Pick-me-up to get over flu

Hello EllanVannin. I I'm happy to say I'm a Manx citizen thanks to the lovely government minister who guided me through. Although I left years ago I have happy memories of Ramsey, Andreas, Douglas and Peel, to name only the most prominent! I only have whisky but if that doesn't work tonight I'll get the rum tomorrow

I feel sooo heavy.
Sniffing, coughing and generally feeling horrible.
It’s not flu but seems like the nearest thing to it. I’m drinking a lot and taking tablets to dry everything up so I can work.

This is one of my busiest weeks of the year, I’ve cancelled most of my clients. Not cancelled them but given them the opportunity to cancel me! Most took up the offer thank goodness.

I’m just off to bed now. I did have the jab but, as I said, I don’t think it’s flu. When I had that a few years ago I couldn’t stand up.
Hope we all feel better soon.

Fingers crossed, but this morning - a fortnight to the day after it began - I feel as though I can cope with getting up and getting on. (Still coughing, still in bed at 9:30am, drinking tea - but I made it, not MrL) My improvement is probably because the lurgy has run its course, though I started on the Floradix and the echinacea yesterday. MrL thinks such things are a waste of money, but I shall take them as I have now got them. To leave them in the cupboard would definitely be a waste.

Best wishes to all of you who are poorly. I hope you get well soon.

Today I feel much improved, just as well as I’m looking after two small exited children, the youngest has a tummy upset, so I’m so hoping I don’t get that!

Mollymalone, my late mum was born in Castletown and a cousin's family live in Onchan. I have an uncle who's in Abbotswood nursing home. Lovely memories of the island.

My late aunt and uncle used to run the post office in Peel many years ago.

Aww you poor hings, really hope you all start to feel much better by the 25th. Nothing worse than having lots to do and fell really rough with an illness. Sending you hugs and flowers and wishes for speedy recoveries.

If I felt that ill, I'd do the absolute minimum possible. The body needs to rest and recuperate. Housework etc. can always wait!

When I was five, the whole family (apart from Dad) had the flu on Christmas day. We were all in bed, yet still he cooked the massive turkey. The cooking smells made me even more nauseous. Dad and the cat ate as much as they could manage!

Chatting about Covid yesterday (as you do), my DS said he felt sure he and DiL had had it just before Christmas, DGS seemed to have escaped it. I remembered seeing something on GN and found this thread. Do the symptoms sound familiar?!

Yes they do and describe what I had around that time.
It lasted for weeks and I'm sure is still lingering now, whatever it was.

I would love to know how many of us now have antibodies.

NfkDumpling

Chatting about Covid yesterday (as you do), my DS said he felt sure he and DiL had had it just before Christmas, DGS seemed to have escaped it. I remembered seeing something on GN and found this thread. Do the symptoms sound familiar?!

I've just re-read the post I put on here in December, and my description certainly ticks quite a few boxes for possible covid.
If it was covid though, it certainly dragged on, because I had repeated bouts of illness through Jan and Feb, which also ticked many of the boxes.

I think it well could have been. I caught whatevermysonhad, but not too badly - and lost my sense of smell completely, but I think we both got it again when we got back from holiday at the beginning of March, only worse - and then I got my sense of smell and taste back again. With bells on! I’m now aware of smells ALL the time! It’s difficult for me to use the cough as a symptom as I start coughing when the leaves start to turn and continue most of the winter!

It seems like lots had this in December so it was about before we heard of it.