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Let's all moan at one another about how sucky we feel. It can't hurt worse than our sinuses already do! grin

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It's getting to be that time of the year again! Nothing like a bad case of the sniffles to put you in that autumnal spirit!

I've got a runny/stuffy nose and a sore throat to match. I woke up this morning feeling unusually better about it than I had been, thinking, "Hey! Maybe it blew over already...!" Ha. As if. Being able to talk sure would be nice.

Let's all moan at one another about how sucky we feel. It can't hurt worse than our sinuses already do! grin

Edited by GastonRabbit on Mar 13th 2025 at 4:56:40 AM

PeacefulApocalypse from Planet Fastoon Since: Oct, 2012
#226: Jan 23rd 2013 at 12:15:52 AM

Coming down with tonsillitis.

Two days before a very important exam.

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Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#227: Jan 23rd 2013 at 6:54:49 AM

As mentioned previously: try gargling with warm salt water. Lozenges and painkillers may help too.

edited 23rd Jan '13 7:18:08 AM by Pyrite

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UltimatelySubjective Since: Jun, 2011
#228: Jan 24th 2013 at 8:03:29 PM

I have a sore throat. It might develop, but I think if I go and get some lozenges (butter Menthol is good for me) I can nip it in the bud.

Hoping to go swimming tomorrow, so fingers crossed.

TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#229: May 2nd 2013 at 8:43:38 AM

Heh. Sore throat, snot running out of my right nostril in a river, splitting headache and sleep deprivation.

Typical spring day in Scotland, so it is. Can't figure out if it is the flu, double pneumonia or the bubonic plague.tongue At least paracetamol does a reasonable job of making the symptoms less shitty.

fancywig ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ from heckie Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: It was only a kiss
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#230: May 4th 2013 at 6:04:36 PM

Sore throooooat

I can't even talk half of the time and now I'm hsving pains in my waist area

at least i might get a sick daaaaay

GO AHEAD .... MR. JOEHSTUR .......
Odd1 Still just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Still just awesome like that
#231: Oct 22nd 2013 at 10:14:39 AM

I think I've had strep the past three days...and I'm feeling worse every day.

Insert witty 'n clever quip here.
TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#232: Oct 22nd 2013 at 10:24:23 AM

I'm not sure this cold is on the same timetable I've been used to. I had two or three days of runny/sneezy nose, and then a cough and sore throat. Now I'm just on the cough, which I consider the cleanup stage, but it's been less than a week, cleanup usually only takes a few days, and these colds usually run closer to two weeks than one.

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Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#233: Oct 22nd 2013 at 10:25:27 AM

[up][up]If it is strep, that sort of thing needs antibiotics, or there might be long-term complications. Strongly suggest getting checked up just in case.

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terlwyth Since: Oct, 2010
#234: Oct 22nd 2013 at 11:00:55 AM

Two days of a debilitating cold now,...ruined Sunday,made trying to study for the test this morning yesterday a nightmare,and it's still not pleasant now.

I've lost a lot of sleep now thanks the body reacting oddly to the comforter,and I did have a slight fever.

And currently my neck is stiff.

TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#235: Oct 22nd 2013 at 11:03:26 AM

Heh. Woke up this morning and it's either my neck or my right shoulder that are knackered. The pain's pretty bad and I have no idea what I did to cause it.

TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#236: Oct 22nd 2013 at 11:33:55 AM

I don't think I've had a debilitating illness since I was in elementary school, just gotten sick enough it's probably best for me to avoid infecting others. On Friday I turned down a request to double my work shift because they needed someone to cover the snack bar and I said it wasn't a good idea because I was sick. On Sunday, I was still sick, but I worked my scheduled shift in the snack bar. The difference is that on Friday my nose was wet and messy but on Sunday I was just coughing, and I kept that to a minimum with a cough suppressant. Still probably shouldn't have been working with food, but I'm dreadfully short on hours right now, and I took extra gloving precautions.

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Odd1 Still just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Still just awesome like that
#237: Oct 23rd 2013 at 11:50:24 AM

@Pyrite: Yeah, I know the drill. I get strep at least once a year by this point, so I'm quite acquainted with its workings tongue Getting checked up about it in a few minutes.

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Ellowen My Ao3 from Down by the Bay Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#238: Oct 24th 2013 at 10:26:51 AM

I've been having acid reflux attacks since yesterday evening. Ick.

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ramuf Electric Heart from the Shining Throne Since: Jan, 2013
Electric Heart
#239: Oct 25th 2013 at 3:34:31 PM

I've come down with a cold. Nothing too bad, really, but it's quite annoying.

terlwyth Since: Oct, 2010
#240: Oct 25th 2013 at 3:37:47 PM

Still on the last legs of one I've had since Sunday,the sudden weather change to not boiling does not help

MajorTom Since: Dec, 2009
#241: Oct 25th 2013 at 5:16:12 PM

Hey nose. Stahp. Fucking won't stop sneezing or running.

Odd1 Still just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Still just awesome like that
#242: Oct 28th 2013 at 4:42:11 PM

So, I went to the doctor this afternoon. Apparently, I'm on the verge of bronchitis. Dammit.

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TeaandLace from The Faraway Tree Since: Sep, 2013
#243: Oct 30th 2013 at 2:50:20 PM

I just feel run down in general. My head hurts, my neck, knees, and back hurt, I have a stuffy/runny nose that doesn't seem to be going away, and I feel cold all the time. I seem to be tired all the time, too. I wonder if I have wonky-menstrual-cycle related anemia? Anyway, sorry to whine, but no one in my family seems to care how I feel, so my "online family" gets to hear it instead. tongue

Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#244: Oct 31st 2013 at 8:50:50 AM

Just went to an Ear, Nose, and Throat clinic and found I have severe nasal polyps in my right nostril to the point that it is completely blocked with no airway. I was given an antibiotic and an oral steroid; I go back to see him in ten days and if that didn't fix it he is going to discuss with me other options to remove them and fix my allergy problem.

Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Lucky Seven
#245: Oct 31st 2013 at 10:16:13 AM

My allergies came back with a vengeance. They made an annoying dry feeling in my throat. [tdown]

Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!
fancywig ⋆ ⋆ ⋆ from heckie Since: Apr, 2013 Relationship Status: It was only a kiss
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#246: Nov 1st 2013 at 5:34:45 AM

Woke up too early and now I have a cloggy, runny nose.

DAMN YOU EARLY BIRD.

GO AHEAD .... MR. JOEHSTUR .......
Kookje you spilled my diet soda from Parts Unknown Since: May, 2013
you spilled my diet soda
#247: Nov 1st 2013 at 5:52:46 AM

More than half of the assclowns from class (myself included) have been suffering from colds since the 2nd week of October. Adding insult to injury, I'm now bedridden (I guess) because of some ~mysterious~ migraine, don't know whether it's because of the flu, a heat stroke, or a fever.

At least I'm having my semestral break rn so I could just lie around all day while surfing the interwebs. Classy.

edited 1st Nov '13 5:56:05 AM by Kookje

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Demetrios Lucky Seven from Des Plaines, Illinois (unfortunately) Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#249: Nov 1st 2013 at 8:33:51 AM

So because of that polyp, I'm now having to take 5 prednisone and 2 cepehelasporins on top of my usual 1 adderall, 1 sudafed, 1 Allegra.

TopographicOcean A Pathetic from the colo Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: I'm Clockwork and she's Quartz
A Pathetic
#250: Nov 1st 2013 at 8:36:19 AM

Does anaemia count for this thread? Because I've been having spots of lethargy the last month or so because of it.

It's really frustrating when it flares up like this.

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