Dammit, I want sympathy

[venta]

I think I've got 'flu :(

Some of you might be familiar with my rant about 'flu.

Have you ever noticed that nobody ever takes a day off work because they've got a cold ? They always take a day off for 'flu. For ages now I've been trying to get the cold reinstated as something people take seriously - you can feel bloody awful with a cold; you don't need to claim 'flu to take time off. And regardless of what the Lemsip adverts say, you don't get better from 'flu in a day. People die of 'flu.

While I don't think my death is imminent, I think I'm justified in applying to have my cold upgraded. I'd list symptoms to demonstrate my claim, but fear it'd make very dull reading.

Comments

Certificate of Flu

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

This comment hereby certifies the validity of your claim to have genuine Influenza (TM) and not some wussy second-rate cold virus.

To help us certify other people's illnesses too, please tick all that apply:

[ ] Runny nose.
[ ] Splitting headache.
[ ] Stomach ache.
[ ] Nausea.
[ ] Fever.
[ ] Jedi.

(That last one was Steve's fault - sorry !)

Re: Certificate of Flu

[venta.livejournal.com]

Aww, you missed my favourites... aching joints, stiff neck, hypersensitive skin and chronic sinus pain...

On the plus side, though, I now feel positively healthy as I don't have stomach ache. Though that might be something to do with having not really eaten since Friday night.

(That last one was Steve's fault - sorry !)

Apparently even if everyone writes in on their sicknotes, though, it still won't get in the BMJ...