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I have had flu symptoms for 10 days. Has anyone known flu to last this long?
No riding when it's great to ride; very fed up. Missed out on going to Mayhem.
depends what you mean by flu.
do you mean actual inFLUenza? or a cold? if the former, it can floor you for a fortnight easy. if the latter MTFU and ride
real flu or a cold?
Sounds about right for real flu which is rather different from man flu
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Flu/Pages/Introduction.aspx
Thanks for advice. Swollen glands, headache, aches; more than a cold.
some flus can be a pig to get rid of
flu propaganda.... be afraid of everything.
If you're male, it's likely MANingitis. Can last from several hours (usually occurs after a drinking session), or a few weeks (in the sense the illness goes after a week, but you're allowed to moan about it for about another 2-3...)
All this IS correct, I'm a doctor don't you know...
DrP
Thank you; no need to phone NHS Direct.
NHS direct... now there's a braindead solution for a braindead populace if ever there was one...
I have been out for a week now with it myself. May actually phone the docs tomorrow at this rate - which will be the first time in 7 or 8 years I have made an appointment! Usually when I get ill it goes after 2 or 3 days max so this has really taken me by suprise!
Moving house next weekend, so I need to get well by then - or at least well enough to shift furniture around for a day or two (the week after is booked off anyway!)
Went to the docs myself but they would not see me for the first few days. Was taking paracetemol and ibuprofen but it did not really work. Doc then suggested cocodamol and ibuprofen. This worked to some extent but there were some unpleasant side effects. I shall be off too for another few days.
Hope you get fit soon to move house.
Usually just long enough to finish decorating.
I decorate through Malaria myself - tends to make me use very suspect (and bold) colours 😉
I will give em a ring in the morning (docs), suspect they won't be overly interested though. Feeling a bit better (its all relative) now than earlier on, but seem to get lulls between feeling really crappy.
Well according to some of the meat by-product wasters who I have the misfortune to have to manage at work (I have little say in their continued employment due to the unique way our HR works) it can last for as little as one day, especially if that one day is that day they asked for as holiday but got turned down for due to staff shortages.