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Get well soon peeps!

I never leave home without:

Paracetamol for pains and aches, and to reduce temperature if I have a fever
Sudafed (on its own without paracetamol) for unblocking my nose
Pholcodine Linctus (the original formulation and not the sugar free one as it tastes better IMHO) for tickly dry cough
Imodium/Loperamide for upset tummy

I do not like using combination remedies personally as I believe they are expensive and not always effective in treating all the symptoms.

DK

i have it too and feel so so ill.  Went to drs cos thought i had tonsilitis but no, apparently its swine flu.  So now i am holed up in my houseo n my own so nobody else gets it and i am aching everywhere and seem to have slept so much in the last 2 days! 

And then my friend rang tonight and she has it too. 

Seems i have only just got rid of the campylabacter i had and now this, anm really quite fed up about it,

Quote: Originally posted by TethersEnd on 05/8/2009

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Get well soon lillyjoy

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Quote: Originally posted by TethersEnd on 07/8/2009

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You lucky thing lillyjoy - you don't need to worry now

BUT
We will be on the beach before you

have a great time

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well we stocked up yesterday on paracetemol, ibuprofen, strepsils, lemsip. You name it we bought it!!

Had to go to a few shops though since the introduction of the 2 items max on painkillers.

All 5 of us caught swine flu, it was very much the same as seasonal flu (hot-cold shivers etc) albeit we all were left with nasty chesty coughs (and voice loss) for a week or more after. Fortunately our children's symptoms were less severe than ours. We parents felt horrendous for a few days and then slightly more alive for a  few more. The children had fever for 48hrs max. (youngest 3yrs and eldest 9yrs) and  they bounced back quickly with lots of cold flannels & calpol. Lucky for us we were still at home. Much empathy to anyone poorly on holiday.