My lungs feel like they are on fire - part 3

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@longshot started a new thread as the other filled up and I thought you were poorly and people would be wanting to find out how you were doing.

Catching up a bit, I haven’t eaten since Wednesday evening. I’ve felt so nauseous because of the fever. I can sip water and sometimes squash but the thought of food makes me feel even more sick.

Thanks so much @KayakingOnDown! 💐

You need to try and eat something. You will get worse if you don't have some fuel in you. Soup or even a slim fast style milkshake as they are a meal replacement.

Panicking: Any ideas how to get heart rate down? Mine has gone up to 110 after physical activity ie pottering around the house and now I am getting stressed about it.

@IpanemaGallina: I agree with @ofwarren that you need to eat. How about going back to the Victorian classics of food for illness - clear soups or (much easier) beef tea. Heaped teaspoon of bovril or marmite (if vegetarian like me) in a mug, with boiling water poured over. Nutritious, but with no texture or dairy to make nausea worse. Or a hot lemon and honey - vitamins and sugars for energy. Or dry toast. I hope you find something that works for you.

@user34254356 just sit back and breath as deeply and regularly as feels comfortable, nice deep slow breathes if you can manage them.

@user34254356: rest! I think it is the elevated heart rate at rest that you need to be wary of. Try going to bed right now and breathing calmly to see if it subsides.

@KayakingOnDown that's something that helped my asthma 20 years ago but can't remember much beyond avoiding mouth breathing.

I've downloaded the free Buyteko app so interesting to see if that will help.

@user34254356 my pulse seems to be at around 60 at rest but rockets on standing.

I've taken that as a cue to go back to bed with the dog even though I could be up doing something.

Why make your body work hard at anything right now.

thank you all. still trying to get it to settle down! i think that adventure to empty dishwasher and prepare food was not a good idea! i couldn't stand the mess in the kitchen

I found this today on twitter and the guy (not a medical person) has some useful tips from his experience with it -
twitter.com/shirazmaher/status/1243890288860581889?s=21

I’m trying marmite tea (thanks for the suggestion) and cheese with a cracker. My teenage dd just left it by my door.

@user34254356 if there is one week of your life to leave the mess, this is it. You really, really need to rest right now.

@user34254356
Definitely rest. My daughters heart rate after exertion was about 130. That was just after even walking to get a glass of water.

I would make her lie down for about 10 minutes and just ever so slightly elevate her legs. Plenty of water too as that does help.
I also told her to do everything ‘slower’. Sit up slowly, allow the body to adjust for a moment, stand up slowly, allow the body to adjust for a moment, walk a bit slower...This significantly helped with the tachycardia episodes.

Someone previously shared a link to a Reddit of people who had recovered from the virus.
Can anyone remember what it was?

Wow, this thread moves quickly, I'll read it thoroughly over a cuppa soon, but someone asked a page or two back about why you feel better in the morning, but dip in the afternoon.
Being three weeks ahead most of you, and recovered completely, I would repeat what I learnt retrospectively: don't do more than you have to, even when you feel better. Viruses, not just this one, are in your body and they will fluctuate until your immune system kills them. In the morning, after some rest, you're winning. If you think you're better you might push yourself to do more than you should. Your immune system is then stressed, and the virus gets a grip again. So rest, do the minimum and eat whatever you fancy, drink lots of clear fluids.
I had the brain fog, dizziness too and the fatigue. If you can rest rather than push through it, it helps, it really does.
Great support on here, MN at it's best.
for all of you

Can I ask those of you that have had symptoms > 7 days are you still isolating from the rest of your household?

There is much conflicting info about how long you're contagious for after symptoms start. NHS says 7 days unless you have a fever. CDC says 3 days after fever ends and WHO says at least 2 weeks after symptoms end!

I'm on day 6 and have had a fever since day 1. I have 2 young kids and my DH on the house and would like to know when I can leave my room and be with them again.

What's everyone else doing?

I'm 8 or 10 days in from starting and am not going anywhere near my family until I am feeling back to normal. I have more faith in WHO than in our government's guidance.

@Cary2012
It's good to hear from someone who's come out the other side!
How is your health? Do you have symptoms left now?

I'm 8 or 10 days in from starting and am not going anywhere near my family until I am feeling back to normal. I have more faith in WHO than in our government's guidance

Day 18 have some sinus blockage again and my chest pain is intermittent. Trying to stay calm is hard I had to go pick up a new inhaler yesterday as my old one didn't seem to be working and I had to wait an hour and I didn't take a coat so have probably made things worse for myself. My head has been a little sore today too. I'm absolutely kicking myself.

I’m isolating as much as possible from my family. Sleep in different room, stay 6ft away, eat in different room, only touch things in common areas with wipe or paper, wipe anything I touch accidentally, etc. Nonetheless, I am sure they were exposed in the probable five days before I had symptoms and the couple of days when I just had a sore throat. DH - 71 and vulnerable - has had a few hours of fluey feelings on various days but he is day 8 and nothing much for a few days so I’m hoping he has had it mildly. DS (20) had a sore throat and slight cough one day about 10 days ago and nothing since. I also don’t know when to stop isolating from them (currently day 18). I’ll certainly keep it up until I’ve had a couple of days with no symptoms. But something I saw said some authorities think you could still be shedding virus 5 weeks after infection. So no idea really.

I don't agree with the 7 days that we've been told in the UK tbh.

Some people on here are reporting nearly 3 weeks of symptoms and still feeling awful and then another 2 weeks on top of that according to WHO? That's a lot of time isolating in my bedroom

My feeling is that, once symptoms are gone a few days, the amount of virus I'll be shedding will be very low. So at that point I think I will come out but I wont be doing any food prep for a while, dh and I will carry on sleeping separately and the kids will be getting hugs from behind but no kisses.

@ofwarren
Hi, i am fine now, I posted at 7.45 ish this morning on here to reassure people and explain my symptoms. If you're bored, have a read.
Take care.