If you have got over Covid can I ask your tips for getting over it quickly?

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Just received a positive test.
Have been pretty exhausted for a couple of days and am quite fevery.
No cough. No change to taste/smell.
I really dont do "resting up" very well.
What should I be aiming to get done?
What will get me better quicker?
I'm already on the multivitamins.
I'm mid 50s, a bit overweight.
Not responsible for anyone else and have sorted online grocery deliveries and online Christmas shopping already.
Poor dog is going to have to cope with just going in the garden for exercise isnt he?

Not had covid but I would recommend fleurodix as a tonic - it really helped me last year when I had a horrendous flu. Also apple cider vinegar in hot water is good.

Hope you feel better soon.

Do you mean Floradix @Barnowl?

Following. On day 9 and still feel like crap. The exhaustion is crippling.

Rest, drink a lot, take vitamin D and zinc and painkillers as needed. A hot water bottle on your chest can be comforting. Keep an eye on your SATS with a pulse oximeter if you have any concerns about your breathing. Some people take aspirin against clotting but I think you would need medical advice about this.Be prepared that it might get better and then worse again.

This is my thread

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/4053589-A-positive-test-my-journey-so-far

There is nothing that you can do. I am now on day 16 and just a slight cough. I had 2 afternoons asleep and a couple of big bouts of coughing. Worked every day but 2 afternoons. A friend who is much younger and fitter is really ill and hasn't been out of bed for 3 days as she collapses.

My DD had a slight cold but yesterday on day 15 was suddenly woozy.

Seven months and still suffering the after effects.

Oximeter for reassurance
Take temp for reassurance (I didnt have a temp at all)
Lemsip and ibruprofen for the headache (massive) and sore throat (fist few days)

I would say let go of the idea that you can take positive action to get over it quickly. Two of my friends, fit and in their 30s had covid in March / April and still have long covid symptoms. Look after yourself in the same way you would if you had flu, but dont have any expectations that you will 'get it done'. You might recover quickly but you may not.

Hot water bottle was good when I stuffed my diaphragm from coughing

@spanieleyes

Seven months and still suffering the after effects.

What affects are you still feeling?

Antacids are good if you get acid reflux.

I’m still getting symptoms 7 months on.

Coughing, breathlessness and fatigue. Not excessive but persistent!

I got a positive result today after not feeling very well for 3-4 days over the weekend.
I am terrible at resting when I’m ill and usually rest for an hour, then think I feel a bit less tired and get busy doing jobs only to flake again.
This time my first symptom was the cough and my DH had been ill with a fever and aches a couple of days previously so I aired on the side of caution and assumed I might have covid.
All I did was made sure I barely got off the sofa and drank absolutely tons of water. I did take a few paracetamol at times due to an absolutely cracking headache that lasted 3 days but nothing else. I don’t know if it helped to get over it or if it just went through my system naturally but I am now thankfully feeling a lot better (not 100%).

I wish you a swift and full recovery too.

Second vitamin d.
Eat good fats and proteins to help your body rebuilding, but get in easy meals/take awsys. There were a few days when using my gas cooker made me feel like I was suffocating.
Get up and walk around carefully every now as and again of you can manage to keep your circulation going and prevent blood clots.
You can get plenty of small shopping treats over uber eats/ deliveroo/ amazon.
If in doubt, seek medical help/reassurance.

Is resting up best?
I wonder what would happen if people with C19 went out & exercised hard instead.
Apols for stupid question, but idea that response to illness is always best = "rest"... I'm not sure that's proven.

Rest, paracetamol for headache and temp, lots of water and sleep. For the acid reflux try Gaviscon. Don't rush to recover, keep an eye on your breathing/ breathlessness and tiredness levels. Had days where my brain did not work well so just went with it. Understand you may feel better one day and then dip back for a few days. Now back to 95% of what I was before symptoms in March. Hope you feel better soon

Agree with PPs. Manage it as you would flu-fluids, paracetamol/ibuprofen on hand, honey/lemon, cough syrup etc. I'm a big advocate of hot water for sore throats/coughs--I find it eases them.

If you can manage it, try to mobilise each day as much as you can because the more time we spend in bed, the greater our energy/fitness depletes. Also, being upright is good for the lungs. (As is lying on our fronts when in bed/on couch).

Hope you feel better soon.

It really seems to fluctuate- I felt dreadful yesterday evening, better this morning and now starting to feel rough again. I think you just have to go with it, rest as much as possible, drink lots of water. I'm finding the exhaustion hard, even small tasks like showering really knock me out

7 months on here.

Breathless on exertion
Tinnitus
Chest cramps
GERD
Fatigue

You may be absolutely fine in a week, I would say rest as much as possible.

@ArsumLardis I'm not sure if anyone who has symptomatic covid would feel particularly up for testing hard exercise would make them feel better!

My husband is on day 7 now and I'm leaving him to sleep as much as he can. He doesn't usually sleep that well but has been out for the count most of this week. I truly think that his body is in sleep mode as it tries to defeat the virus - he feels exhausted likes done exercise whenever he wakes up! Good luck, I hope you are over the worst soon.

Be lucky. And don't overdo it in the few weeks after you feel better. DP and I thought we'd recovered after 6-8 weeks then relapsed twice, but actually we were still breathless after one flight of stairs.

After 6 months we were properly better (fingers crossed, 7.5 months on...)

@ArsumLardis

"Is resting up best?
I wonder what would happen if people with C19 went out & exercised hard instead.
Apols for stupid question, but idea that response to illness is always best = "rest"... I'm not sure that's proven."

Lying down for long periods is linked with developing a chest infection or pneumonia, because fluid is more likely to pool in the lungs. When I worked on a respiratory ward we always sat patients up in bed during the day or encouraged them to sit in their chair, and have a couple of gentle walks if they could.

OP this guy is a nursing lecturer and has made a video with some useful tips:

(Think he mentions drinking litres of fluids somewhere, wouldn't advise more than 3 litres a day).

I'm sorry to say, you can put things in place but you can't force it to be over and done with. Im still recovering after 6 months.

However, I have done the following:
Vitamin D
Eat more fruit
Practsied resting (no TV or reading allowed)
Found my baseline activity for the day and worked from there. Built up strength bit by bit.
Had more baths rather than showers (to relax muscles).

Wishing you a speedy recovery and good health O.P

Is resting up best?
I wonder what would happen if people with C19 went out & exercised hard instead.
Apols for stupid question, but idea that response to illness is always best = "rest"... I'm not sure that's proven.

Ii course it’s been proven. You’re body’s energy is needed to fight the infection. If you’re busy and not resting, valuable energy is being used for that rather than fighting the infection. I’ve heard of several people who got this virus in March time, whi didn’t take this advice and ended up in intensive care.

From my experience you cannot rush your recovery. Covid caused me extreme exhaustion like I've never had before. The effort of making a sandwich left me too exhausted to eat it. I had to lie down to rest before being able to sit and eat.

The idea that resting was a choice is laughable. I could not physically do any more than the essentials to live for a couple if weeks. My energy levels increased very gradually over the following weeks and months. After 5 weeks off work I managed to return to desk duties for 3 hours then went home and spent 48 hours recovering from the exertion.

Hope you start feeling much better soon op but don't push your body to do things before you're ready (World Health Organisation also recommends this)