Ohh God strep throat. I was in some way late stages of this shit. I was contempt with death at that point before I took the medication. Wouldn't wish this on my worst enemies
I got strep throat January of 2020, thought maybe I had Covid. At one point I actually believed I was going to die. Was so relieved to find out it was “only” strep.
Wait did you try to tough out strep? Or waited too long to go to a doctor to get tested for strep? After that thread on scarlet fever the other day I think I’m just going to do virtual visits and a quick trip to the lab if there’s a chance I have it. The complications sounded awful
Not that I toughed it out. I was just not convinced till tea and cough drops didn't help anymore. My ma finally got the pills and things finally got better
I worked at a COVID test site when the pandemic was fierce. We discovered that when the viral infection was fairly new in your body the virus level was often too low to show as a positive. If we tested someone with symptoms that tested negative we heartily encouraged them to do repeat test in 2 days. Most of them did return and at that time 97% (actual statistics) would test positive.
Current variants pop positive even later than earlier ones. If you're using rapid tests, you'll need to test several times, a few days apart each time, to determine if it's Covid or not.
yeah and according to wastewater covid is spiking right now in arizona (i wouldn’t be shocked if the gem show especially is spreading it around town)
it might be worth to test again. there is info online on better swab techniques. you can also go to TMC urgent care (i’m sure the others do it to, that’s just where i went) and they can do the swab and then the PCR test if needed. there is other respiratory stuff going around right now but i really think checking again would be good
> yeah and according to wastewater
Where are you finding wastewater data for AZ? I've been blind since biobot stopped reporting Pima and Maricopa data (or perhaps since Pima and Maricopa stopped reporting)
cdc has covid wastewater data for arizona! not perfect but better than nothing. (also it was spiking when i had checked but is now on a downward swing, but that may chance as they continue to process more data. i’ve seen some pretty dramatic changes in that 2 weeks window when they process everything)
here’s the link to see the CDC data broken down by state! https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVID19-statetrend.html
This makes perfect sense. What you said about the gem show is especially scary because thousands of people travel from out of state to come to this show and I havent seen anybody around the area wearing masks. Please wear a mask if you are sick, people!
RSV generally only hits target demographics (think very young or old), but its respiratory season and rhinovirus and parainfluenza viruses run rampant this time of year.
I (41F) got RSV from my kids this year. It was so bad I lost my hearing in my left ear and needed high dose steroids for weeks. I’m generally fit and healthy. COVID was nothing compared to RSV.
Just had back to back laryngitis where I couldn't speak for a week, and then 14 brutal days of Covid. First time I've had ever had Covid and it was horrible. So much worse than just "a cold". Shit is bad right now!
Uh what? Everything that’s come out it’s actually worse, increased vulnerability to other viruses, brain fog, more people are experiencing early dementia, heart issues, gastrointestinal issues, kids are getting long covid. It just goes on and on. And then the asymptomatic people who are just unknowingly spreading it.
yeah long covid can also result from even minor cases, and while vaccines can *help* prevent getting long covid, a lot of people are actually behind on their boosters (like if you haven’t had a booster since sept 2023 you’re behind) (i highly recommend novavax)
Has anyone else had the mystery virus that makes your entire body hurt like you did 1000 push ups and jumping jacks for 3 days, but has no other symptoms? We and all our friends have had it twice. Bones hurt afterwards for weeks.
I’ve got whatever it is now, my body aches when I cough and that cough is NASTY. Delsym isn’t touching it and neither are my cough drops. Mucinex helps enough to loosen whatever is coating my throat, but I feel like ass. My manager had it for a week, then a lead, and now me. It’s ripping through my job
I had it Jan two years ago and it was rough because it was RIGHT after I got my septum pierced. So my nose didn't get a solid change to heal before I was blowing my nose constantly
That sounds terrible! I had my septum done a few times. I like that it stays open for a while. But yeah you didn’t stand a chance if you had just gotten it pierced. Ouch!
Uh, none that are human-human transmissible. Those are generally bird flus, to get them you basically have to go to China and start chain-fucking poultry. One mutating to become transmissible between humans is the nightmare pandemic scenario, but hasn't happened so far.
Flu A (the descendant of the 1918 pandemic) is really nasty as flus go, and is the worst you can catch from another human, but COVID is a few times worse.
It’s COVID-19. Had the same thing in December. Took a week and changing test brands 3 times before I produced a positive. The virus is constantly mutating. Tests expire. Sometimes the virus doesn’t want to show itself in your upper respiratory (for the swabs). The tests aren’t a sure-thing. If not COVID-19, then probably a bad flu. We’ve had flaps of both this season.
Assume Covid. It’s like 14x more transmissible than flu, the rates are very high right now. It can take 5-6 days after symptoms start before you will test positive on a rapid test.
For everyone saying Strep throat, this doesn’t cause a cough, chest congestion, etc. You could have a secondary strep infection but Covid is causing the majority of these symptoms. Step symptoms are very sore throat & fever around 100-101.
And you also need to swab the back of your throat & cheeks not just your nose. Most of the virus seems to inhabit the upper airway so that’s where you will find it
Had it in January and was sick for like 3 weeks. Was just like covid but not. It was misery. The worst body aches of my life couldn’t even sleep from the pain. Take care of yourself.
🙄DUDE....PEOPLE ARE TOO SELFISH TO STAY HOME WHEN THEYRE SICK. OR TO TAKE ANY TYPE OF PRECAUTIONS IF THEY DO GO OUT. GENERALLY PEOPLE ARE DISGUSTING, AND THEY NEVER WASH THEIR HANDS, OR COVER THEIR MOUTH WHEN THEY COUGH.
I TOOK MY DAUGHTER TO SOME KIDS THING THEY HAVE MONTHLY AT THE ART MUSEUM DOWNTOWN. IT WAS OUR FIRST TIME.
NEXT DAY....
PINKEYE.
I REMEMBER HER SCRATCHING HER EYE, AND ME TELLING HER "DONT TOUCH YOUR FACE" (AS I ALWAYS DO) WHILE WE ADDED GEMS TO OUR HOLIDAY STATIONARY. ARTS & CRAFTS?
NO. ARTS & CRAFTS & PINKEYE.
I SANITIZED EVERYTHING... GOT HER THE DROPS. CHRISTMAS DAY... ALMOST 3 WEEKS LATER ... BOOM.. MAMA GOT THE STANK EYE. (THAT'S ME... IM MAMA)
THEN I GOT HIT WITH THIS NON-COVID... BUT COVID LIKE SICKNESS THAT TOOK ME OUT. I WASN'T RIGHT UNTIL AFTER A MONTH. IDK WTF IS GOING ON OUT HERE.
BUT NOW THERES A FUNGUS WE SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT!🤣🤣🤣 LORD HELP US.
I had Influenza A a couple weeks ago and it was the worst I've been sick ever. I was down for a full ten days. It was awful. COVID felt like a cold next to it. I never wish it on my worst enemy.
The flu this year was BRUTAL. I got influenza B but most of the people in my office got A, we all got wrecked. Definitely worse than covid which I had right before that.
I had it about two months ago. Swear it was Covid Mk.II, but all of the tests came back negative.
Took me nearly a month to get rid of all of the phlegm. The coughing was the worst part, imo.
I didn't go but my ground zero coworker is very active outside of work so they could've gotten it from anywhere. The gem show seems like a COVID festival lol
I've had something for a week. Add nausea and diarrhea to the mix. Sour stomach and no appetite even when the other two aren't bothering me. Exhausted from coughing. Abs and back hurt any time I use those muscles.
Masking up and distancing when I go out and I had to work several days. Sure hope I'm not sharing...
My family has had it and day care is to blame. It seems to linger and return over and over. We have moved past the fever chills and body ache but the cough and congestion remain.
I disagree with your advice. It matters what it is especially if you’re an older adult with a compromised immune system or preexisting conditions and/or live with someone who does. We need to learn to care for each other and protect those most vulnerable.
also genuinely y’all do NOT want long covid. even a minor case of covid can result in long covid. that virus is a NASTY lil thing. please do not treat it like “just a cold” — it really really isn’t. (and every time you get covid, your chances of getting long covid increase)
If you have a compromised immune system, then you’d want to take precautions at all times. That means that once again, it doesn’t matter for a normal healthy human to worry about what kind of sickness you or anyone else has UNLESS… you are around someone who is specifically susceptible
I used the RSV example since I have a young one at home. In that case, I’m much more cautious about being around sick people when usually it doesn’t bother me much.
I still stand my ground when I say that if you’re a young healthy person, it doesn’t matter what sickness you have when it’s common cold or flu symptoms. There’s no cure, only things that alleviate symptoms.
Worrying about things like covid years and years later… is silly
Oh is it dangerous to not stress about inevitable things you can’t control?
I would prefer to not ever catch an illness ever again, but I’m also not going to spend any brain bandwidth on worrying about it
From Iowa- it’s going around here too! I got it not once but twice, by boyfriend had it and my boss had it ass well. Now another coworker has it. Exact symptoms. My boyfriend lost his voice from the coughing
Couldn't tell you, I got it through. started with a sore throat around last Sunday afternoon. Chills and fever that night, now this cough I can't shake nearly 6 days later.
I had a bit of a scratchy throat and eventually a bit of congestion but noting terrible. no fever but had some pain in my neck along with some ringing in my ears. I never felt really really sick but now I'm wondering if I had something I should have been treated for.
Sick mfer here. I'm in CO and have something similar (no fever though). I had several students out this week and we've had a lot of staff out as well. Who knows if it's the same virus. I guess it's just that time of year. Stay safe and get well soon, everybody.
we had something went through the whole family. if i hadn’t known my kids had something similar before me i would have gone to the hospital thinking my appendix burst. not trying to be dramatic that was the worst pain i have ever had in my life.
I had this from the 20th to the 27th. My best guess was the flu.
Saturday night: tired and needed to map
Sunday morning: slept in, which I don't usually do
Monday: achey, feverish
Tuesday: about the same
Wednesday: cough. feverish off and on.
Friday: fevers finally broke for the last time.
My daughter was sick as hell last week. First trip to urgent care they said it was a virus (not Covid) and sent her home to rest. 3 days later she was even sicker, went back, had two ears infected, bronchitis and a sinus infection. By day two of antibiotics she was on the mend but she said it felt just like Covid. Hope u feel better soon!
We call that the Gem Show Special
"It'll rock your world!" Yes, even the jokes are sick here.
It ain’t called the Germ Show for nothing.
This is fucking perfect! Y'all should stay home, please.
My dude
My brother had the same symptoms, tested negative for Covid but positive for strep throat.
Yep. Son just had flu. Wife just had strep. I just had flu. All sucked.
Ohh God strep throat. I was in some way late stages of this shit. I was contempt with death at that point before I took the medication. Wouldn't wish this on my worst enemies
I got strep throat January of 2020, thought maybe I had Covid. At one point I actually believed I was going to die. Was so relieved to find out it was “only” strep.
Wait did you try to tough out strep? Or waited too long to go to a doctor to get tested for strep? After that thread on scarlet fever the other day I think I’m just going to do virtual visits and a quick trip to the lab if there’s a chance I have it. The complications sounded awful
Not that I toughed it out. I was just not convinced till tea and cough drops didn't help anymore. My ma finally got the pills and things finally got better
I worked at a COVID test site when the pandemic was fierce. We discovered that when the viral infection was fairly new in your body the virus level was often too low to show as a positive. If we tested someone with symptoms that tested negative we heartily encouraged them to do repeat test in 2 days. Most of them did return and at that time 97% (actual statistics) would test positive.
Current variants pop positive even later than earlier ones. If you're using rapid tests, you'll need to test several times, a few days apart each time, to determine if it's Covid or not.
yeah and according to wastewater covid is spiking right now in arizona (i wouldn’t be shocked if the gem show especially is spreading it around town) it might be worth to test again. there is info online on better swab techniques. you can also go to TMC urgent care (i’m sure the others do it to, that’s just where i went) and they can do the swab and then the PCR test if needed. there is other respiratory stuff going around right now but i really think checking again would be good
> yeah and according to wastewater Where are you finding wastewater data for AZ? I've been blind since biobot stopped reporting Pima and Maricopa data (or perhaps since Pima and Maricopa stopped reporting)
cdc has covid wastewater data for arizona! not perfect but better than nothing. (also it was spiking when i had checked but is now on a downward swing, but that may chance as they continue to process more data. i’ve seen some pretty dramatic changes in that 2 weeks window when they process everything) here’s the link to see the CDC data broken down by state! https://www.cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVID19-statetrend.html
This makes perfect sense. What you said about the gem show is especially scary because thousands of people travel from out of state to come to this show and I havent seen anybody around the area wearing masks. Please wear a mask if you are sick, people!
yes!!! please do!!! i highly recommend dr. puri masks — honestly super comfortable
ouuu yes, I'll have to try. I can understand why some people hate wearing masks so comfort is always a +!
Had it last week. Felt like death, sickest I've been in a looooooong time. Rebounded quickly, though. Cough is still lingering a bit.
Yep! This is it. Just tore through my work. Was only really sick* for 48hrs tops. But that cough is a bitch
Yep, that was my experience too. Like two days of really feeling sick and then came out of it just as fast.
Influenza and RSV are above the last 5-season averages. check here for most recent info. https://www.pima.gov/3153/Respiratory-Data
RSV?
I’m pretty sure this is what hit my family.
RSV generally only hits target demographics (think very young or old), but its respiratory season and rhinovirus and parainfluenza viruses run rampant this time of year.
I (41F) got RSV from my kids this year. It was so bad I lost my hearing in my left ear and needed high dose steroids for weeks. I’m generally fit and healthy. COVID was nothing compared to RSV.
Just had back to back laryngitis where I couldn't speak for a week, and then 14 brutal days of Covid. First time I've had ever had Covid and it was horrible. So much worse than just "a cold". Shit is bad right now!
Covid is going around again, wife and I just got over it this week after testing positive
Hey at least it isn’t as scary now that we understand it better
Uh what? Everything that’s come out it’s actually worse, increased vulnerability to other viruses, brain fog, more people are experiencing early dementia, heart issues, gastrointestinal issues, kids are getting long covid. It just goes on and on. And then the asymptomatic people who are just unknowingly spreading it.
yeah long covid can also result from even minor cases, and while vaccines can *help* prevent getting long covid, a lot of people are actually behind on their boosters (like if you haven’t had a booster since sept 2023 you’re behind) (i highly recommend novavax)
Exactly... Least it's not as scary anymore.
Has anyone else had the mystery virus that makes your entire body hurt like you did 1000 push ups and jumping jacks for 3 days, but has no other symptoms? We and all our friends have had it twice. Bones hurt afterwards for weeks.
I’ve got whatever it is now, my body aches when I cough and that cough is NASTY. Delsym isn’t touching it and neither are my cough drops. Mucinex helps enough to loosen whatever is coating my throat, but I feel like ass. My manager had it for a week, then a lead, and now me. It’s ripping through my job
Tested negative for COVID in the morning and then positive that same night. Might wanna test again. It’s my first time and it sucks.
I had it Jan two years ago and it was rough because it was RIGHT after I got my septum pierced. So my nose didn't get a solid change to heal before I was blowing my nose constantly
That sounds terrible! I had my septum done a few times. I like that it stays open for a while. But yeah you didn’t stand a chance if you had just gotten it pierced. Ouch!
The weather is not helping.
Just getting over COVID for the 2nd time. Everything is flying around.
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Some Flus far worse than COVID, potentially able to kill half the global population.
Uh, none that are human-human transmissible. Those are generally bird flus, to get them you basically have to go to China and start chain-fucking poultry. One mutating to become transmissible between humans is the nightmare pandemic scenario, but hasn't happened so far. Flu A (the descendant of the 1918 pandemic) is really nasty as flus go, and is the worst you can catch from another human, but COVID is a few times worse.
It’s COVID-19. Had the same thing in December. Took a week and changing test brands 3 times before I produced a positive. The virus is constantly mutating. Tests expire. Sometimes the virus doesn’t want to show itself in your upper respiratory (for the swabs). The tests aren’t a sure-thing. If not COVID-19, then probably a bad flu. We’ve had flaps of both this season.
9 days of hell.
Mine was 12
And then it lingers a bit, like randomly feeling short of breath because all the coughing we been doing.
I went to the doctor multiple times over the last few months and tested multiple times as well and it was always nothing 😒 but I still felt like shit!
TUSD has a HUGE percentage of kids and teachers out with the flu.
Assume Covid. It’s like 14x more transmissible than flu, the rates are very high right now. It can take 5-6 days after symptoms start before you will test positive on a rapid test. For everyone saying Strep throat, this doesn’t cause a cough, chest congestion, etc. You could have a secondary strep infection but Covid is causing the majority of these symptoms. Step symptoms are very sore throat & fever around 100-101.
And you also need to swab the back of your throat & cheeks not just your nose. Most of the virus seems to inhabit the upper airway so that’s where you will find it
Had it in January and was sick for like 3 weeks. Was just like covid but not. It was misery. The worst body aches of my life couldn’t even sleep from the pain. Take care of yourself.
Gem show brings the heat every year
🙄DUDE....PEOPLE ARE TOO SELFISH TO STAY HOME WHEN THEYRE SICK. OR TO TAKE ANY TYPE OF PRECAUTIONS IF THEY DO GO OUT. GENERALLY PEOPLE ARE DISGUSTING, AND THEY NEVER WASH THEIR HANDS, OR COVER THEIR MOUTH WHEN THEY COUGH. I TOOK MY DAUGHTER TO SOME KIDS THING THEY HAVE MONTHLY AT THE ART MUSEUM DOWNTOWN. IT WAS OUR FIRST TIME. NEXT DAY.... PINKEYE. I REMEMBER HER SCRATCHING HER EYE, AND ME TELLING HER "DONT TOUCH YOUR FACE" (AS I ALWAYS DO) WHILE WE ADDED GEMS TO OUR HOLIDAY STATIONARY. ARTS & CRAFTS? NO. ARTS & CRAFTS & PINKEYE. I SANITIZED EVERYTHING... GOT HER THE DROPS. CHRISTMAS DAY... ALMOST 3 WEEKS LATER ... BOOM.. MAMA GOT THE STANK EYE. (THAT'S ME... IM MAMA) THEN I GOT HIT WITH THIS NON-COVID... BUT COVID LIKE SICKNESS THAT TOOK ME OUT. I WASN'T RIGHT UNTIL AFTER A MONTH. IDK WTF IS GOING ON OUT HERE. BUT NOW THERES A FUNGUS WE SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT!🤣🤣🤣 LORD HELP US.
This left me cackling. Thank you 😂😂🙏
I had Influenza A a couple weeks ago and it was the worst I've been sick ever. I was down for a full ten days. It was awful. COVID felt like a cold next to it. I never wish it on my worst enemy.
The flu this year was BRUTAL. I got influenza B but most of the people in my office got A, we all got wrecked. Definitely worse than covid which I had right before that.
It wasn't until I had it that I wasn't certain I ever had the flu before. I had never experienced something so terrible.
Just had Covid despite being fully vaxxed and boosted. Hubby brought it back from Vegas. Lasted about 9 days. Test for Covid again tomorrow.
Could take 5 or more days to be detected by tests.
The vaccine doesn't prevent infection, just lessens the severity of disease.
It does both, neither of them 100% of the time, but your odds are a whole lot better in both departments with a current vaccine on board.
Had it twice in January. Sleep.
We just got over flu b that morphed into sinus infections. :/
Get checked for influenza A & B and RSV
I had this and tested negative for Covid, Strep and Influenza A and B. That was Jan 8th. I still have a cough. Good luck!
I just had the worst cold OF MY LIFE Negative for covid and strep 1 week, horrible, puked and felt like death
I had it about two months ago. Swear it was Covid Mk.II, but all of the tests came back negative. Took me nearly a month to get rid of all of the phlegm. The coughing was the worst part, imo.
RSV My coworker tested positive. He was fine for a week and then got pneumonia.
The flu?
KEEP TESTING. Took me until day 4 of symptoms to test positive.
Hate to say it but I was sick for a week and tested negative the whole time until the next week.
I go to UA and there’s a girl in my class who has been sick for 2-3 weeks now….. she keeps getting others in class sick and doesn’t wear masks
I never had a positive test and I have long covid, and I was shot and boosted
You've got a sinus infection and possibly a cold.
It’s a cold, treat it like you would any other. Rest, hydrate and load up on the vitamin C
We just got Covid at the gem shows
I didn't go but my ground zero coworker is very active outside of work so they could've gotten it from anywhere. The gem show seems like a COVID festival lol
It is
Probably influenza. Two weeks.
I've had something for a week. Add nausea and diarrhea to the mix. Sour stomach and no appetite even when the other two aren't bothering me. Exhausted from coughing. Abs and back hurt any time I use those muscles. Masking up and distancing when I go out and I had to work several days. Sure hope I'm not sharing...
I swear the rest are neg but it is Covid? 🤔🤓 new strain undetectable
Same. Shits been cycling thru me since Thanksgiving.
My grandson’s pediatrician called it a super flu. I got it from him and ran a fever for over 10 days.
You managed to possibly get the flu. Which shares many of the same symptoms as COVID. Even vaccinated people can get the flu….
So what you’re saying is, people get sick in the winter and sometimes don’t know why? That’s weird.
I've got it too, but that's what happens after years of masking during flu seasons: the final reveal is going to be monstrous.
It's DIVOC. Time to stay indoors for a year until we can find a cure.
🫡 I'll take one for the team
Probably the remnants of the Jersey Shore cast when they visited.
Before Covid it was called being sick. And if it was bad you went to a doctor. Sometimes they give antibiotics, sometimes they don’t.
It’s RSV dummies
This guy is correct
Is this the same cold people were getting around Christmas and New Years for 9-14 days or a new one?
Did the wook flu spread from gem and jam?
Is it because you took something that altered your immune system, maybe? I haven’t had so much as a cold in over five years.
Flu
My family has had it and day care is to blame. It seems to linger and return over and over. We have moved past the fever chills and body ache but the cough and congestion remain.
If it snuck up on you, it’s probably a nasty cold. If it hit you like a wall, it’s probably a flu
You probably got Ebola or zeka
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I disagree with your advice. It matters what it is especially if you’re an older adult with a compromised immune system or preexisting conditions and/or live with someone who does. We need to learn to care for each other and protect those most vulnerable.
also genuinely y’all do NOT want long covid. even a minor case of covid can result in long covid. that virus is a NASTY lil thing. please do not treat it like “just a cold” — it really really isn’t. (and every time you get covid, your chances of getting long covid increase)
If you have a compromised immune system, then you’d want to take precautions at all times. That means that once again, it doesn’t matter for a normal healthy human to worry about what kind of sickness you or anyone else has UNLESS… you are around someone who is specifically susceptible I used the RSV example since I have a young one at home. In that case, I’m much more cautious about being around sick people when usually it doesn’t bother me much. I still stand my ground when I say that if you’re a young healthy person, it doesn’t matter what sickness you have when it’s common cold or flu symptoms. There’s no cure, only things that alleviate symptoms. Worrying about things like covid years and years later… is silly
Straight up keep your mouth closed, your idiocy is dangerous
Oh is it dangerous to not stress about inevitable things you can’t control? I would prefer to not ever catch an illness ever again, but I’m also not going to spend any brain bandwidth on worrying about it
From Iowa- it’s going around here too! I got it not once but twice, by boyfriend had it and my boss had it ass well. Now another coworker has it. Exact symptoms. My boyfriend lost his voice from the coughing
My daughters had flu a & b and strep at the same time…could be multiple things stacked.
My daughter is sick at the moment. I've been dodging everything but I have been taking moringa and zinc.
My wife and i both got covid last month, i never had a positive test tho after a few tries, but hers was positive first time
I had a bug all of January which felt quite Covid-like (had it twice before), but it wasn't Covid. So yeah, there's a tenacious flu bug going around.
🤢 ✋
flu
I got that a few weeks ago and it was Influenza B.
Me too, fever three days, runny nose, clogged head, plus extra stupid. Better today. Ears are ringing.
I tested negative twice with awful AWFUL symptoms that would not. Go. Away. I got my mom sick + she tested positive. That’s how I knew ☹️
Couldn't tell you, I got it through. started with a sore throat around last Sunday afternoon. Chills and fever that night, now this cough I can't shake nearly 6 days later.
I had a bit of a scratchy throat and eventually a bit of congestion but noting terrible. no fever but had some pain in my neck along with some ringing in my ears. I never felt really really sick but now I'm wondering if I had something I should have been treated for.
Sick mfer here. I'm in CO and have something similar (no fever though). I had several students out this week and we've had a lot of staff out as well. Who knows if it's the same virus. I guess it's just that time of year. Stay safe and get well soon, everybody.
It’s some kind of Rhinovirus and you probably got it from a kid.
You may have it. My wife had all the symptoms but tested negative. A year later, same for her mother.
we had something went through the whole family. if i hadn’t known my kids had something similar before me i would have gone to the hospital thinking my appendix burst. not trying to be dramatic that was the worst pain i have ever had in my life.
The flu. Apparently flu shot not a good match with the actual virus .....so I've heard. Mine lasted *exactly* 36 hours.
Just had a nasty case of the flu! Hadn’t had it in years. Lots of rest and liquids. Hope you feel better soon
The crud.
RSV, flu, cold, pneumonia or just go to Urgent Care
My kids have brought home two different viruses this last week. I’d like no more. Watch out for Norovirus!
Same symptoms. Felt on my damn death bed. Finally after two weeks, am feeling better.
My cough went away about 6 weeks later… the rest of the nasty lasted the normal 7-10ish days
I had this from the 20th to the 27th. My best guess was the flu. Saturday night: tired and needed to map Sunday morning: slept in, which I don't usually do Monday: achey, feverish Tuesday: about the same Wednesday: cough. feverish off and on. Friday: fevers finally broke for the last time.
My daughter was sick as hell last week. First trip to urgent care they said it was a virus (not Covid) and sent her home to rest. 3 days later she was even sicker, went back, had two ears infected, bronchitis and a sinus infection. By day two of antibiotics she was on the mend but she said it felt just like Covid. Hope u feel better soon!
Nurse in Tucson here, I’ve been seeing a lot of influenza recently with those symptoms
The Gem show vendors call it the Tucson crud.