Have you had COVID?

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Pretty convinced I have though no antigen test yet. Awful cough and bedridden for a week in early March. Relatively healthy/fit before but now a 2 minute run has me out of breath. So grateful it wasn’t worse though 😞 Anyone else think they’ve had it and on the road to recovery?

Think we had it mid-March, in London. Temperature for 2-3 days, loss of smell and strange fatigue for a week or two. Not really a cough to speak of though.

I would like the antibody test just for curiosity, but not sure that’s a good enough reason to fork out for one!

No. We were quite ill in March, wound up at childrens A&E with the baby having a high fever, but the antigen test says no.

I wouldn't be surprised. I was laid flat with what I thought was a throat infection followed by a chest infection, and I never get ill. The resulting shortness of breath lasted for a month or so.

This was back in Feb/March time when it was just starting to get public, but I'm in an area with very few cases so who knows.

I'm 99.999999999999999999999999999999999999999% sure I've had it. I had a fever for 3 whole weeks, a sore throat and loss of appetite.

The only reason I'm not 100% sure is because I wasn't tested at the time. I KNOW I've had it though. And many of my medical professional friends think I've had it too. I'm waiting on an antibody test.

Yes. Had positive test at work, then negative result before I went back. Absolutely no symptoms.

Absolutely sure I had it a week either side of Easter, bed ridden for the whole week before. Cough I’ve never had the like of before - dry and persistent, couldn’t sleep at night for coughing, woke up all the time coughing etc. Temperature, very weak, tired by even going downstairs or in the garden for a few minutes. Awful.

Didn’t lose taste or smell that I noticed but wasn’t eating much and there weren’t any smells to speak of! I was on my own for several days with it and it was quite scary - at least kids c”were with exh so I’m lucky in that respect.

I've had it, sore throat, slight cough and a headache, Confirmed with swab and then had a +antibody result yesterday. Feeling very fortunate.

I had a positive swab and positive antibody test

I can't say for a fact as haven't had a test, But, I am convinced me and DS had it around the beginning of January, we were both bed ridden for about 10 days with chronic fatigue and headache. It was like no flu I have ever had before.

Yes, positive antibody test

No

Of my 300 friends on Facebook only 2 think they’ve had it and neither have had tests.

Weird because we live in one of the worst hit areas!

I'm 50:50. I felt manky for a week and had a temperature but just below the threshold. Only a slight cough but complete loss of taste and smell for a month despite no blocked nose. All symptoms that are common with a cold. I really hope I have had it, want to do an antibody test when they are available again.

I work in A&E dealing with covid patients daily and have had the antigen test 2 days ago, results yesterday and no I haven’t had it.

Nope. Had a couple of bugs that I thought might be it, but my antibody test came back negative.

I reckon I caught it mid December. It took me 3 months to fully recover and I still don’t feel 100%. I had a temp of 39.5, an awful sore throat and cough, lost my voice almost completely and struggled to breath for a good 3 or 4 weeks over Christmas. My GP told me that almost every patient he was seeing had the same symptoms and in 10 years of being a GP, he had never seen anything like it.

I know the government are saying that it didn’t arrive here until feb / March but I’ve never experienced anything like that. I don’t smoke or drink and am rarely ill. My parents, in-laws and DH also caught it.

I’ll definitely be getting an antibody test as soon as is available to me.

Don't know yet, will be having antibody test on 22nd June.

I think we've had "herd immunity" by the backdoor since Nov/Dec last year.

I think so, in early March. I’m female and mid 30s, slight cough but then lost my smell and taste for weeks - really odd. I also had a rash. Husband much more ill. Both had the flu jab so unlikely to be that. My dad stayed with us then got ill a week later, he was much more unwell for around 3 weeks - figures as he is obviously older than us. Would love an anti body test but as PP said, curiosity isn’t a good enough reason to get one at the moment! I’m a teacher, wonder if they will be rolled out to us any time soon?

Not me but my mum had it at the beginning of April, she felt awful for about 2 weeks and then fatigue lasted for about another 3 weeks after. She's made a full recovery.

I was tested in A&E by xray and it showed I had it. I was sent to A&E by gp for another health issue which I don't have. I was zipped into an isolation pod and the paramedics had given me a mask as soon as they came into the house which I could only take off while alone. I didn't mind of course. I am in my 60's and have type 2 diabetes. I was sent home but told to ring 111 if my breathing became difficult. I was unwell and a bit out of it but nothing terrible. I have been reporting every day to a research team (before I got ill) and they want me to have a test to see whether covid survives in the body even when you are better. I have requested the test kit.

Nope don't know anyone that has had it

I think I had it very early on, I was sick as a dog from November through to February. There was a solid four weeks of up and down fevers and sweats, and about 12 weeks of incessant coughing.

I’d like to have the antibody test.

Almost every single adult person I know (literally, bar one or two) thinks they have had Covid. People have a mild cold and think it was Covid. People have the same seasonal illness they have every year and think it was Covid. I know someone normally intelligent who swears he had Covid, because he "got a headache on Monday night and felt queasy and headachy until Wednesday, so it was definitely Covid".

I know twelve people who have had the test and have all come out negative. Several of them still swear they had Covid.

My mother in law did. She was in bed for three weeks. Rushed to hospital unable to breath by ambulance. She looked like death and felt it. 6 weeks later she still isn't 100% and only recently went back to work.

No. I don’t think I got it but I’m 43 and healthy and expected to return to a retail environment soon so I got the antibody test.