So I have this Wimpy Virus ...

[musclemom]

... it sucks. I'm not sick enough to be really SICK, you know, truly pathetic, lying on the sofa with the clicker, wimpering, living on hot soup and cold juice.

No this is some sort of pathetic wimp virus. I've got occasional laryngitis, a sometimes stuffy nose, and this upper respiratory thing that comes and goes. I feel vaguely run down and don't want to work out (which really blows because I was looking forward to getting back into a routine), I'm cold if I'm out of bed but too hot under the covers and everything is an effort. I'm not achy, I'm not headachy, but I am crabby and irritable. Don't feel like cooking, don't feel like eating ...

I finally get the kids out of the house and I feel too blech to pull it together ... oh, bugger ...

Not looking for sympathy, just wondering WTF ... how can you be sick but not sick???

 

[Sassy69]

'Tis the season.

Just a thought - if its a recurring thing, make sure you dont' have something like Epstein - Barr.

 

[H_T_]

... it sucks. I'm not sick enough to be really SICK, you know, truly pathetic, lying on the sofa with the clicker, wimpering, living on hot soup and cold juice.

No this is some sort of pathetic wimp virus. I've got occasional laryngitis, a sometimes stuffy nose, and this upper respiratory thing that comes and goes. I feel vaguely run down and don't want to work out (which really blows because I was looking forward to getting back into a routine), I'm cold if I'm out of bed but too hot under the covers and everything is an effort. I'm not achy, I'm not headachy, but I am crabby and irritable. Don't feel like cooking, don't feel like eating ...

I finally get the kids out of the house and I feel too blech to pull it together ... oh, bugger ...

Not looking for sympathy, just wondering WTF ... how can you be sick but not sick???

did you give that shit to me?

 

[musclemom]

did you give that shit to me?

I dunno, HT, is that the next stage, computer viruses mutate into human viruses and transmit via unprotected cybernetic hijinx

Sh*t, I know! It's the bird flu ... the pandemic has started, we're gonna die

Hold me ... I'm too young to die ...

 

[scorpiogirl]

I dunno, HT, is that the next stage, computer viruses mutate into human viruses and transmit via unprotected cybernetic hijinx

Sh*t, I know! It's the bird flu ... the pandemic has started, we're gonna die

Hold me ... I'm too young to die ...

OMG!!! At least you still have your sense of humor! lol

Just keep a positive attitiude that you're NOT sick and take some Echinacea and you'll beat it!!! Hope you feel better!

 

[musclemom]

OMG!!! At least you still have your sense of humor! lol

Just keep a positive attitiude that you're NOT sick and take some Echinacea and you'll beat it!!! Hope you feel better!

Thanks Scorpio!!! I don't feel sick just not well ... y'know? Actually posted this up to see if anyone else had a case of the blahs ...

I'm an elderberry girl, echinacea never has helped me, but it does work for my husband so I always keep it on hand

Not recurrent Sassy, just ... annoying

 

[mermaid]

Glad to see your friend following you around the forums

Lots of water
Olive Leaf Extract
Vit C
Zinc
and heaps of TLC

then Oh yes, you know you want to.........

 

[scorpiogirl]

Glad to see your friend following you around the forums

Lots of water
Olive Leaf Extract
Vit C
Zinc
and heaps of TLC

then Oh yes, you know you want to.........

Hmmmm, Olive Leaf Extract......what does this one do? I always have room for more supps!

 

[indyswife]

I have had the same thing going on, had it three weeks ago, it went away for a few days then came back full force, ended up with a sinus infection. I hope you feel better and it goes away soon.

 

[Aries13]

I actually finally JUST got better from something like that. I was like sick one minute, and then the next I felt ok, and my throat hurt and I had no apetite or energy. It really sucked. Im glad I can finally go to the gym. The best advice some of the girls told me was to take the hint my body is giving me and just stay in untill im better b/c thinking about getting in the gym is a bad idea. I also got better from taking a TON of vitamn C and non-caffeine teas. I drank nyquil a few nights just to sleep better and if your throat starts to hurt, use some throat spray, that thing is a life saver. Other than anything, the best medicine right now is to just relax, sleep, and rest a lot.
Hope u feel better soon!

 

[caligirl]

fuck, i STILL got it.... in my chest. both my kids had some muntant form of it, they got the throw-ups, poor things, older one still does, young one had fever for 4 days.
I'm the lysol queen, I have a double holster, everyone gets the once over before they enter my home.... no more germs!!!

 

[musclemom]

fuck, i STILL got it.... in my chest. both my kids had some muntant form of it, they got the throw-ups, poor things, older one still does, young one had fever for 4 days.
I'm the lysol queen, I have a double holster, everyone gets the once over before they enter my home.... no more germs!!!

AAAACCCCKKKK, little kid germs, OMG!! It seems like the sickest I ever was on constant basis was when my son was in grade school.

You're pretty funny too, holstered Lysol, spraying down everyone who crosses the threshold to defend them from the mutant viruses

Covergrl, you made me feel better because taking it easy is what I'm doing and I'm feeling like massively guilty, I basically stopped working out the entire month of December and now it looks like it's gonna be next week before I can start ... but whenever I do anything other than the bare minimum I feel so crummy.

 

[Gymgurl]

My allergies do that to me....feel sick and then it goes away the next day....back and forth and always seems to hit my throat

 

[Afgrl]

Yeah I've had it too. Lately it's just a stuffy nose and ears ache at night, but throughout the day I'm alright. I'm just trying to up my water intake and get to bed no later than 10; but w/4 kids that's been really hard to do. Ah, well I really hope that you get some rest and feel better soon. Take care!

 

[Sassy69]

I have a double holster

LOL DRAW you varmints!

 

[caligirl]

LOL DRAW you varmints!

hell yeah, two cans! Crisp Linen Scent is quite nice. It took me awhile to find a smell I could tolerate, stuff works {{{{{ I think }}}}} placebo Lysol.
Anyway, I"ve had it good, only sick we have been in a year, so I figure I'd use the rest.
Now if I can only stop with the cooking! Today was homemade Chix Noodle Soup and Pumpkin Crunch Bars... yummmm.
Figure I'll be better by next Monday, if not I'll just have to turn into a Gym Nazi and force myself, two weeks is enough. I have lost some of my great gains, back down a size quick, I feel like a blow-up doll with the rate my body deflates, geezzzzz. It will take me 4 weeks to get back where I was.

 

[want2bhot]

Hey musclemom,

Sorry you feel lowsy, it is going around. I know I work in a hospital all our staff is out sick right now. Just get your rest and keep your self hydrated it will take a good week or so before you feel better, I know thats not what you want to hear. Sorry..

Hope you feel better, keep your head up. I am still down with a bulging disc, maybe that will make you feel better...hahaaa

 

[Sassy69]

I have been so lucky the last six months because I essentially work from home or w/ a very small staff of people who dont' have kids for the most part - so no germs coming in. If there were, they'd have to be home grown (i.e. my fault). The worst I've dealt w/ is sneezing from cat hair buildup in my house (eek!) or my allergies or sinuses seem to kick in whenever there is a significant temperature change.

 

[musclemom]

I have been so lucky the last six months because I essentially work from home or w/ a very small staff of people who dont' have kids for the most part - so no germs coming in. If there were, they'd have to be home grown (i.e. my fault). The worst I've dealt w/ is sneezing from cat hair buildup in my house (eek!) or my allergies or sinuses seem to kick in whenever there is a significant temperature change.

My sinuses kick in when the heat goes on, there doesn't seem to be anything that really helps it much, an open window, keeping the heat low ...

I work from home too, that makes a HUGE difference ... unfortunately, my husband works in retail ... so everything that I manage to avoid he so generously goes out and picks up in the mall and brings home to share with me.

My man, he loves me so ...

 

[Sassy69]

My sinuses kick in when the heat goes on, there doesn't seem to be anything that really helps it much, an open window, keeping the heat low ...

I work from home too, that makes a HUGE difference ... unfortunately, my husband works in retail ... so everything that I manage to avoid he so generously goes out and picks up in the mall and brings home to share with me.

My man, he loves me so ...

LOL that's nice! My cat also likes to share his fur - he is exceedingly generous and makes sure that there isnt' one square inch of anything I own that hasn't been touched w/ his love.

 

[musclemom]

LOL that's nice! My cat also likes to share his fur - he is exceedingly generous and makes sure that there isnt' one square inch of anything I own that hasn't been touched w/ his love.

OMG Sass, I so hear you ... we got 7, and one's a long hair, they come in all colors (2 black and white tuxedos, 2 tabbies -- one dark, one abyssinian cross -- 1 blue cream, 1 blue cream and white, 1 calico and white).

I've decided that cat fur is vanilla flavored if its dessert, and salty if it's any other time of the day. I don't actually go out of my way to make this delectible addition to meals, but I've reached the conclusion that it's just too much work to stress over eating it, besides, the cats lick it, they seem healthy enough ... just the periodic

I don't own black clothing anymore, there's just no point I was going to get wall to wall carpeting, concensus was hardwood cleans much easier.

 

[indyswife]

Have you gotten any better yet?? I am still feeling crappy!! This sucks!! I was on antibiotics and prescription cough meds for two weeks and still cant do any cardio because my lungs feel like they are going to burst!!

 

[musclemom]

Have you gotten any better yet?? I am still feeling crappy!! This sucks!! I was on antibiotics and prescription cough meds for two weeks and still cant do any cardio because my lungs feel like they are going to burst!!

I felt fully better around Friday of last week. Did my first workout Sunday, and I'm in the process of getting back into a real routine ... I'm back to dealing with my old friend DOMS, but the virus has cleared out fully.

Oh crap, Indys, I'm sorry for you it never fully moved into my lungs ... it was sort of a wimpy bug, like I said, sounds like yours has some balls. It stuck in my throat, I would periodically have laryngitis, but only minor coughing, and I sat on my butt, didn't do SQUAT ... I'm paying now, this makes about a SIX FULL WEEK layoff, but it is what it is.

I really hope you shake it ASAP!

 

[caligirl]

Have you gotten any better yet?? I am still feeling crappy!! This sucks!! I was on antibiotics and prescription cough meds for two weeks and still cant do any cardio because my lungs feel like they are going to burst!!

I feel you... I'm on week three. It's in my lungs and still in my stomache a bit. Everytime I eat I get a bit nausious. I'm back into my skinny jeans, SUCKS. I want to be in my big girl jeans. I shrink quick.
I went back on Sunday, had a very slow leg day, but man am I still sore.
I did some chest on tuesday... not bad, went from 4 sets of 10 dips to 3 of 10, one of 7 shaking!!!! but benched the same, shaking... everything was shaking, I hate that.
I cant do any cardio, I'll just choke.