My lungs Part 5

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Day 17 here.
Is this normal???

For the past week I've been feeling much better and less exhausted. Had the best day to date yesterday - and suddenly after eating (probably too fast) felt this lump in my throat as if food is stuck.

Then for the rest of the day I suffer... managed to get some sleep but woke up at 5am feeling like I couldn't breathe. Took two puffs of my inhaler to ease things up a bit. Temp fine. Heart rate normal. Peak flow normal. (Awaiting my oximeter which arrives soon).

Am I through the worst? Are these symptoms that are still lingering in some of you?

I think this virus gives people anxiety.
I've found this helpful for the anxiety symptoms, I find buddhism very relaxing:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=DgZETpd9h5s&feature=youtu.be

@AnythingPecan only on day 16 here but sounds normal to me. 4am is a usual kick off time for symptoms for me, sometimes they resolve after an hour of so, othertimes they last 12 hours.

@Porcupineinwaiting thanks. What an odd virus. I was feeling 100% normal yesterday.
Trying to work out if it's indigestion that's making symptoms more prominent or if it's just the virus.

It's really hard that we can't speak to a doctor without feeling terribly guilty for taking up valuable resources!

@needsomegoodnews - i feel i have good days and moment i start to get positive the virus comes back!

@lovelesslily i have also had return of my feverish feeling and sweaty hands and feet. i have felt really low about it yesterday but how just accepted that the fever might continue for a few weeks in worst case scenario as others are reporting.

Can wait for this antigen test. Will it only test positive once the virus has left?

How long does it take on average for the virus to leave our bodies? Is the virus still there or just our bodies reaction to it?

Wow came back on this morning and its clear everyone is suffering panic attacks, anxiety and stuck in the cycle I have been in here I wondering where the anxiety ends and the illness starts.

What I have noticed is that when the “illness” starts, I can be sat totally at peace completing a puzzle or something mundane and my heart race rockets suddenly, its difficult to breathe and my skin bristles with nerves. This can last hours and in the early days I kept thinking why cant i calm the fuck down!!!

As im moving into day 12, I think its more thatbthe physical symptoms as much that you would would expecf in “panic” it invokes that “fight or fligh”’surge in my body even im at peace.

THIS then makes me anxious. That im not someone that suffers with anxiety and depression and yet all im getting told is “calm down, your anxious, would CBT help?” From the doctor because Im frightened by one element it gives me anxiety. I also find it upsetting that the very real symptoms of a disease everyone is still learning about are kind of dismissed as “you really need to calm down” even when I am calm or asleep, whooosh fast heart and breathing issues.

@Sambucus @user34254356 @Needsomegoodnews as we’re all around the same day (18ish) and experiencing ups and downs still wondered if you also don’t have underlying health conditions? I’m 35 with no underlying health conditions so when I phone the GP they say it’s mild and to ride it out but phone 999 if I can’t breathe at any point - bit frustrating! And the GP wouldn’t say if it was normal to have such a ups and downs at this point in the virus.

@EMichel102 i am 41 with no underlying health conditions either. Matt Hancock, Prince Charles all seem to have recovered and so i am really beginning to wonder if we have some other version of coronavirus. I am getting quite frustrated as I am expected back at work and planning to transition from mid next week unless I take a turn for the worst.

I am slowly reconciling to the fact that this is going to be an extremely slow burn with ups and downs and I will just have to accept this virus as a part of me for the next few months until I can get proper testing including a blood test. Sorry i am probably sounding a downer but I can't see an end in sight!!

@EMichel102 the GPs aren't interacting much with Covid patients. It's probably more reliable to listen to what the 111 doctors / paramedics are saying as they're more in tune with the virus.
I have a friend who's a GP and she's said it's not something they are too familiar with because their patients are advised not to call up about covid related issues?

Can I ask a perhaps silly question? I’m trying to find out how to get a sick note for after the NHS111 isolation note ends. Mine runs out today and I’m still unwell.

My GP has an online facility that directs all Covid note requests to the 111 isolation note. So am I supposed to call 111 for a note or try calling the GP for one?

I tried to find out online but everything directs me to the isolation note.

I do think the ups and downs are normal but obviously not a covid19 expert..although am beginning to feel like one 4 weeks in lol. Am waiting for gp to ring back as am unsure whether I might have a secondary infection, it seems a long time to feel this unwell for and only be able to get up for a few mins at a time, I do have underlying conditions so am telling myself it's just that.Ive also got a very sore throat top, and some patches of white on it so maybe. I'm not worried about getting worse, just about being trapped in this state for ages. I really want to get back to work too.

Anyone else feel they are getting better only for another step backwards.
Feeling a bit down today as last night I was feeling a lot better, I even stayed up late until 8pm!!! Then woke today coughing again and sore of rib.
Been through the emotional wringer over the last few months and just feel like crying now.

Is anyone a terrible colour?..my partner keeps telling me I look greyey green which isn't my usual complexion thank god, although obviously I'm not wearing makeup so who knows.

@user34254356 I suppose there’s a possibility of recovery by mid next week for us but it’s hard to imagine at this point whilst I’m lying in bed trying not to exacerbate symptoms and just trying to manage survival :)

@AnythingPecan I think you’re absolutely right about GPS not being in tune with the virus. I wish there was some reassurance that after a certain stage you’re in more recovery mode than danger zone and it’s normal for “mild” cases to sometimes take 3-4 weeks. Haven’t found it yet though!

@mrsleclerc Yeah gp for a post isolation sick note although you can probably self cert for 7 days as well.

Day 22/23. I have now developed a horrible alternately productive chesty and then dry cough.
Giving the GP a ring and waiting for a call back and hoping for an AB prescription- the symptoms this time feel totally different to the ones I’ve had in the past, and I know bacterial infections post virus are a possibility.

Thank you @Storyofcats

@mumlurker I definitely am finding it's been up and down each day. I've even cooked a few meals or stacked the dishwasher some days, then back to bed. I had 3-4 days starting to get up and dressed and now back to chills.

I seem to have accidentally name changed so I'm both storyofcats and tangledyarn here now sorry!

@needsonegoodnews pretty much yes but ever so slight chest pain and tired today.

TheWooisStrong also waiting for a call back from GP and hoping they will give antibiotics. Day 24 so similar to you and similar symptoms, dry cough but alternatively coughing up small amounts of green mucus. This feels a bit different than before, like stuff is sitting on my chest.

Storyofcats I’m a hideous colour too. White as a sheet with a nasty green grey tinge. For a couple of weeks literally everything that comes out of me from any orifice has a slightly green tinge. I’m sure that’s too much information! I’m trying not to look at myself in the mirror though I’m sure the lack of any make up and the grey hair growing out isn’t helping!

Oh ok tangledyarn. Your two usernames go together really well!

Hi all, hope you are all feeling a bit better today.

I felt ok when I woke up this morning and went back to thinking its all in my head, or just an ME flare up. Got up and decided to have a bath as my hips are aching, suddenly in the bath I felt really unwell, all shivery and felt like my stomach was acting up. Had to get out and put myself back to bed. Now my throat is really aching.

If this is not covid, its unlike any other virus I have ever had, as its really up and down and unpredictable.

Just rang our gp for a sick note. Receptionist just said fine and asked how many weeks I wanted it for. Got the impression that they are getting a lot of requests.

@EMichel102 I am (quite) a bit older than you but also generally fit and in good health. The GPs I’ve spoken too haven’t been seeing too many prolonged cases yet - because it’s early days, I think. But the advice I have received has been the same as yours. I agree it’s bewildering, partly because it’s so outside what most of us know as the ‘normal’ course of illness. I’m doing the daily Covid-19 symptom tracker because the more of us that do it the sooner we will know the spectrum of disease overall.