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Can’t shift cold!!
NicolaClare
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The last couple of weeks, I have had what has felt like a massive cold, but I can’t seem to shift it, I have tried everything going and I am now on antibiotics for the cough.
I cannot sleep, I can hardly eat because coughing so much make my stomach hurt.
I went out for a hen party last night and had to leave before everyone else because my throat was killing me and I almost lost my voice.
I’m losing the will to live at the moment and just want this gone!
I cannot sleep, I can hardly eat because coughing so much make my stomach hurt.
I went out for a hen party last night and had to leave before everyone else because my throat was killing me and I almost lost my voice.
I’m losing the will to live at the moment and just want this gone!
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Who knows, could even be some variant of COVID, which seems to have turned into more of a nasty sore throat and either tickly or catarrhy cough these days from what I've seen - but we don't know as few people are testing now. Hope yours eases off soon.
I agree. If I was with a group of people and one of them said they had a cold and was constantly coughing, I would suggest they leave and if not then I would as I would not wish to catch whatever it is they have.
Unfortunately I had already paid a lot of money for this and as a bridesmaid I had to go. I felt well enough to go. It’s literally now just a blocked nose and I lose my voice. Plus I didn’t drink due to being on the antibiotics.
I test every day anyway. Always negative. You never know these days, but unfortunately you can just stop because of a cold. If I don’t go to work I could lose my job so I just got to go on with my life.
What have you been diagnosed with? If you are on antibiotics the Doctor must have diagnosed some sort of bacterial infection.
An employer can't dismiss you for short-term sickness leave. Just like going to the hen party, you can spread your cold to others if you go to work while having it.
I’m agency so I don’t have a choice.
Are you sure about that?
Check if you can get sick pay
Yep. They won’t pay us. Unless it’s a long period of time. They won’t pay you if you have a cold.
Have you yet spoken with your agency employing authority about your unwell status and on antibiotics and are they prepared to allow you to go into your agency work in your unwell condition knowingly spreading your germs to others?(Obviously you seem prepared to still go in but should you????)
It is the duty of every woman to sicken hen parties, and every man to sicken stag parties - wherever they may be found - if you know you’re ill, head into the group to congratulate with a nice big kiss. More of this and word will spread - and the pubs, along with weekend break destinations across Europe, will be safe for the rest of us.
Depends how long you've worked there and if you are agency staff they definitely can.
You don't have a cold though. What have you been diagnosed with and why won't you answer the people asking you?
It’s a virus that has been going around, which has me feel like I have a cold. I have now been put on antihistamines and I seem to be feeling much, much better.
GP actually said that I managed to run myself down because I’ve been doing too much lately.
Not being funny, but we all spent nearly 2 years locked up in our homes and we all still caught Covid, so it doesn’t make a difference.
I come on here asking for advice and I can now see why I don’t come on here anymore, some of you can be quite nasty sometimes.
Why is your GP giving you antibiotics for a virus? Did they not say why they were prescribing antibiotics?
As for being nasty, were you referring to me?
You did kind of talk to her as if she was being interviewed under caution, when she was only looking for some friendly reassurance that she was likely OK.
It was a fair question and she still hasn't answered. It's strange coming on here asking for advice then ignoring all the questions people ask you.
This long cold with a lasting cough seems to have doing the rounds for a few months. I know a few people who've had it and some of them were also prescribed anti-biotics. It's not realistic to expect you to stay off work for the duration. I've worked for organisations before where 2 separate absences in a 3 month period launched you into disciplinary proceedings. Nobody stayed off work with a cold - and that was with the protection of being a permanent employee. Glad you're starting to feel better.
But antibiotics should not be prescribed for a virus because they have no effect. If your GP gave you a prescription for antibiotics there must be something else here. Hopefully it clears up but seriously you should rethink going to social events when you're contagious. That's how Covid spread. The virus didn't do anything. We did it to ourselves.
Not all. My parents have never had it, and neither have I (so far as we are aware, as of course we could have all been asymptomatic and had it without our knowledge). Equally, I know people that have had it several times.