Swine Flu....yippee ....not

pabloweaver

felt before the Manc to Blackpool I was feeling a little jaded but thought nothing of it as its been a manic month at work .... however, since sunday gone steadily down hill , culminating in the freakish sensation of my legs giving way last night !

anyway ..turns out I'm a confirmed statistic and currently doping myself up with tamiflu whilst mixing the day between live TDF and Xbox whilst in enforced quarantine !

so..... has anybody else had it and if so how long was it before you got back on the bike fit and well ?

summers running out and I'm not a happy bunny !


oh ..and sods law I get it on a week that i have booked off as leave ! :evil:

finchy

pabloweaver wrote:

oh ..and sods law I get it on a week that i have booked off as leave ! :evil:

:x :x :x :x :x

gabriel959

mate, by law you can claim back that week that you had booked off.

I had that happening to me last year and HR told me that they will give me my holiday back!

pabloweaver

gabriel959 wrote:

mate, by law you can claim back that week that you had booked off.

I had that happening to me last year and HR told me that they will give me my holiday back!

I like that ....a lot

cheers

tlw1

That depends on the company - some are just giving SSP.

Hard luck with the flu - hope you get better soon. (At least you have got the TDF)!

bobtbuilder

oh ..and sods law I get it on a week that i have booked off as leave !

Check with your HR department, but if a Doctor has signed you off (i.e. not self-certificated), then you should get this holiday back.

pabloweaver

thanks folks ,

turns out I have half my week back as the diagnosis was from wed ....so thats not so bad ,

thank god the Tour is on ......how the hell do people sit and watch daytime tv all week through choice ?.. :roll:

in the meantime I'll neck another tamiflu and hope the weathers ok next week !

fungus_the_muffin_man

I feel your pain brother. I've got it as well

oxford

Good job you got the tamiflu, but you do need it 48 hours post symptoms else it is next to useless! However if taken quickly enough it should reduce symtoms and decrease longevity of illness.

Lesson is, get some when you first get a symptom!

As for getting back to training I'd start when YOU feel ready, short rides to start with too...

brownbosh

Been off for a week now with pig sniffles - going nuts!

pabloweaver

oxford wrote:

Good job you got the tamiflu, but you do need it 48 hours post symptoms else it is next to useless! However if taken quickly enough it should reduce symtoms and decrease longevity of illness.

Lesson is, get some when you first get a symptom!

As for getting back to training I'd start when YOU feel ready, short rides to start with too...

couldn't agree more re: the tamiflu ...only was given it 3 or 4 days into illness ...and it made me feel worse!

now have the delight of secondary infection ..but...but ...im hoping that the cough and wheeze is the dog end of it ...im seriously bored and ....



missing my bike

had some sportive rides planned within the next fortnight ...heart says I'll be ok ...head says otherwise ...and that's winding me up even more!

oxford

Take your time with coming back, do you have an indoor trainer? That could be a good option to get your wheels spinning again while you are recovering, something you can control too in a safe environment ie home!

pabloweaver

oxford wrote:

Take your time with coming back, do you have an indoor trainer? That could be a good option to get your wheels spinning again while you are recovering, something you can control too in a safe environment ie home!

my partner...she thinks only me doing the housework in indoor training ...

wii fit will be coming out of its dusty box methinks!

AndyRubio

Ditto - my first week off since New Year is next week and lo and behold here I am coughing my guts up with a high temperature etc etc. GP's not sure if it is swine flu or not cos I haven't got a thermometer... but still. Ah well all one can do is sit it out.

fungus_the_muffin_man

As I've just posted in my topic just coming off the back end of 2 weeks of swine flu, went out for a 20 mile ride and was out on my arse. Take it easy fella.

Porgy

pabloweaver wrote:

thank god the Tour is on ......how the hell do people sit and watch daytime tv all week through choice ?.. :roll:

I always take being ill as an opportunity to catch up with my reading.

Gazzaputt

Another statistic here. So so glad the TDF is on does make staying at home bearable.

Mine came on Monday but my GP will not give Tamiflu unless you have an underlying medical condition. Fluids and paracetamol I've been told. Surgery receptionist made me laugh when i asked did I need to go to the surgery to see a doctor she couldn't tell me quick enough to stay at home the doctor will telephone me.

Anyone elses work have a forced 5 day quarantine period?

pabloweaver

decided to go for a brisk walk today ...just to see how I am ...half hour ish

the bike will not be moving for another week


any ideas of me doing the Pendle Pedal are right out of the window, I'm sweating like an overweight sumo and wheezing like Darth Vaders pet pit pony ...


not good

tlw1

keep smilling - you will be back cycling soon & hopefully it will have stopped raining by then!

Downwardi

Have you got wife and kids ??

pabloweaver

No kids ( and never plan to have ! I like my bike money ! ) Just me , the obligatory bike widow ( although oddly she encourages me to spend!?!? ) and two daft bengal cats ...

so I think my house had been a secure cocoon during my disease ridden confinement !

flange.

I'm in much the same boat myself. Mrs got it at the start of the week and I've developed major systoms this weekend. Currently feel terrible

She's felling ok now but he legs are dead apparently. The cough is the worst part - I'm in agony with my throat

One thing is certain though - make sure you're rested and properly fit before getting back on the bike.

fungus_the_muffin_man

Thought i was well over it had a great weekend felt fine then went to work sunday night woke up monday afternoon absolutely terrible went to work mon night and got sent home it now seems i have it AGAIN!!!! However i've been given tamiflu this time and it seems to be working my cough has gone and throats feeling much better.

I'm gutted I had worked out how many miles i wanted to do this week to get back in the saddle and I'm sidelined again

pabloweaver

pabloweaver rides again!

thank god for that !

managed to get a 15mile starter last sat , 35mile second ride tue and a wet and hot/cold/hot/cold/hot/cold 55 today .... can feel it a little in the back of the quads ..but hey ho I'm up a mobile again .

will reluctantly give the Pendal a miss on Sunday though ...to much to soon.

hope the rest of you are making recovery!

ps - the phrase hot......relates to northwest uk summer hot ....somewhere between tepid and lukewarm!

oxford

Glad to hear your getting back to fighting fit!

Gazzaputt

Went to do a 50 yesterday and had to drag my sorry backside back home after 30.

Completely knackered and my whole body was aching. Thought I was over the worse been 2 weeks now.

oxford

Felt crap on a 20 miler yesterday and was very slow, woke up with a cold, shivery and sorethroat..... Now on tamiflu :-(. No more riding this week then