I just came down with what feels like a nasty cold. I hardly ever get sick, last time was well before the "pandemic". You don't appreciate your health until its gone. It sucks being sick. I don't have time for this crap

I'm still wearing a mask at the store and any other place where there are a lot of people. I really, really don't want to get sick. Never got Covid 19 or any of the next generations. But I've been sick before and it sucks balls.

Hope you guys get through this w/o much trouble.

Yep, RSV is what hospitals are worry about. That's going around. My mom jsut got out of the hospital couple days ago from a cold that turned into pneumonia. First thing they check was Covid then RSV, both neg. She was in there for 5 days, after the first day of drip antibiotic, the next morning, she was back to normal eating well but man, that cough. She's still coughing and finishing up her meds. This flu is horrible. I still have a bit of cough but much better now. Crazy windy today, my boy and I braved the cold and put in 40 miles on the bike.

RSV - Respiratory Syncytial Virus!

Meanwhile I now also have lower back pain/ache for no apparent reason. This thing really sucks :(

I know. My wife and I are opposites. I’m VERY quiet. She talks…a lot.

Anyway urgent care said not flue, not strep, not covid, not bacterial….thats all they could say. Amazing I’m not sick. We still share the same tooth paste and I’m fine. She still has a fever almost a week later. Odd

My boss was out for about two weeks with something. When he did come back, it sounded like he was coughing up a lung, in our ops meeting.

You are falling apart. You pull something while riding?
Last time that happened to me was when I went to flush the toilet. something was not right after that then my lower back ache started few hours later. I couldn't bend to pick up my shoe. Saw doc few days later and he ask if I have shooting pain down my leg. Nope. Gave me some muscle relaxer and it went away after two days. My back is good and has been since. Frightening how things can go bad in an instance. My buddy sneezed and he tried to hold it because he was at the market. Blew out his back. He was down right there and then. His wife and I had to go get his sorry ass.

Feel better soon

Sounds horrible. Good luck with getting better guys!

My sisters youngest brought the nasty cold to the holidays, he’s 11 and they thought it was allergies at first.
Knocked a majority of us out, I was down for 3-4 days.

Good times, she thinks it was RSV.

I finally got it from my wife. Its terrible.

Got it before Thanksgiving and it knocked me out for three days.
Shivering in bed, night sweats with bathroom every couple of hours, no sleep, my scalp ached.
VitC and water if you get it. Hopefully not.

Wife still coughing since getting sick on Jan 2. I got it a week later and am still sick. Coughing all day, all night. As of today, I have fluid in lungs. Guessing developing into pneumonia. Whatever this is, I’ve never experienced an illness quite like this. I’ve certainly been sicker but not for this long.

^^^^ Get one of those Blood O2 level sensors that go on your fingertip and get some info from your body you can track.

I've just had the bad cough starting 2 Sundays ago. Today is day 17 - but the last few days the cough has been less frequent. Days 4-8 or so were the worst. Went to a Doc in a Box early last week (around day 8) - and testing was negative for flu and covid - told me upper respiratory infection was going around. Then my wife starting coughing mid-week last week and it's still going strong with her.

I had a severe bug just after Christmas - not Covid according to test.


Severe headache, chest cough but no nasal infection. Worst part was 3 days of vomiting and diarrhea any time anything entered my stomach, could not even take a Tylenol for the headache. Dry heaves every hour on the hour.

Cleared up but had fatigue for a week or so after....much worse than Covid, which I have had twice....

D.

I have one. Was planning to check it this afternoon and forgot so thanks

I got what felt like a severe sinus infection mixed with flu-like symptoms a couple weeks before Christmas. It was weird. Achy all over and extreme pressure in my head. Hot/cold. Went away after 2 days, never really developed a noticeable fever. No cough.

I basically never get sick. This was weird. Wife didn't catch whatever it was.

FWIW, I haven't heard about anything going around here in the SF Bay Area. That doesn't mean it isn't; I just haven't heard anything, like I often do when something is going around.

My MIL is in an assisted living facility near us . About two weeks ago my wife visited her mom . The front desk let my wife know some kind of bug/flu was running through the facility . Two days later my wife starts projectile vomiting ! It lasted for two + days . She was one sick puppy . My MIL never got it . That is the sickest my wife has been in over 20 years !!!

It took me 3 weeks to fully recover. The first day was a Saturday, I spent the whole day in bed. The rest of the weekend, had bronchitis. Stayed home from work on Monday to rest. I went back on Tuesday still sick and could barely walk 2 flights of stairs without losing my breath. Felt better toward the end of the week but, still a bit weak with a cough. So, gradually, improved and felt fully recovered after 3 weeks.