Man Flu

Well I spent all of last night trying to cope with the worst sore throat I have had since I had my tonsils removed aged 7! It feels like someone has jammed a piece of wood down my throat & I can't swallow. Ordinarily I would spend the day in bed but my Mother also has this only as she has Rheumatoid Arthritis and is on steroids, it knocks out her immune system. SO yesterday was spent ferrying her in to hospital to be put on a drip. I have never seen her so ill but 24 hours later she sounds better - in fact she got caught using the mobile I had sneaked in and was being very severly told off when the phone went dead. Still hopefully shes out tomorrow so I can have someone to moan to about my father who is being a total nightmare - he has Parkinsons, bless him - not that you'd know it today - he was off up the fields with his shotgun shooting rooks for his ferrets to eat. So I am struggling around doing horses, dogs, chickens, sheep, cooking, shopping - all with a raging temperature.
 
Well I spent all of last night trying to cope with the worst sore throat I have had since I had my tonsils removed aged 7! It feels like someone has jammed a piece of wood down my throat & I can't swallow.
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I hate when this happens to Mrs AC. (In the sense that I miss her sweet voice making really helpful suggestions.)
 
When I was in hospital earlier in the year they surprised me by telling me I could have my mobile on all thetime and use it - everyone was at it! I can only guess the orthopaedic wards aren't near any of the equipment mobiles allegedly interfere with.
 
General rule of thumb in Orthopaedics:

Woman - has a cold Man - has flu
Woman - has flu Man - has bronchitis
Woman - has bronchitis Man - has pneumonia

Jinny you sound dreadful, definitely flu from what you describe - so poor old Granger must be suffering from bronchitis at least, maybe we should be more sympathetic.

I find it really odd, though, as recent research has shown men to have a higher threshhold of pain than women do.
 
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Oh no! It's contagious!!

Pandemic fear after woman catches Man Flu
A woman from Stroud has caught Man Flu, prompting fears that women may have become susceptible to a new strain of the disease for the first time. Thirty-five-year-old Andrea Jennings complained of a sore throat and feeling ‘a bit bunged up’ and then instead of just struggling on regardless announced she was going to take the day off work and endlessly complain about how ill she was to her partner. It was at this point that government scientists confirmed Andrea was suffering from Man Flu.
‘I’ve had colds before and in many ways this very feels similar,’ said Andrea. ‘But since I realised it was Man Flu I’ve struggled to do anything more strenuous than lying the sofa watching Match of the Day DVDs and reruns of Top Gear on Dave. It’s been awful.’ Concerned that she might actually be dying caused Andrea to visit to the doctor who gave her a patronizing chuckle and informed her that she just has a bit of a virus and advised her to take paracetamol and drink plenty of fluids. Scientists say that a rare mutation has caused the Man Flu virus to spread to women for the first time, although there have already been instances of Man Flu being passed to birds. In the Far East, millions of chickens were destroyed when farmers noticed them lying in bed all day, showing signs of headaches, dry mouths and other symptoms quite similar to those of a hang-over.
Although police have cordoned off the area around Stroud, experts say there are now real fears that a Man Flu pandemic infecting millions of women may follow. Andrea is currently being cared for by her husband, Roland, and is thought to have originally caught Man Flu from him. ‘Andrea’s symptoms are quite similar to what I had a few weeks ago, although when I had it, it was much worse.’
 
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I've now got severe earache (suprising when I haven't spoke to SL on the phone for a while) - so that was another sleepless night!
 
Glad to hear you will be around for Christmas, Granger.

Anytime you need a bit of kindness and sympathy ... :D
 
This is getting ridiculous! Another seriously bad night with severe earache. Went to doctors who said it was just inflamed and to take paracetamol. Driving home, I got a puncture which I didn't discover till I was about to crawl back into car to go to hospital to pick up my mother. SO round to lovely neighbour who drove me over to pick up slightly better mother who has developed pleurisy but they feel she'll be better at home. So still have all animals to sort out/muck out and now I feel sick - yipee - don't you just lurve Christmas! Haven't done ANY shopping(presents/food etc) for it at all so looks like we'll be living out of the freezer this year.
 
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