What's the longest you've ever been sick? (1 Viewer)

[lexus]

Just asking out of curiosity because I've been sick on and off for the past several months. Long story short, I started dealing with postnasal drip back in August, had inflamed sinuses in September, and still I am dealing with the postnasal drip right now. I developed yet another sinus infection at the beginning of December and wound up getting a horrible cough on New Years Eve and it lasted over a month. I went to the doctors twice within the span of 5 days because the first medication I got for the cough did nothing. Thankfully they put me on amoxicillin at my second visit. It helped the cough quite a lot, but I developed another sinus infection after finished the medication. I'm even debating on whether or not to buy more sinus medicine because it hasn't done much for me and I'm almost done with a second box of it.

Next week I get to see an ENT doctor for the first time and I'm really hoping they can do something because I'm tired of coughing up mucus (and coughing in general), and having a bunch of sinus pressure and congestion. It took me two months just to get an appointment so let's just hope it's worth it.

Anyone else have a problem with being sick for a long time?

 

[TrinityJade]

Longest I've been sick prob about a week

 

[athenaaa]

I was sick from October to mid-December and I finally got rid of it for two weeks, and now I have it back again, but this time worse. The symptoms are not going away or significantly improving in any way. Nausea, headaches, brain fog, an aggressive cough, sneezing. I am actually blowing blood out of my nose now, which probably shouldn’t be happening. I also got sent home two weeks ago now from work with a fever of 38.5C (I have since returned, was only home for the duration of the 24hr fever free policy)

 

[Selfmate]

if we're not taking chronic sickness like diabetes or high blood pressure or something then maybe a 1 week at most

 

[Yerichu]

2 weeks or 3 cause I had both covid and the flu together

 

[ChiaraStar169]

about a month with a really bad cold

 

[BlingyBlinger]

About two years? Couldn't figure out what it was from either

Also man have I been there my 2 years included having an awful immune system so sinus and ear infections were chronic. Maybe if you look miserable enough they'll give you prednisone? Despite the very long list of side effects that stuff was a lifesaver

 

[IGURO]

Hope you get better, lex! Coughs are a byeotch and I'm dealing with a severe cough and congestion plus runny nose. Longest I've been having a sickness has been over a month....I wanna get better already

 

[pinkmelodies]

I truly hope you get the help you need. It must be scary to be that sick. I had the worst flu for a week but felt like it was a month

 

[lexus]

I was sick from October to mid-December and I finally got rid of it for two weeks, and now I have it back again, but this time worse. The symptoms are not going away or significantly improving in any way. Nausea, headaches, brain fog, an aggressive cough, sneezing. I am actually blowing blood out of my nose now, which probably shouldn’t be happening. I also got sent home two weeks ago now from work with a fever of 38.5C (I have since returned, was only home for the duration of the 24hr fever free policy)

Have you seen a doctor at all? Have they done anything?

 

[athenaaa]

Have you seen a doctor at all? Have they done anything?

I haven’t been able to see a doctor yet

 

[dark_tranquility]

4 to 5 days with covid

 

[Ahsoka]

I think only a week and a half, but it was a week and a half of being able to eat virtually nothing so it was rough

 

[lexus]

I truly hope you get the help you need. It must be scary to be that sick. I had the worst flu for a week but felt like it was a month

Thank you

I might make an update thread next week when I see the doctor. Especially if they can figure out what exactly is causing all of this

 

[uran]

Longest non chronic sickness ive had was little over 4weeks when i had pneumonia. I refused to go to doctor and on week 4 i was forced to go and after my visit they started antibiotic thrue the vein and after 3 days i felt almost normal. Always go to doctor if sickness starts lasting more than a week

 

[snsd2beg]

Excluding chronic stuff, I was battling that stomach flu in January on and off for about two weeks.

 

[The_LastRomeo]

I was once sick with a cold then it transformed into a flu, lasted a month and a half

 

[Harmony_Starz]

only 2-3 weeks really

 

[dark_tranquility]

only 2-3 weeks really

that is pretty long tbh

 

[Harmony_Starz]

that is pretty long tbh

Not with a flu, to be fully recovered, it can take 2 weeks,