Flu type virus

I’m pretty much ok now. But I had a similar virus when I was working; it lasted for weeks. I had to sleep upright and it made me temporarily incontinent. I went to a walk in centre one day because I was coughing up blood but they still wouldn’t give me anything…I did end up having to take antibiotics. Another time I was given a beclometasone inhaler to use for a short while and that really helped. But it’s impossible to get a doctors appointment these days.

MayBee70

Granatlast007

I've just done a Covid test and it was negative, they always are! I have had Covid once despite vaccinations and I remember how fierce it felt and how it hung on. I've just discovered that two of my daughters are feeling rough with a similar virus as me, there's a lot of it about.

I started doing Huff coughing because I was coughing so hard I thought I was going to get a hernia.

It's a horrible, hacking cough isn't it? Hope you get a reasonable night's sleep, I had 5 hours last night and a nap this afternoon.

Granatlast007

I've just done a Covid test and it was negative, they always are! I have had Covid once despite vaccinations and I remember how fierce it felt and how it hung on. I've just discovered that two of my daughters are feeling rough with a similar virus as me, there's a lot of it about.

I started doing Huff coughing because I was coughing so hard I thought I was going to get a hernia.

I've just done a Covid test and it was negative, they always are! I have had Covid once despite vaccinations and I remember how fierce it felt and how it hung on. I've just discovered that two of my daughters are feeling rough with a similar virus as me, there's a lot of it about.

I always know I'm ill if I really fancy a Lemsip! It's very comforting when you've got a cold

What a scary story Scribbles , thanks to you and Aveline and MayBee , I've never used a decongestant before except in cough medicine or Lemsip. I had a lemon and honey this afternoon and that has helped a little but I feel really hammered by this virus. There are so many different viruses now.

I tested negative in early September but the doc said my symptoms mirrored those of the new Covid variant. Took a while to recover and increased breathlessness

My DH has tested positive for covid but I am testing negative despite feeling really rough, chills, headaches, etc., has been like this for three days and have done two tests.
His test came back with a definite line immediately so the tests are obvs working. Suppose I could have caught something else but it seems weird.

Be careful. The decongestant sprays can also cause nosebleeds, too because the steroid component thins the skin in the nasal cavities making it easier to rupture the cluster of blood vessels up there.
My partner was a regular user until one night last year when he had a sudden bleed while driving. Happily, we hadn't quite got to the motorway and he was able to get off the road. It didn't stop and we ended up being fast-tracked through A&E, spending most of the night there. It's very scary, watching someone you love apparently about to bleed to death in front of you and being able to do nothing.
Believe me, after that experience and talking to the consultant who treated him, neither of us will ever touch those sprays again.

Those decongestant sprays can have a paradoxical effect if used more than a couple of days. Overuse of them and saline sprays can prolong congestion.

I found a saline spray to be a great help. And Benylin. Can’t believe how many tissues I’ve got though. The nose has now stopped running but I’ve still got a bit of a cough and the biggest cold sore.

My DH never catches anything, I'm drowning through my nose, he's sipping coffee and reading the news.
I have tried everything to stop my nose running and sneezing. Antihistamines, decongestant spray, saline spray, camomile tea, a warm cloth, ibuprofen, sttepsels, those Swiss lozenges, can't remember the name. Still sneezing, feel like I'm going mad, such a nice day too.

I did find alternate nostril breathing calmed things down but I can't do that all day. Anyone any other suggestions?

MayBee my DH never caught it from me either. His immune system must be very robust indeed.

I have been feeling dreadful for about 10 days. Cold symptoms but freezing and shivery even with heating on. It went to my chest agrivating my asthma. However seeing a doctor here is virtually impossible and there is no way they will give out antibiotics. It's hot lemon drinks Jakemans and soups and letting nature take its course.

I’ve been reading up on some of the cold and flue remedies I’ve been taking and I think some of them were making me feel worse. Eg I kept feeling very strange after taking the Boots cold and flu sachets. The ingredients in some of them could either make you drowsy or keep you awake depending on how you reacted to them. What I don’t understand is how I caught anything as I rarely go anywhere. And my partner was sat in the living room for a week with me coughing constantly and yet didn’t catch it.

I think I've got this now. It's useful to read other people's experiences. I've had it for a week now, pouring nose and now cough setting in. I had the RSV vaccine and flu, does it help much identifying the virus? I don't know, sounds like a long haul whatever it is.

My partners going to Boots on Tuesday so he’s going to get some for me.

MayBee70
Can buy Jakemans from supermarkets, chemists and homebargain

I remember taking those before but can’t remember where I bought them from. When I was still working I had an infection like this that dragged on for weeks.

Had it bad for a week , got over it then about 10 days later I got it again and felt v ill ! Weird.
For a persistent cough and stuffiness I highly recommend Jakemans Throat and Chest lozenges (black ones) , they're so good .
Hope you feel better soon 💐

I have this virus too. I am exhausted. Cough, blocked up, headache, and nausea.
It's horrible.

This bug seems to be doing the rounds - I had it earlier - had all my injections but still felt completely washed out, snotty nose, nasty cough which has left me still feeling quite breathless. Although I am 90 I am usually very fit and can brush off most seasonal coughs and colds, but this was horrible - it actually made me take to my bed on one afternoon.

I can understand how people can accidentally make themselves ill by taking too much over the counter medication because for the past week I’ve been taking no end of things to stop myself coughing. Coughing is so exhausting.

I wish I’d had the vaccine!
You have to be at least 75 to be eligible for a free RSV vaccination. I don’t qualify, but at least I’ve had the shingles vaccine. 🙄
I think I caught RSV over Christmas from our grandson, who was hospitalised for 4 days on oxygen at the age of 10 months. 😕 It was either that or Covid, but I tested negative for the latter. I’ve never felt so ill for years!
The worst side effect is that I lost my senses of smell and taste in December, and they still haven’t returned.
Strangely enough, I still enjoy eating chocolate! I think it must be either the sugar or just the texture of it! Eating food now is just boring, although I haven’t lost my appetite.

Yes I’ve had the RSV injection.