Ugh

[cupcake_goth]

I know several of you have suffered bouts of the varied strains of The Ick that are going around. Do the following symptoms sound like what any of you had?

• Fatigue


• Chills, but no fever


• Mild to severe aches


• Queasy, unsettled stomach


• General wooziness and feeling as if your brain has been wrapped in insulation

... 'Cos that is what stroppy_baggage and I both are going through right now. This is not a happy fun household right now, let me tell you.

Comments

[spitkitten.livejournal.com]

Exactly the symtoms my Chris has when google diagnosed "menopause."

Rest. It should pass in a few days. Oh, and he found yogurt helped the queasiness.

I added you, by the by.

[faeredelune.livejournal.com]

I had that last round, this time i have face-tap and sneezing. I sympathize greatly, the bug I had first was utterly wretched.

I drank as much tea as I could handle.

[cass404.livejournal.com]

It wasn't the Plague that I had -- but you and Pete still sound sick so I am sorry...

[speedie316.livejournal.com]

Add sore throat and stuffy nose and that's what I'm just getting over.

[icprncs.livejournal.com]

Yup.

I hope you don't get the version in which the queasiness progresses to something far worse.

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

As did my son. Luckily, his only lasted 24 hours or so. Oddly, we grups are OK so far.

[icprncs.livejournal.com]

I am still dealing with it, nearly four days later. The worst-worst only lasted the first evening, but the rest has gone on and on.

[lilmartini.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what I had right before Christmas. It only lasted 3 days for me.

[bork.livejournal.com]

This is exactly the Ick that I had back in January, that ended up lasting three months.

My condolences. Take it easy, and hopefully it'll go through your system quickly.

[theda.livejournal.com]

Yup.

Almost to the letter. Man I would love to not go into work tomorrow and just sleep in, but it's not to be.

[weaselmom.livejournal.com]

It wasn't me! We had 3 weeks of near-pneumonia, but no Bowelrogs. I'm sorry you're both feeling ill at any time ever, but especially during the "holidays." We both wish you a sudden and miraculous recovery!

[seven-veils.livejournal.com]

I'm grateful for the fact that despite every single solitary person I know being sick in the last couple of months, I have somehow come out healthy and with no evil bugs. Whew! I'm sure glad I haven't had what you folks have been passing around as it sounds like no fun at all. I do hope that you and the hubby get well very soon.

[oldhalloween.livejournal.com]

Yep, that is it and I've had it twice. Lucky me the gift that keeps on giving. Now, in a healthy human it doesn't seem to last as long. Hubby beat it and then got a sinus infection. Its what we do in December. :0 )

[jeanineers.livejournal.com]

Hope you're both feeling better soon.

Unfortunately...

[nil8r.livejournal.com]

I stayed home from work today, slept through most of it in hopes to forget the queeziness and aches.

[domichan.livejournal.com]

Queasy stomach, that's it. My co-worker has all the rest--I hope I don't get them as well.

I hope you feel better soon!

[minim_calibre]

That's what we had a couple weeks ago.

Baths helped.

[sirriamnis.livejournal.com]

Nope, different flavor than mine. Mine is all sore throat, chest cough and fever, with massive indigestion.

[wormtorturer.livejournal.com]

Have you tried ginger for the queasiness? Sushi ginger, ginger Altoids, ginger chews, candied ginger, ginger gummi bears, etc. Ginger ale used to be the only liquid I could tolerate during a migraine. Ginger even helped my mom's stomach when she was on that oral anti-diabetic stuff that caused 24-hour nausea.

[makaidiver.livejournal.com]

Found this while tracking down flu-shot locations in Oct. It's handy.
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/cold/sick.pdf
(Nat'l Instit. Health, Is It A Cold or The Flu?) Airborn from T Joe's is good stuff. Wishing you a mild case and happy new year.

[mahariel.livejournal.com]

I wish I'd had yours - mine was much worse.

-Victoria