Lurgy fairy has landed

Mint.

Had 3 months of chest issues from Dec. Just started to get some mojo up and now I’m a snot filled lump of lethargic lard.

Not amused.

Have a pic of the ugliest bike ever just for the hell of it.

I feel your pain.

I had a horrible cough thing on the cusp of new year – ended up on cocodomol after the doc reckoned I had microfractured ribs coughing.

Got back to some semblance of myself by March (when the weather was at its worst).

Then had a decent crash at the start of April, caught covid most likely from the resulting hospital visit, now on antibiotics for a secondary chest infection.

I’m trying to battle through riding-wise, but the nagging doubt that I would be better off resting totally is weighing heavy. Have a big weekend away riding next weekend and am bricking it from a fitness point of view. I don’t want to be ‘that guy’ who everyone ends up waiting for, especially on the climbs.

It’s a bit shit, really.

Felt rough all week, been totally wiped out this weekend, symptoms match covid but testing negative at moment.

I’ve got it again too, it usually follows by two days after we’ve had our grandson. Forget dogs, small children are the biggest spreaders of germs!

A few cyclist friends have been unwell for a while, one ended up in hospital a couple of days on oxygen and a drip. Turns out it wasn’t COVID but influenza B that had such a bad hit on him, I think they’re all fli jabbed too.

Finally got decent weather and I’ve got covid, its going through loads of people at work, so rides cancelled. Pretty wheezy. Had a sunny country walk instead, heard two cuckoos, saw a couple of swallows, bluebells everywhere so can’t grumble. By the way your forks are on back to front.

Good god that is an ugly bike! 🤣🤣

I’ve had what I’m fairly sure is whooping cough for the last 6 weeks or so. Been off all exercise other than a week where I thought I was ok again somewhere in the middle (I wasn’t).

About to try a gentle 60min turbo session again this morning but my wife’s got some bug or other as well now so very much crossing my fingers on that.

Whooping Cough- anyone currently got it?

My brother had a really horrible cold possibly flu in early December then a relapse early February.

He has been suffering chest pains off and on since then. Given the all clear by German and uk hospitals.

Anyone else had similar issues?

Suspected whooping cough here too. Laid me out for 5 weeks, ribs in agony, lost voice, no energy at all.

Recovered for about 3 weeks and now coughing up slugs, hot/cold and bedridden. Not even enough energy for a walk. Really need to enjoy some outdoors soon even just sitting on a bench somewhere near the car.

Rubbish. Get well soon everyone.

Won’t be seeing you at the XC Race this afternoon then? 😁

I’ve been off the bike for a fortnight with a really heavy cold. Had it even worse last year, knocked me out for 3 weeks and I wondered if it was Covid.

Much milder here but annoying nonetheless, grounded on day three with a weird ear infection, currently half deaf and bad tinnitus. In fairness to 111 they called me back in twenty mins and off to see drop in GP this arvo….

Google suggests I could make this worse by training… may have a short turbo spin, missed last weekend’s ride as well 🙁

Hope all on this thread get well soon!

Totally ignoring this thread. Does not exist. I wont get it.

I reckon it’s all Covid related.
It’s now morphed into a Malaria type deal,will sit dormant in our systems,then triggers when it feels the time is right to piss us off the most.
Bastard

I’ve been ill since December.

I fell ill between Christmas and New Year, proper “feels like I’ve fallen down the stairs” flu symptoms.  Everything hurt, literally everything, the only thing I didn’t have was headache.  My toenails hurt for god’s sake.  I went deaf.

At the point where my temperature hit 39.5’C – anything past 40 is considered life-threatening – I went to the doctor.  They said it was a virus (unspecified), to take Paracetamol to get my fever under control and if it didn’t improve go directly to hospital.

That passed but didn’t go away.  I’ve been subsequently diagnosed with inflammation of the middle ear, a chest infection, a sinus infection, conjunctivitis and probably others I’ve forgotten.  I’ve had two courses of antibiotics, a chest X-ray (came back normal), eye drops, ear sprays (which was deeply unpleasant), nasal sprays, I’m rapidly running out of holes to stick things in.

I’ve currently been referred to an Audiologist, but I don’t think that’s the right course of action.  I could hear perfectly fine until the end of last year.  It feels more of an ENT job, on a good day it feels like I’ve got cotton wool in my face, on a bad one it feels like someone’s rammed a pool ball up my nose.  I sometimes get specs of blood when I blow my nose.  I’m a phlegm monster, sometimes in a morning I cough so much that I throw up.  I actually pulled/tore a muscle in my side from coughing, that hurt a lot and took weeks to heal.  I thought I’d cracked a rib but Doctor Google suggested otherwise.

Back to the GP for me next week I fear.  Bored now.

I have a whooping cough type thing, but it’s not whooping cough. Drs said it’s a viral thing doing the rounds. It goes 1 week normal cold, 3 weeks of mega violent cough with constricted airways and a whoop on the inhale, retching or even full sick after a cough, then 2 weeks of it getting milder. It’s everywhere it seems or certainly well spread amongst school kids. But you feel fine in-between coughing events so you can sort of crack on. Not riding though.

To certain people that I know this is all because we had covid jabs.
Broken leg….covid jabs.
Food poisoning….covid jabs etc

 it usually follows by two days after we’ve had our grandson. Forget dogs, small children are the biggest spreaders of germs!

I’m not unconvinced that this isn’t the root cause for me also.  My partner has started up a work-from-home childminding business.  Four ~2-year old kids (three at any one time) who variously also attend playgroups and libraries.  I tend to stay out of the way as much as humanly possible because I’m a childophobe, but of course I still use the space after they’ve gone.  We’ve had cases of chickenpox, tonsillitis, conjunctivitis (oh hi!), the shits, the diametric opposite of the shits, etc etc.  She’s seemingly immune to childhood plagues because she’s worked in a school for 20 years, I’ve never been sick for as long in my damn life.  I’ve just fitted a magazine rack in the bathroom.

Ah, forgot to add trench foot to my ailments.

Christ, pass the eye bleach.

What is it?

Wife is in the middle of the virus thing and nearly retched at the sight of it which made me laugh!

The nice bikes my Ridley the others a… superstrata…

Tbf my cought in dec that lasted for 3months might have been whooping cough.

This is purely a snotty cold. though my coughs back.

I’ll add in that this year’s f-ing horrible non-covid lurgy thingy is most definitely not improved by or neutral to trying to blast on through it. Many bugs seem a bit more ‘surface’ than this one – this time I really do feel underpowered.

As above, though, a hard smash on the bike followed by covid followed by this lurgy – I don’t actually know which issue is causing which pain any more.

Currently 2/3 of the way through the antibiotics prescribed for this chest infection and they seem to be having a limited effect, if any. If things don’t improve in the next 48 hours I might well be back on the phone to the quack.

2 weeks of Covid here, been an absolute snot factory!

The nice bikes my Ridley

There’s a nice one? I’ve just got back to normal after being ill since Christmas . The peak was similar to Cougar. I had bacterial conjunctivitis, an ear infection, lost my voice and a cough that made me throw up. Fun times.

My little one has just started nursery last week…. I’m now coughing up chunks from a bad b movie and lost my voice….

@funcmasterp

Yep. Awesome gravel bike. My go to!

More about the bikes, the one in the background is a Ribble but what is that the one in the foreground that looks like it’s escaped from a future envisioned in the 80’s?

Back ones a ridley kanzo adventure..

The other ones a kickstarter brand

https://www.bikeradar.com/reviews/bikes/road-bikes/superstrata-classic-review

Was ill about a month back that was after a week away with no training/riding, so ended up meaning well over 2 weeks doing nothing.
Just starting to feel like I’m back making progress with running & cycling, then wake up this weekend with a runny nose & tickle in my throat. Ignored it yesterday thinking it might be the start of hayfever (while knowing in the back of my mind that it likely wasn’t) and did a 10k run, then felt more snivelly throughout the day & have conceded it’s definitely some type of cold.
Hopefully nothing too bad, as I have got too much to be getting on with, to be ill.

The peak was similar to Cougar … lost my voice

Oh yeah, I had that too.  Fortunately fleeting (though my partner may disagree), that lasted maybe 12 hours.

@stumpy01 – I had the same thing with similar timelines!

Feb/early march – a 20+ day cold, not flu (or Covid apparently), but definitely worse than a ‘cold’. I was full-on streaming as soon as I moved or attempted any exercise. Weird.

Fast forward to easter, friend ‘gave’ me a headcold. Took a few weeks to shift, and TBH I’m still a bit croaky now but grateful I can exercise.

At least I’m not alone. I’ve had cold and flu symptoms for about 2 months now.

I can’t blame Covid jabs because I was fine for ages after 2 of those. Actual Covid though, after we finally caught that for the first time in 2022 I’ve never been right since. I’ve had tonsillitis about 6 times, I regularly lose my voice and suffer fatigue and brain fog. When I get a cold it drags on for weeks and weeks.

I feel like I’ve aged 15 years in the last 2. I was blaming it on having a baby and being exhausted all the time but he’s a toddler now and he’s no problem. I still feel like a total sack of dog shit 80% of the time.

Yep. Awesome gravel bike. My go to!

The stays aren’t right though. Looks ugly

Worst winter ever and now over 6 weeks into the latest rib cracking cough, Well the cough has calmed down but some days a staircase is a challenge.  Bike unridden since January.

3rd weekend now with this low level bug thing I’ve got, I wish it’d either come on properly or **** off. Achy, hot and cold, tired, head ache, scratchy throat etc. Still testing negative for Covid.

6 weeks in now I think. Still coughing/retching/bit of vomiting. Mostly fine in-between, but the coughs are not any less violent when they come. Not contagious now though so it’s just a nuisance. Always carrying water to subside the coughs if I can before they runaway and become retch/vomit. Still sounding like a steam train’s whistle in-between coughs for added drama.

Been there mate.  I’m still a bit coughy etc but miles better.

Ant acids help with my cough as it was causing acid reflux which made the cough worse

Ok, thanks. Will try that.