Poll: Anybody else nearly always ill at Christmas?

[NoobCannon]

Has been a wierd year for me. I usually get 2 or 3 colds a year, mostly coinciding with the kids going back to school and usually one is a bad cough.

this year i caught the rona in jan, was really ill for a week or so and then shortness of breath for another 2 months but haven't been ill since. No colds, not even a sniffle.

the mrs and kids also got the rona but had no symptoms and have all had the usual coughs and colds all year.

 

[Wizzfizz]

I got ill after getting my booster jab last week and still am

 

[Craig R]

Wouldn't say nearly always, but certainly several times over the years, including chicken pox, the flu (proper flu not just a heavy cold) and labrynthitis. All were all horrendous.

Maybe subconsciously plays a part in my dislike of Christmas.

 

[RobDogDog]

I got ill after getting my booster jab last week and still am

Same here. About three days later I went to bed with a banging headache and had night sweats and chills. Cough came soon after. Thought it was Covid but have PCR tested and all okay.

 

[Liquid_Entity]

I'm in bed tonight after having a bout of 4 or 5 number 2s. I put it down to overindulgence on the chocs, cheese and everything else. But about 3pm got fever, cold/hot and can't keep anything down now. So in bed, water, watch the footy and sleep it off hopefully.

 

[Wizzfizz]

Same here. About three days later I went to bed with a banging headache and had night sweats and chills. Cough came soon after. Thought it was Covid but have PCR tested and all okay.

Yeah I was exactly the same. Hot and cold sweats and banging headache. PCR test should be here tomorrow, so need to get that done and sent off.

 

[chaparral]

I got the flu or something which started on christmas eve

This morning i phoned to book in for a PCR test but i feel that test is going come out clear

 

[EdwardTeach]

Very often at Christmas.

As a teacher, I wilds say it is extremely common that we get ill on holidays. Something to work working to the bone and then the adrenaline dropping!*

I'm hopefully at the end of what I assume is a severe cold. I slept a whole day in bed yesterday. According to lateral flow it isn't covid.

I do resent teaching up to the 21st just to show the kids films for the last few days and catch diseases!

* I wonder if that is a common them for all of us? You work particularly hard up to the deadline of a holiday, and by the time you relax you are a bit drained and get ill.

 

[Tephnos]

Nope, I just get ill at random times instead.