Topic: Man Flu

[Slick_Beef]

Your doctor will give you a sick note even during the self certification week of illness?

we get screwed here in portugal when we're sick. Self certification doesnt exist. If we take even half a day off sick, we need a sick note from a doctor, so even if it's just a cold or a migrane you have to go the docs. If we take more than two days off sick, even when we have a doctors note, we don't get paid (although we are allowed to claim on the dole after 2 days if we have a sick note.. but it's just a fucking pain and you only get about 60% of your salary).

I've only taken two days off sick in the past three years so I guess you can say it works for the employers...

[Welshred]

Ah, should have checked your location!!

[Ryan M]

Thought I'd give this thread a bump.

Currently struggling with sever man flu'itis'.

Hope I recover by tomorrow. Dad's coming up from London, Chelsea fan, and going the match my self. Well at the moment I am. I keep coughing like Zoolander in the coal mine though.

[sixnil]

"Man" Flu is just a womans way of saying that you are not allowed to sick unless she say so. Women are experts in  medicine, the law, in fact experts in everything.
If I contracted cancer, it would only be "Man" cancer unless a woman told me I had it.

[Dr Cornwallis]

Man down, I've been rotten for the past 24 hours, even had a good vomit earlier on.

[kesey]

Man down, I've been rotten for the past 24 hours, even had a good vomit earlier on.

Have garlic every day mate. You will hardly ever get a cold. Another thing, if it spreads to your chest boil some spring onions ( the root ends ) with ginger, add honey and viola. It's an old Chinese herbal thingy. It works.

Here ya go peeps. Remember prevention not cure.

http://www.chisense.co.uk/40-chinese-natural-remedies-to-stop-getting-cold-and-flu/

[Elli]

Have garlic every day mate. You will hardly ever get a cold. Another thing, if it spreads to your chest boil some spring onions ( the root ends ) with ginger, add honey and viola.

[Tomaldinho]

Gave me a chuckle that

[Dermot]

Feel like shite. Fuckin' man flu.

[John C]

I've had a really bad dose for over 24 hours now. Fucking freezing, can't get warm. Eyes & nose running and face & head aching like fuck. Horrid.
I haven't missed a days work through illness since 1989, but it was impossible for me to go in today.

[pascoli]

Got a bad dose of this myself.

Have got me mobile within easy reach, and have already dialled 99.   Just the other 9 required for an ambulance if it gets any worse.

[mulfella]

Off to bed soon - head and everything under the duvet

[Frank.]

Been shite as fuck the past few days. Hopefully better tomorrow/saturday for Newcastle.

[Buck Pete]

"Man" Flu is just a womans way of saying that you are not allowed to sick unless she say so. Women are experts in  medicine, the law, in fact experts in everything.
If I contracted cancer, it would only be "Man" cancer unless a woman told me I had it.

It is also a saying that has emerged from Women over the last few years.

And any man stating they have 'man flu' is akin to putting xxx at the end of a text message or saying "aww bless".

[Buzz Killington]

I have the dreaded 'Man Flu'

[Buck Pete]

I have the dreaded 'Man Flu'

aww bless

[bryanod]

aww bless

Feel better xxx!


Had a bit of a head-cold the last few days but on the mend again!

[RED-EAZY]

GOT IT BAD

[SMD]

Feel like death. Every joint feels like burning.

[Cochise]

Never had the flu myself but my 2 year-old son seems to have a bout of it the poor little fella.

[SMD]

Never had the flu myself

Kiss of death.

[Buzz Killington]

I'm fine now, was ill yesterday played some football, watched the boxing and am now cured.

[PILLSBURY069]

Am I going to get man flu just by coming in here? if so delete this thread,this illness is too deadly to muck around with.

[1892-WELLZ]

dont know what this is but dear god its fucked me up....

got my flu jab letter through post aswell this morning

heads just full, sweating, chills, aches and coughing up some nice lungbutter....

just chilling on sofa trying to break the back of the cold.....

[SMD]

Nearly coughed up my voice box. Literally.

[the jesus]

dont know what this is but dear god its fucked me up....

got my flu jab letter through post aswell this morning

heads just full, sweating, chills, aches and coughing up some nice lungbutter....

just chilling on sofa trying to break the back of the cold.....

Think i am just getting over this, assume it was the flu, never had it before.
Spent four days on couch, night times were the worst, the coughing and the sweating.
On the plus side i lost 5 pounds in 4 days through not eating and sweating,.

Can't seem to shake the cough, suspect i might have a chest infection now, been debating taking some Amoxicillin i have knocking round.

[the jesus]

WTF , went for a dump , was going very well then suddenly had a mad coughing fit . Once it had passed my left ear was totallly bunged up, really regretting coming back into work now.

[Andy @ Allerton]

dont know what this is but dear god its fucked me up....

got my flu jab letter through post aswell this morning

heads just full, sweating, chills, aches and coughing up some nice lungbutter....

just chilling on sofa trying to break the back of the cold.....

Aye I've got that. here in, erm, sunny Thetford.

[1892-WELLZ]

Aye I've got that. here in, erm, sunny Thetford.

but the sun never shine's there....or so ive heard.....

[Pepe Reina Is Rafas Son]

Have this since Monday, feel like sh1te and our mates night out is Saturday - still gona go just hope it improves before then. Can't sleep or anything either. Pumping Vitamin C and Nurofen Cold & Flu into me.

[Crosby Nick]

Riddled with it! Spent the last couple of days in bed just monged out. I've also had a cough for about a month that I can't shift at all. I wake up every morning gagging cos of all the katar in my throat and it's showing no signs of shifting. Just started a 7 day course of ant-biotics so I'd better be cured by Christmas so I can enjoy a drink or three.

I've taken up premanent residence in the spare room - only consolation is listening to Test Match Special while coughing up a lung in the wee small hours.

[CHOPPER]

Got it bad man. I'd forgotten what green tastes like.

[Crosby Nick]

Got it bad man. I'd forgotten what green tastes like.

I got in trouble at home as I coughed up a big greenie and spat it into the sink to investigate what it looked like. I forgot about it and now a couple of days later it lies there,welded to the porcelain. In my defence I have gone for the sympathy angle telling my wife to imagine that dripping down my throat every night but she's not buying it.

[SMD]

Is now a chest infection

[Doc Evil]

Had it since Monday, although I did have a cough out of nowhere on Friday. Coughing like mad, and kept thinking my lungs were gonna burst. Seems to be passing now, nothing more than a couple of paracetamol couple of times a day and a couple of Vitamin C \ Zinc tablets yesterday. Tuesday night was mad shivers followed by a night of delirious sleep but ok by the match last night. Getting over it now, quite a quick one in all so take heart if you're just getting it!!

[jackh]

Had a terrible day today.

Woke up at half seven absolutely freezing, pounding headache...thought, 'sod this', and rolled back over.  Woke up a bit later, at 9, absolutely freezing, drenched in sweat (straight out the shower, into bed sort of drenched!), same pounding headache and I appeared to have pulled my shoulder/neck in the hour and a half...thought, 'sod this', and rolled back over.

Spent most of the day in bed - not usually one to feel sorry for myself but this has been a dreadful day.  Not the best day for RAWK to be down, either!

Supposed to have a decent weekend lined up - hope I'm fit for it!

[Jagdip]

Has been a very painful 48 hours for me. It's taking its time to f off

[kesey]

Fuckin 'ell lads.

Eat proper and you don't get it. Also, central heating in your homes and works can trick the body into thinking it's summer. Teh you walk out into freezing conditions. It also central heating dries out the normally moist nasal mucosa - an important defence against invading viruses. Another thing. You don't just become ill. You develop the symptoms because you're already ill. Meaning your bodies defences are very low.

Educate yourselves my little children.

[kesey]

If you have to have dentral heating on all the time then try putting a glass of water on the radiator. This keeps the air moist.

[Jagdip]

Kesey, what medical background do you have to give advice into the public domain?

Most of what you've said is laughable and I feel sorry for you if you think we need teaching.

Refrain from giving medical advice, you're not fit to do so. Let me know when you'd like a few lessons though.