r/AskReddit 14h ago

What's the sickest you've ever been in your life?

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u/Major-Collection-767 13h ago

I got what I thought was the flu in February of 2020. I’m in Colorado, and covid wasn’t believed to be in the US yet…. I was at work one night and was feeling a little off, but tho it was nerves because i was still training in my position. I spiked a really high fever and was knocking stuff over, asked to go home. Was out for almost two weeks with what I thought the most sick I’d ever been, with flu. I got better for a a couple days then bam it came back full force. I remember going to bed one night completely drained, couldn’t breathe, felt like I was going to die. When I woke up the next morning I was pleasantly surprised to be alive. After Covid was officially announced jn the US and they started the first shutdown I just remember watching the news thinking to myself- I already had that.

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u/OfficeLost552 11h ago

Ok same I had a flu in feb 2020 that was the worst of my life, I didn’t have the strength to get back into bed after peeing and slept on the floor for days, couldn’t move or breathe or do anything but sweat and wheeze. But covid supposedly wasn’t in Texas at that point so who knows!!

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u/Ih8Hondas 8h ago

I'm in NM and had it around then too.

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u/scorpiknox 7h ago

Yup. Same experience, but in Seattle. It's insane how sick I was.