What's the longest time you've had a cold, flu, bronchitis or the like?
My record is 46 days (2 years ago), I felt so crappy for so long that my running never got back to its' old level, and I'm on day 23 of my newest bout, even after having been on meds from the MD.
This is disgusting, depressing and demoralizing.
Add 50" of snow outside and I'm ready to toss 2011 into the dumpster already.
How have all of you fared with illnesses?
Had bronchitis from last Christmas until a week ago. Meds didn't help much. Couldn't really say what finally cleared it up.
That doesn't sound like a cold, it sounds like mono.
Either that or you have sinus/septum problems that prolong your colds. My longest lasted a few weeks and I was told it was because air doesn't enter my nose properly; I've had surgery recently so we'll see.
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Not mono, and I had that surgery...it didn't help, other than reduce the number and severity of the migraines I get.
That's ANOTHER story. Only migraine sufferers know what I'm talking about.
When I had lived in the US I was astonished by the number of people that seemed to have constant cold and/or cough. Little later I had observed that the majority of the sick people did the following:
1. never stayed in bed with fever, or when they needed rest
2. wore inappropriate clothing for the weather (flip flops in freezing weather, wet hair and no hat, shorts for running in sub 35 degree weather, etc.)
3. drank ice cold beverages while sick
4. constantly took stupid medicines that only masked the symptoms but never tried to cure the root OF THE PROBLEM (like trying to get rif of phleghm by using common sense approach - blow your nose for god sake, it's not embarrasing).
5. Never washed their hands after touching dirty objects (keyboards, door knobs, class desks...)
When I had pointed this problem to my constantly sick teammate, I got ridiculed by him and by my coach as well. Guess who never had problems to get rid of some stupid cold?
If you feel weak, even without fever, go to bed and stay there for couple days, the body obviously needs the rest. Masking the ilness with pseudoephedrine-like medicines won't cure you.
Was sick all semester break, so about 4 weeks. I got on antibiotics after three weeks and it took about a week to feel normal again. I felt aweful during about two weeks of that time. Every run was terrible and I had no desire to lace up the shoes. Didn't run the 10 days I was taking the drugs and came back feeling good again.
Got a few people close to me sick and they recovered fine without any medical assistance.
I've had a cold for three months a few years ago but I don't know the number of days. I'd estimate around 84-90.
hey like I have been sick for like 9 weeks yo :( it succ
If it’s bronchitis, hop on the roids for a week. You’ll be Gucci.
That’s nothing mate this girl I met just yesterday has had a cold for 30 weeks on Sunday so on your bike
Your cold is nothing compared to hers
If your cold and her cold had a fite you’d lose
Get wrecked mate
I've had my cold or whatever it is(I don't know exactly) for like 2 months!!!!! (looks like I nearly broke the geniseis world record.) But I have a nose full of mucus, sometimes get headaches and cough out phlegm. That's sad because I've missed a lot of running! Also in the next few weeks, I have upcoming running competitions! And I lost all of my running fitness. There's no point in writing this because you started this thread 7 years ago. When I was like 5 or 6 years old.
I had a good running year in 2015 and was sick for most of 2016 with constant cold and cold(or some sort of virus). It killed confidence and I didn't compete much in 2017. I'm health now and hope to get back to pbs this year. It is a long time since 2015(literally 3 years). For me it is eating better again. Lots of water. Cleaning my nose and throat as much as possible. Blow out all the mucus. I think the reason why the suffering lasted so long was not cleaning out mucus to clear your congestion. I suffered a lot with my breathing over summer 16 and 17 but hope I'm fine from now on. I took inhalers when I was younger and ended up using again the last 2 summers a lot of times before running. I don't want to take them again
i’ve had a cold for about two maybe three years straight , been doctors for a chest infection never went back , suffering isn’t for the week
I had the actual Flu in Jan 2020 (funny because it was the first year i got the flu shot in my life lol) and it was brutal 5-7 days. Absolutely rekt.
Think I had some after effects too. I remember running and lifting kinda sucked for a few weeks or maybe even months after.