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My lungs Part 5

999 replies

Spacecadetagain · 01/04/2020 22:56

New thread for us

OP posts:
LonelyFromCorona · 02/04/2020 23:38

Anybody here actually had a confirmed positive test? And if so what was your experience

fuggyfush · 02/04/2020 23:39

I think it's quite well recognised that people's natural temperatures vary from each other, as well as over the day etc, and by the type of reading (rectal, oral, axillary). If someone who normally has a temp of 35.8 or 36, suddenly starts getting temperatures every day of 37.6, 37.7, 37.8 then it's abnormal for them. In fact the medical definition of fever varies by authority, country etc.

I happen to know my personal normal temp range very well because DS has health problems meaning frequent temperature monitoring, and he won't let me take his temp until I have done my own first.

TheDrsWife46 · 02/04/2020 23:48

@Lougle totally appreciate what your saying about the way a temp of 37’s etc is normal. What ive found on here is that we use the term “fever” colloquially as a way of encompassing a distressing pattern of symptoms where we FEEL ‘feverish’ with chills, rigour, tremors, cramps, holt/cold sweats.

Many of us report that whilst we know our temps are low we all purport to feeling very hot, and moreover many of us arent slipping down into a normal 36.5 temp that we usually experience.

Im not knocking your heeded advice, its bang on. But that we are all very very distressed and trying to convey exactly what we are experiencing and feeling in a disease without a rule book

Xx

Meltedwellie · 02/04/2020 23:58

Thank you all for your input and providing advice to others going through it. I’ve got it relatively mildly but it’s still scary having dizziness and breathlessness at times. It’s reassuring to hear your stories.

Keepdistance · 03/04/2020 00:11

I've tried gaviscon for the pain in my back etc.
It might have helped a little but still breathless.
I've had fever then breathlessness and chest pain tightness. For about 20+ days. But no cough (yet).
I've never had heartburn before even in 2 pregnancies really.

Casino218 · 03/04/2020 00:55

@LonelyfromCorona obviously not! You do realise that they are currently only testing the critical patients. Have you not been watching any news for weeks? This is a support thread for people who feel they MAY have symptoms so buzz off and be facetious somewhere else!

findingschools4myboys · 03/04/2020 01:22

Woken up with huge panic attack! Haven’t had a nocturnal panic attack for over a week! 🙁 went to sleep feeing quite jittery and worried so am not surprised I woke up in this state.
Anyone else having night time panic?

tupperwaretowers · 03/04/2020 01:37

I know how you feel, I too get jittery, particularly at night time pretty much as soon as my head hits the pillow. Today it started in my head and travelled down a bit. Can’t decide if Its my nerves on edge or something else. It’s not pleasant. Try deep breathing exercises and see if that regulates your breathing a little. X

UncomfortableBadger · 03/04/2020 01:38

@findingschools4myboys Me too - such horrible anxiety with chest pains, chest tightness and a churning tummy. I’d hoped I was past all this but apparently not Sad

hollieberrie · 03/04/2020 01:45

Also just woken up due to feeling very nauseous. Hang in there everyone.

findingschools4myboys · 03/04/2020 01:49

Sorry you have also all woken up anxious! Not fun!
I went to bathroom and sat by window with my oximeter to calm down 🙄
Then did some stretches now in bed listening to a sleep story by Stephen fry and playing word cookies. Just need a bit longer to calm down before trying to go back to sleep.

EMichel102 · 03/04/2020 01:58

@findingschools4myboys I also woke up with panic, worried of breathing, chest burning, struggling to sleep, exhaustion. Thought I was through that phase too by now! Clearly not

findingschools4myboys · 03/04/2020 02:11

@Emichel102
Sorry to hear that. It’s very unpleasant. My worry has seemed to jump from my breath to my heart. I think because the oximeter keeps telling me my oxygen levels are fine I am focusing on something else that I can’t test for. I am exhausted too. Really want to go back to sleep but am worried will wake up like this again.

EMichel102 · 03/04/2020 02:31

@findingschools4myboys I hear you on the heart palpitations. I can tell I’m exhausted but can’t seem to find sleep.

UncomfortableBadger · 03/04/2020 03:33

@EMichel102 Same here - I’m knackered but just can’t sleep as my heart feels like it’s racing.

musicposy · 03/04/2020 04:04

Oh I’m so glad to find this thread and realise I’m not the only one.
tangledyarn reading yours has helped me feel it’s not just me. I’m on day 23 now, started with symptoms over 3 weeks ago, very mild at first then a horrible really crappy two weeks.

I’d been so much better this week, a bit up then down but so much better. I’ve even done a bit of online teaching (teach piano and tutor maths). But after only two days of that (and I only did an hour and a half each day - not exactly a lot!) I’m exhausted, chest is very raspy, breathing less good, terrible throat and I keep going hot then cold again.

I’m here in tears in the middle of the night, alone because DH and I are sleeping in separate rooms to reduce our viral loads, wondering if I’m ever going to beat this. He’d happily come in if I called him but I’ve woken him up so many times in the night panicking or crying. I have never had a virus go on this long and been so hard to beat. I hate the fact that you think you’re getting better and then it hits you again - this is probably the fourth time I’ve taken a dip after thinking I was on the road to recovery.

I will speak to the GP in the morning about the possibility of secondary bacterial infection - if they’ll talk to me. I phoned about HRT earlier in the week and the doc was on the phone to me within 10 minutes so it will be interesting to see if they’re as helpful when it really matters.

jakesmommy · 03/04/2020 04:33

Just had a panic attack, haven't had one before, omg it was awful as I was woken up by it, I thought I was dying, i think its a combination of losing my dad 3 weeks ago to a heart attack, showing symptoms of coronavirus and also my 13 year old son hadn't been well either.

musicposy · 03/04/2020 04:59

jakesmommy that’s a lot to cope with at once. I’m so sorry about your dad. No wonder you’re panicking. Panic attacks are horrible and scary.

I think we all have so much on our minds on top of being unwell. Keep pushing through, one day at a time, one hour at a time, that’s what I tell myself.

onlinelinda · 03/04/2020 05:31

That is a lot @jakesmommy. Take heart. I hope you're sleeping now.

Awake here too now.

UncomfortableBadger · 03/04/2020 06:15

Day 8 & I feel like I’ve taken several steps backwards. Nausea and chills are back, chest is tighter and heart is racing. Can’t get comfortable. Worried.

KatySun · 03/04/2020 06:15

jakesmommy so sorry about the loss of your father Flowers. You have a lot to deal with at the moment. Panic attacks are scary but understandable in the circumstances.

musicposy I hope you get to speak to your doctor.

I hope everyone who was up in the night eventually got some sleep Flowers

Day 13 here now - chest is still sore and now I have pain in my lower back/abdomen on the right hand side. I am hoping it is not my kidneys but that would be higher up, I think. Also had this weird fluttering on my back at my lower ribs. Going to keep drinking lots of warm water.

My chest is still sore Sad but it is the new pain I am worried about.

KatySun · 03/04/2020 06:19

uncomfortable I had a big step back on day 7 with my chest feeling like it was in a vice and then day 10 and 11. I called 111 on day 8, they were very reassuring and said they would send someone out if I got worse. Have you got any advice from them yet?

Storyofcats · 03/04/2020 06:31

@musicposy I know its really hard that its going on so long isn't it. Definitely good to know I'm not the only one. A month today...what a joy! Although it took a few days for the breathing stuff to start, at first I had a day of what felt like a bad virus with a really sore throat and a cough, had a 'break' of a couple of days where I had a painful tight chest (which I thought was an asthma flair) and then the symptoms for me ramped up on day 7 and I've been in bed since then.

Its very upsetting, I'm meant to be at work in the nhs, and its terrible knowing I should be at work doing but being stuck in bed. I'm really worried because I already have ME I'm not going to recover probably and its triggered an awful relapse, and I was already really struggling before and had reduce to only working 20 hours a week. Logically I'm thinking it's just a bad virus, it will take ages to recover if you've felt quite unwell, like a bad flu would, just chill out!

It's hard with the secondary infection stuff, because I've stopped coughing now I'd kind of dismissed the idea, but my partner looked at my throat last night as it's still very sore and my voice a bit hoarse and theres lots of white patches so it might be a bit infected I guess.

Hope you are feeling a bit better today Flowers