What do you do when you've caught the flu !

[Carlvtr88]

Started off with a really bad chest for a couple of weeks, that my shit ass doctor gave me antibiotics over the phone for.... Which have probably done fuck all.

Since then i've got the full on lurgy. So it seems like its a virus.

What do you guys do to stop this irritating illness take hold of you ?

Bucket of hot water, Lemsip ? Sleeping at night is the hard part.

Discuss !

[Prickle]

I get on with it, carried on as normal.

I was quite ill the other week.. fine now. Work was a drag to say the least.

[Bedford126]

Man up is what you do.

If you can stand up and get dressed and even type on here you don't have the flu.

[griff_106]

As minging as they are, a lemsip 4 hourly usually does the trick for me really. That, lots of kip and drinking plenty of water are all that I do really. Always keeping tissues close by is a must - nothing more annoying that a runny nose... both to have and having to listen to!

Can't say I've tried it but have you tried sitting in aa hot bath for a soak? Some of the steam might help to clear your nose? Hope you feel better soon though man :y:

[Carlvtr88]

Man up is what you do.

If you can stand up and get dressed and even type on here you don't have the flu.

I did man up earlier I peeled myself out of bed and went into work with pure muscle ache, headache, chest in bits.... the lot.

I work in a school so naturally they took one look at me n went hahaha, go home you're a walking germ ! Nice !

Im out of paracetamol so im gonna have to soldier the night hahah!
Do feel like a bagga bolox though.

[Carlvtr88]

As minging as they are, a lemsip 4 hourly usually does the trick for me really. That, lots of kip and drinking plenty of water are all that I do really. Always keeping tissues close by is a must - nothing more annoying that a runny nose... both to have and having to listen to!

Can't say I've tried it but have you tried sitting in aa hot bath for a soak? Some of the steam might help to clear your nose? Hope you feel better soon though man :y:

cheers dude respect !

[Jay_]

I've come down with something. I dose up to the eyeballs with neurophen (SP?) etc. Whether it makes any difference I don't know, but it keeps me from whinging.

[DAMSK11]

I carry on with my normal life, best cure for illness. Tends to go away quicker.

[Gabbastard]

I tend not to get it. Once got it, played an hour of 5 a sides that and felt like I was going to die, then felt amazing in the morning! So if I get it again, I might try that.

[Quick]

If you have a fever - take some paracetamol - takes the edge off it!

or try some

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[Stuart85VTR]

Keep well hydrated, if your pee is pale yellow/almost see through then spot on. Hot drinks will help with nasal congestion but stay away from coffee. I think steam inhalation is probably best for a blocked nose. Paracetamol will bring down your temperature if you have one. If you have a sore throat then putting a teaspoon of salt in hot water to dissolve then gargle, if you can't gargle then there are anaesthetic throat lozenges :). Other than that, if your fighting to get out of bed then that will be your body telling you to rest. If not, then man up haha. Hope you get better soon :y:

[L33h]

I just get on with it n dont think about it

[Mr_P]

If you can stand up and get dressed and even type on here you don't have the flu.

This.

You have nothing more than a common cold, which I will carry on as usual and get on with it. Until you've experienced the flu you can't understand how people die from it. Once you've had it, you wonder how you didn't die from it.

I was always told the difference between a cold and the flu, if there was £50 in the garden and you had a cold, you'd go an get it, if you had the flu, you wouldn't. It's true.

[Manu]

here's an old granma trick: get some crystallised raw sugar, looks like this:

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Put about 10 0z in a large bowl. Wash, peel and chop half a pound of carrots, mix together in the bowl. Leave to rest in your fridge overnight. Have a teaspoon of the syrup that's now there every few hours. That will sort you out double time. Your "doctor" is obviously telling you what his computer tells him. Not sure how much of a doctor he really is since antibiotics do fuck all against viruses. Also consider 500 mg vitamin C pills for a few days.

[Carlvtr88]

Yeh, well, at first I didnt have the cold with it.

So doc must have thought it was bacterial. Now soon as i started taking the antiB's the cold came along sharpish. I was blowing blood out my nose this morning..... ?

[Carlvtr88]

This.

You have nothing more than a common cold, which I will carry on as usual and get on with it. Until you've experienced the flu you can't understand how people die from it. Once you've had it, you wonder how you didn't die from it.

I was always told the difference between a cold and the flu, if there was £50 in the garden and you had a cold, you'd go an get it, if you had the flu, you wouldn't. It's true.

Well, I say flu... I meant that as a general term.

I know i have a cold. But as a matter of fact i've had influenza when i was younger and yes it did fuck me up.

Sorry doc.

[Manu]

Yeh, well, at first I didnt have the cold with it.

So doc must have thought it was bacterial. Now soon as i started taking the antiB's the cold came along sharpish. I was blowing blood out my nose this morning..... ?

antibiotics weaken your immune system. If you're blowing blood out, see a GP, not saxP

[Mr_P]

Well, I say flu... I meant that as a general term.

I know i have a cold. But as a matter of fact i've had influenza when i was younger and yes it did fuck me up.

Sorry doc.

Apology accepted.

You may have some of that sympathy you were seeking now :hug:

[Brettles1986]

Do what everyone else does:

1) Moan about it on Facebook
2) Have a cup of tea
3) Paracetamol 4 times a day (I think these lemsip etc are the same)

[Jay_]

Do what everyone else does:

1) Moan about it on Facebook
2) Have a cup of tea
3) Paracetamol 4 times a day (I think these lemsip etc are the same)

You just described my day yesterday :oops:

[Brettles1986]

You just described my day yesterday :oops:

Deliberately missed out the bit about wanking multiple times in the day :hug:

[hainey]

try get some soup i think always helps me when sick.. drinks lots of lemsips and orange juice.. be fresh as a daisy in no time

[Jay_]

Deliberately missed out the bit about wanking multiple times in the day :hug:

;) You know it!

[Brettles1986]

;) You know it!

It's all about sweating it out :)

[Saxlow]

Lucozade and ginger nuts. Everytime haha

[smiith]

Don't be a pussy, go for a run, and sweat it off.

Or do some work which will make you sweat.

EDIT: You work in a school, so do fuck all, all day.. Go to they gym.

[Saxotim]

I've been smashing beechams all in 1, alongside plenty of neurofen and strepsils. starting on th cider now, helped the other day, followed by a stinking hot curry.

Av it.

[Ash_]

Honey lemon n brandy always is good for me, nums the throat very well for a few hours, whack the mixture in the microwave for about 45 seconds so its very hot, sniff the vapours until its at a tempreature suitable for drinking.
Add brandy accordingly to your needs :)

[Jay_]

Honey lemon n brandy always is good for me, nums the throat very well for a few hours, whack the mixture in the microwave for about 45 seconds so its very hot, sniff the vapours until its at a tempreature suitable for drinking.
Add brandy accordingly to your needs :)

Hot toddy. Used to have this when I was younger. Would knock me out when I went to bed. Awesome stuff :y:

[blackie_2k5]

i man up


if im BAAADD...(not often and is near deaths door :p ) i die like a little girl and feel right sorry for myself...

[Mochachino]

I just carry on as normal too, just moan a bit. I shouldn't have been at work the other week, but I didn't want another absence on my record. I managed to spread it to a few other people too.

[jones91]

i try to carry on as i normally do but my temper shortens a bit when im ill, so if someone pisses me off i normally lose it lol, but if it gets really bad i just hibernate back to my bed until im better

[McGuire86]

Rest, fluids, vitamins