My lungs Part 5

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@Needsomegoodnews Thanks for the comment- yes I was a bit depressed it had come back. Working on the theory that our bodies are fighting the virus and that the longer the intervals between symptoms and the less the severity of the symptoms when they come the better. The important thing for me is knowing that that is the process - the first time I started feeling a bit better and then went backwards was very depressing and you get your hopes wildly up! GPs and medic friends all confirm that this cyclical course of symptoms is very common and that 2 to three weeks is not an unreasonable time frame for recovery.

@musicposy sorry you've had that experience. That's terrible. I had a similar experience yesterday. And first time was fobbed off and just told to self-isolate .

I wonder if trying the GP again would help, you may get someone more compassionate.

I know what you feel about feeling alone. I do think being able to talk through you symptoms with someone medical trained can alleviate a whole lot of anxiety. And in my view, you having an oximeter means you don't need to go and get checked potentially putting yourself or healthcare professionals at risk.

That's very reassuring.

@SchrodingersKitty so pleased you are feeling better. And hope you get some news on the MRI soon.

I sympathise with you, my parents are very similar.

@baroqueandblue
@hollytom

...and others in the rib pain club, how are things today? I had an OK night after popping all my pills, only to be woken at 5am with the familiar sensation of being stabbed in the ribs every time I breathed.

@MrsLeclerc
My GP are not doing any sock notes now, regardless of length. They've said the companies should be accepting that you dont go back to work until you are 100%. Fortunately my company have been understanding, I imagine others will be less so

Me and DC have just been for a short ish walk up the road and back and i dont feel great. Chest aches, my rib pain with deep breaths, feeling woozy. I just don't feel right. I could cry with frustration, I'm fed up of feeling crappy, and the longer it lasts the more it triggers my anxiety.
Doesn't help that my kids are being v testing too

@Springquartet i still have nausea but I think being hungry is a great sign. You should be pleased

@shrodingerkitty, I second what @KinderWild said.

I am so pleased to be hungry. My loss of appetite was very distressing for my dd aged 19. She made me some soup one evening and I just couldn't eat it. i could see her upset, but I just couldn't do it.

Never really had bad nausea, only on about day 4, but I bern taking very strong probiotics (10 billion?) Since January as I always terrified of getting norovirus over the winter.
Still getting the pain, bubbling and concrete feeling in left lung. This is a worry as have scarring from pneumonia 13 years ago
If it carries on will be asking for antibiotics as it doesnt feel like I fighting it off with absence of a high temperature
Still in the bargaining phase, last night at 4am asking the universe if we all survive will be a nicer, less judgy miserable middle aged curmudgeon.
Clearly affecting my MH now so to feel crap mentally and physically. Had such high hopes for this year, just goes to show you cant control anything really.
Hang on in there though, hope we all getting a strong immunity after this.

I may have spoken too soon. Been up and down stairs a few times (four floors between kitchen and my study) and am now feeling tight-chested with asthmatic cough and dizzy. Clearly more rest needed and to try and reduce my other anxieties as much as I can.

I'm on day 23 I think. Was keeping a log but it's on my laptop downstairs.
I do feel generally better but I just can't shake of the breathless tight chest/achy back feeling. It's always there. Sometimes I don't notice it and I think it's gone and then it comes back again.
It's a persistent bugger.
This virus is clinging on inside me and just doesn't want to leave.

@KinderWild: thank you. I feel like getting really blunt with my parents. They keep telling me that they don't want me to worry about them. What I really want to tell them is that none of us have time to organise their funerals. You would think the generation who lived through the war and rationing might be able to adjust their thinking a bit now. They are intelligent people, but my dad, particularly, is so stubborn and cannot stand not being in control.

Work colleague who shares a desk with one of my DC's has just passed away. It's a huge call centre and she's been told to stay off today while they clean and go into work tomorrow. Sorry for swearing but what the fuck kind of madness is this?
DC has been at home self isolating for 14 days because of me so is clear. I really can't get my head round this.

Day 26 here and was preparing to go back to work on Monday, now I feel hideous again. I've had enough now 😭

@notangelinajolie: that's horrifying: really brings it home, doesn't it? Will your DC go in or not?

@notangelinajolie thats so sad. And yes it feels like madness. I can't get my head around any of this either.

@SchrodingersKitty completely! I too have been blunt, after many many weeks of being gentle and waiting to see if they'd be more careful. They are both very high risk based on the health conditions and medications with the worst outcome in Wuhan. They seem to believe that because they are in the vulnerable (risk) but not on the shielding list (high risk) that they aren't going to be that badly effected. I semi gently explained their risk factors they have and that there is help available to them.

Hi all,

I’m not enjoying reading these updates especially from those of you as far along as me (and further along) @notangelinajolie and @scrodingerskitty I’m in the same boat as you. Last night I had mild chest pains again and couldn’t sleep. First time I didn’t take paracetamol in the evening before bed for maybe 10 days (thought I should stop?!) anyway caved and took it and eventually dropped off but woke today very tired.

I can hardly keep my eyes open now. I am pre menstrual so I’m telling myself it’s that but I know I’m also still ill. My left side still hurts and I have the vague chest tightness still. I have managed 3 hours of work this morning (emails etc, nothing heavy) and that’s a success I suppose but I just still feel rough. I feel now like you feel when you are run down and becoming ill. It’s so bloody boring!

This virus can do one now. Day 24 I think.

@getmetomars
Your symptoms resemble mine (no fever , no cough), but extreme fatigue. Last week I was having alternate good days :-) Since the last three days, I have continuoisly been feeling better in terms of breathlessness and fatigue.
I lost my smell for a 5 days last week, but have regained much of it back since the last 3 days. Hang in there.

Hi @longshot: if you are day 24 I am too as we have been marching through this step by step together! (I just checked back through my diary and you are correct). Really sorry you are feeling bleak. I am personally convinced of @Casino218's statements that the live virus will be gone by now and we are just slowly dealing with the aftermath. I do trust that we are not going to get dangerously ill at this point.

To those asking earlier if my DH's headaches couldn't be corona virus - absolutely they could and lots of people I know are reporting that and tiredness and their only symptoms of illness. But he's decided the way through it is to accept that it is probably lymphoma and that they probably won't be able to treat it. I don't know why that makes him feel better about the situation - it certainly doesn't me. I have been trying to persuade him of all the other possibilities, but he is just quietly settling into gloom. They are intermittent and very mild headaches, which are dealt with by paracetamol.

Can I ask, how much breathlessness are people experiencing and how consistent is it?

@LarkDescending my side pain is a little better today. Sorry to hear yours is bad. I find mine gets worse as the day goes on. I have been taking ibuprofen as well which I think helps

I’ve been fortunate and had no breathlessness.

Just found some reviews I hadn't seen before and it appears that my thermometer isn't accurate and reads higher when you have a bit of a temperature. Which is a relief but I feel really stupid now.

@mumlurker my breathlessness was my most shocking symptom when I was at the height of feeling unwell. I couldn't get out of bed without gasping and coughing. It really worried me and sent me into a panic, which didn't help. I can now walk round the house without getting such an extreme feeling, though I have just moved and feel quite tight. I am wondering if it's because I am so fatigued and have been so physically inactive.