How Sick is Too Sick?

Feel better soon! And yes - I agree - no biking or working. Go easy on yourself once it's over - you may be weak for a little while afterwards.

CA

A gargantuan sinus headache laid me low today and kept me from the bike and work.

I won't ride with a fever. Too much increase in metabolic demand. Not a good idea. As a matter of fact, I think any adult with a fever needs to stay home, asleep.

Stomach flu riding? Uh, right.

Hope you are better. I can't do fever as an adult. I get very disoriented and have anxiety attacks. I had a cold a few weeks ago and I could hardly drive myself home. Turns out my fever was 101.9, which is high for me. By the time I got home I was crying uncontrollably until I found the Tylenol and crashed.

Wow, that was the sickest I've been in a long time! It wasn't a stomach flu -- no vomiting, etc., thank goodness -- but it was pretty much every other symptom I could imagine. I felt like I'd been hit by a truck and I spent a full 10 days in bed, miserable and exhausted. Now I feel like I'm getting over a horrific cold, which is a major improvement! :rolleyes:

I rode in to work yesterday and today; my legs felt like I hadn't been on a bike in two months. My legs feel all weak and exhausted when I ride, but I hope as I get better my legs will perk back up too. Even so, I'm happy to be back in the saddle after 12 long days off.

Glad you are back in the saddle! Yeah the real flu is serious business not many people who say they have the flu have anything more than the stomach flu. I am sure you will get stronger as you fully recover.