Feeling rough

Travelafar, I hope you are feeling much better now and taking it gently getting back into routine. These bugs (that SOME people think are trivial), can really take it out of you!

Jdotthat's just what you are being, rude, it comes across as spiteful.
Who do you think you are? A poster asks for advice, it annoyed you and instead of being constructive, or not posting, you went out of your way to be nasty. You really should apologise.

Incredulous or incredible? How old are you JdotJ

travelsafar

Started last week with a very sore throat,now a full blown head cold. Muffled hearing, stuffy nose but dripping like a tap, lack of energy and a dry tickly cough. Had planned to get out for a walk this morning to try and clear my head in fresh air. But, all I want to do is snuggle under a blanket in the sofa. Would you force yourself to go out in the cold or stay home in the warm???

How old are you, 4 !!

Surely you know by now how to manage your own common ailments without resorting to posting for advice here and no, Im not being rude. I just find it incredulous you need to even ask the question.

My dh has had similar this last week, there is a lot of it going round. Take it easy, keep hydrated and get well soon.

Rest, plenty of warm fluids and stay home

Glad you are feeling better travelsafar. Don't do too much at first.

Have taken advice and just stayed indoors in the warm and rested. I feel so much better although I have a an annoying tickly cough. Today I must venture out as I need some shopping. It will be a quick visit to the supermarket then straight back home. 😊

Last message was for Ruthiek, not UTBB. Sorry!

Helpful! Not!

I am just starting to feel better after 8 days.
The nose is clear, the throat is no longer dry but the cough remains, mostly at night when the catarrh runs down the back of the throat. I have no chest condition.
However the worst aspect now is the fatigue, I wake up tired and within a couple of hours am ready for bed again.
Little appetite not helping.
I am 88, not used to colds at all so maybe I just need time.

Poor you. Rest is the only cure. Lots of drinks and a saline nasal rinse help too.

Wait for the sickness and diarrhoea which I got at the end of this awful virus, I hope you dont get it but if you do I hope it goes quickly !

I hope you are staying indoors OP as advised by everyone and starting to feel a little better.

Doctors do say the reason you are told to rest when you’re ill, is so that you conserve your energy to fight off the virus or whatever it is thats ailing you..so looks like the sofa wins…

We are just getting over a similar cold in our house. The only things that worked for us were rest, paracetamol and fluids - not alcohol. I also found that avoiding dairy for a few days helped to reduce mucus build up. I always find the classic hot lemon and honey is comforting but I don't know how much it actually reduces symptoms.

Don't force yourself to do anything. Rest, rest, and rest some more. It's the best way to get better. Eat what you like, order online, and drink lots and lots of fluids.
Get well soon.

Hunker down.
Send out for or get someone to bring you New Covent Garden soup or similar.
Add in to that any useful ingredients you might have.

Stay at home!

Always rest when you are unwell .
You are stressing out your body in the cold .

You need to be warm and super hydrated.
Bit late for echinacea but Id take it with Vit C and zinc .
Make some real chicken soup loaded with garlic,onions and if you like it ginger and chilli.
I had a mucous overload and one hot curried soup nipped in the bud .

I’ve just had the same. No way would I force myself out in the cold! I had two days in bed I felt so rough, hacking cough, seriously blocked nose, coughing and blowing what felt like gallons of mucous, limited breathing and exhaustion. My lovely husband made me breakfast, lunch, cups of tea etc in bed, where I rested and slept and got up when my body was ready. That’s the key….listen to your body without guilt!

travelsafar

Started last week with a very sore throat,now a full blown head cold. Muffled hearing, stuffy nose but dripping like a tap, lack of energy and a dry tickly cough. Had planned to get out for a walk this morning to try and clear my head in fresh air. But, all I want to do is snuggle under a blanket in the sofa. Would you force yourself to go out in the cold or stay home in the warm???

Sorry to hear you feel so rotton.

I developed a wracking cough on Friday, barely slept all night, got up Saturday, let out the cats, made coffee, took a mugful back up to bed and stayed there all Saturday, quarter of an hour later the female cat curled up beside me, having jettisoned her normal morning inspection of the garden after weeing. Twenty minutes later her brother joined us.

Sunday morning I cancelled what I was supposed to do that day, and remained resolutely indoors, as I have never believed that pouring rain is weather to walk in.

Tuesday now - I am still more tired than I should be, but have practically got rid of the cough and runny nose, am able to fulfil various commitments although tire quicker than normal.

So, stay indoors, cosset yourself, make sure you get plenty to drink of water, tea, coffee or anything else non-alcoholic and rest.

hope this works as well for you as it has for me. (Though I suspect a purring cat, or two as a permament hottie helps too.)

Thank you all. Hope those who are poorly too get well soon

travelsafar I’ve got the same - but due to my lung problems (Bronchiectasis) I have decided to start antibiotics , and have come up to bed.
Crosstitchfan - yes I had similar last year. It was food poisoning , after eating a prepared salad from a very popular store. I even had bleeding .
Get well soon everyone …

Ah - more diagnoses over the phone. It probably is a bug but it is a brave doctor who blandly makes that assumption in an elderly person.