Illnesses and Plagues General Whining Thread

[Psychotic]

Now, I am sure you are all fed up of hearing about that wedding, but an interesting side effect of attending is that a number of us have come down with an awful disease, called Loony Lurgi. I believe Shauna and Rantz were victims, and while I dodged the initially bullet, my dastardly roomie caught it and brought it back and after surviving for so long, I was finally infected.

I used to just power through and not make any changes at all, but as I am getting older I now chug lemsip drinks which taste as much like lemons as Quin's ass tastes like heaven itself. In fact, I think it actually is Quin's ass flavoured.

This is a thread to either moan and whine about illnesses, or to at least say what you do when you feel ill. Hell, feel free to sympathise with me, mock me, or come up with exciting theories as to what Loony Lurgi actually is.

[noxious.sunshine]

If it's a sore throat & fever-ish deal, I do a couple of shots of whiskey, eat some flu/cold medicine, make some chicken & rice soup with a butt load of whole garlic cloves and big chunks of onion & other veggies, and then snuggle up in bed and watch Netflix or something until I pass out. Garlic & onion help flush out your system. So .. yay.

Stomach virus? I whine and complain like a 3 year old, eat nothing but popsicles, saltine crackers, & drink Sprite, and sleep. A lot.

[Shauna]

I am healing, but I passed it onto Matt when we returned home. That damn hill.

[Faris]

Hey! I did not want to get sick either!

Being sick is the worst! Whenever I get sick for a long period of time I tend to think to myself "what does not feeling sick feel like? I miss it."

[NeoCracker]

I don't get sick all that often surprisingly.

However, nothing is worth then that feeling where your sinus's are are clogged and in pain. I can do massive headaches, soar throats, vomiting, but dear god the sinus thing is the most consistantly unpleasant thing to inflict on a person.

[Loony BoB]

The current theory is that my Dad and Josh brought it over with them and spread it around. Dad was the one who had it at the time he flew over, Josh just beforehand. It hasn't seemed to affect anyone from my work nor Danielle's family - just the people who were at the shared apartment and also my Mum, who has had it worse than anyone (not sure if it's the same thing as she has completely lost her voice and is struggling a lot, while everyone at the shared apartment seemed to be suffering from something notably less severe).

[Old Manus]

I too have caught a horrible cold this week, even though the last time I got ill was seven years ago. How hard were you guys sneezing?

[Jinx]

I have a really bad lung infection right now. I'm taking four breathing treatments a day, but it's not really helping. Luckily I have an appointment with a pulmonolgist next week. But I'm working 6 days a week and not getting enough or very good sleep, and my body is so run down. Which is leading to depression and me hardly eating at all, which is probably just making me sicker.

lalalalala

[Quindiana Jones]

This is why I didn't go.

[Quindiana Jones]

Also because I wasn't invited.

[Quindiana Jones]

[Shorty]

When I get the flu, I get it hard. Last time I had it was March 2012. It lasted three weeks and I got it on the first day of starting a new job and there was no way in hell in was going to take a day off, even though I am certain I ought to have been hospital-ridden.

I sleep lots, take inappropriate amounts of Airborne, cough drops, cough and sinus relief fluids, ibuprofen and some other aid that is orange that I can't remember (instructions be damned) and lots of hot lemon tea. I tend to watch Disney movies more often when I get sick, too, though this is unrelated to getting me well.

I used to lie on the bathroom floor when I got sick as a kid because it was a cool surface.

[noxious.sunshine]

Ya. I rarely get sick, but when I do, it's -bad-.

I got horribly sick in the Fall of 2008 - it lasted on and off for like a month - 2 or 3 stomach viruses back to back (my sister thought I was pregnant again even though I wasn't even dating anyone) and then right after that I wound up with uhm. like strep throat and something else and was out for like a week and a 1/2.

Mumzy got borderline pneumonia over Christmas and had it for 3 weeks before she finally went to the doctor, but she gave it to me and then -I- had to go, but I just had an upper respiratory infection. My dad was like "If you 2 give this to me, I'll kill you both."

EDIT: Sometimes I like when I'm sick .... Then I can make other people take care of me for once.
And on the flip side.. This is horrible probably. While I hate my little girl feeling bad, I secretly kinda like when she gets sick... 'Cuz then she gets all snuggly and we can just lay in bed all day and watch her favorite movies and eat junk food. (She isn't very snuggly anymore except at night or early in the mornings when she gets up before me).

[Calliope]

I came down ill yesterday and I wasn't even there beyond a video screening

[Loony BoB]

Maybe the PC playing your video had a virus.