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Posted 3/22/2015 12:43 AM (GMT 0)
Fifth day of really bad cold. I'd switch to just having UC any day.

With a cold/flu your entire body hurts, eyes, breathing, lungs. It's the worst!!! I'm sipping on some Theraflu and trying to zone out.

John
Posted 3/22/2015 1:31 AM (GMT 0)
Hope you feel better soon John.
Posted 3/22/2015 1:45 AM (GMT 0)
not me, i would take a flu 10x before a flare up. My flare ups are severe and last a long time. Last time I could barely move, and I was so nauseous, even taking pills made me gag. I couldn't get off the couch for 4 days. All i could eat was broth and I had this awful pain in my back that felt like a kidney infection. I also had severe cramping pain and I was up all night on the toilet. The worst only lasted a few weeks but I was in very unpredictable shape for months!! Much rather have a few day cold.
Posted 3/22/2015 2:06 AM (GMT 0)
Ohh that sounds bad. Ok I guess it depends on what stage you are at with UC. Mine is usually minimal fortunately, but I've been there!
Posted 3/22/2015 2:15 AM (GMT 0)
Mind boggling statement
Posted 3/22/2015 2:22 AM (GMT 0)
Hope u feel better soon, man!!

I can say with my whole being id rather have a year long cold than a year long flare.
Posted 3/22/2015 2:23 AM (GMT 0)
As someone whose had UC for 5.5 years with no relief, I agree OP. I become a complete BABY when I get sick with the cold/flu. I dont even care that it makes my UC much worse.
Posted 3/22/2015 11:08 AM (GMT 0)
If you can deal with UC better than a cold then your UC must be pretty tame! I would have taken the worst form of the flu any day. Get well soon...
Posted 3/22/2015 11:54 AM (GMT 0)
I sure can't, I can't even sleep without having to wake up 2 to 4 times now, and thats just during the night/morning. and theres blood all the time now.

I could sleep with the flu but not with this UC... my back is so sore, neck sore omg..

I really can't wait for surgery...
Posted 3/22/2015 11:56 AM (GMT 0)
Totally agree, some people get the flu a lot worse than other people seem to, and it can be just as debilitating. Get well soon!
Posted 3/22/2015 12:40 PM (GMT 0)
I'm the biggest baby when I get sick. But being really sick while being in a severe flare makes me want to crawl into a hole and not come out! Lol

I hope you feel better soon!
Posted 3/22/2015 2:04 PM (GMT 0)
Ok I should probably clarify. I thought about what I wrote when someone typed "mind boggling statement."

UC absolutely seems like the worst thing in the entire world when you're in a bad flare. I've been there and even felt no point in living at times!

What I really mean is having any sort of fever is really the worst thing. And this happens actually when in a really bad flare with UC.

I think having a fever is the worst thing ever. It usually happens more with colds/flu. It's like your entire body is crying out from head to toe.

Yeah, my UC is usually just one part of my body lately. I mean I can swim, exercise...but when you have the flu you can't do that. That's pretty much what I meant.
Posted 3/23/2015 12:55 PM (GMT 0)
I just had this same plague all of last week. I haven't felt this terrible in ages, in it lasted for 5 days. My whole body hurt, I was coughing not-stop and triggered my asthma. I did nothing other than get my kids out the door to school, stumble through my morning classes and then come home and sleep until my kids came home. Thankfully my UC has remained pretty calm through out all of this. Hope you are feeling better!
Posted 3/23/2015 5:51 PM (GMT 0)
I feel your flu pain. My son brought it home last week (Flu B) and now I am dealing with it. Totally blows. What have been your best flu remedies that don't mess with your UC? I am open to suggestions.
B
Posted 3/23/2015 5:56 PM (GMT 0)
At least with the flu though you know there will be light at the end of the tunnel, that gives you hope, with UC the only light there is, is hope for remission it is a life sentence after all. I hate the flu like everybody, but the emotional/psycho affect of a life long illness/condition doesn't touch the flu still.
Posted 3/23/2015 6:56 PM (GMT 0)
Both are bad, but a cold sends me into a really bad mood from 1 - 100 as soon as I feel that sore throat coming.
A flu....pure HELL.
UC...while my flares are mild, I have continual feelings in my butt, nausea, cramping, stomach pain, and that bad mood.
Both UC flare and a cold/flu...been there. Add a period and BPPV attack. Thankfully, I don't have periods anymore.

It's easier for me to deal with a UC flare (in truth), for it never lasts as long as one of my colds, and the flu can be up to 2 weeks or more with residual symptoms. UC doesn't affect my asthma either, and every breath isn't painful.

It does depend on what strain of cold/flu that's floating around as to what gets affected in my respiratory system. Some are definitely worse than others, and I prefer to just stay home, for everyone will know how crappy I feel
rolleyes

q
Posted 3/24/2015 1:27 AM (GMT 0)
Wow, all i can say is that some of you are lucky your UC is so mild. A flare for me could end in surgery. I never know if there is going to be an end and it's debilitating physically. I understand why they don't give people disability for UC considering it seems like for a good number of people, it's no worse than a cold. A cold is so insignificant for me. I go to work, go shopping, do all my normal stuff. I don't even know what a flu is but I am sure i've had one and just called it a cold. I always feel pretty crappy so maybe my tolerance for misery is higher.
Posted 3/24/2015 2:02 AM (GMT 0)
Well a flu Is much much worse than any cold.

I haven't have the flu very often (maybe twice) and it was hard. The only thing with flu is that you know it will have an end and you pretty much know when about. As with the UC you always have a glare hanging over your head, you never know if it is going to get better or worse. :(

In fact I guest in the end one is a chronic illness and the other a Virus and they cannot be compared. But I get what you mean by saying the flu is worse.

Take care
Posted 3/24/2015 9:04 AM (GMT 0)
I can deal with UC better than with cold/flu - Let's trade! At least you KNOW that the flu will pass! Colitis doesn't!! I had the flu in December 2013 and I made with through without Tamiflu but I lost around 5 pounds which I just now gained back. But I still prefer it over colitis any day!
Posted 7/28/2015 3:18 AM (GMT 0)
just saw this thread and found it a bit amusing. I agree that it depends on how bad your UC is or can get, and same with the flu. I've had mild UC for about 4 years now, though I didn't have the benefit of getting diagnosed earlier in life. I've had some bad flares but no hospitalizations. I've also had a few bad sinus and chest colds over the years, and a few fevers too up until I turned about age 35 or so. Last bad chest cold with fever like symptoms but no actual rise in temperature was about 5 years ago: 3 weeks of sickness, all chest cold and very bad, hocking up yucky stuff for 2 and a half weeks, throughout the day. Also had bad fever in 5th grade for 11 days, vomiting and such, and also bad fever later on when at work for about 10 days (around age 24).

I also got lucky with getting cervical dystonia not too long before I was diagnosed with UC. So, all in all, I'd still rather get a bad fever than deal with a bad UC flare up. Takes me a hell of a lot longer to recover from UC than a fever. On Botox injections every few months for cervical dystonia (similar to tortilcollis but got mine as an adult). Not too mention for my 3 bad flares, I had to go though the hell of colonoscopy prep and then the procedure, in order to see if things had gotten any worse.

I take Asacol (5 pills daily, 800 MG per pill), diet conscious with fluctuating between low residue diet and normal eating. Recently got off 5 week binge of Prednisone, which I took for the first time. Some exercise though that varies through out the year. Bad joints, old back injury that can flare up, etc.
Posted 7/28/2015 8:40 AM (GMT 0)

notsosicklygirl said...
Wow, all i can say is that some of you are lucky your UC is so mild. A flare for me could end in surgery. I never know if there is going to be an end and it's debilitating physically. I understand why they don't give people disability for UC considering it seems like for a good number of people, it's no worse than a cold. A cold is so insignificant for me. I go to work, go shopping, do all my normal stuff. I don't even know what a flu is but I am sure i've had one and just called it a cold. I always feel pretty crappy so maybe my tolerance for misery is higher.

Can't help but agree with this post, tbh. I used to get well wound up by relatives who spent 15 minutes straight moaning about their sodding cold and how awful it was. In fact if I stop and think about it, I still get wound up by it. Basically, I was flaring for 13 years straight without a single break. Admittedly in the very eary days it was also very mild: just diarrhoea without any pain, fever, etc. But as the disease progressed, I became more ill. Much much more ill than if I'd just had a cold. And that lasted for many years. Even during the periods of relative respite, I was still often more ill, feverish, and in pain than anyone would be with just a cold. And yet I didn't get the oodles of sympathy that somebody moaning about their sodding cold for 15 minutes straight would get. I got virtually no sympathy or recognition, which makes me think I did my disease all wrong: I should have moaned about it in public constantly instead of stoically trying to be "normal".
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