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Half dose, my ass. 
(There is a mean cold going around SoCal, though. Missed me, but got my brother.)
Your symptoms sure do sound like flu. I hope you feel better quickly. Hugs.
It's not terrible, just inconvenient and kind of strange after not being sick for such a long time. Thank you for your well wishes! 
not. You can never be too educated about these things.
Even around the eyes and eyelids 😬. Pablo Verde trees are in glorious bloom now. They are gorgeous but painful! My neighborhood is full of them.
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At least we aren't in the hospital, so I try to be grateful for that.
Maybe not Covid, hopefully, but the flu seems to be making its way back with a vengeance.
My head just feels like a bowling ball, so heavy with congestion that I can't seem to get rid of, and the sore throat is making me not want to eat. I hope your SO feels better soon and that you don't catch anything! Stay healthy!
Much appreciated!
sick last week. Feeling a bit better now, did not test for Covid, but assumed they had it.
Another person in the same household got sick this past week, home tested positive for Covid. Sinus symptoms, loss of smell which quickly returned to normal, sore throat. Feeling better now, but not 100%.
My nose runs like a faucet normally due to seasonal allergies., but it has been especially bad this week. Slight headache, did not test for Covid, but I will if symptoms worsen. I'm essentially self-quarantined anyway, and my wife is feeling good, so I'm not concerned yet.
Hope you feel better soon!
Not the stuffiness of a cold but headache and ears bothering. Probably allergies. I am fully vaccinated so might not know even if I ever got COVID. Hope your symptoms get better!
Yep, pretty much the same symptoms - Sinus, congestion symptoms, very bad sore throat, body aches in the beginning. It's still hanging on today w/ mostly throat and sinus stuff, but seems to be improving.
Thank you!
My doctor's office wouldn't see me coughing and sneezing because, you know - Covid. So I ended up in the local hospital ER for half the day and they did test me - and it's flu, "Type A," specifically. I've been on Tamiflu since Monday, not sure if it was too late to help - and yes, I had gotten my flu shot. 
The more I hear from people, the more I am convinced that there is a spring flu going around and every is catching it to some degree.
Does Tamiflu work? I have never tried it but might consider keeping some around for future use. Take care of yourself!
Though I did hear that it's "going around" and that it's taken folks awhile to get over it - like me. It's been well over a week. As for the Tamiflu, it's supposed to work fairly well, gets rid of it in fewer days, but it also needs to be taken within the first 48 hours - and since I was diagnosed on Saturday, but didn't start taking it till Monday, it may have been too late. I was offered it Saturday but I was told it had side effects, so I shrugged it off until I was offered it again Monday since I felt so miserable. But it didn't affect my digestion since I wasn't eating - and my doctor said it can cause vivid dreams, but I didn't experience that, either.
All I want to do is sleep all the time and I was already congested with a sinus issue. BTW, how's the weather where you are? When I went to take my dog out, we walked straight into winter. It's snowing out there, stuck to the trees and the ground - we're currently having a Winter Storm Watch in my neck of the woods... 
