How Sick is Too Sick?

[Blueberry]

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

[pardes]

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

[Chicken Little]

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.

[Aggie_Ama]

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.

[kfergos]

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!

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.

[Aggie_Ama]

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.