How badly have you gotten sick?

[TheThoughtfulBoxful]

tbh, we haven't been sick for awhile! my last cold was in Dec 2016, so, yay good health!

[insomniascrawl]

I lived alone at like 18 or so for a short stint and there wasn't really anyone living near me at that point that I knew very well, so when I got the flu there wasn't anyone around to check in on me really. I was so sick I had no energy to move and stayed in bed, and ended up getting so dehydrated that my kidneys almost failed. Was so fun. Great year that was.

[feardeer]

I've luckily never been seriously ill. The worst I had it was a flu about two years ago that lasted about two weeks. Not only was it miserable, but I had a job interview and started that new job during this time, + I took ibuprofen when we ran out of tylenol only to discover I'd developed an allergy to it, wooo boy that was rough... and then I ended up getting fluid IVs, and nearly got sent to the ER because my resting heart rate was around 130 or 140 (can't remember). OH and while I was getting the IV my arm broke out in a hot red rash because of the detergent they used on their sheets hahah.

It's funny because till then I'd never been allergic to anything, then I get a 2 fresh new allergies while I'm already sick.

[nikaalexandra]

when I was 8 I was living in the boonies of South Africa and I had JUST gotten the chicken pox shot so I assumed I was safe.

I was so so so wrong. Ended up itchy, blotchy, feverish, and bed ridden for almost a month. It was awful, we were so far out there was no tv, barely any radio (and mostly in afrikaans which I am still terrible at speaking), my parents and sisters were at work/school most of the day, so I kinda just had to stew in my own discomfort. Ended up reading a library’s worth and learning to monogram my own clothing

[Zeedom]

I got that when I was 15,it's not fun

[Zeedom]

I've had health problems my whole life,I spent more time at hospitals or with doctors or at home trying to recover than anywhere else.I actually just finished a course of antibiotics.A few years ago there was a mutant strain of the flu and I got violently sick and lost a lot of wait.a few people in my town died cause hospitals couldn't cope with it.I made it through but after that I got gray hairs in one spot from the damage it did to my body.I got bitten by a spider and my arm swelled to twice the size and that really hurt
When I was still living in South Africa,I got singles,had my tonsils removed,and even had white blood cell injections to boost my immune system. I've also had a fair share of accidents

[Shanny8]

Back when I was going to art school, I worked at a pizza place. It was cool to work there when I first started out, but then I started to hate working there. It go so bad to the point that I physically got sick for 2 weeks and I had a pain that started in my ankles and eventually shot up into my lower back. It was not too shortly after that(a couple months) that I quit working there...

[Michelle]

I've been lucky to not have the flu in a long, long time-- if I get sick, it's typically a cold. BUT, when I get a cold, there's a very high likelihood that it will turn into bronchitis... and that's 2 weeks of coughing, sleepless, rib-splittingly painful hell. I've been prone to bronchitis ever since I was a kid, so it's an unfortunate part of life that I'm low-key afraid will one day dissolve my lungs. As a result, I have a very violent-sounding cough that is alarming to people >>;;

I had a kidney stone in high school, which is apparently equivalent or worse than the pain of childbirth? I'll never know, but I'd believe it because when I wasn't on painkillers I wanted to die from the terrible pain. The kind of pain where you're just incoherent and vomitting. Stay hydrated folks! :v

[joe_galindez]

As a hypochondriac, I'm done.

[IdiotWithPencil]

I was once 16, and had what they called Rotavirus, I vomited, and was pooing clear water, I was unable to walk for a week and drank a disgusting cherry electrolyte solution,I had symptoms from 2 weeks ago and the doctor said if I came two days later I would have died of dehydration

fun times, fun times XD

[TheThoughtfulBoxful]

that's awful

[maelstrom51210]

When I was a freshman n High School, my family visited Paris. Unfortunately, one of the places we ate at was a bit too touristy, and I ended up ordering frankfurter sausages (because everything sounds more delicious in French)

Suffice to say, I had major food poisoning. It was horrible. I spent the next day in bed recovering. The day after that I could barely eat, so I had to walk through the Louvre with zero energy. Which sucked because we went through the antiquities section,which normally I would be all over.

To this day, I can't stand even the smell of hot dogs.

[darkone4587]

I don't get sick much, but when I do I get floored.
When I was a kid in elementary school, I got a stomach virus and spent an entire night puking my guts out. It felt awful and it turned me off chocolate till this day.
And when I was in college I got a sinus infection with my head pounding, snot oozing from my nose, and coughing up mucus every ten minutes.

[magicalsakura27]

I was around 10 when I was misdiagnosed with Mono, then misdiagnosed chronic fatigue because 'mono symptoms' lasted for over 6 months. I got worse every year. At 18 I was misdiagnosed with MCTD and Fibromyalgia. One of the treatments for MCTD caused me to get Drug Induced Lupus for a while. From 18 I progressively got worse. I felt like I was dying. I was so exhausted, and the pain made me feel as though I was a crack porcelain doll and each step cause the crack to brack further and pieces of were chipping off. It was agony. A searing pain. I could tell with in 4 hours if I had forgotten to take my medicine as the pain would be unbearable. At 22 it was so bad I couldn't work, or go to school part time, as I had been getting chest pains, shortness of breath, and heart palpitations . But it was at 22 my mom found a good doctor. I was finally correctly diagnosed with Lyme disease, malnutrition, and gluten intolerance.

I'm so much better today but I still have lingering effects from all those years being sick with Lyme. My main issue is musculoskeletal problems and loose joints that can slip out of place and grind. After all that when I get sick with a cold or flu I don't recognize the warning signs at all because they pale in comparison to the how awful I felt when I was sick with Lyme/eating gluten. When I got my first cold/flu after treatment for Lyme, I thought healthy people were pansies if they couldn't tolerate that little of a discomfort.

[SpavVy]

Well, when I was a toddler I nearly died from the flu had to go to the emergency room and be admitted, I can't remember anything from it but my family has talked to me about the ordeal and how my aunt flipped out on the doctors because they couldn't for whatever reason find out exactly what was wrong during that moment. I don't remember what kind of flu it was but damn did it hit me badly. Then there was the time when I was 5? And I couldn't go to the bathroom, now this one I can remember as much as I'd really rather not. I remember being terrified and getting pinned down while a doctor put a catheter in and my urin was kinda brownish...fun times. Also I tried to escape from the hospital but it didn't work out.

[Benetnasch]

Aside from being dehydrated as a toddler and getting chicken pox a few years later (wasn't so bad, just itchy), I haven't had much aside from the common cold. I don't get sick much, so sometimes I'll dismiss symptoms for longer than I should.

I didn't have an appetite for a month, about 2-3 years ago. When I finally went to the clinic to get checked out, they claimed it was a stomach bug that'd been going 'round all month, and gave me meds. I just assumed it was a psychological effect from a recent breakup and originally planned on ignoring it.

There was another time where I also lacked an appetite, but i was very aware of it and nauseas for the next 24 hours.

[IdiotWithPencil]

I don't get sick much, but when I do I get floored.

hahaha happy to find some one else like this XD, I usually never get sick but when I do its some weird out there thing, or some very simple thing that takes me down for the count

[UbePie]

When I was 13 I contracted H-pylori a rather common infection. But I lived in a rather rual area so it took 4 year for me to get diagnosed and treated. And then only after having to drive an hour out of town to the only childrens gastrologist near me who only came to my area once a month because he rotated between all the rual areas.

I could not keep anything down and continued to have issues. Doctors brushed me off saying that I developed IBS from the long exposure to H-pylori. I pushed myself to go to university and work full time, while being tired and about every couple of months i would not be able to keep any food down. My back hurt constantly and even my eye started acting up causing an episode of temporary blindness. This year it got so bad I couldn’t eat anything for two weeks. I was drinking boost and even threw that up. I lost over 50 pound in 6 months time. Everyone was so scarded but everytime I went to a doctor they minimizes it.

I lost my insurance and went to the free clinic, gave them a list of my symptoms and told them I am not playing around and I want to know what’s wrong. They told me to get a CT scan, and am now dignosed with Crohns.

So everytime someone complains at work about being tired or sick I just roll my eyes. I just threw up in the bathroom before my shift, my body isn’t absorbing iron or B12 (which makes me tired) and I am still getting more work done than them.

[NickRowler]

I've had the flu as a kid. That was dreadful.

As a teen however, there was this one time, starting on November 1, where I started to get very sick. Chills and feeling weak. This was then followed by an awful cough which was some what similar to wooping cough. This cough was so bad it either a) strained my muscles too much or b) fractured or strained a rib. So when the coughing went away, I was in great pain. I think after that I got sick again. By December 1 however, I felt so much better.

[darkone4587]

Yeah it's a major pain in the ass, not being able to get out of bed because you feel like crap. Worst part is, I'm often the one taking care of others when they get sick, but I never catch what they have, but when there's a chance what I have is contagious no one will come near me.