You sicko. (Cold, flu, and general illness comiseration thread)

Ahh, stomachache hit me again. I'm just sort of achy all over today; it sucks. Water did not help and I gagged a little in the hall. Eurgh.

Probably stress-induced since this has been a pretty long week.

edited 3rd Nov '16 5:42:37 AM by SilvieSkydancer

Maaan. It's not fair. I already had a cold last month.

I... don't think I should drink alcohol with lunch anymore. >.<

Don't know if this counts as illness or not, but I got new false teeth (dentures) on Friday. Top ones are fine, but I look like Goofy's stunt double, bottom one's plate digs into where I've got an impacted wisdom tooth and causes more pain in a tooth that is already on the list of things I need to get rid of, but the last time I tried to get it extracted the anaesthetic I received wasn't enough to block out the pain of the extraction. And one of the teeth in the plate is in at a cocked angle so that it digs into the top set of molars and causes the plate to be loose in the mouth.

Can't eat anything with the thing in at the moment, so I'm trying that Seabond stuff on Monday. If that works as advertised, fine, if not, the plate is going back for a redo.

Yippee, I have a cold for the first time since March thanks to my boss. What a great way to start 2017.

I'm not sure what I came down with tonight but it isn't fun.

I have a sore throat, my ribcage feels like it's too small, my lungs feel like they're on fire, my left side hurts from intestinal distress, my joints are all achey, I keep dry-heaving, and I'm dehydrated from sweating profusely.

Aw geez. First my lower jaw was hurting yesterday for no good reason, and now my left shoulder is hurting for no good reason. Aw man, I'm a wreck. :(

Well I got some sort of solid mass/ bony bump on my back of skull that hurts like crazy

Not a cold or the flu, but I had a backache that was killing me. It felt like somebody was giving me a noogie all day long. With a set of brass knuckles.

The solution? I threw away my old shoes and bought new ones. The pain went away almost immediately.

It turns out that I'm slightly bowlegged, and the soles of my shoes wear unevenly. Once they get worn down past a certain point, it throws my back out of alignment. But once the pain was gone, oh God, what a relief!

edited 14th Apr '17 10:50:27 AM by pwiegle

I have a very bad norovirus and it's the worst. All I've been able to do is sleep and wake up to my light meal or snack of the day. Today I'm finally pushing the boundaries and eating solid food, but nothing spicy.

I need to get back to normal so I can work again! ><

Second cold in four months. What is this shit?!

To be fair, I would have picked it up regardless because I'm in a dorm and helping out with a lot of events at the moment, so I'm constantly surrounded by people.

I'm terribly sorry to hear that. :( -hugs-

Epic tonsillitis + teaching kids English turns out to be extremely unfun. I set up a video to give myself some slack and Christ, if that's slack then I'd hate to have tried tense. Not looking forward to tomorrow. Maybe I can just shove Doctor Who at them and fall asleep in the corner.

Wait, isn't allergy season supposed to be over by now? Lately my throat has still been feeling simultaneously dry and slimy now and then. >.<

Bump. My body was acting very weird today. Like I said earlier, I pulled a muscle and it hasn't quite healed yet, but that's not all. For some reason, my head and face felt warm, but I kept getting goosebumps on my arm. Plus I felt very tired after my luncheon and I'm aching all over. What's this all a sign of?

edited 8th Jul '17 5:20:44 PM by Demetrios

So I used to get sick up to six or seven times a year but right now I've been okay for seven months, a lifetime record

And all I changed was that I stopped eating produce

i.e. fruit from grocery stores or stands that's been exposed to air

I know it sounds silly but no amount of washing gets every potential pathogen off an organic surface like that and people are touching and breathing around that shit all day long.

edited 9th Jul '17 12:22:03 AM by scythemantis

Good news. I'm feeling 98% better than I was yesterday. :)

Has anyone here ever experienced constant pain at the back of the head that feels like someone's pounding it with blunt force? I'd like to know, because I've been feeling that kind of headache for the last two or so days. Going to a physician isn't an option at the moment, unfortunately - both my campus and house is located rather far from the nearest respective clinics.

I have a really itchy foot rash thing that's so bad it woke me up. Looked up some possible causes but the most likely ones all look exactly the same according to the pictures ._.

edited 20th Oct '17 6:43:59 AM by lalalei2001

I have a fever right now. It feels very cold, my throat's super dry and I couldn't sleep today.

I have a fever that's been making me either hot or cold, my nose is stuffy, my throat hurts, and so does my head, and I can barely walk properly. Gonna go to the doctor soon.

Hey, anyone else on Neurontin? (aka gabapentin)

This is a Public Service Announcement: Do NOT get drunk. Never ever. I made the mistake of getting drunk (3 alcoholic beverages, wheee!). That part was fine. (And fun!) I woke up the next morning with a typical terrible hangover. But Wait, There's More! I also had the spins, my brain felt slow, and it was hard to find words or keep my balance. That shit's SCARY.

Welp. I guess I just don't have more than one drink now, on the rare occasion that I do drink. [cue Sad Trombone]

There's a cold going around where I live. It seems like everybody's got it. It's not that severe, the problem is that it just — WON'T — GO — AWAY — ! One person told me that she's had it for over a month now.

Fuck hayfever. Seriously, I've been sneezing since I got up this afternoon, I sneezed all through my horse ride today even after taking a hayfever tablet a couple hours before I went, and now I'm about to take another one with my nose still running. Ugh.

My cold is making progress. Now my head is congested, in addition to my chest. If it keeps going at this rate, it should kill me by Christmas.