Anyone else got the lurgy?

Another one still battling with bug/virus for third time since October. The banging headache is the worst part. Really fed up now!

Does anyone else feel as though their nerves are on edge all the time?

I had the lurgy at Christmas. Started to recover and then at new year I found myself suffering with a stone in my salivary gland (very painful). Went to A&E and they said it was swollen gland due to having had heavy cold, cough etc. I went home and remembered I'd suffered the same thing several years ago and at the time was diagnosed with salivary gland stone. Whilst waiting some weeks for scan it eventually disappeared. Anyway this weekend the one I had at new year has flared up again. In bed at moment with hot water bottle on my neck.
Has anybody else ever suffered with these and what remedies did you use?

Riverwalk, yes I did have the flu jab. Doesn't seem to make any difference. Had the jab in previous years and still come down with a purler of a cold. Grrr…..

Hi Barberdice, I suffered this some time ago and as you rightly say it was incredibly painful I had no idea what it was so went to my GP who diagnosed a stone in the salivary gland. He said gentle massage might help the stone to move and also sucking bitter lemon sweets. It seems the acid in the sweets encourage saliva which helps flush the stone out of the gland. He did also give me a short course of antibiotics as occasionally the blockage can cause an infection. Hope it clears up soon,you have all my sympathy.

OH & I both went down with this thing (heavy cold? Flu?) on 2 January. Spent most of last week in bed, totally exhausted and lacking all energy for anything. Both got diarrhoea, no appetite, streaming noses, sore throat, headache, etc, etc. He's well on the mend now, except for the hacking cough. I'm still feeling completely wiped out, the slightest thing is an effort. Appetite is returning but I still have the streaming nose and catarrhal cough. How much snot can one woman produce in a day??? I may have to venture out later for some more Tenaladies...

Oh, and we both had the flu vacc in September.

I have stayed clear of shopping centres (and saved money) and I have not lingered in supermarkets. I have had the odd coughing fit or sneezing bout but I think I am allergic to dust!

It sounds horrendous.

Hi Thorntrees, thankyou for your reply. It's interesting to know somebody else out there has experienced this. You understand how painful it is! Thanks for the tips.
I'm just about to open a bag of bitter lemons and then the massage!
Thanks again and thanks for your sympathy.

Another one here, it is a strange source of comfort to know you're not the only one. DH never catches anything but I've had a cough and a sore throat since before Christmas and if I think it's going and do something active, the next day I'm laid out again. I've only got a mildly runny nose and I never get temperatures (low core temperature, currently 35.8!) but my chest is painful and throat sore and I feel fatigued.

Could this be a series of infections or seriously just one that is hard to get rid of. Most people seem to have had this one for weeks.

I have been in bed since Saturday, hardly eaten so 3 lbs lighter. A silver lining...
Have been sick a coulple of times, i have pain, it’s not a bug. Bit fed up and want to feel well enough to get up and out.
Greetings to all those that are poorly.

I started with this bug during last night, coughing and sneezing and scratchy throat.
"Bit fed up and want to feel well enough to get up and out."
Same here silverlining.
I'll have to be patient, by the sound of it.

Get well soon everyone.

I think I may have the lurgy.
A cold, but with lots of extras.
Have almost been sick a few times, my chest is wheezing and tight, and my head a joints are aching.

I started with a tight chest and feeling unwell just after Christmas, spoke to surgery advised honey and lemon! Following week had a bacterial infection on the lungs, 2 lots of antibiotics and counting. Just like everyone else, sneezing, coughing, no energy and feeling as though I have been kicked in the ribs. I shall be glad when all this has passed, I really will.

I had the flu jab in November.

Went to see doc last Thursday. He told me he has had it and he is still coughing. We commiserated with each other. He said last years virus lasted about 3/4 weeks and this one is laasting 5/6 weeks! I'm on week 4...
Get well soon everyone x

Oh heck..could last 5/6 weeks...it's a strange one..I keep having a few hours here&there where I feel ok and thinking phew that's it...i.e today....but cough back with a vengeance and also feel like have been punched in the kidneys... really uncomfortable....gums bleeding also...lips sore...oh what a whinge... doctors appointment I think...

It does last unfortunately as it's only this week I've been " dizzy-free " after a heavy head cold since Christmas. It's a treat to walk straight !

DD1 and family in Aylesbury had it at Christmas and it seems to have returned with a vengeance before they’d really recovered. I don’t know anyone around here with it, so perhaps its a regional thing?