Okay, I give, as I am seeing scattered reports and I get hot for statistics. VVC goers who run across this, answer the poll. Ooh! We could totally Venn diagram this! For science!

(Oh my God my head. My nose. My will to live.)

[Poll #1445237]

ETA: I have given in and taken psuedophedrine/guaifenesin and while I do not feel better, the placebo effect of imagining that someday I might feel better is really--working if I really concentrate hard.

Really, really hard.
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From: [identity profile] cereta.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 01:24 am (UTC)
Nnnnno, don't think so. I'm a little extra sinus-y, but I suspect allergies. Should I be worried?

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 01:27 am (UTC)
Maybe? I just have sinus and headache and ear-ness (from congestion while flying). I mostly just have lost the will to move or like, function.

This is totes swine flu, I can sense it.

From: [identity profile] geeklite.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 03:18 am (UTC)
In that case, I have had swine flu since early 1993.

From: [identity profile] lydiabell.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 01:28 am (UTC)
I may have to change my answer if this vaguely pokey feeling in my throat turns into anything else, though.

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 01:32 am (UTC)
My throat was first too--I thought it was from shouting out of tune lyrics at Club Vivid, then it--wasn't. It really just started hitting Sunday night, and by this morning, I was feeling so crappy I didn't even go through my usual fit of wondering if the plane was going to crash, as I did not care.

I hate the universe. But I love VVC. *narrow eyes* The universe is betray-y.

From: [identity profile] archaeologist-d.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 01:33 am (UTC)
This latest poll was pretty funny. Loved all the choices.

From: [identity profile] cold-poet.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 01:40 am (UTC)
Totally unrelated, but can I be your friend on LJ again since you aren't crossposting to DW after all? Pretty please? *bats eyelashes*
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From: [identity profile] transtempts.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 01:41 am (UTC)
*waves*

Really, I am concerned. Concerned that in a fit of delirium you will add another 20K and I will have to get on a plane to come down there and pry you out of your bathroom after you have locked yourself inside.

*eyes you*

*hands you antihistamines and gatorade*

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 01:48 am (UTC)
*curls up and whimpers* It's possible.
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From: [identity profile] transtempts.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 01:51 am (UTC)
*hands you blanket*

*is about to hand you a list of vitamins to take*

From: [identity profile] barkley.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 01:45 am (UTC)
I want an option between one and two that says, "I could go either way..." But I know which way I am going to go even if it's only psychosomatic since the lady with facemask on plane sat right next to me and kept productively coughing into her facemask. Well, she was doing that when she wasn't falling asleep on me and touching me.

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 01:47 am (UTC)
....oh God. *shudders* What is it about planes that makes people ignore personal space?

From: [identity profile] ellixis.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 02:26 am (UTC)
An older lady once fell asleep on my shoulder on a plane. I spent the rest of the flight torn between "well, it's not like she's dirty or smelly or anything and she clearly needs the sleep" and "oh god off OFF off off off off OFF."
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From: [identity profile] norabombay.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 02:10 am (UTC)
I've got a giant set of congestion, and headache. And cough. Stomach is actually mostly ok.

And I'm allergic to cold medicine- that combo above would kill me. Or leave me high for a week.

hope you feel better soon!

From: [identity profile] dine.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 02:38 am (UTC)
it's a rare con that doesn't see a wave of con crud; I know that more often than not I end up sick as a dog at/after attending cons (though most of mine are usually February/March, which may skew the odds somewhat)

From: [identity profile] amireal.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 02:44 am (UTC)
I will end the world if the people who got some get off scott free.

From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 02:59 am (UTC)
THIS. HOLY SHIT THIS.

From: [identity profile] amireal.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 03:01 am (UTC)
FIRE WILL RAIN FROM THE SKIES! CHOCOLATE MILK WILL DISAPPEAR! DEATH AND DESTRUCTION JENN! DEATH AND DESTRUCTION!

From: [identity profile] anjak-j.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 03:28 am (UTC)
Ah, the condition known as 'Con Crud™'. Basically a result of lots of people in close proximity, usually brought in by one inconsiderate fuckwit.

I pretty much get this every time I go to a con.

From: [identity profile] lurkerlynne.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-19 08:39 am (UTC)
And made worse by the peoples who came on planes and picked up the creeping crud there. Airplane rides + idjit with cold + building full of peoples = Con Crud

...

Add in a malfunctioning air conditioner and you've got Legionnaire's Disease. o_O Umm... Hereyagohopeyoulive! ::bolts away, leaving behind a pile of chicken soup containers (firmly closed), blankets, gatorade and Merlin cast clones::

From: [identity profile] shinetheway.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 03:37 am (UTC)
omg no [agonized face] If it was me, hon, I am SO SORRY. I tried so hard to be careful... [worries]

Consider me at your disposal for comment!fic? [abashed look]

From: [identity profile] laura47.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 05:24 am (UTC)
i'm not sick *yet*...
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From: [personal profile] niqaeli Date: 2009-08-18 05:56 am (UTC)
I was fighting sinus crap for like a week before the con. My immune system finally gave the fuck up last night and oh look who has a full-blown sinus infection now.

I don't know if that was the con crud taking me down finally or my immune system just running up the red flag but really, either way. I want to shoot myself.

(Seriously. I drove like seven hours like this, with my shoulders totally locked up. That I am not channeling Shiva, destroyer of worlds, is kind of impressive I feel.)

From: [identity profile] laurashapiro.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 04:31 pm (UTC)
Sorry you're sick. ): If it helps, I had a headache all day Friday and most of Saturday. Whee.

We should've hung out some! Never enough time to talk to all the cool people...
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From: [identity profile] the-shoshanna.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 05:10 pm (UTC)
I gave the second answer, but on the other hand I spent six hours on Sunday in close proximity to someone who kept saying "Hm, I think I'm getting sick. Yes, my throat is definitely weird. I'm pretty sure I'm sick," so stay tuned for breaking news.

IT WOULD STILL BE TOTALLY WORTH IT. VVC YAY!
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From: [identity profile] mrshamill.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-18 06:32 pm (UTC)
Oh fer Buddha's sake. It's just con crud. Cripes. In MY day, you got con crud, you were sick for a coupla days, you shook it off, then walked to school. In two feet of snow. Barefoot. Uphill. Both ways.

Whiner.

Now, I have to fly home from fuckin' DENVER with an EAR INFECTION. I'll bet that beats yer con crud any day! /whine

From: [identity profile] lurkerlynne.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-19 08:41 am (UTC)
Only two feet of snow? Wuss. There was at least 4 when I did that slog. Mom gave us rides to school when the temp hit -39F.
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From: [personal profile] fyrdrakken Date: 2009-08-18 07:07 pm (UTC)
Hmm, thanks for the reminder about con crud. A few days ago I ran across someone's post of handy tips for people who've never been to Dragon*Con before (with a link back to last year's post along those lines), and one of the pointers was to start taking vitamins at least two weeks in advance (if not already in the habit, which I used to be but am no longer) so as to help get your immune system into top shape by the time you'll really need it. Also I should get some grapefruit juice.

From: [identity profile] millylicious.livejournal.com Date: 2009-08-19 12:25 am (UTC)
I WANT TO DIE. OMG WHAT *COUGHSSNEEZESHURLS*

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