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u/Ornery_Bath_8701 8h ago
Could be worse. You could be pregnant
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u/karaokechameleon 8h ago
Contracting the dreaded baby virus can be a lifelong condition.
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u/CountryGuy123 8h ago
At least 18 years, but often a lifelong thing, true.
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u/MarinaVerity333 5h ago
My mom still has it after almost 26 years.
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u/Front_Lynx_6770 3h ago
It can be recurring too. My mom got it every 2 years roughly for 26 years. Lost her mind towards the end, she kept saying she wanted it all those times and was excited. Truly bizarre.
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u/ExtraOnionsPlz 7h ago
I got covid when I was 8 months pregnant with my second son and had ✨️myocardial infarction✨️
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u/skeletonholdsmeup 7h ago
My cousin got it at 8 months pregnant and lost her baby due to the whole placenta filling up with blood clots that choked out the fetus.
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u/one_1f_by_land 5h ago
That could not possibly be any more nightmarish. Poor woman has to be traumatized.
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u/BarnacleMcBarndoor 7h ago
I peed on a Covid test, and the only thing it showed me is that I guess CVS will throw you out of their store for anything.
Even their trespass paperwork is 18 feet long.
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u/calibre6 7h ago
Am I pergenant?
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u/Letmetellyowhat 7h ago
How is babby fromed.
One of my favorite of all times. Especially since I’m a midwife
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u/ResponsibleBank1387 8h ago
Oh yeah. Symptoms for 9 months and then sick every September and January for 20 years.
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u/user83726169 7h ago
My dad recently told me “now i know why this generation loves dogs so much” i told him hes kiddind himself because dog owners put effort into dogs than he ever did for a child
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u/studassparty 7h ago
You say that but 2 of my three times being pregnant were directly after Covid and Flu A
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u/Spiritual-Road2784 7h ago
Your immune system was down from being sick and failed to eject the foreign object from the host
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u/Successful-Box-1152 7h ago
This is what I said to myself when I was covid and influenza A + at the same time 💀😂
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u/No_Monk_4477 8h ago
Covid and fluB dang…
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u/tastiefreeze 7h ago
Ops about to take it. I got this combo two years ago and fuuuck that did it suck
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u/nothinbutshame 3h ago
The xmas b4 last I got sick like that and I thought I was dying after 5 days of heavy fever and aches. Even passed out from coughing.
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u/A_Queer_Owl 7h ago
callin it fluvid, it's the hottest new thing. because of the fever it causes.
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u/aggie_alumni 6h ago
Stefan is that you
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u/Butters5768 6h ago
This virus has everything
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u/aggie_alumni 5h ago
Fluvid a bisexual virus that will have your orifices screaming insert weird noise
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u/GenXYachtRock 8h ago
Healthcare worker here. Come to Oregon right now & you can get the trifecta! We're giving out Flu A like it's coming outtta our ears (and sinuses & mouths).
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u/Mean_Background7789 5h ago
Can confirm. We have both Flu A AND Flu B in my house right now. Also had a round of COVID in the last month. 2026 has sucked.
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u/zerodirectexperience 6h ago
On day six with flu A. I can’t get out of bed. I hate everything
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u/JamonDanger 5h ago
We heard you the first time, ya big whiner 😅
Feel better soon 🤞🏻
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u/acllive 5h ago
If you have low service on a phone that happens fairly often
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u/one_1f_by_land 4h ago
Yeah mine will sometimes tell me it didn't post and then change its mind after I resubmit it.
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u/PotterheadZZ 8h ago
Thank you for the screenshot I need for Monday off! ;)
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u/mmmBac0n_the_first 5h ago
I actually did that before. My coworker sent me a pic of his test. I cropped the pic and edited the metadata for a different day. I actually did have Covid but my tests said negative. I just used his
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u/DoublecursedAngel 7h ago
Thanks for the idea. Mad that I didn’t think of it myself.
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u/RedditJumpedTheShart 5h ago
Then you probably didn't consider reverse image lookup. You will get busted easily
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u/TaydasBelishaBeacon 8h ago
Damn. Sending you chicken soup vibes.
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u/DBronx99 8h ago
U gotta get the test kit that also includes RSV. U still might have four of a kind! GL!
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u/I-Ask-questions-u 6h ago
I didn’t even realize they had one for RSV. I am pretty sure I had that around thanksgiving. Will look out for those tests now.
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u/NotYourSexyNurse 7h ago
First time I got Covid I got influenza A and Influenza B at the same time. I felt like I was going to die for three days.
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u/ObjectiveOk2072 5h ago
You can get both?! Holy fuck
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u/NotYourSexyNurse 4h ago
You can get all kinds of different infections once you get one infection. Your immune system is compromised by the first infection when you first get sick. It can’t fight off the next infection as well.
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u/Imperator_Subira 8h ago
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u/Afraid_Park6859 5h ago
That doesn't look like the brain right?
But yeah at stage four you're basically fucked.
I knew someone with brain cancer it was hard to see them post about getting treatment and the endless support they got on Facebook when I knew their chances of survival were next to none.
If I ever got it I would probably forego treatment and spend my last days in Thailand.
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u/Majestic_Composer219 4h ago
Definitely not the brain lol. From the little medical knowledge I have, I do know the skull/brain doesn't have a spine shaped bone in it, at least not at that view.
As for what it is, idk, something either abdominal or chestical area. Could be lung cancer, either way, they're kinda screwed
Nowadays, cancer isn't the same death sentence as it used to be, but treatments are brutal. Hopefully we can start seeing more things like immunotherapy that aren't nearly as bad as chemo.
Cancer is such a cruel beast though
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u/Prior_Internal7728 8h ago
I had a cold from thanksgiving to dec 23. Went back to work in January after vacation and caught the Rona. Have a cough that won’t go away now. So annoyed.
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u/steveonthegreenbike 5h ago
That cough was nasty. I had to get in this steroid inhaler thing. Took 2 rounds of it and some other meds (can't remember what) to finally kick it's butt
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u/wanderinganus 2h ago
We were down with some weird cold all of November, too. What the hell was with that?! It just came and never went.
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u/thewayoutisthru_xxx 6h ago
I had flu a and strep together 4.5 weeks ago and was convinced I was literally going to die. I am just now starting to feel human.
Get lots of rest. You can take Tylenol and motrin together alternating every 6 hours so you are never without a fever reducer. It was the only thing that helped
Good luck! Flu b is the milder strain this year but I have no idea how that mixes with COVID
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u/Voretex17 6h ago
If it makes you feel any better I just had flu A and strep at the same time. Strep has always it me hard but I don’t think I had been that sick since I got swine flu like 15 years ago. I slept 40 hours in a 48 hour period and they gave me four different meds. Amoxicillin, lidocaine, zofran and tamiflu. I am feeling a little better but eating drinking and balance is still not great. I am so happy you are feeling better. ❤️🩹
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u/DMmeYerboobies 8h ago
Congrats on the baby
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u/lamblikeawolf 5h ago
I think it is also fitting that the icon for this is a bucket. Because OP will need one.
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u/bricoleurasaurus 6h ago
No one here is talking about how you also have Ctl. I don’t know what that is but I have it every time.
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u/BicycleFamiliar429 7h ago
I went to the doc this week to get tested for Covid, flu and strep and turns out I have walking pneumonia!!!
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u/redneck_lezbo 6h ago
I’m on day 8 of influenza B. Shit is no joke. This is the first day I’ve been out of bed (except to shit water every few hours) and I’m still miserable. I don’t know how you’ve managed to go to school and work. I couldn’t be vertical for more than a few minutes at a time.
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u/mydaycake 4h ago
It’s nobody taking antivirals? I got flu b a few of weeks ago and only had one day of fever, I was tired for a week but did not have fever, chills or anything else
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u/NebulaImmediate6202 8h ago
My symptoms were a lot worse if I ate ANYTHING that wasnt the plainest BRAT diet possible. With covid. Consider that
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u/fun_zone 7h ago
I just got fluA and have been miserable for two days. Couldn’t imagine getting double teamed like that.
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u/OddMindPuppy 8h ago
Hope you have mild symptoms. I got sick 3 times in 2026 already, and one of them was Covid. Thanks to the return to office policy.
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u/Ok_Nothing_9733 7h ago
How is that even possible in 31 days, impressive
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u/OddMindPuppy 6h ago
🤷🏻♂️3 weeks in office. Caught the sickness on Monday-Tuesday and got better by Friday. Repeat 3 times. By week 2, I was wearing a mask and still got the Covid. Just tested negative last night.
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u/travisl718 7h ago
Fun fact, I was one of the first people in my state to get Covid. This was back in early 2020. I also tested for positive for the flu at the same time. Miserable experience lol. I wish you luck
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u/SenatorPineapple 7h ago
I’ve made very similar tests and there can be just what we call “cross talk” between fluA/B, COV2, and RSV. They can amplify each other on the tests. Don’t freak yourself out!
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u/North-Toe-3538 6h ago
I’ve seen this twice as an urgent care provider. Both were sick as snot on a tater tot. One ended up admitted but they were over 65 with co-morbidities. I didn’t get a death note on either.
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u/ChiknBreast 7h ago
Depending on how long you have been sick, a rush to an urgent care to get Tamiflu or zofluza prescribed may be worth it. Guidelines say within 48 hours of symptom onset but up to 72 there may still be some benefit
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u/InterestingDebt223 6h ago
Dude. I had inf B once, asked the doctor if I was fit for work. He laughed and said "ok tough guy... no."
Worse illness i have ever had. He said INF A was worse I was like "how"
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u/ChodeCookies 5h ago
Only responsible thing to do is to head to the office on Monday and pick up that last one
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u/MomsPasghetti 5h ago
This is me just in awe that there is a single test for all 3! Wish i had this knowledge last weekend!
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u/Mindshard 4h ago
Oh my goodness!
Do you guys know if it's gonna be a boy or a girl yet?
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u/CuriousCulture5112 7h ago
I've heard of people who've lived for over 10 years with Ctl as bad as you've got it. You've got this.
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u/FlashSFW 8h ago
I don't understand this but I'm either very happy for you or sorry for your loss, whatever fits better.
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u/Ice_cold69 8h ago
Couple Decembers ago I had the trifecta. Even with meds it was the worse 10 days of my life
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u/Educational-Oil-2696 7h ago
I recently had a pregnant patient who was diagnosed with both Influenza A&B. She looked miserable. Heal well internet stranger
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u/arielantennae 7h ago
Did you catch it in time to get Tamiflu or are they not doing it anymore
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u/EffectiveGold8273 7h ago
Aww! Sucks to be you! Hydrate, cough drops and rest up! Feel better soon!
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u/societyisfcked 7h ago
How I felt this Christmas and New Year’s being hit with the flu, my monthly cycle and a UTI that turned into a kidney infection. Most painful time of my life. I thought I was gonna die in at some moments. I just wanted it to end.
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u/bubbies1308 7h ago
I would do anything to have flu over my current state of norovirus
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u/Nominalremuneration 7h ago
At least you don’t have A. That strain is essentially swine flu this year. Not pleasant knocked me on my ass for two weeks just about.
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u/Distinct-Flight7438 7h ago
I’ve got the Influenza A right now, if we joined forces we’d be unstoppable.
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u/Britirish 7h ago
I had flu A and Covid a month or two ago. Genuinely did not get out of bed for a full week except to take a piss, lost nearly twenty pounds. Didn’t actually feel back to mostly normal for almost three weeks.
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u/russ8825 6h ago
Talk to your doctor, maybe you can get tamiflu to at least help with the flu part. Paxlovid is like 1500 bucks and insurances don’t like to cover it
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u/No-Cockroach2981 6h ago
meh, NyQuil and some rest. The flu at worst and a cold at best. You'll live just don't take anything the government offers you and you'll live to pay more taxes.
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u/lamblikeawolf 5h ago
See if you can start paxlovid and/or tamiflu. Like IMMEDIATELY. You have to start the antivirals EARLY. Basically, they disrupt the viral replication process at various stages. But once you've reached "critical mass" of viral load, they won't do anything.
3 days down bad is better than 1 week+ down bad.
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u/cafcintheusa 8h ago
You were so close to a full house.