I’m sure when I was a strapping lad in my 20’s that colds used to come and go in a week. Now in my 30’s a virus knocks me out for a month or more. Colds linger on for ages with sore throats and no energy.

I’m going to bed at the same time as my 2 year old at the moment and it takes a monumental effort to get up. Got no energy at all. All from a nasty cold.

Had a virus 2 years ago that knocked the energy out of me for months.

Cat Aids?

Cat Aids?

Almost certainly.

Our cats need about 8 hours sleep just to recover from eating a meal!

The old aren’t useless! They can be made into soylent green.

30s!? 30s??!! Jeez, some people don’t know when they’ve got it good.

Now in my 30’s a virus knocks me out for a month or more

You’re toast mate 🙂

I came down with a cold/flu thing 3 weeks ago, and i still feel crap. i’m just about able to cycle to work again, but i have to stop at the top of every climb to cough up a lung full of filth – y’know that bit in Breaking Bad where Walt coughs so hard he passes out? – that’s me, several times a day.

I’m only 36, but this useless body of mine has decided that it’s time to start falling apart.

(also in need of a new : back + set of teeth + pair of elbows + eyes + ears)

Sounds like I’m nearly 20years older than you and this winters’ cold virus has been the first one I can remember to knock me for six and feel crap for so long. I never realised quite how much mucus my body is capable of creating… 😕

So, either the viruses are getting stronger/more virulent or our immune systems, despite the age difference between us are comparable 😉

Decline of the male species. I blame flouride in the water.

or Thatcher.