It's over a week later I'm still here and feeling somewhat better, albeit even deafer than ever ( Opps! That came out as deader than ever first time round!)

The lack of oomph is awful- I thought I'd tidy up a bit, change the bed and clean the bathroom- it nearly finished me and I ended up sleeping for 3 hours, not me at all.

I never thought I'd 'see' little wooden soldiers marching down the bedroom walls, or spend 9 days with no sense of taste...good for the diet though.

I'm determined to get a flu jab as early as possible next year, I wouldn't wish this on anyone - and banish DH to the garden shed the next time he starts sneezing and coughing.

loopylou glad to hear you are slowly on the mend. Take things gently.

Luckygirl thanks for the explanation of Hand Foot and Mouth - never of it before.