Oktoberfest flu

Every year the busy crowded space of the Oktoberfest leads to an explosive outbreak in headcolds and flu.

So who here is suffering? I know a few are. Including myself. Please send grapes, chocolate, and messages of sympathy to the usual address.

Unfortunately it seems like this one takes a while to clear up. Like a full week. Which is a bit of a pain and an interuption to the number of Wies'n visits which can be made.

See also the TT search for flu remedies.

3 people I know got this. I'm hoping I managed to escape it; been a bit sneezy for a few days but that's all.
Get well soon.

Down here as well

completely kaputo from the flu...lost voice, nose hurts from too much blowing and cough sounds like i have great dane in my throat...wanna die, die die!!!

I have it. Felt shit on Sunday last week but put that down to the fest and a late night on Saturday. Monday was just a sore throat, Tuesday was that and feeling weak. Weds & Thus was the above plus fevers and couldn't go to work. Went back to work Friday which may have been a mistake as I was fucked again by the end of it.

Its now, 7 days later, mostly just the sore throat remaining but just went and did the groceries and I feel like I need to sleep again for the rest of the day. Haven't been THAT congested/runny nosed.. yet.

I just hope I recover enough for tomorrow as I have a pre-paid fest trip :-(

Is everyone getting the same/similar symptoms? I know people at work are starting to get the sore throats.

i woke up with it on monday even though my first day at the fest was tuesday.

I had it only from Sun-Weds but it was more a stomach (my body rejected food of any kind). and achy bones thing. Now I am just trying to avoid getting it full-blown since Tom is spreading it around the house...

Had it all week. Am just about getting rid of it now (I hope).

i think i'm coming down with sympathy octoberfest :$ Or maybe i'm just down because i'm missing all the festivities and drinking.

Oh - pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaasssssssssssssse don't die...what a loss that would be!

Gute Besserung to all of you. This might sound absolutely disgusting but it works - next time you feel a cold coming go to the chemists and buy a so-called 'Nasendusche' (can't even think of the English translation, shudder) and the special salt that goes with it. You'll feel fine pretty quickly.

Managed to get through this Wiesn Season without - thanks to my torturing Nasendusche.

Ahhh.. yet another reason to avoid O'fest

Got it as well. I had it last year for 3 weeks...

At least I have blackcurrant Lemsip at home though

Badger is dying a death. I don't get sick but my poor Schatz in bits.

still ill after all this time? I would draw her a hot menthol bath and bring her champagne if I were you. The menthol clears the nose and the champagne lifts the spirits

try warm weißbier! heard it works pretty well, makes you sweat like crazy.

maybe i should try it too, been coughing for almost two weeks now. doesn't seem to get better. fortunatelly i feel pretty good though.

hope you all get better soon!

Gute Besserung!

ive been laid up in bed all day as well. terrible cold but im reluctant to blame octoberfest, its too much fun!

I believe the illiness comes from all the "sharing of germs" that goes on at Oktoberfest. I'd make a link, but the threads of hooking up at Ofest are endless.

My other half has gotten sick this year at ofest while I am over 3500 miles away...What do you think?

Me & my 2 houseguests from the heimat are totally sick - we're going through the Tempos at a crazy rate. Sore throats, runny noses, everything. In return we got to sit at a table in the Augustiner tent and drink beer at 9AM.

Me tooooo!!! I blame the Dirnle

At the Wies'n,

It is better to have flu'ed and lost than never to have flu'ed at all

Woke up this morning - aching, runny nose, sore throat...

I hate being sick

My mother always maintains its from drinking out of damp glasses!

I'll have you all know that Spaten (from the Hippodrome) does not help...

Spaten is just the worst news. Period. I think, apart from getting a cold, Spaten will give you just about any other disease or illness known to mane. Ugh.

I too got the typical Wies'n cold and am now starting to lose my voice again... but am not complaining, because it is still worth every minute of fun there!

I think the cold and dry weather just before the fest also contributed, I've noticed lots of people on the S-bahn suffereing. I got a mild case that hit my inner ears a bit, which has slowed me down by not stopped me!

It got me Feel like poo today. Damn germs.

germs? that's just crazy. you obviously left a window open.

my throat hurts. i'm trying to go defensive route. toked up on echinicea and zinc before going to the o'fest, used copious amounts of anti/bacterial hand gel, hit the juice bars immediately after. tried to get peeps to go for defensive hot ass curry as well but got no takers. damn drunkards.

i'm going to keep hitting the oj, echinicea and zinc. hopefully that will keep me outta bed.

Me 2

I thought I was the only one

I had it last Thursday. Didn't get to the Wiesn til Friday, though. Stomach bug.

I`m getting something right now and my head is fuckin`sore. I was at the Hacker tent on Sat, saw roots he looked confused.@roots hope you found them old bean.

My first visit to Wiesn this year was on wednesday, and friday I was really thirsty and freezing cold and realised on my way home from work that I have a cold. Feeling strangely light-headed at the moment, but I refuse to give into it. It's my last week at work so I and I am also missing the first week of my German course so I think it would be a bit suspiscious if I was off sick. When it's necessary for me to be feeling more human (for example, further Wiesn trips), I am taking Sudafed and paracetamol in advance. I reckon I must have caught my cold somewhere else though, doesn't it take longer than 2 days for a cold to incubate?

@clairesuz

Interesting facts about catching a cold

Well...not sure how interesting they are if you actually feel crappy like. Then they are just glaringly annoying facts. Like the one about avoiding crowded places...

Yes, interesting facts. I knew about being careful about rubbing your eyes etc. (particularly if you have to hold a hand rail on the S-bahn that hundreds of other people have held throughout the day, yuck). I was wondering how long after you actually have had contact with the virus, that you start to display symptoms. I guess it's different for different viruses.

Incubation Period for a Cold

A bit science-y but shows that the incubation period is very short...which does mean that you can wake up with it (as people sometimes say).

Thanks and eeeewwwww! nasty little viruses.

How are you feeling today, jml?
It got me too Started with a sore throat last night, and this morning my whole body aches and feels heavy, it hurts to swallow and talk, and have a constant headache. My nose felt blocked but now it feels a bit better and I haven't started sneezing (yet).
Stayed off work so as not to spread it around the office, although I think that's where it originated anyway

I have never been anywhere near the Oktoberfest in my life, but have had a cold since last friday. I have no idea about zinc or echinieaeeae stuff, but weißbier seems to help for me. If you are gonna wake up aching and with a sore head anyway, why not get battered the night before I say.


How very noble of you

I'm the living definition of altruism
Besides me feeling weak and pathetic.

Me too, also, as well (or should that be unwell)?
Well into the third week now and not feeling much better despite lots o' drugs from the doc. Not sure if space appreciates my new husky voice either - he preferred when it had gone altogether!

Eat lots of chicken noodle soup with veggies, well peppered. Clears your sinuses, gives you fluid, protein and vitamins and tastes good (4 outa 5 ain't bad).

I've had a cough for the last week and now that I'm back to work I'm sure it will turn into the flu, as I do not want to be here at all. Boredom almost always makes me sick.

I got the FRIGGING flu on day one of Oktoberfest, and I still have the damn thing. I thought I was over it a few days ago but my girlfriend got it off me, and now I got it back off of her.

I can't even get pissed at the weisn!!!

I got it too! But I'm still going there for one last maß tonight, I don't care.

I been doing pretty well at fighting it off, lots of vitamin c, zinc etc. and good behaviour. I even opted for a warm bath and pjs last night instead of my first choice of hitting the TT Tuesday Drinks. Woke up this morning anyhoo with big fat kopf schmerz that will NOT go away, my usual precursor to nasty cold.

Should've gone out instead, rat bastards. I sir, am a wanker.

my 5 day drinking binge at the Fest has resulted in me having:

- intermittent gut-rot
- loss of appetite
- rotten skin
- headaches
- trembles
- a deep voice
- sniffles

was definitely worth it though!!!

Damn right, Moonbot. I'm going there to have one more Maß. This freakin' cold ain't gonna scare me. Oh, and Ochsensemmel... yummy...

got my 3 reserved visits in and then came down with bastard, body-aching, full-blown flu on saturday.

solution - grippostad anti-flu capsules and hot whisky drinkies.

1. hot whisky mac. 2 shots whisky, 2 shots green ginger wine, 3-4 shots hot water. stir, drink, sleeeeeep...

2. milky, milky. a generous glug of whisky, a large teaspoon of honey, fill up with hot milk. stir until blended, drink, sleeeeeep...

anyone with any other whisky based remedies, please post here!