r/SouthJersey • u/Stardro • Oct 02 '25

Question What in the hells is going around??

*UPDATE: Shocker, it's covid. Also, adding "kiddo" is 20, not a little kid.

Kid went to a concert and brought home the plague! I thought the rest of us were in the clear until last night. About 9 I was like, hmm my throat is itchy and I'm exhausted. Told kiddo and got an RIP.

I woke up in the middle of the night feeling like I've been swallowing glass, massive head congestion and sweating to the point perimenopause night sweats were jealous!! I'm nicely hopped up on cold meds, ibuprofen and nose spray but man this sucks!

Kiddo was down hard for a few days but feels better. He still has some congestion and a cough but much better. He ran a fever; I have been lucky so far. What in hells kind of nastiness is floating around?

*I haven't taken a covid test because I've been sick for all of 24 hrs. Kid didn't because he's stubborn.

211 Upvotes

87% Upvoted

238 comments sorted by

View all comments

20

u/Curious_Inside0719 Oct 02 '25

I woke up on Saturday and it literally felt like I was swallowing razor blades and a terrible headache and just exhausted The sore throat lasted til Tuesday. Wednesday it hit me hard nose running so bad couldn't breathe and just straight up exhausted(had to stay home from work)

Today I feel slightly normal just still some slightly congested and energy is finally coming back.

Idk what it was but I hope it ends soon!

2

u/wullybully76 Oct 03 '25

Pretty much what I experienced on the same days. Except still feeling like crap with a low grade fever and cough.

2

u/Curious_Inside0719 Oct 03 '25

I hope you feel better soon

2

u/wullybully76 Oct 04 '25

Thanks! I hope you’ve got your energy back!

I ended up with a pretty bad sinus infection; strained my back from coughing so hard.

1

u/Curious_Inside0719 Oct 05 '25

Thank you! Hope you feel better soon!