Covid. I have f-ing Covid

[Spookymormonhelldream]

Got through the entire pandemic, both kids and ex H all got sick, I was immune! Or so I thought.
Felt suddenly feverish yesterday, did a test, negative. Up in the night with proper fever, aches and pains etc so did another test today. Immediate positive result.
For fucks sake!! I'm starting to wonder who I pissed off in a former life. My car has just failed its MOT, and I've been diagnosed with a chronic illness. I'm a LP and money is so fucking tight.
Argh. Sorry just ranting.

Any more info re updated advice? We're still testing symptomatic staff and covid positive is 5 days off

I’m on day 11 but who is counting now, first 5 days totally bedbound with severe vertigo, nausea, headache, earache, body aches, leg pins and needles, rushing sensation where my heart would thump quickly for a few seconds. Incredibly tired but then unable to sleep, feeling wired and shaky. I felt like I’d been chemically poisoned, everything tasted of salt and smelled off.
It’s been a very gradual recovery, I tried to go back to work on day 9 but managed 10 minutes in the office until my manager sent me home as I was sweating and shaky.
I went to the GP that day where my oxygen levels were around 92%, she explained that it was due to the inflammation from the covid.
I had to purchase a pulse oximeter from the chemist and check it 4 times a day. If it dropped below 90 I was to call 111.
GP signed me off for a week and insisted on rest and fluids as pushing yourself will not help your recovery.
Im feeling a bit better now, headaches on waking and I’m still a bit breathless. Falling asleep in the afternoons and sleeping heavily for 10 hours at night. Everything still tastes salty and my sense of smell is still quite affected.
Still get random chest and leg pains plus dizziness and difficulty in thinking straight.

If this is something we are going to catch every year then there’s going to be a lot of long term Ill disabled people around, I’m going to be very scared of this going forward.

OP you're actually really lucky to be having your first bout now, long after vaccinations and new variants have made it much safer and the chances of actually dying are so much less. So while you're pissed off (who wouldn't be!) about being sick today, you really should be grateful to have avoided it for so long.

Gosh @Braindeads that's awful.
I'm on day 4 and have woken up feeling a bit better but still not 100%

@Dropthedonkey I am grateful in a sense, although obviously devastated at having to lose my sense of smug superiority at being immune! I told the kids it was my super power 😁.
What really scares me is how differently it affects different people- there's no way to predict if it will be like a bit of a cold, or will flatten you for 3 weeks.

Thanks @Spookymormonhelldream How are you feeling today? Even when you start to feel better, take it easy, I've learned not to try to overdo things when recovering, especially with having a chronic illness to deal with as well.

I'm just glad my first bout of it was after I'd had the first couple of jags for it. My cousin caught it very early on and was hospitalised from it. She's thankfully ok now but that really was a worry of mine early on with it.

DH has managed to avoid catching it from me but apparently two of his workmates have it right now. One is ill enough to be off but the other says he's ok and has been going in. They're bus drivers so I can see it spreading like crazy around the depot, never mind the passengers. We're just hoping after us being so careful for DH not to catch it from me that he doesn't get it at work now.

Morning @Tarkan I'm a bit better today thank you. Had my shower, put on a wash, then felt all wobbly and had to sit down 😳 but not as ill as yesterday. Will keep everything crossed your DH manages to avoid it.
Is the new variant more infectious do you think?

I'm still testing positive but thankfully feeling better. Unfortunately my 4 year old is very unwell and I feel awful I've passed it on.

Definitely take it easy. I managed to catch up with a bunch of housework yesterday at least and both DC are teens so they've been helping out as much as possible too.

It does seem to be quite an infectious one but I'm positive I got it from DC2 when school started back (we're in Scotland so was mid-August when school restarted here). DC2 is the only one still in school but they have ASD and anxiety so don't go in that often. A couple of days after they went in one day they had a bit of a cold and ended up off school with that instead. A few days later and I could barely get out of my bed. So it looks like our annual "back to school bug" was Covid this year.

My sense of smell has gone into overdrive. I can smell things that no one else is and scents more strongly. Cleaning products are making me a bit nauseous like when I was pg.
And the pins and needles aren't going away! So irritating

Now I'm getting pins and needles in my hand s! Most of the other symptoms have gone apart from horrendous fatigue. This is a very weird illness

I’m sorry@Spookymormonhelldream
Covid is such a crap I’ll ses and so unpredictable too.

I hope you’ll recover from the exhaustion quickly.

Why are people still testing! Rest up take medication & get better. Will never understand why people test still.

Because some of us have to go and get iv antivirals as we have no immune systems. I've had every covid jab offered and still have no antibodies.

Is it beyond your imagination that different people might experience different degrees of illness/symptoms from the same virus?

Sending big hugs as a chronic illness ( endometriosis) and covid 5 times I feel your pain.

I swear there is a massive link with oestrogen histamine levels and covid, but I'm not holding out for a smidge of budget to research.

If the link was testerone I'm sure we'd all be 2 billion in with research by now!!

Also because how will you know you have LC if you dint know you’ve had covid in the first place?

The assumption that anyone who gets covid just has to rest a bit and will get better is laughable if not very sad by now.

So, for me, I’ve had covid and ended up really poorly this last 18 months. Think needing DH to act as my carer as I couldn’t cook for myself etc..
So yes I want to know.
I want to know fir myself.
I want to know for my family so I am protect them if I can (eg not see MIL)
I want to know for everyone else I might come across so I don’t infect them. Just like I wouldnt go out with a child with chickenpox because if the risk to og women etc… isn’t that normal? I mean CP is pretty mild fir most people right? They even used to do CP parties!

OP, you have my sympathies - and solidarity. Managed to dodge covid during the pandemic, but started to feel iffy last Sunday evening. Raging temperature, extreme tiredness, then the coughing kicked in. I still don't feel right now.

I'm sure a cold doesn't end peoples careers. I have colleagues in teaching, one with a young family, under the age of 30, all are too unwell to return.

Career ending.

The impact is horrendous on peoples ambition, what they've worked for, family finances etc.

I'm on infection #5 I think, having had SEVEN vaccinations. Reported result to NHS, it said to tell my GP (who couldn't give a stuff) or 111, who returned my 3pm call at 11:45pm when I was tucked up in bed (cos, y'know, I felt crap). Am REALLY p@ssed off as due to take a fitness test (which can't be moved - unless I delay for a year) next week. I have worked sooooooo hard to get here after cancer during the lockdown, and it looks like it's all for nothing. I am tired, achy, snotty and my pins n needles have increased. I feel thoroughly fed up 😫

I have it too and feel really unwell. I’m very much a soldiering on type but covid has me bed bound. If you’re lucky enough to have a mild bout of it then the least you can do is have a bit of sympathy for those who get it badly. It is a very serious illness for many people and really unpleasant even for many who fully recover.

Lots of friends have had it recently to varying degrees. Some really ill, some a bad cold. It's everywhere. Seems to hit you harder if you have a weakness. OH has a weak chest so it has given him awful bronchial issues. Ditto a friend.

Another friend has had the brain fog.

Weirdly I still haven't caught it.

Everyone with it take care of yourselves.

Yes, me too... I tested as I was reading an article about sepsis and have been ill for 5 days without getting better, in fact feeling whozzy and a bit muddled. So it is covid after all... I also got the insomnia I had last time and headaches but luckily not the breathing issues or palpitations - I upped my exercise considerably running 5km.× 3 per week since April 2022.
Hoping to WFH as I won't be able to sign off work paid as I am over my no of days off self-certified vs occasions in a rolling 12 month period. Doubtful the 3 smug never had covid colleagues would be none too delighted to see me next week as I am definitely still coughing and sneezing everywhere...

Why would you not?

Covid hit me like a ton of bricks and I’m never usually ill.

If I hadn’t tested I would have thought something was seriously wrong and probably phoned an ambulance.

I know covid can be dangerous but knowing what was making me feel so ill was better than feeling that way and worrying about what was wrong and wasting the doctors time.

I wish there was a test for every illness!

Sympathy to all who are suffering! Especially to those who have had it multiple times 😱
I'm actually starting to feel better today, not quite 100% but definitely on the right path.
Still have random aches especially in my back! Although maybe it's all the lying down I've been doing 😳.
Can people please not come on to a thread like this and say, it's just a cold, why bother testing etc? It's very clear that some people have been absolutely devastated by this virus. And it's important to know for multiple reasons, whether it be treatment, care for immunosuppressed people, medical history etc.
People are not looking for drama and attention - it's a significant problem for many.