Yep, nearly got rid of it now though, but its lingering.
Dude - you should listen to your body - my mate is currently 3 weeks into a stay in Intensive care in an induced coma due to carrying on regardless while having pneumonia!!
Thats not a good start to the new year, hope he gets better.
Shame to read about so many people suffering but I'd definately agree with the "rest up" comments.
We had another daughter last Dec (2010) making 2 kids under 3 and that practically stopped me riding anything other than to the shops (I was either too busy, too tired, ill, at work, or all of the above).
Just as the hardest / first 6 months was behind us and I was getting more sleep etc, I got flu. A few days later we went on a family holiday in Portugal. Where the flu became pneumonia.
We went with my brother and sister in law (both doctors) and they realised something was up pretty quickly - I was breathing pretty hard just watching TV, hitting 39C temperatures etc! Never have I been so keen to get home.
I was in hospital within a few hours of getting home, given some IV antibiotics and lots of pills to take.
Within 2 - 3 weeks I was feeling normal, when another cold led to another dose of "monia". My 3 year old asked this time if she could help by taking my monia out with a stick she was holding at the time 
Lots of extra sleep and no exercise at all meant I got better and a recent medical gave my lungs and general health the all clear. I then got another cold over Christmas.
I've used my mojo for about 3 hours in 2011 
Here's to a better 2012!
I don't have manflu, as if I did, it would kill me (more deadly than being shot. FACT) I do however have avian flu, swine flu, mrsa, TB and migraine. All together. But I don't want to make a fuss...
it hung on to me for 5 weeks - finally visited quack who gave me some steroid pills which did a miraculous overnight fix. I think it was the same prednisolone as mentioned earlier..
6 weeks here - had a course of anti-Bs before Xmas for the now chest infection -didn't make an ounce of difference.
Can't even run up the stairs without inducing a coughing fit. Getting pretty p1ssed off with it all now (1 road ride 4 weeks ago - nothing over Xmas).
Seems to be getting worse if anything (chest/back/neck pain when coughing). Zero energy levels, knackered but can't seem to sleep.
Having read some of the posts above I've made another appointment with the doc....
I had a weezy chest for about 2 months now, had steroids anti bs,chest x rays the lot. Found out it is pneumonia, im okjust plodding about but when i sprint or put any effort in im weezing for an hour later.The only way they found out was from a spit sample.So get to the docs with a sample and get them to check it out cos if its left it could get worse.
Still sort of ill.. nearly 2 weeks now. Cough slightly better but don't think im well enough to go on my bike yet. Just hope i dont get that godamn norovirus i had at xmas last year..
Check out this app as a cure for your man flu - http://www.themanflu.com
Yep, loads of us in a similar boat it would appear.
Was perfectly healthy over Chrimbo - did something like 7-8 turbo sessions from 20th Dec until NYD, then got flattened with a bloody annoying 3 week cough/cold. Shifted that and 2 days later had a 24hr sickness bug. Shifted that and got a heavier 7 day cough/cold that left me in bed several hours a day. Shifted that and got another cold. Now coming out of the woods again.
Pretty pi55ed off because I never get hit like that. Am putting it down to junior monkey and his nursery germs. Missus also having various bouts of cough/cold as well as sinusitis and now an ear infection.
Have managed one turbo session since NYD
Missus has had a few snidd
I just got hit last week; my boss comes in snivelling and glugging cough medicine on the tuesday, I feel a bit rough on wednesday and try to head it off with lemsip and early to bed (usually works), woke up on thursday and could hardly move, was laid up in bed for two days, saturday was slow and got out of the woods yesterday and I still have a cough.
Whether or not my boss passed it on to me I'll never know, but usually I don't get affected by these things, in fact since I started here 4 years ago this is my first time off ill 
yep, started friday with killer chest, shivers, chest cleared then moved to throat, sweating like heel last night in bed, now very loose cough spitting all kinds of crap out 
I've had a cough and snottyish nose for over a month
Riding's been curtailed and my wife is pee'd off because it's making me snore
I'm just over three months clear of "unknown broncho-pneumonia" and then got floored for several days by a bug that turned into tonsilitis. Theres loads of nasty stuff going around at the mo, Ambo services are really struggling, esp with juvenile infections and being called out at night by the parents. Worst thing that ever happened to my sick record was having kids. Not one year has passed without being affected by either a stomach bug or respiratory problems. My eldest is 7 years old.
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