katyjay 5,085 Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 That's a bum question, and I can't be arsed to answer it. (LOL) 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 7, 2016 Report Share Posted December 7, 2016 Holy crap ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,712 Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Just an observation.... If I get a cold.. which isn't that often, I'm usually clear of it in about 5 days. This year seems to be majoring on a sort of chesty cold which takes a long time to go away. Mrs Col, my daughter, grandkids and other family members both here and in Nottm seem to have had it. I'm feeling fine about a month into this but still coughing and a bit bunged up. Carry on..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Be patient Col, I've had that cough for 3 months ........ it's nearly gone now though 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,712 Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 Thanks Lizzie. My patience has been rewarded. My cough disappeared this morning, to be replaced a headache and the start of another streaming cold... Bah! Humbug! Going to bed.. Mutter mutter.. Etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Mrs C is well on the mend, she was up with the larks this morning ! I can smell my toast ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,712 Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 My cold got worse and 'peaked' last Friday before suddenly getting better late Saturday. Sunday was about the same. Then Monday(yesterday) I pottered about doing a few things and suddenly around tea time iI was clobbered with it again. Feeling terrible, coughing for England etc. I opted for a warming bath and finished up lying in a bath of hot water but with my back still freezing. Drained the bath and tried a hot shower. Quite bizarre.. I was under a hot shower, shivering with 'cold'. Then spent a very long sleepless night alternately sweating and freezing in bed. Have not ventured much further than the couch today and feel a bit better, but have worked out that a lot of it seems to be centered on my left ear and left maxillary sinus. That would probs explain why I felt so crap yesterday. Oh well.. Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted December 20, 2016 Report Share Posted December 20, 2016 Col, that's not just a cold you've got - sounds more like flu! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,712 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 It felt a bit that way for a while Margie, but I'm just back to the stuffy head and the cough again. To be honest what with the sweating etc., I was wondering about pneumonia for a bit, but it seems to be improving a bit again. I always get the flu jab so it's possible I've had something like a flu bug that's 'moderated' a bit by the jab. I also had the pneumonia jab a while ago and not sure whether it needs boosting and how often. I'm sure it will sort itself out eventually. Col Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Col, I would check with the doc to see if it is Pneumonia. Jab or not, your symptoms sound like that, and it's gone on for a long time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 There is a cold virus doing the rounds Col that finishes and restarts....fever, sore ears , eyes , runny nose .....if it was flu or pneumonia , you wouldn't feel like posting on here or having a bath Be patient, go steady but keep active ....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 The 89 year old neighbour I keep an eye on has just been round to ask me to run an errand. Ok, I don't mind doing that, even though I'm trying to pack to go away. But what is more disturbing is that he's also informed me he's got TB ....... ooooerrrr! Don't think I've been too close to him recently thank goodness. He told me last week that he was coughing up blood. The GP has phoned him this morning to inform him that following a chest x-ray the other day he's to expect a call from the hospital. Will that TB jab I had to line up for at the age of 13 still be protecting me? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 I think you will still be protected, Lizzie but you could always phone your GP for advice.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted December 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 More alcohol intake required Lizzie, that'll offset any little bugs infecting you ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 I'd check with the quack Lizzie, even though I don't like 'em. Thats a disease we don't want to take chance with. I believe it is quite contagious. Not trying to be pessimistic, just cautious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Had to go into the local pharmacy this afternoon. I know them well in there and asked them what they thought. In their opinion I'll be absolutely fine. Blinkin' hope so ...... if I've got it then I could have passed it on to several Nottstalgians yesterday!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 I wouldn't have caught it. I had the test when I was 18 and didn't need the injection, because they said I must have already had it mildly and therefore had become immune. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 I was offered the TB test jab when I was at Manning. I refused. It involved needles. I was the only girl who didn't have it. I am a coward and proud of it! I am also healthy and mighty thankful! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Postman brought me two QMC appointments yesterday, different clinics but the same time & date for both ! What's the odds of that ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 If the clinics were next door to each other, you could sit outside in the corridor and see which one called you in first, then you could ask Mrs C to tell the other Clinic you were going to be a bit late! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Just pure greed Catfan. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted December 21, 2016 Report Share Posted December 21, 2016 Lizzie, if you passed it on yesterday, it would give a whole new meaning to the season of giving! When they came to our school to test us for the TB jab, mam said I didn't need it, I was NOT going to get TB, only poor folks got it. Don't actually think that's right, but she was right, I didn't need it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 #576. You're right Lizzie, got another one the following week ! I must be falling apart ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chulla 4,946 Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Oh gawd!, I feel a cold coming on. QUICK! send me some bars of chocolate, cream cakes, a stack of Frankie Laine records and DVDs of 1940s black and white films to make me feel better. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 Nice try! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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