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Stuffy head, check. Scratchy throat, check. Crappy taste in my mouth when I cough, check. Borderline headache, check.
Hmm, it's been about a year. Yup, the signs are clear. It's the return of the dreaded... MAN FLU.
So tomorrow I'm going to buy shitloads of flu meds, else I will be absolutely useless for the next week.
How do you guys handle the flu and how hard does it hit?
I can feel it coming AAAAARGGHHH
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Posted 06 June 2009 - 09:45 PM
I get drunk. It worked for strep... not so well with tonsillitis.
Could it be allergies? I'm dealing with the same thing right now.
Could it be allergies? I'm dealing with the same thing right now.
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Posted 06 June 2009 - 09:47 PM
The only way to handle the man flu is to get a hot nurse to give you a sponge-bath. That right there is a proven scientific FACT.
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Posted 06 June 2009 - 09:53 PM
I get my gf to take care of me, and do stuff for me, cos I'm lazy like that, but other than that I overload with flu meds and hope it's not too bad.
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Posted 06 June 2009 - 09:54 PM
Hmm....well being a woman I am not sure what this man flu really is. 
However when it comes to the common flu, I drink loads of water and gingerale, pump myself full of as many meds as possible, as well as vitamin C. I live off of soup if I can keep it down, get into my pj's, roll myself up in a blanket and wait it out. With viruses like that there is very little else one can do.
I hate the flu, I really do, and I get it every year because there are always tons of patients who come into the office with it. It doesn't matter how much hand sanitizer or disinfectant is used I always get it, as does everyone else in the office. People should just use common sense and stay home if they have the flu. I even tell them by all means please cancel you appointment, I won't hold it against you, I don't want your flu. Unfortunately, they all seem to think doctors are invincible beings who don't get ill, so they come in anyways!
However when it comes to the common flu, I drink loads of water and gingerale, pump myself full of as many meds as possible, as well as vitamin C. I live off of soup if I can keep it down, get into my pj's, roll myself up in a blanket and wait it out. With viruses like that there is very little else one can do. I hate the flu, I really do, and I get it every year because there are always tons of patients who come into the office with it. It doesn't matter how much hand sanitizer or disinfectant is used I always get it, as does everyone else in the office. People should just use common sense and stay home if they have the flu. I even tell them by all means please cancel you appointment, I won't hold it against you, I don't want your flu. Unfortunately, they all seem to think doctors are invincible beings who don't get ill, so they come in anyways!
This post has been edited by teholbeddict: 06 June 2009 - 09:55 PM
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Posted 06 June 2009 - 09:55 PM
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Posted 06 June 2009 - 09:59 PM
teholbeddict, on Jun 7 2009, 07:54 AM, said:
Hmm....well being a woman I am not sure what this man flu really is. However when it comes to the common flu, I drink loads of water and gingerale, pump myself full of as many meds as possible, as well as vitamin C. I live off of soup if I can keep it down, get into my pj's, roll myself up in a blanket and wait it out. With viruses like that there is very little else one can do.
I hate the flu, I really do, and I get it every year because there are always tons of patients who come into the office with it. It doesn't matter how much hand sanitizer or disinfectant is used I always get it, as does everyone else in the office. People should just use common sense and stay home if they have the flu. I even tell them by all means please cancel you appointment, I won't hold it against you, I don't want your flu. Unfortunately, they all seem to think doctors are invincible beings who don't get ill, so they come in anyways!
However when it comes to the common flu, I drink loads of water and gingerale, pump myself full of as many meds as possible, as well as vitamin C. I live off of soup if I can keep it down, get into my pj's, roll myself up in a blanket and wait it out. With viruses like that there is very little else one can do. I hate the flu, I really do, and I get it every year because there are always tons of patients who come into the office with it. It doesn't matter how much hand sanitizer or disinfectant is used I always get it, as does everyone else in the office. People should just use common sense and stay home if they have the flu. I even tell them by all means please cancel you appointment, I won't hold it against you, I don't want your flu. Unfortunately, they all seem to think doctors are invincible beings who don't get ill, so they come in anyways!
MAN-FLU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaZ2SPZUiZc...FD9&index=0
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Posted 06 June 2009 - 10:02 PM
Mappo's Travelling Sack, on Jun 6 2009, 04:59 PM, said:
teholbeddict, on Jun 7 2009, 07:54 AM, said:
Hmm....well being a woman I am not sure what this man flu really is. 
However when it comes to the common flu, I drink loads of water and gingerale, pump myself full of as many meds as possible, as well as vitamin C. I live off of soup if I can keep it down, get into my pj's, roll myself up in a blanket and wait it out. With viruses like that there is very little else one can do.
I hate the flu, I really do, and I get it every year because there are always tons of patients who come into the office with it. It doesn't matter how much hand sanitizer or disinfectant is used I always get it, as does everyone else in the office. People should just use common sense and stay home if they have the flu. I even tell them by all means please cancel you appointment, I won't hold it against you, I don't want your flu. Unfortunately, they all seem to think doctors are invincible beings who don't get ill, so they come in anyways!
However when it comes to the common flu, I drink loads of water and gingerale, pump myself full of as many meds as possible, as well as vitamin C. I live off of soup if I can keep it down, get into my pj's, roll myself up in a blanket and wait it out. With viruses like that there is very little else one can do. I hate the flu, I really do, and I get it every year because there are always tons of patients who come into the office with it. It doesn't matter how much hand sanitizer or disinfectant is used I always get it, as does everyone else in the office. People should just use common sense and stay home if they have the flu. I even tell them by all means please cancel you appointment, I won't hold it against you, I don't want your flu. Unfortunately, they all seem to think doctors are invincible beings who don't get ill, so they come in anyways!
MAN-FLU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaZ2SPZUiZc...FD9&index=0
ROFL!
Ah yes the man flu, well I've certainly dealt with that before! Thank you for posting the clip MTS!
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Muffins are just ugly cupcakes!
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-Bubbalicious -
Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.
- Martin Luther King, Jr-
The only thing one can learn from one's past mistakes is how to repeat them exactly.
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Muffins are just ugly cupcakes!
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Posted 06 June 2009 - 10:07 PM
Tehol - I cant believe they didnt teach you about the MAN FLU in medical school.
Also, dont start a thread you expect to be funny when laughing causes you to start hacking your lungs out. It's counterproductive.
Used to drink my flu away when I was a student - cheap whisky can work wonders. But then I would also skip that whole week's class too Unless it was during test week, in which case I have to grudgingly fork out the money for meds.
Yay, now I get to to look forward to poking around millions of dollars worth of heavy machinery while high as a kite on Flusin. And I'll prob make everyone else on the plant sick too if past experience is everything to go by.
Also, dont start a thread you expect to be funny when laughing causes you to start hacking your lungs out. It's counterproductive.
Used to drink my flu away when I was a student - cheap whisky can work wonders. But then I would also skip that whole week's class too
Unless it was during test week, in which case I have to grudgingly fork out the money for meds.Yay, now I get to to look forward to poking around millions of dollars worth of heavy machinery while high as a kite on Flusin. And I'll prob make everyone else on the plant sick too if past experience is everything to go by.
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Posted 06 June 2009 - 10:37 PM
There is an easy, foolproof way to establish if it is flu or a bad cold....if there was a £50 (or equivalent amount in your local currency) note outside your front door could you get up and collect it. If the answer is yes then you aint got teh flu...also there is a saying that is used a lot around here (mainly be me but that's beside the point)
'men get the 'flu, children get colds and women get on with it'. (And so the battle lines were drawneded! )
'men get the 'flu, children get colds and women get on with it'. (And so the battle lines were drawneded!
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Posted 06 June 2009 - 10:43 PM
Thats because women are always whining about something!
There's no way to tell if they're really sick or not!
There's no way to tell if they're really sick or not!
I've always been crazy but its kept me from going insane.
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Posted 06 June 2009 - 10:47 PM
Ahem...I challenge you to find any evidence of me whining...I am a little ray of sunshine I am .
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Sometimes I wonder, "Why is that frisbee getting bigger?" ... and then it hits me.
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Posted 06 June 2009 - 10:51 PM
I should have stated, but i thought it was obvious i was excluding you and all the other lovely ladies of ME off that list.
I've always been crazy but its kept me from going insane.
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Posted 06 June 2009 - 10:57 PM
Oh well that's alright then... . Yes, I am easily assuaged!
. Yes, I am easily assuaged!
'Tell me, Tool, what dominates your thoughts?'
The Imass shrugged before replying. 'I think of Mafia, Adjunct.'
'Do all Imass think about Mafia?'
'No. Few think at all.'
'Why is that?'
The Imass leaned his head to one side and regarded her. 'Because, Adjunct, they are sheeple.'
Sometimes I wonder, "Why is that frisbee getting bigger?" ... and then it hits me.
The Imass shrugged before replying. 'I think of Mafia, Adjunct.'
'Do all Imass think about Mafia?'
'No. Few think at all.'
'Why is that?'
The Imass leaned his head to one side and regarded her. 'Because, Adjunct, they are sheeple.'
Sometimes I wonder, "Why is that frisbee getting bigger?" ... and then it hits me.
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Posted 07 June 2009 - 01:12 AM
I get a cold and I'm in trouble, my asthma starts playing up. I get flu and I'm feverish and off work for a week or so and not at all sure of what's happening around me (which happened last time) or I'm in hospital (which happened the time before that)
Does that count as Man Flu?
Does that count as Man Flu?
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Posted 07 June 2009 - 01:16 AM
Oh, it's the FLU.....I thought it was your hormones.
I find that blowing your nose is pointless-the mucus (to use the technical term) just comes back! Thankfull, that has subsided...
I find that blowing your nose is pointless-the mucus (to use the technical term) just comes back! Thankfull, that has subsided...
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Posted 07 June 2009 - 04:44 PM
Oh man, I will never make light of the power of the MAN FLU ever again. I get the flu once every year or so and normally I can deal with it pretty easily, last night I just wanted to die though.
Went from "hmm, I'm gonna be sick soon" to "Oh god kill me" in about half an hour. Massive fever, shaking, pain, naseau, and a hacking cough for most of the night. Definitely wouldnt have reached that 50 pounds.
Feeling better now, my mother brought over some soup and flu meds - I'm feeling vaguely human again, but decided to take the day off work and have slept most of the afternoon.
Went from "hmm, I'm gonna be sick soon" to "Oh god kill me" in about half an hour. Massive fever, shaking, pain, naseau, and a hacking cough for most of the night. Definitely wouldnt have reached that 50 pounds.
Feeling better now, my mother brought over some soup and flu meds - I'm feeling vaguely human again, but decided to take the day off work and have slept most of the afternoon.
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Posted 07 June 2009 - 06:43 PM
whisky! it is the answer to everything!
Whole bag of orios! crappin all over the carpet! twelve ribs my ass!!!
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Posted 08 June 2009 - 01:31 AM
Stradivarius, on Jun 8 2009, 04:43 AM, said:
whisky! it is the answer to everything!
Tell that to Captain Stanhope...
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