• Question: have you ever got really ill

    Asked by ludo4444 to Jen, Jill, Mel, Phil, Stef on 14 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Phil Rice

      Phil Rice answered on 14 Mar 2013:

      Oh yes! I remember sitting in chair at my dad’s house in 1997 and at 6.45 pm on Sunday evening it felt as if I had just been hit by a truck. I remember saying “What was that?” A week later I had bacterial pneumonia as a consequence of influenza. I then read a description of influenza in a very good text book on infectious diseases and I had every symptom, even recalling the time the symptoms started! I would not have believed it until I had experienced it myself. I never took time off work, but was off for 3 weeks – all for a little virus!

    • Photo: Jennifer Paxton

      Jennifer Paxton answered on 15 Mar 2013:

      The worst thing I’ve had was glandular fever – I had it at university when I was studying for my exams – it wasn’t fun! Luckily that’s the worst thing though…and I hope I don’t get anything worse.

    • Photo: Stefan Piatek

      Stefan Piatek answered on 16 Mar 2013:

      Thankfully not, broken a couple of bones though

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