Don't you just hate being ill?

[burble]

I'd been feeling crappy since I got back from New York - I blame the woman that was in the seat next to me on the flight home as she was coughing and spluttering most of the way over the Atlantic.

Anyway, I woke up this morning and the cold seems to have finally gone. Yay! I've celebrated that with a rather lovely bottle of 2004 Syrah that was waiting for me on my desk in the office.

[yamangman]

Yes, it's called a cluster headache - or migraine.

Migraine headaches - aura symptoms, treatment & headache triggers

Loss of sensation (tingling nose and hands), aura (including missing sight - I lose a large chunk of sight out of one eye) followed by a powerful headache are all typical symptoms of migraine, luckily, I know that mine isn't helped by being dehydrated so a swift pint of water and a headache pill usually sorts me out.

Thanks for your concern though.

I went to the hospital when I was young on guy fawkes night with those symptoms. The sister there told me it was because I was listening to my music too loud. They persisted for the next few years, I would get one about once a month. I went to my GP after about 2 years and was told he had no idea what it was, and there was nothing that could be done. After a further 7 or so years I sufferred a particularly nasty one where I lost all sight in one eye for an hour or so, and I went to my new GP. He diagnosed it as cluster headaches. Unfortunately he still said there was nothing that could be done, and that was a last time I ever had one, about 7 years ago.


Oh and yes, I started suffering from my cold on christmas day .

[Parm]

Still feeling awful here, boo hoo. Was hoping to do something nice with my partner for new years but bah, humbug.

[finlay666]

I'm feeling rough today, not good really as I need to get uni work done now...

[Nemz0r]

ed: Silly me .

ps. How's everyone now? I'm pretty much free of it now. Just a little sniffle and the occasional coughing fit

[tiggerai]

I am getting there... everything is still knackering though and I'm having some very odd dreams at the mo.

still bunged up and a bit spluttery, but I've got my senses of taste and smell back so that's a plus.

Would rather they postponed NYE this year as I'm really not feeling it today.

[Parm]

Bah, I can't seem to shake this one.

New Years Eve I actually felt normal in the evening, chest had cleared up, could hear, smell and taste everything. Whoo hoo!

Woke up New Years Day feeling as bad as a few days ago, right back at the start. Ugh.

[Parm]

Decided to take a trip to the docs today, getting fed up of coughing away each day.

Doc has prescribed some antibiotics but says my chest sounds clear enough and that I ought to wait until the weekend before getting the medication, see if the virus is gone by then.

Other recommendations straight from the doc:
Keep warm by wrapping up but try to avoid using the heating. Better yet, keep the window open and get some fresh air as opposed to dry air.
Hot drinks to help clear the air ways.
Plenty of water.

I'll wait 'till the weekend, but if it's not gone by then, I'll be going for the antibiotics. I usually avoid medicine but this is just getting annoying now!

[tiggerai]

Well I'm back at work today, and apart from being tired still... and a slight cough and runny nose I'm almost back on form.

2 weeks of it though... it's getting annoying, and I was really struggling to keep up over xmas.

Here's to a healthy 2008.

[LWA]

Okay what little bugger gave me man flu for the past week....


<Homer>
Mmmmm multi coloured mucus.....
</Homer>

I blame that Agent guy...

[tiggerai]

*whistles*

*innocently... I didn't go near him m'lud I promise!

you've got 11 days to get better. GO!

[LWA]

*shakes fist*

11 Days?!

*grumbles further*

[tiggerai]

yes, because I don't want it back again in some giant-mutated form, kthxbai

[HEXUS]

UK Doctors estimate that approximately 100,000 people a week are catching norovirus, a stomach bug which causes diarrhoea and vomiting.

Read more.

[Parm]

Well, it just gets worse!

Following my trip to the doctors yesterday, I believe I've picked up norovirus as the article above suggests. Started out the blue yesterday evening and I've lost count of how many times I've been to the bathroom since.

There's a lesson to be learnt; if you're ill, don't go to the doctors as you'll only catch more bugs!

[tiggerai]

Parm - I have a feeling I'm in the same boat... but I think it's the tube system that may have done it to me...

I've not got it at the moment, but I've been feeling mighty dodgy all this morning, feeling sick, aches and really tired. I'm just hoping it doesn't develop further adn won't ruin my weekend to Glasgow.