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freshers flu
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Anyone else come down with Freshers flu yet? Or just me?
Have only been back at uni 4 days and already my throat is killing and my nose is running and I can't stop coughing.
And I haven't even drunk any alcohol yet damnit!
Have only been back at uni 4 days and already my throat is killing and my nose is running and I can't stop coughing.
And I haven't even drunk any alcohol yet damnit!
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My head feels like someonesblowing a balloon up inside it. Ditto sinuses. And I got thorugh about a zillion tissues in my lectures this morning.
But that said I have had lots of alcohol to ease the pain. Last night I was starting to come down with it, but it was my friends birthday so I went out "for one or two". So i then stumbled back about half two, with a nine am lecture this morning.
Having a night in to try and shake it off, in time for the geology pub crawl tomorrow
I'm feeling a lot better now but all my flatmates have got colds so I'm trying to stay locked in my room...
*coughs up a lung*
First was a fresher's cold. Not flu, but it was definately related to starting college and being around so many people again. I got rid of that, then straight away caught another cold off a girl in my English class. Then I got rid of that, and got a cold off a guy at work. Then I just got rid of that, and had a couple of cold-free days. Then I went to Russian on Thursday, where my teacher said 'I've got a really bad cold, so I hope none of you catch it..' Guess what happened.
*sneezes*
bleaurgh!
(Don't worry it isn't French )
Damn illneses
Bopz
Don't you hate though, when you can feel a sneeze coming on and you stand there looking like an idiot for about 30 seconds waiting to sneeze and then it doesn't happen!
But on the up-side, I am going out to get absolutely wankered tonight! Freshers week is over!! I can finally have a drink! Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Confusing, most people drink more during freshers week.....
Bopz
yeah, i know! I was a freshers helper though, and wasn't allowed to drink and be a helper at the same time. Funnily though, I still had an amazing freshers week with no alcohol and without being a fresher!
to make it worse its spread and i now have a gum infection, and ive never known pain like it, got about an hours sleep last night
That's just completely wrong! Not being allowed to drink when you're a freshers' helper - what is the world coming to?
I'm starting to get a cough from all the shouting at big groups of freshers to follow me, and don't think the smoky pubs are helping ... although it did help at a singing audition yesterday - never sung that low before!
freshers flu round here seems to now be a generic term for any kind of crappiness you feel at the start of term. but when everyone you know seems to be ill at the same time and there's all these bugs going about, that's freshers flu!
Thats how we use it as well.
Im now on my second bout, this one being more a cough/throught infection. Ive just about lost my voice as well :mad: