Still tired......

Post-viral debility -a recognised syndrome. Guard against trying to do too much to soon as it has been know for ME type symptoms to develop.

TAKE IT EASY!!

KateK He isn't an adult yet, he is 17 years old and still at college.

loopyloo Thanks. Yeah, I think you have to take time out for yourself from time to time and to "box" things if you can. Do what you can for the day for certain problems that need sorting and then box them and leave them there until the day after. If you have your head worrying all the time it does no good. My mum had a brain hemorrhage at 59 and so I will do all in my power to try to avoid the same. She used to get so stressed, drank vodka like a fish and smoked like a chimney. She is still with us at 75 now, after a heart attack too, she's made of lead I think! But it is good to relax the body and mind too. And to soothe the soul. Be good to others but also to ourselves.

Good for you Rubylady!
Great to hear you had such a restful weekend away, here's to more in the near future x

Judi123 I went away for a long weekend last weekend and it was bliss. I did get a call off DS saying that the heating wasn't working on Sunday but when I returned there wasn't a real problem and I think it was a call of him missing me but obviously he didn't say this. I will, however, be doing this more often until he leaves home, having short breaks away and enjoying every minute. Thank you for your lovely comment. It certainly refreshes the soul to be somewhere else for a few days.

For Rubylady, Time to start putting yourself first.
Book a coach holiday, (you will soon have decent company) the hotels provide food, entertainment and a nice comfy bed. They are remarkably cheap this time of year especially last minute bookings. Leave rude son to sort himself out including money, washing and eating etc. and if he's not talking to you, leave a note.
Have fun, if you're not feeling brave enough to go get the brochures and leave them lying around.

I've had this cough for 6 weeks now. Been to doctor once but he just changed my blood pressure tablets - (can cause a cough.)
I'm wondering if it could be a mild form of whooping cough, I never had it as a child. I often nearly vomit with it, it comes in spasms.
Must go back to the doctor's I seem to nearly live there at the moment.
Hoping the rest of you get better soon.

Residual cough seems to be subsiding, but still feel wobbly! A good day for watching the snow falling or getting uptight about Andy Murray.

rubylady he is not too embarrassed to live with you.

DH and I took this cold a week ago and we are still wiped out by it. No energy at all. As an aside....I'm doing some ironing, yesterday did the floors.....seems to me that us grans plough on as best we can...men can succumb completely.. along with their body language and sound effects.

Well...within a half hour I shall be on the sofa.... And DH doesn't know it yet but he's on duty. I love him to bits, but sometimes he needs a little direction!!

absent

Ruby - one of my DDs many years ago used to spend most of her time at her boyfriend's and we felt a bit sidelined - but we kept schtum and let it run its course. He is now her husband and we have good relationships with both. It was just a silly phase that happens in a new relationship - they do not realise that the things they find irritating about us as teenagers wash over their friends. Just let it pass - say nothing and wait for it to change. The more you draw attention to it the more he will say these silly things. Just ask him if he's had a good time - be pleased and bide your time. At that age they are often oblivious to our needs - it usually passes.

No snow and I had a relatively cough free night so think I will make the effort to get to the dentist. It's the 60 mile round trip that's putting me off a bit, seems like a lot of hassle.

Rubylady..... No wonder you're tired-why is this adult son still living with you?

Absent.....did the g&t work?!? [grin\

His behaviour is cruel Rubylady, and I really feel for you. x

I had a foul chest infection over Christmas and have eaten my antibiotics and steroids but am still wheezy and coughing. I am going to try the gin and tonic. If it doesn't help, at least I'll fall asleep.

yes to high doses of vit C + lycine and also vit D helps as we don't get enuf from the sun in the winter.

Thanks loopylou I don't mean to blow my own but I am in need of some time off. My son again went to his girlfriend's for tea. Been going out with her about 6 weeks now and has been to hers a few times for tea, her dad has picked them up when out. I haven't even met the girl. He says I am an embarrassment to him. So I need some time away as he hurts too much sometimes and I don't think I am an embarrassment at all. It erodes my confidence for him to talk to me like this. I've had three days of not speaking to anyone even though he lives with me. So thank you for you all being on here, I'd go crazy if I didn't have you to chat to.

I'm a great believer in chicken soup with lots of garlic in it.

That's interesting anno. The pharmacist I use calls it 'the English disease' as apparently all those turning up with tales of woe about this mutant 'flu have blamed it on their Christmas guests from the UK! I dunno - but rest is definitely the best medicine.

Have a lovely restful 'me time' weekend rubylady, you deserve it x

My friend in the USA went down with this mutant flu at exactly the same time as I did, so it is truly international. My GP said it was the reason for all the queues at A&E recently, though the media seemed reluctant to make the connection.

I've been the same since I gave up smoking in October, chest infections, ear problems, nasal drip, tight chest, breathlessness, cough. So if I've felt tired, I sleep. I listen to my body and work with it now. I'm treating it to a long weekend away this weekend, lots of rest, room overlooking the sea, take my book, good food and my doggie for company and a friend dropping in to see me. Time off for recouping. Lovely.

Me too, Katek. It struck me on Boxing day and really it was only last week that I started to feel normal, and could face doing some proper cleaning. It really wiped me out - and I am still coughing at night-time, as is DBH who has been coughing since November, so we do have disturbed nights. My nose has only just stopped running, the sneezing has been continuous since New Year. It's very wearing.

Wishing you all a speedy recovery from this sneaky bug. Mr. F and I have had it, in various forms, for the best part of a month now. I've had the meanest head cold I've ever know, a sinus infection, and conjunctivitis all laced with a cough. Mr. F with fever and bronchial problems. Both exhausted. We are getting better, but think this bug needs to be given the respect it deserves in not rushing the drive to health.
Take care everyone. It will take as long as it takes.

Thank you for good wishes... I'm sorry to hear that there are so many of us with this illness. The world seems to be suffering from it-DH says the office was like a doctor's waiting room last week. I keep thinking I'm better than I actually am, so went for coffee with friends yesterday afternoon, got out of breath walking the 100yards to the cafe and by the time I finished my carrot cake I just wanted to go home! I'm meant to be at dentist for hygienist appt tomorrow, I may cancel.

Falconbird, unfortunately my mother was the architect of her own demise, a medical encyclopaedia was her bible!

This flu-type bug is awful, it has knocked both my DS and my DD for six, both usually very fit and active, so not surprised that several of you suffering still. DD had it just after Christmas and is only just about better so clearly takes weeks to get over.
The cough seems to drag on forever.... Both ended up on antibiotics and my GP said the practice had never had so many suffering from a cough but no obvious chest infection or a secondary chest infection following the so-called 'flu (apparently it's a different strain to the vaccine )
Do take care and indulge yourselves, at least the weather's conducive to curling up under a blanket, little else you can do ((hugs)) and to you all.

I'm sleepy too, and it doesn't help that I cough a lot during the night when I normally sleep very well. At this moment I am surfing Gransnet to ward off the pre-lunch drowsiness. I seem to have been under the weather since the beginning of November when I had a sinus infection that was difficult to get rid of; then in January I caught this flu-type virus the week before I was due to go on a city break in Rome with DS2. I more or less talked myself into feeling better by the time we took off and we had a wonderful time in Rome, sightseeing in fantastic weather. I must have been operating on adrenalin because I sagged completely when I got home and have been coughing ever since. I am not alone: our local Waitrose had almost run out of cough mixtures this morning!