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Anyone else got the lurgy?

(117 Posts)
mande Sat 29-Dec-18 10:52:34

Get well soon!

David1968 Sat 29-Dec-18 10:49:44

So sorry for all you folks; I understand that "there's a lot of it about"....

AlieOxon Sat 29-Dec-18 10:46:53

(I haven't got it yet... I think I should leave this thread, it might be infectious!)

Funnygran Sat 29-Dec-18 10:46:22

I started with it on Christmas Day and felt dreadful. I have coughed so much that my insides are sore. We have family coming at New Year who I haven't seen for a couple of years so I really hope It's gone by then.

farview Sat 29-Dec-18 10:41:20

Lurgy here also... horrendous productive cough,throat feels like shard glass in it,temp up and down.. homemade lemon juice,honey& cinnamon..one paracetamol at night time...

BlueSky Sat 29-Dec-18 09:20:24

No lurky yet but was worried about catching it a few weeks back when I had to have a MRI scan. Unfortunately you would have to cancel it if coughing or with a streaming cold..confused

Nanagem Sat 29-Dec-18 09:19:51

Hope you feel better soon, I had it the week before Christmas, still coughing and sneezing, just not so bad. It’s one hell of a cold.

J52 Sat 29-Dec-18 09:17:26

Me! In bed with iPad and radio 4.
Not used to being ill.

boheminan Sat 29-Dec-18 08:44:20

Another lurgy lurker here. Have had the monster sneeze/sore throat thing for weeks, then on Christmas Day it was accompanied by d&v. The 'Festive Season' for me was spent sitting on the toilet, holding a bowl and sneezing. Ho! Ho! Ho!

tiredoldwoman Sat 29-Dec-18 08:33:01

Me too , my nose started to run yesterday and quickly turned into a blocked nose with sore facial bones and puffy eyes . I'm going to snotter my way to the shop to get some of your magical Night Nurse, Paddyann !

Elizabeth1 Sat 29-Dec-18 05:55:48

This lurgy business is very catching yuck

NanKate Fri 28-Dec-18 21:40:17

My DS has had an awful cold the entire time we have been staying with him. He has been sneezing forEngland. We have shielded our noses and kept down wind of him. If we get away without catching it I think it will be a miracle.

paddyann Fri 28-Dec-18 21:33:07

I have the most awful streaming cold,or I did have until I bought some Day and Night Nurse capsules from the chemist.By the second dose my symptoms had disappeared...it was magic! I didn't take any this morning and lo and behold I'm streaming again.That'll teach me ,back to the pills.

Anja Fri 28-Dec-18 21:16:26

Exit thread quickly, Don’t want it....

MrTumble Fri 28-Dec-18 20:17:33

Lurgy, now that's a word I've not heard for a long time. When I was growing up as a (barrack brat) we used it to cover most illnesses.
Hope you are feeling better soon Izabella .
smile

BBbevan Fri 28-Dec-18 19:36:39

Oh yes! Just recovering but managed to do Christmas between coughing and sneezing. Feel fine now,10 days on but still coughing occasionally. Sudafed worked well but gave me a dry mouth. Hope you feel better soon

Izabella Fri 28-Dec-18 18:23:12

Just out of the steamy bathroom trying to breathe. Head banging like a drum and I have to drive back from Scotland homewards in a few hours. Hoping for a better night. Last night was spent resting my head on the window bottom in the cold trying to get the mucosa to shrink.

CH in the bath coughing in Olympic proportions. Minor inconvenience knowing what a lot of gransnetters' are suffering with but I (rather selfishly) do not want my MRI cancelled again this week.