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Covid isn't always "just a bad cold"

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MamaorBruh · 05/03/2025 19:24

I know it's an emotive subject for some, but last week I caught Covid - I tested as I was seeing my best friend who is pregnant and I felt shocking plus lost taste so I wanted to check before seeing her.
Some people have practically mocked me for testing "didn't realise covid was still a thing/why have you even got tests/it's just a cold you're being dramatic"
Now, I've had a many a cold in the past but Covid (to me, anyway) is SO much more than that - i felt like I've been hit by a bus! My head felt like it was in a vice and I felt 100 times worse than whenever I've had "a cold"
I'm still poorly now, whereas with the colds in the past, I've recovered within a few days.
I suppose it just frustrates me that people assume everyone just suffers like it's "a cold" whereas, it can be much more than that.

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Movinghouseatlast · 06/03/2025 10:35

I agree. I had it for 6 weeks last year, absolutely horrendous, coukd barely breathe.

Pinkdreams · 06/03/2025 10:43

I lost two family members to Covid back in 2020 so I'm with you, for some it's a lot more than a cold

Delatron · 06/03/2025 11:45

I also think even if one bout was like a cold for you doesn’t mean future strains will be.

I used to claim ‘I’ve had worst colds’ when I had Covid in the past. You would assume each infection would be milder. But not necessarily so.

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528htz · 06/03/2025 20:25

taxguru · 05/03/2025 20:19

@528htz

I also thought coronaviruses are supposed to get weaker as time goes on then they settle down. This was the worst one ever.

That's what they say, but it's not how it's working. My son first got covid at Uni in 2020 - he just shrugged it off as a minor cold. He got it again a few times during 2021 and 2022 (whilst at Uni) - still barely more than a sore throat for a day or two and a bit of a cough. He had it twice in 2024 from his new workplace - again, he barely noticed he had it. Just caught it again last week and it's absolutely floored him - he's been in bed for six days now, coughing his guts up, feeling achy all over, bad headaches, he can barely make a drink or cook beans on toast as he says it's so painful to move, even just around his flat. He's only 23, fit and healthy normally, and no underlying conditions/not in any vulnerable group. It's really worrying us how bad it's hit him - on Facetime, he looks like death and at times is struggling to put a sentence together and is starting to be incoherent. I'm driving over tomorrow to see him and start caring for him as we're so worried. I think the current strains are really serious.

Oh gosh, I hope he's okay 😟

wildthingsinthenight · 06/03/2025 20:54

taxguru · 05/03/2025 20:19

@528htz

I also thought coronaviruses are supposed to get weaker as time goes on then they settle down. This was the worst one ever.

That's what they say, but it's not how it's working. My son first got covid at Uni in 2020 - he just shrugged it off as a minor cold. He got it again a few times during 2021 and 2022 (whilst at Uni) - still barely more than a sore throat for a day or two and a bit of a cough. He had it twice in 2024 from his new workplace - again, he barely noticed he had it. Just caught it again last week and it's absolutely floored him - he's been in bed for six days now, coughing his guts up, feeling achy all over, bad headaches, he can barely make a drink or cook beans on toast as he says it's so painful to move, even just around his flat. He's only 23, fit and healthy normally, and no underlying conditions/not in any vulnerable group. It's really worrying us how bad it's hit him - on Facetime, he looks like death and at times is struggling to put a sentence together and is starting to be incoherent. I'm driving over tomorrow to see him and start caring for him as we're so worried. I think the current strains are really serious.

So sorry about your son.
I do hope he starts improving soon💜

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