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Post by paulg on Feb 18, 2020 10:45:47 GMT
Ive had Flu just the once...The symptoms came on really quick at work in Rochdale so I drove home to Leeds...That wasn't a pleasant journey.
Anyway, I went to bed and woke up a few hours later needing a piss. So I stumble to the toilet, start pissing, and the next thing I know is our lass trying to wake me up as I'm bent over the bath, lower half covered in piss having completely passed out. God that was embarrassing! My ribs hurt like fuck for weeks too
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Post by elnoodle the reasonable on Feb 18, 2020 10:50:13 GMT
...I'm bent over the bath, lower half covered in piss having completely passed out... Not for the first time eh Paul? |
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Post by paulg on Feb 18, 2020 12:12:51 GMT
...I'm bent over the bath, lower half covered in piss having completely passed out... Not for the first time eh Paul?
Indeed...Thats the last time I get pissed up in Glasgow
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Post by roobarb on Feb 18, 2020 19:16:37 GMT
"Man Flu" is a thing that does afflict me more than greater mortals, apologies to ladies and other judgemental cunts.
I did have the proper 'flu once; spent a few days in bed, tripping my anus off.
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Post by neilf on Feb 18, 2020 19:30:29 GMT
I've only ever had proper flu once and since then I have never utter the line 'I had a touch of flu' when having a couple of days off work, because I was laid up for 2 weeks aching shivering, feeling too hot, too cold... sometimes all at once! Since then I got married to a Northern lass from Bradford and I've never had a day off work due to a cold... something about her being married to a soft southerner  |
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Post by Eddie The Bastard on Feb 18, 2020 20:45:59 GMT
Sorry to be boring, but hitting the paracetamol and iboprofen is probably as good as anything.
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Post by Droog on Feb 18, 2020 20:48:46 GMT
Thankfully antibiotics are on their way to me and hopefully will arrive tomorrow.
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Post by Droog on Feb 19, 2020 11:37:14 GMT
Antibiotics have arrived  |
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on Feb 19, 2020 12:08:16 GMT
I had the real flu once too. Proper knocked out I was. Problem was that I had taken my Spanish girlfriend down to Cornwall for a "weekend away"... total fucking disaster.
When we got there, the countryside was closed. Literally closed due to the foot and mouth disease outbreak in sheep or something.. so never mind I thought, we'll just take the car to the nearest town and have nice meals and then back to the countryside B&B for a bit of horizontal recreation.
Then it snowed. Couldn't get the car out of the B&B's parking. .. so never mind I thought, we´ll just stay here and enjoy the romantic views of the snow covered, foot and mouth infected Cornish countryside, then a bit of horizontal recreation.
Then I got the bastard flu. In bed, horizontal, but no recreation whatsoever for the rest of the holiday. Not even any food.
Eventually I persuaded her to drive us home. taking into consideration that she'd never driven a car in the UK (wrong side of the road), she was not happy about driving in snowy conditions either.
It was an interesting journey. I was passing in and out of consciousness / sleep for almost all of it, but I'm sure I heard her scream a few times. I reckon I may have even heard some other drivers screaming too. I couldn't scream.
I got better of course, but I felt like shit for ages because back then I was very skinny, and I lost a stone through not eating. Eventually I went to the doctor to ask what I should do and he told me to continue with my normal food intake, but drink a pint of Guinness after every meal! Not sure he meant to include breakfast in that...
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Post by mekon on Feb 19, 2020 12:35:17 GMT
I've only had what I call a flu a couple of times and it's hilarious that most people with a cold say they've got flu. When you've got it - you know about it!
I had a worse thing once and was glad I had a small bathroom! I was literally shitting myself stupid whilst throwing up to the left into the bath. I felt like my ribcage was about to come out but at the time having what felt like liquid fire coming out of my arse. Fun times.
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Post by beefus on Feb 19, 2020 13:08:41 GMT
drink a pint of Guinness after every meal! Not sure he meant to include breakfast in that... Now that's a proper cure!.... I've probably had real flu a couple of times and it's shit....too many people nowadays say they have the flu when they have a common cold. I had bronchitis a few years ago, that was also shit. |
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Post by Droog on Feb 19, 2020 13:23:42 GMT
I get real flu about once every 8 years on average. But I get a shitty cold that totally wipes me out, once a year. Fever, swollen throat, coughing up thick gunge with aches and pains. The Flu usually last about 3.5 weeks and the colds range from 1 to 4 weeks depending on if I have bed rest. If I can get a week in bed then I can usually shift it quicker. I really should go get a flu jab done.
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Post by elnoodle the reasonable on Feb 19, 2020 16:32:18 GMT
Fuck me, have I just wandered on to mumsnet or what?
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Post by Eddie The Bastard on Feb 19, 2020 19:44:10 GMT
Fuck me, have I just wandered on to mumsnet or what? You wish. I wish this 'fucking virus' was more accurately named like the 'vomiting virus'. |
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Post by Droog on Feb 19, 2020 19:49:14 GMT
Fuck me, have I just wandered on to mumsnet or what? As I recall you are on mumsnet daily pretending to be a kindly older mum ready to support all the younger mums with advice on underwear and vaginal hygiene. |
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